Month: December 2020

5:33 PM ET Washington announced on Friday that it will not pursue a bowl bid due to medical reasons. “I’m truly disappointed for our players, coaches and staff who dedicated themselves to this very challenging season,” Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen said. “The last 10 days we have made every effort, including pausing all football-related
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11:22 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Drew Plitt threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score in the first half, and Ball State kept Buffalo star Jaret Patterson under control in a 38-28 victory over the Bulls on Friday night in the Mid-American Conference football title game. The Cardinals (6-1) won their first
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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
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10:18 PM ET 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
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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
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8:50 AM ET The UFC’s final event of 2020, which takes place Saturday in Las Vegas, was originally supposed to feature one of the scariest unranked welterweights on the planet against an established, veteran opponent. Well, even though the main event did change, the storyline around it remained the same. Two-time 170-pound title challenger Stephen
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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
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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
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6:19 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Top-ranked Jin Young Ko took the lead into the weekend in the LPGA Tour’s CME Group Tour Championship, putting herself in position to win the season money title in only four events. Ko shot a 5-under 67 on Friday in chilly and breezy conditions at Tiburon Golf
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