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Clemson's Dabo Swinney voices support for revenue sharing if tied to graduation Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said he supports requests by Pac-12 players for revenue sharing in college football, as long as it's tied to graduation. Swinney has long been a critic of paying college players, but he said Thursday that, among other issues ...
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Source: NFL eyes virtual fans in stadiums for game days With kickoff nearly a month away, the NFL considers the use of virtual fans in stadiums a viable option for game days, a league source said Thursday. The NFL utilized the practice during the virtual draft in April and has a similar template available in the ...
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Bucks vs. Heat score, takeaways: Giannis Antetokounmpo leads comeback win to clinch No. 1 seed in East The second week inside the NBA's Disney World bubble got started on Thursday afternoon with an interesting matchup between the Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat. Keeping with the trend of entertaining games in Orlando, the Bucks came back from 23 ...
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Aaron Rodgers Is More Motivated Than Ever By Martin Rogers. As we wait in anticipation for the start of the NFL season, there's a certain topic that seems to be dominating headlines as of late and needs to be addressed ... Aaron Rodgers' love life. Okay, so here's the tabloid gossip: Rodgers broke up ...
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Green Bay Packers to play first two home games at Lambeau Field without fans GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers said Thursday no fans will be present for the team's first two home games this season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Packers said the first time fans might be allowed is Nov. 1 when Green Bay hosts ...
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Falcons WR Ridley eager to step out of Julio's large shadow FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — When you're a receiver on the same team with Julio Jones, it's easy to get overlooked. Calvin Ridley is hoping to change that in 2020. Heading into his third season with the Atlanta Falcons, the former first-round pick out of ...
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Doyel: Purdue's Rondale Moore does what college football lacks the guts to do: Opt out of 2020 INDIANAPOLIS – One by one the college kids are doing what the adults in the room — school presidents and conference commissioners, even state governors — lack the courage to do. They are opting out of a 2020 college football season that almost surely ...
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Astros minor leaguer Kent Emanuel gets 80-game suspension for PEDs NEW YORK -- Houston Astros left-hander Kent Emanuel has been banned 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball for violating the league's drug prevention and treatment plan. Emanuel has pitched at Triple-A the past three seasons but never in the ...
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Daniel Jones spent his offseason bulking up in the weight room In his first media appearance of training camp, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones said that he bulked up from 220 pounds, his playing weight as a rookie, to 228 or 229 pounds entering his second year in the league. "I feel good. I feel like I'm as strong as I've ...
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Bogdanovic's career-high 35 lead Kings past Pelicans 140-125 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Bogdan Bogdanovic scored a career-high 35 points to help the Sacramento Kings beat the New Orleans Pelicans 140-125 on Thursday. De'Aaron Fox had 30 points and 10 assists and Harrison Barnes added 22 points for the ...
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49ers linemen Shon Coleman, Jake Brendel opt out of 2020 NFL season The NFL's opt-out deadline came and went Thursday, and the 49ers announced offensive linemen Shon Coleman and Jake Brendel will join wide receiver Travis Benjamin in deciding to sit out the upcoming 2020 season. The #49ers announce OL Jake ...
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Bears, Chuck Pagano thrilled about 'great competitions' forming in secondary Right now, the Bears know they have a good amount of depth in their secondary. After that is when things get uncertain. Between now and September 13th, the Bears have to figure out who's going to start next to Eddie Jackson, who's going to start across from ...
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Bucks clinch No. 1 seed in Eastern Conference with win over Heat The Milwaukee Bucks have clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference with their 130-116 win over the Miami Heat Thursday. That victory puts them ahead of the Toronto Raptors by five games. The Bucks have four games left on their schedule and the ...
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Christian McCaffrey: I should be No. 1 pick in Fantasy Football drafts CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Christian McCaffrey has left no doubt as to who he thinks should be the No. 1 pick in this year's fantasy football drafts. "I'd take myself, yeah," the Panthers All-Pro running back said confidently Thursday before breaking into a wide smile.
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Guerin Emig: Dominoes from reported Big Sky football cancellation reach Sooners Decisions are being made as we trudge deeper into August and closer to the scheduled start of college football. News is being made. It's a daily stream now, which leads me to believe we should schedule more daily briefings to see how (or if) anything ...
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MLS is Back Tournament Final: Early preview of August 11 match in Orlando Few will dispute that the MLS is Back Tournament has provided a final pitting the two best teams in the competition. The Portland Timbers were the first to reach the championship match after a 2-1 semifinal win over the Philadelphia Union and they've been ...
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Nuno Espirito Santo says 'holidays must wait' after Wolves book last-eight spot Boss Nuno Espirito Santo has told Wolves to put their holidays on hold after they booked a Europa League quarter-final showdown with Sevilla. Raul Jimenez's early penalty clinched a spot in the last eight as Wolves beat Olympiacos 1-0 in their last-16 ...
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Doug Marrone says Josh Allen "gets it" The Jaguars' Josh Allen might be the second-most famous Josh Allen in the NFL, but he is the most accomplished Josh Allen in the league. With all due respect to the Bills' quarterback, who expects big things this season, the Jaguars pass rusher made 10.5 ...
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Louisville dismisses three men's soccer players after party leads to COVID-19 outbreak The University of Louisville has dismissed three members of its men's soccer team and suspended three others as a disciplinary measure related to Saturday's off-campus party that led to 29 COVID-19 cases within the Louisville athletic department. According ...
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TJ Warren cools off in Indiana Pacers' 1st 'bubble loss' to Phoenix Suns The Indiana Pacers are halfway through the "seeding" games for the NBA restart. Their hot start was interrupted Thursday by the Phoenix Suns in Orlando. They're 3-1 and were held well under their 119.3 scoring average in their first three games, 114-99.
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Angels' Shohei Ohtani homers in first game after injury diagnosis This is apparently something that Shohei Ohtani does. Ohtani hit a homer in his first at-bat on Thursday, which was his first game since learning on Monday that a forearm injury would prevent him from pitching again this season. In September 2018, Ohtani hit ...
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For Rays, 'there's no better feeling' than beating Yankees ST. PETERSBURG — The Rays and Yankees have had their moments. The 2008 spring training dustup started by Elliot Johnson's barreling into home plate, and the ensuing retaliations. CC Sabathia's bullying from the mound, his barking — and ...
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Penn State not planning on hosting fans for fall sports Shortly after Penn State athletics published a letter Thursday to say the school wasn't planning to have fans at fall events — including football — athletic director Sandy Barbour and other department officials briefed reporters on reasons for the decision and ...
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Shaq Lawson among Dolphins on COVID-19 list The Dolphins placed six players on the COVID-19 list Thursday, but multiple reports out of Miami indicate that the deactivations came, not because of positive tests, but because contact tracing showed contact with a positive teammate. Defensive linemen ...
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Two Saints players put on reserve/COVID-19 list; here's what that means New Orleans Saints long snapper Zach Wood and linebacker Kaden Elliss have been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list, according to Thursday's transactions. The two are the first Saints players to be placed on the newly created reserve list since its ...
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Steelers 1 of 3 NFL teams with no covid-19 opt-outs As the deadline for NFL players to opt out of the 2020 season because of coronavirus concerns approached Thursday, Mike Tomlin was confident he would have a complete Pittsburgh Steelers roster heading into on-field workouts at training camp.
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Olson homers, Fiers gets 1st win as A's sweep Rangers OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics are on a roll with the rival Houston Astros coming to town at last. Matt Olson homered to back Mike Fiers' first win of the season and the A's beat the Texas Rangers 6-4 on Thursday for their sixth straight victory ...
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Premier League announces substitution, VAR decisions The Premier League has voted to revert to three substitutions per team per game for the 2020-21 season, one of several changes coming from Thursday meetings. Traditionalists have won out after the PL returned for Project Restart with an unusual five subs ...
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Michigan's Jim Harbaugh reportedly accuses Ohio State's Ryan Day of cheating in Big Ten call Michigan's Jim Harbaugh reportedly accuses Ohio State's Ryan Day of cheating in Big Ten call. Written By Dan Bernstein. Share. FacebookTwitterEmailCopy Link. Jim Harbaugh-010120-GETTY-FTR (Getty Images) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/ ...
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Archie Bradley: Obscene gesture wasn't aimed at Houston Astros Diamondbacks closer Archie Bradley said the obscene gesture he made during the fifth inning on Wednesday night was not directed toward the Houston Astros but rather at a teammate. Bradley, whom cameras caught with his right middle finger airborne, ...
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Chris Paul Says He Knows LeBron James Will 'Talk Junk' About His 5 Turnovers Chris Paul's Oklahoma City Thunder may have bested LeBron James' Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, but CP3 still expects to hear some ribbing about his five turnovers. "My brother (LeBron) talk junk all day, every day, so I know I'm going to hear it after ...
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Troy, Middle Tennessee planning football home-and-home this year, MTSU AD says Troy and Middle Tennessee are in discussions to play twice this year in football, Blue Raiders athletics director Chris Massaro announced Thursday. Though no contracts have yet been signed, the teams would meet in Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Sept. 5 or 19 ...
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Braves' Sean Newcomb: Tagged with loss against Blue Jays Newcomb (0-1) allowed two runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4.2 innings in a loss to the Blue Jays on Wednesday. This qualifies as a step forward for Newcomb after he was rocked for six runs in 4.1 innings against the Mets last week, ...
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Rockets' Russell Westbrook out vs. Lakers Rockets guard Russell Westbrook was ruled out of Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers with a bruised right quad, a precaution after several days in which Westbrook felt some pain in his thigh. "We just don't want to risk anything so it's better that ...
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Erik Jones will not return to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2021 Jones, 24, is in the midst of his fourth full-time season in the NASCAR Cup Series. He joined Joe Gibbs Racing in 2018 after spending his rookie season with the now-defunct Furniture Row Racing.
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Auburn linebacker Chandler Wooten announces opt out Calling it a difficult decision, standout Auburn linebacker Chandler Wooten announced Thursday that he will be opting out of the 2020 season over COVID-19 concerns. Wooten announced on Twitter that he and a partner are expecting a baby boy in ...
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Washington Football Team's retired logos coveted at sports memorabilia shops VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Some people have chosen to spend their extra time during this pandemic collecting sports memorabilia and one type of item that's been in high demand at our local stores is Washington Football Team gear. Ever since the team ...
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Augusta mayor predicts no patrons at Masters Tournament Mayor Hardie Davis said a patron-less Masters Tournament is likely when the rescheduled event is held in November. "The PGA Championship begins at Harding Park without fans, and that's likely what will probably happen in Augusta," Davis said of the ...
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2020 NBA Draft Lottery Update The 2020 NBA draft lottery, originally scheduled for May 19, will now take place on August 20, two weeks from today. Besides happening three months later than usual, this year's lottery also figures to look a little different, since the ongoing coronavirus ...
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Zinedine Zidane claims Gareth Bale 'preferred not to play' in latest twist to ugly Real feud Zinedine Zidane has said Gareth Bale told him he did not want to play for Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League last 16 on Saturday (5am AEST). But Zidane said Eden Hazard is fit to face City, despite concerns regarding the ...
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Joe Girardi Provides Some Insight on Spencer Howard's Short-Term Future You may have heard that thanks to yesterday's doubleheader, the Phillies will have an open spot in their rotation when they face Atlanta on Sunday afternoon. Zach Eflin is set to make his season debut tonight, while Vince Velasquez and Jake Arrieta will get ...
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Stanley Cup Playoffs: Washington Capitals vs. Philadelphia Flyers start time, live stream, TV schedule The Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers square off in a pivotal round-robin game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Aug. 6, starting at 4:00 p.m. EST, the Washington Capitals and Philadelphia Flyers will square off in the second game of the Stanley ...
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