7:27 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The short-handed San Francisco 49ers won’t be quite so thin for Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. The Niners made a flurry of roster moves Saturday afternoon, adding nine players to the active roster via four avenues. Most notable was the activation from injured reserve of cornerback
9:03 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In a rather substantial bounce back in a prove-it season, Garett Bolles has signed a four-year contract extension with the Denver Broncos that will make him one of the highest-paid left tackles in the NFL. The deal keep Bolles with the Broncos through the 2024 season and will average
8:27 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — All season long, right from the first day of an abbreviated training camp in the August sun, Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio has said 2020 would be a season “to improvise and adjust.’’ Now Fangio, the Broncos coaching staff and players have been handed the biggest adjustment anybody in
7:33 PM ET Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett will finally enter the Basketball Hall of Fame in May 2021. The NBA said Saturday that the delayed Hall of Fame weekend — it was to have taken place in Springfield, Massachusetts, in August before being pushed back because of
7:41 PM ET Anthony Smith is UFC’s Mr. Reliable. The UFC light heavyweight contender is a trusted studio analyst on broadcasts and always there when the promotion needs him in a big spot. Smith was called upon again Friday. With the heavyweight contender main event between Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis canceled due to a
7:07 PM ET Associated Press Wake Forest is pausing all football team activities until at least Wednesday because of recent positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing. The announcement came shortly after the Atlantic Coast Conference said the Demon Deacons’ home game against No. 10 Miami for next Saturday has been postponed. It also followed the
7:49 PM ET Alabama football coach Nick Saban found himself in the uncomfortable position of feeling out of control as he watched Saturday’s game against Auburn while isolating from home following a positive COVID-19 test earlier in the week. Saban said the coaching staff did a “marvelous job” of handling the situation, and he singled
6:22 PM ET All of the quarterbacks on the Denver Broncos‘ roster are ineligible to play Sunday against the New Orleans Saints after being deemed high-risk, close contacts in COVID-19 tracing, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Drew Lock and Brett Rypien, the two quarterbacks on the active roster, and practice squad quarterback Blake
6:18 PM ET Every FBS conference has a contingency plan for determining its winner this season in the event its conference championship game can’t be played during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, almost ensuring the College Football Playoff selection committee will determine its final ranking as planned on Dec. 20 without delay. “The management committee decided
6:09 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson will play against the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night after missing the past four games with a sprained foot, coach Pete Carroll said. The team listed Carson as a full participant in Saturday’s practice. “He looks really good,” Carroll said Saturday.