1:52 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas will miss the final three games of the regular season because of his lingering ankle injury, but the Saints expect him close to 100% for the start of the playoffs, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Thomas will be placed on injured
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3:05 PM ET Manchester City midfielder Sam Mewis has been named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year for 2020. Following a stellar 2019 in which she helped lead the U.S. women’s national team to its fourth World Cup, Mewis continued her standout play at club level, first for North Carolina Courage and later for
1:05 PM ET There have been glimpses of 11-year-old Charlie Woods’ golf swing. Some social media footage leaked out into the world. Then this week, some range sessions next to his famous father, Tiger Woods, at the PNC Championship. With the cameras on, it took three holes for Charlie to post his first highlight-reel moment.
Shubman Gill scored a half-century in the tour game against Australia A.© Instagram Former Australia cricketer Tom Moody feels India should have given a chance to in-form batsman Shubman Gill ahead of Prithvi Shaw in the day-night Test. Shaw again failed to leave a mark and was dismissed in a similar fashion by Pat Cummins
12:15 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The WTA announced its schedule for the beginning portion of the 2021 season on Friday, following the official announcement of the delayed dates of the Australian Open. Posting a calendar of the first seven weeks, the season will get underway at the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open on Jan.
11:20 AM ET Months before he agreed to purchase the Utah Jazz for $1.66 billion, Ryan Smith, who was formally approved as owner by the NBA’s Board of Governors on Friday, said he was “really close” to making a bid to buy the Minnesota Timberwolves. Smith, who made his fortune as the co-founder of the
India captain Virat Kohli can’t remember a “worse batting performance” by his team than the lowest ever Test score of 36 against Australia here but at the same time, he has urged people not to “make mountain out of a molehill”. He did speak about batsmen “lacking intent” to take forward the lead and although
6:28 AM ET Alex Kirkland Mohamed Salah has said his Liverpool future is “in the club’s hands” and was “very disappointed” to be overlooked for the captaincy in their Champions League match with FC Midtjylland this month. Salah, 28, expected to wear the armband for the final group D game on Dec. 9 with Jordan
11:39 PM ET Ohio State and Northwestern both have cleared final COVID-19 testing ahead of Saturday’s Big Ten football championship game in Indianapolis, sources told ESPN. Players and coaches on both teams had to pass a final layer of conference-mandated testing Friday after arriving in Indianapolis. A source said No. 14 Northwestern came out “100%
12:26 PM ET Marc Spears NBA free agent guard Jeremy Lin is expected to sign a deal to play with the Golden State Warriors‘ G-League team, a source told The Undefeated. Lin averaged 11.6 points and 4.3 assists in 480 games in the NBA from 2010-19. The former Harvard guard began his career with the
12:08 PM ET Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Friday if the Irish are chosen to make the College Football Playoff, they would consider not playing if families are not allowed to attend the semifinal game. During a Zoom call previewing the ACC championship game, Kelly made pointed remarks about the need to have families
12:04 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving says he plans to burn sage before every game this season to honor his Native American heritage. Irving was seen burning sage on the court at TD Garden during warm-ups before his Nets beat the Boston Celtics 113-89 on Friday night in the
Dec 18, 2020 Associated Press The Victorian state government has confirmed that all players at the Australian Open will be required to quarantine in Melbourne for 14 days before the delayed start of the Feb. 8-21 first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year. The government said on Saturday that quarantine plans have been endorsed
9:27 PM ET Message received, Gennadiy Golovkin. If the 38-year-old wanted to show he could still put on some of the most masterful performances in boxing, he did that Friday. Golovkin’s technical prowess was on full display in a seventh-round stoppage victory over Kamil Szeremeta to defend his IBF middleweight title. Golovkin set the record
8:18 PM ET Jo Adell, quite possibly the best prospect the Los Angeles Angels have had since Mike Trout, struggled as a rookie in 2020, batting .161 while showing clear struggles defensively. And though Angels manager Joe Maddon considers it unfair to judge players based off such an unconventional season, he also said he believes
8:29 PM ET ESPN News Services The National Hockey League and players reached a tentative deal Friday to hold a 56-game season in 2021, pending the approval of each side’s executive board and Canadian health officials. The season would start Jan. 13. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the sides have an agreement, pending the approval
6:25 PM ET Associated Press The International Ice Hockey Federation says eight players from Germany’s team at the world junior hockey championship have tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Edmonton, Alberta, bubble. The IIHF says the Germans will all remain in quarantine until Thursday. The country is scheduled to open the tournament against Finland on
6:00 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan no longer measures success by making it to the end of year disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. A schedule for 2021 he released Friday suggests the LPGA Tour came out stronger than ever. The LPGA Tour has added two tournaments and didn’t