5:19 PM ET ESPN News Services WEST POINT, N.Y. — Fans won’t be allowed at the Army-Navy game at West Point on Saturday because of COVID-19 restrictions, but Army athletic director Mike Buddie made an exception for Gary Steele. Steele, a retired colonel, was one of about 30 Black students at the academy in the
4:44 PM ET Bradley Beal says he won’t study film of how Kevin Durant, Paul George and James Harden played alongside Russell Westbrook to get tips or insight into his new backcourt mate. The Washington Wizards guard says his first week with Westbrook has been “smooth sailing” so far and he wants to learn Westbrook’s
4:08 PM ET The stakes for next week’s Canelo Alvarez-Callum Smith fight have been raised once again. In addition to the WBA super middleweight title, Matchroom Boxing, the WBC and Canelo Promotions announced that the WBC’s version of the belt will also be on the line. The WBC belt became vacant when David Benavidez missed
7:31 AM ET Marc Raimondi Eric Gomez The half-made piñata would be sitting on the floor of Pinatas Moreno in Tijuana, Mexico, and business owner Alfredo Moreno would not be happy. The job was not done, and his son’s other interest was probably to blame. Brandon Moreno started his mixed martial arts training when he
3:45 PM ET Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, a trained physician who opted out of the 2020 season to help COVID-19 patients, was chosen as the co-winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year. Duvernay-Tardif shares the honor with soccer player Alphonso Davies, a left back for
4:26 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans put running back David Johnson on the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday, meaning he will miss Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears. Johnson, who returned to the active roster for Week 13 after missing three games on injured reserve with a concussion, did not practice Thursday due to what
3:24 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers wide receiver Curtis Samuel was activated Friday from the reserve/COVID-19 list and will play Sunday against the Denver Broncos. However, fellow wideout DJ Moore remains on the reserve list and is unlikely to be available for the 1 p.m. ET game between the 4-8 teams. Moore has
3:13 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Football Team running back Antonio Gibson won’t play Sunday versus the San Francisco 49ers because of a toe injury. He was officially ruled out by the team Friday. Gibson suffered a turf toe injury in the first quarter of Monday’s 23-17 win over Pittsburgh Steelers. He was injured
3:01 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is officially listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. Jones missed last week’s 17-12 win in Seattle because of a hamstring injury. Colt McCoy started in his place. Jones was a full participant in practice Friday and took the
2:51 PM GMT Nigel Owens, the most-capped referee in world rugby, announced on Friday that he has ended his 17-year international career. Owens, 49, became the first referee to officiate in a century of tests when he took charge of an Autumn Nations Cup clash between France and Italy last month. The Welshman it was