11:45 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings star running back Dalvin Cook will miss Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions because of the death of his father, according to a league source. Cook returned to his home in Miami on Tuesday to be with his siblings and will miss the Vikings’ daily COVID-19 tests,
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4:23 PM ET Zdeno Chara is leaving the Boston Bruins after 14 seasons and signing a one-year free-agent contract with the Washington Capitals. Chara, 43, will make $795,000 against the salary cap with Washington. He said the Bruins decided to go in a different direction, and the unrestricted free agent was not in their plans.
2:54 PM ET Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott will miss the College Football Playoff semifinal game against Ohio State on Friday because of COVID-19 protocols. Elliott, the Tigers’ offensive playcaller for the past six seasons, will not travel to New Orleans for the Allstate Sugar Bowl, it was announced Wednesday. Clemson did not confirm whether
Last updated on 15 minutes ago15 minutes ago.From the section Sport Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been knighted in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. The Briton, 35, sealed a seventh drivers’ title at the Turkish Grand Prix in November – equalling Michael Schumacher’s championships record. Rugby league legend Rob Burrow is made
3:30 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs president Jed Hoyer didn’t want to become one of those organizations with little talent left at the end of its current window of contention. So, with a clear eye toward the future, he traded star pitcher Yu Darvish to the San Diego Padres earlier this week for four young
8:00 AM ET CLYDE SUKEFORTH IS SMILING. He’s holding a Brooklyn Dodgers cap in one hand and pointing to the sky with the other. He’s one of the characters in the Norman Rockwell painting “Tough Call,” although you can barely see him poking out behind the three umpires at home. The men in black are
3:29 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — American tennis player Sam Querrey was handed a suspended $20,000 fine by the ATP tour on Wednesday for breaching coronavirus protocols at the St. Petersburg Open in October. Querrey left Russia on a private plane after testing positive for COVID-19, despite having been placed in isolation by local
1:30 PM ET Should a situation arise where any of the top four teams can’t compete in the College Football Playoff because of COVID-19, the CFP has set January makeup dates for both semifinal games and the national championship, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN on Wednesday. There has been no indication from the
10:49 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Snow might have been falling from the sky back in Milwaukee, but in Miami on Tuesday night, the Bucks were making it rain from beyond the arc. Milwaukee set the single-game NBA record for 3-point field goals made, with 29 in a 144-97 victory over the Heat. The only Bucks
Mohammed Azharuddin thanked supporters for their concern.© AFP Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin on Wednesday said he is well and safe after his car met with a minor accident in Soorwal, Rajasthan earlier in the day. The former batsman further thanked his supporters for their prayers and good wishes. “Good evening everyone. Thank you for
8:45 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Twenty-nine baseball teams had the opportunity to acquire one of the best pitchers in the world for little more than a handful of lottery tickets, and only one jumped at it. If
9:00 AM ET Mike Brown had a decision to make. In early November, the Japanese government announced that select noncitizens could enter the country for business purposes if they quarantined for two weeks before mixing with the general population. That meant Brown, one of American Top Team’s main coaches, would be able to corner one
4:47 PM ET It’s not remotely original to say that 2020 can’t end soon enough. Most of us have experienced the single biggest collective disruption of our lives. Many of us have lost loved ones. Some have lost livelihoods. We know better than to believe that just because the Earth has made another (imperfect) revolution
BBL 10: Lewis Gregory slipped in his follow through and ended up bowling a wayward delivery.© AFP Hobart Hurricanes pulled off one of the most remarkable wins of the Big Bash League (BBL) 2020 season, beating Brisbane Heat by one run in a nail-biting contest at The Gabba, Brisbane on Wednesday. The match was full like a
7:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — In more than a decade as the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ coach, Mike Tomlin’s index of signature sayings has grown every season. And for the first time — at least in recent memory — he debuted a new one as he described the difference in his team from the first half to
6:16 AM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Trevor Zegras had two goals and three assists as the United States beat the Czech Republic 7-0 on Tuesday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals of the world junior hockey championship. Bobby Brink had two goals for the U.S., and Spencer Knight made 22 saves. The
7:53 AM ET Women’s world No. 1 Ash Barty will partner U.S. Open semifinalist Jennifer Brady in doubles at the 2021 Australian Open in a high-profile pairing between top singles players, organisers announced on Wednesday. Australian Barty played with now-retired German Julia Goerges in this year’s tournament in Melbourne, where they lost in the second
7:15 AM ET Mark KriegelESPN SAN DIEGO — It’s not what I’d expect of a Gen Z playlist, much less from a fighter losing himself in the imagined aggressions of shadowboxing: “Married Life,” better known as the theme from “Up”; Debussy’s “Clair de Lune”; and Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major. “It calms