The month of December hasn’t been very merry for The Washington Football Team, which had a COVID-19 outbreak and is losing players left and right to injury. Despite the COVID cases and injuries, Washington still has a 12-percent chance to make the playoffs.So … “I really do believe all you need is a chance,” head coach Ron Rivera said. “A big part of it, too, is being healthy at the right time, getting players back at the right opportunity, not having a big distraction, being able to stay focused as you trend toward something. We’ll find out”As of this week,…
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The former England captain Ray Illingworth has died at the age of 89, Yorkshire cricket club announced on Saturday. Illingworth, one of the few men to lead England to a Test series victory in Australia, in 1970-71, had been undergoing radiotherapy for esophageal cancer.Illingworth played 61 Tests between 1958 and 1973, scoring 1,836 Test runs at an average of 23.24 and claimed 122 wickets at 31.20. He captained England 31 times, winning 12 of those matches.Illingworth went on to become was the chairman of selectors for England between 1994 and 1996, and coached the team in 1995-96.Born in Pudsey, Yorkshire,…
Tyson Fury will be fighting in March but he WON’T be making a defense of his WBC heavyweight title against his mandatory interim WBC champion Dillian Whyte. It’s important that Fury not lose his next fight because he’s waiting to face the winner of the April rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua. The payday Fury will get fighting the winner of the Usyk vs. Joshua II fight will be enormous, which is another good reason why he’s better off not facing Whyte. It’s unclear whether Fury will vacate his WBC title or if he’ll wait for the World Boxing…
The current top-5 star Andrey Rublev made a breakthrough run in 2020, winning the Tour-leading five ATP titles and adding 41 ATP wins to his tally. The Moscow native cracked the top-10 and secured the ATP Finals debut thanks to three consecutive ATP 500 titles after the season’s restart and reaching back-to-back Major quarter-finals in New York and Paris!Eager to show his best tennis on the big scene, Andrey played his first ATP Finals match against the 20-time Major champion Rafael Nadal and suffered a 6-3, 6-4 loss in an hour and 17 minutes. Rublev admitted he dealt with massive…
All Times ESTEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionGPWLOTPtsGFGAHomeAwayDivTampa Bay30206444988010-3-210-3-27-3-1Toronto30208242987612-4-18-4-16-2-0Florida291874401048714-3-04-4-44-1-2Detroit3115133338810411-3-24-10-14-4-2Boston26141023071697-5-17-5-16-3-1Buffalo301015525821046-8-24-7-33-4-2Ottawa28917220791015-9-04-8-23-4-0Montreal31721317671095-10-12-11-22-5-1Metropolitan DivisionGPWLOTPtsGFGAHomeAwayDivCarolina2921714395629-3-012-4-13-2-0Washington31186743108819-3-49-3-36-2-0N.Y. Rangers3019744286778-3-211-4-25-1-0Pittsburgh3017853991768-5-29-3-34-2-0Columbus28141312991959-3-15-10-02-5-0Philadelphia29121252977956-6-26-6-33-4-1New Jersey301015525821057-7-33-8-24-4-2N.Y. Islanders2681262257772-5-36-7-31-4-1WESTERN CONFERENCECentral DivisionGPWLOTPtsGFGAHomeAwayDivMinnesota301992401129210-2-19-7-15-3-0Nashville30191013989799-5-010-5-16-2-1St. Louis311795391068511-3-26-6-36-4-2Colorado271782361159110-2-17-6-14-3-0Winnipeg301411533908710-6-14-5-44-2-2Dallas291512232828511-3-14-9-16-4-1Chicago30111542672976-6-25-9-23-3-2Arizona29621214561092-10-14-11-12-7-0Pacific DivisionGPWLOTPtsGFGAHomeAwayDivVegas3220120401149810-7-010-5-05-4-0Anaheim321796401038910-4-37-5-37-1-2Calgary2815763687624-3-411-4-22-4-1Edmonton2918110361019010-6-08-5-08-2-0Los Angeles30141153380798-6-26-5-32-2-1San Jose30151413178857-7-18-7-02-2-0Vancouver31141523081908-7-16-8-13-3-2Seattle301017323841086-9-14-8-22-7-0NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.Friday’s GamesNo games scheduledSaturday’s GamesNo games scheduledSunday’s GamesNo games scheduledMonday’s GamesDetroit at N.Y. Rangers, ppdFlorida at Carolina, ppdN.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, ppdOttawa at Washington, ppdPittsburgh at Boston, ppdToronto at Columbus, ppdNew Jersey at St. Louis, ppdNashville at Dallas, ppdLos Angeles at Arizona, ppdMinnesota at Winnipeg, ppdColorado at Vegas, ppdEdmonton at Calgary, ppdSan Jose at Anaheim, ppdSeattle at Vancouver, ppdTuesday’s GamesMontreal…
Ryquell Armstead returned to the Jacksonville Jaguars this week when general manager Trent Baalke signed the 25-year-old back Wednesday off the Green Bay Packers practice squad. Armstead will be on Jacksonville’s active roster for the final three games of the season. That was once a given for the former fifth-round pick. But then in the summer of 2020, Armstead landed on the reserve/COVID-19 list and struggled to return to the field — and to full health. The back, who tallied 252 yards from scrimmage on 49 touches in his rookie campaign in 2019, was looking at a healthy role in…
Thursday night marked the end of an era, and Saturday night will mark the start of a new one. Goodbye to the Staples Center, and hello to Crypto.com Arena. The Staples Center was the home of the Lakers and Clippers from 1999-2021, but it officially ended its run as the teams’ home venue after Thursday’s game between the Lakers and Spurs. Starting on Christmas Day, the building in downtown Los Angeles will be known as Crypto.com Arena. AEG, the owner and operator of the arena, announced the agreement with Crypto.com last month, saying in a statement that the deal “places the Crypto.com brand at…
The New York Knicks welcome the Atlanta Hawks to Madison Square Garden to get the 2021 NBA Christmas Day schedule tipped off. The Knicks are 14-18 this season, with the Hawks entering at 15-16 for a rematch of a memorable playoff matchup earlier in 2021. Trae Young, Clint Capela and Kevin Huerter headline a bevy of players expected to miss the game for Atlanta due to health and safety protocols. Nerlens Noel, Miles McBride and Kevin Knox remain sidelined for New York in the protocols. RJ Barrett (reconditioning) is questionable for the KnicksCaesars Sportsbook lists New York as a 6.5-point…
One of the few times that NASCAR drivers get time off from the racing calendar is during the holiday season. While the NASCAR season ended in November, most drivers continued to go wheel to wheel in different forms of racing.ADVERTISEMENTArticle continues below this adBut it is now, the time between the next season and the follow-through of the season gone by when drivers can go home and spend time with their near and dear ones during the festive season.Many drivers posted Christmas wishes on their social media accounts for their fans and followers.ADVERTISEMENTArticle continues below this adNASCAR will bring gifts…
Few teams around the league have as acute a need in center field as the Phillies. Last season, Philadelphia got just a .230/.298/.363 showing at the position. That production was 24 points below the league average by measure of wRC+, the fourth-worst offense around the league. The bulk of the at-bats were taken by Odúbel Herrera and Travis Jankowski, both of whom were outrighted off the 40-man roster after the season. Among the remaining options, Matt Vierling, Mickey Moniak and Adam Haseley look to be the favorites for playing time. That’s a suboptimal group for a win-now club, and they’re likely to pursue upgrades coming out…