1:19 PM ET Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Kiley McDaniel Close ESPN MLB Insider ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Slugger
12:32 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns center and NFLPA president JC Tretter announced Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Tretter is the latest Browns player to join the reserve/COVID-19 list. Starting cornerback Greg Newsome II went on the list Wednesday. The Browns are coming off a game Monday against the Las
2:08 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans wide receiver A.J. Brown is expected to be activated from injured reserve for Thursday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, sources told ESPN. Brown was designated
1:01 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings placed running back Dalvin Cook on the COVID-19/reserve list Thursday. Cook, who has been following protocols for unvaccinated players, is expected to be out for 10 days and miss Minnesota’s Week 16 game against the Los Angeles Rams. Cook, who was named to his third straight
12:32 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints‘ top two quarterbacks — Taysom Hill and Trevor Siemian — are both expected to land on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday, sources confirmed to ESPN. If they are unable to return, that would put rookie Ian Book in line to make his NFL debut against the
12:55 PM ET Possession is an extremely common topic in soccer discussion. It’s almost a written arrangement: The best (and richest) teams in Europe — think Manchester City, for one — will dominate the ball and take it back the moment they lose it, while the lesser (and/or less monied) teams will have to make
1:48 PM ET USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, has suspended fighter Michel Prazeres four years because of a second doping violation, the agency announced Thursday. According to a USADA press release, Prazeres tested positive for multiple prohibited substances: anti-estrogen agent clomiphene, metabolites of the steroid oxandrolone and the exogenous administration of testosterone “and/or its precursors.”
6:53 AM ET Associated Press The World Junior Championship is a holiday hockey tradition like no other. And it should look a little different this year. Due to COVID-19 concerns, the 2021 tournament was moved to Edmonton, Alberta, and played in “bubble” conditions with no fans allowed to watch the proceedings. This year, Edmonton and
Report Chasing 202, Galle Gladiators came undone in the face of Kings’ superb attack after Danushka Gunathilaka’s 54 Jaffna Kings 201 for 3 (Avishka 63, Kohler-Cadmore 57) beat Galle Gladiators 178 for 9 (Gunathilaka 54, Chaturanga 2-15, Hasaranga 2-30) by 23 runs Gladiators were tenacious, but Kings defended their total comfortably, winning by 23 runs.
4:56 AM ET The transfer window opens on Jan. 1 in the Premier League, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 (find out about the rest of Europe here) and clubs have been planning their business amid the ongoing financial uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. ESPN writers have everything you need to know about the top teams’ hopes