6:45 AM ET You’d forgive the San Francisco 49ers for thinking 2020 just wasn’t meant to be their year. After losing to the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV in February, the 4-4 Niners have dealt with a catastrophic flurry of injuries that have served to compromise their chances of competing in the NFC this season.
Month: November 2020
Former British champion Ian Stannard has been forced to retire because of rheumatoid arthritis. The Ineos Grenadiers rider was one of the first riders to join the team as Team Sky in 2010 and his biggest wins came in the one-day Omloop Het Nieuwsblad races in 2014 and 2015. Stannard also helped Chris Froome and
Manchester United lost in the group stage of this season’s UEFA Champions League for the first time as they were humbled in a 2-1 loss to Istanbul Basaksehir on Wednesday night. A bizarre lapse of judgement on the halfway line allowed Demba Ba a breakaway to open the scoring before Edin Visca made it two,
12:45 AM GMT Reece Hodge will play his first Test for Australia at flyhalf against New Zealand in Brisbane this weekend after coach Dave Rennie made six changes to his starting side for the fourth Bledisloe Test. With James O’Connor still struggling with a knee injury that ruled him out of last weekend’s record 43-5
Women’s T20 Challenge: Velocity won their first fixture against Supernovas© Twitter Velocity face Trailblazers in the second fixture of the 2020 Women’s T20 Challenge, at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah, on November 5. Velocity is captained by Mithali Raj, who lost to Supernovas in last season’s final. They opened their campaign with a win
4:24 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has brushed off suggestions he could be sacked following the humiliating Champions League defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir. United lost 2-1 in Turkey on Wednesday to increase the pressure on Solskjaer’s position. – Ratings: Fernandes, Matic both 4/10 in shock defeat– Stream ESPN FC Daily
3:01 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a welterweight bout between Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and Geoff Neal on Dec. 19, according to multiple sources. Once signed, the 170-pound bout will be added to the UFC’s final event of 2020, a UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas. Another high-profile welterweight matchup between Leon Edwards
10:03 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya spent all week talking up his City Kickboxing teammate Carlos Ulberg, ahead of Ulberg’s appearance on Dana White Contender Series. Turns out, the champ wasn’t lying about his buddy’s potential. Ulberg (3-0) joined Adesanya amongst the UFC ranks on Wednesday, as he earned a UFC contract by
9:13 PM ET LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are reeling from the shooting death of Ericka Weems, the 37-year-old older sister of Cavs director of scouting Brandon Weems. James took to Twitter on Wednesday to make a plea for any information connected to the shooting. Weems was discovered Monday afternoon in the bedroom of
4:20 PM ET The NBA’s Board of Governors and Players Association are holding separate meetings on Thursday expected to culminate with an agreement on starting the 2020-2021 season on Dec. 22 and playing a reduced 72-game schedule, sources tell ESPN. The NBPA is planning to take a formal vote of the team player representatives on
7:28 PM ET NFL NationESPN The status of some big-name players is in doubt entering Week 9 in the NFL, including Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, who was put on the reserve/COVID-19 list, and Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, who was a limited participant in Wednesday’s practice because of a hamstring strain. They join
4:05 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Rafael Nadal became only the fourth man to reach 1,000 match wins when he beat fellow Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. The 20-time Grand Slam champion joined Jimmy Connors (1,274), Roger Federer (1,242) and Ivan
Nov 3, 2020 The rematch between Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin has been postponed until 2021 after the Russian was admitted to hospital with COVID-19. Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that the fight, which was due to be held on Nov. 21, would now happen on Jan. 30, 2021 in a statement on Tuesday. “Firstly we
9:20 AM ET Former junior lightweight, lightweight and light welterweight title holder Adrien Broner was jailed Monday on contempt of court charges in a Cuyahoga County courtroom, stemming from an assault at a Cleveland nightclub in 2018. In December 2019, Judge Nancy Margaret Russo ruled that Broner needed to pay $783,752.54 in damages and court
6:43 PM ET Rikki Soumpholphakdy Former featherweight world titlist Shakur Stevenson has publicly offered to face Oscar Valdez at junior lightweight on Dec. 12 after Valdez’s original opponent, Miguel Berchelt, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. Stevenson (14-0, 8 KOs) told ESPN he has informed his managers to inquire about the possibility of fighting Valdez
2:44 PM ET Free-agent right-hander Trevor Bauer has rejected the Cincinnati Reds‘ $18.9 million qualifying offer for the 2021 season, agent Rachel Luba announced on Twitter. Luba, however, said Bauer remains open to discussing a return to Cincinnati and “all other interested teams thru Free Agency.” “Why wait for the QO to expire to state
5:28 PM ET A fight between WBC heavyweight titleholder and lineal champion Tyson Fury and Agit Kabayel is being finalized for Dec. 5 in London, The Athletic reported Wednesday. Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) had said recently that he wanted to fight on Dec. 5, but he didn’t have an opponent. “I’d just like to announce
10:40 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Technically, free agency in Major League Baseball began Sunday evening. There was no deluge of activity like the NBA or NFL offer, no dopamine hit of excitement and activity and possibility to
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