4:30 PM ET KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee offensive lineman Trey Smith, who fought back from blood clots in his lungs to earn first-team All-SEC honors a year ago, said the voices of those players wanting to play should be strongly taken into account before any decision is made to cancel the 2020 college football season.
4:19 PM ET Yannick Ngakoue is searching for new representation after parting ways with his current agent, a league source confirmed on Monday afternoon. Ngkaoue has yet to sign his non-exclusive franchise tag tender with the Jacksonville Jaguars and has not been at training camp. Ngakoue has been adamant that he no longer wants to
Aug 9, 2020 A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. Pre-camp tune-up: Le’Veon Bell means business. After the worst statistical season of his pro career, the veteran running back is so determined to prove it was an aberration that he arrived in New Jersey three weeks ago and started working out
3:45 PM ET Nebraska football coach Scott Frost said Monday that the Cornhuskers are prepared to play this upcoming season — even if it’s outside the Big Ten. “We’re a proud member of the Big Ten,” Frost said during a Zoom teleconference with reporters. “We want to play a Big Ten schedule. I think the
3:13 PM ET The Pac-12 CEO group, made up of one president or chancellor from each of the conference’s 12 universities, will meet Tuesday and is expected to discuss and vote on how to proceed with the 2020 football season, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. The growing sense around the conference is that it is
3:03 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban, along with two of his star players, pushed back Monday on the narrative that players are more at risk of contracting the coronavirus if the college football season is played this fall. “I want to play, but I want to play for the players’ sake, the value they
2:58 PM ET The Texas Rangers signed infielder Derek Dietrich to a minor league contract on Monday and assigned him to their alternate training site. Dietrich set a career high with 19 homers for the Reds last season but was granted his release by the Cincinnati at the end of summer camp. He later joined
11:18 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays have placed ace Charlie Morton on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching shoulder. The Rays made the roster move Monday, one day after Morton exited his start against the New York Yankees in the third inning. Morton said he initially felt some tightness in his
3:08 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona will return to the team Tuesday after missing more than a week so he could rest while dealing with a gastrointestinal condition. The team said Francona will be in the dugout when the Indians open a two-game home series against the Chicago Cubs.
1:24 PM ET Joe Kelly, the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ hard-throwing reliever, has been placed on the injured list with inflammation in his right shoulder, adding to the mounting list of injuries suffered by pitchers at the onset of this shortened season. Kelly began the year with seven scoreless appearances, striking out five batters and allowing