3:15 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — When the Buffalo Bills host their first playoff game in 25 years, they will be doing so in front of a live audience. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that Bills Stadium will be open to a limited number of fans for the playoffs. Bills
3:37 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN If you’re getting ready to play in the College Football Playoff, there is no one better to wish you good luck than two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe. At Wednesday’s media day at the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game (Jan. 1, 4 p.m. ET
3:04 PM ET NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr doesn’t believe the NHL will back out of its plan to allow players to return to the Olympics in 2022. “Assuming the Olympics go forward in the ordinary course, you can always envision scenarios in which something would happen that would change the equation,” Fehr told ESPN
3:29 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — American tennis player Sam Querrey was handed a suspended $20,000 fine by the ATP tour on Wednesday for breaching coronavirus protocols at the St. Petersburg Open in October. Querrey left Russia on a private plane after testing positive for COVID-19, despite having been placed in isolation by local
3:15 PM ET South Carolina quarterback Ryan Hilinski announced Wednesday on Twitter that he has entered the transfer portal. Forever To Thee. 👌🏻 pic.twitter.com/j69OyMIsrO — Ryan Hilinski (@ryan_hilinski) December 30, 2020 Hilinski, who’s from Orange, California, played in just two games this season after starting in the Gamecocks’ final 11 games as a freshman in
2:54 PM ET Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott will miss the College Football Playoff semifinal game against Ohio State on Friday because of COVID-19 protocols. Elliott, the Tigers’ offensive playcaller for the past six seasons, will not travel to New Orleans for the Allstate Sugar Bowl, it was announced Wednesday. Clemson did not confirm whether
2:57 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers will be without running back Christian McCaffrey and several other key offensive pieces Sunday as they try to spoil the New Orleans Saints‘ bid to become the top seed in the NFC. McCaffrey (quad) will miss his seventh straight game and 13th on the season, coach
2:29 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will play in Sunday’s win-or-go-home season finale against the Los Angeles Rams, he said Wednesday. Murray suffered a leg injury late in last week’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers, putting his status for Sunday’s game in question. Earlier this week, coach Kliff Kingsbury was
1:49 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — People in Lucas Oil Stadium during Sunday’s game between the Colts and Jaguars will have to find an alternative way to check the scores of games that have playoff implications for Indianapolis. That’s because the Colts do not plan to post the scores of games involving Baltimore, Cleveland, Miami and
1:30 PM ET Should a situation arise where any of the top four teams can’t compete in the College Football Playoff because of COVID-19, the CFP has set January makeup dates for both semifinal games and the national championship, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Wednesday. There has been no indication from the