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Deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday the NHL expects 98% of players to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the start of the season. The league projects that only between 10 and 15 of roughly 700 players will not be vaccinated by the time the season begins Oct. 12. The league and NHL Players’ Association […]
Compared to the events that surround it, this week’s Fortinet Championship is about as low-key as it gets. That makes for a great start to both the fall golf season as well as the 2021-22 PGA Tour season. It’s fitting that this tournament is played in Napa, California, because a surprisingly good field will play a […]
One of the most decorated college wrestlers in recent history will officially make the move to MMA on Sept. 24 as Penn State great and three-time NCAA champion Bo Nickal has booked his first fight. Nickal made the announcement on Thursday with a fight booked on a boxing/MMA hybrid card in Pensacola, Fla., which is […]
Major League Baseball has been without one of its best players in Mike Trout since May, and on Wednesday Angels manager Joe Maddon confirmed he won’t be back before the end of the season. In his stead, youngster Brandon Marsh has been getting more looks, and he’s been especially good over the last week. After a monster game against Chicago on […]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dan Mullen arrives at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium one morning in August looking like death warmed over. Florida‘s head football coach isn’t doing a bad Ed Orgeron impression as he croaks hello, sounding as if he has gravel lodged in his windpipe. He has strep throat. He trudges upstairs to his office […]
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are promoting running back Devonta Freeman to the active roster Thursday after he spent one week on the team’s practice squad, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Freeman, 29, joins Ty’Son Williams and Latavius Murray in Baltimore’s revamped running backs group. The Ravens signed Freeman to […]
The Teddy Bridgewater era in Denver is off to a good start. Led by Bridgewater’s two touchdown passes and Von Miller’s two sacks on defense, the Broncos recorded an impressive 27-13 win over the Giants in Week 1. The Broncos will now look to win their second away game of the year this Sunday against […]
We’re onto Week 2 of the 2021 NFL season. The NFC East got off to a poor start in Week 1, with three of the four teams falling in defeat. Two of those three teams will square off on “Thursday Night Football,” as the New York Giants travel to Landover, Maryland, to take on the […]
The Champions League group stage is underway, with Chelsea defending their title and 31 other clubs seeking to emulate them next May in Saint Petersburg. Following an exciting first round of games, we asked James Olley, Julien Laurens and Tom Hamilton to answer some big questions. What caught your attention on Matchday 1? Olley: Top […]
Sometimes something is so noteworthy an exception must be made to the rule. And I’ve never highlighted a college player who isn’t draft eligible, but the skill set of Florida’s redshirt freshman quarterback Anthony Richardson is too tantalizing not to be put in the spotlight. Right now. He’s demonstrated No. 1 overall-pick talent and feels […]
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