The Latest: 2 Temple basketball games postponed due to virus
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___A positive COVID-19 test and ensuing contact tracing at Temple have postponed the Owls’ next two basketball games. The reserve/COVID list was created for a player has tested positive test or has been quarantined after having been in close contact with an infected person. The move came after the team stopped all in-person work at its practice facility and reported a positive COVID-19 test. ___Middle Tennessee has postponed a pair of basketball games at Florida Atlantic because of positive COVID-19 tests and contact tracing within the Blue Raiders’ program. ___The Atlanta Falcons have stopped all in-person work at their practice facility after a positive COVID-19 test.
Chiefs clinch No. 1 seed when Falcons' Koo misses late FG
Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is tackled by Atlanta Falcons Foyesade Oluokun during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in Kansas City. The Chiefs had to watch as Pro Bowl kicker Younghoe Koo missed a tying field-goal attempt with 9 seconds left to escape. The Falcons (4-11) took the lead when Matt Ryan hit Laquon Treadwell for a 5-yard touchdown with 4:33 to go. Kansas City finally took its first lead on Harrison Butker's 53-yard field goal with 14:08 left in the game. The Falcons squandered their first chance to match the points when Brandon Powell coughed up the ball deep in Kansas City territory.
Browns short-handed as they face Jets
(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)The Cleveland Browns are short-handed as they try to clinch the franchise’s first playoff berth since 2002, the longest active drought in the NFL. They learned Sunday morning they will be without starting rookie left tackle Jedrick Wills against the New York Jets because of an illness. The Browns will be missing receivers Rashard Higgins, Donovan Peoples-Jones and KhaDarel Hodge and linebacker Jacob Phillips. The Indianapolis Colts will be without both starting offensive tackles when they face the Pittsburgh Steelers. This comes after they placed LB Whitney Mercilus on the COVID list on Christmas.
Detroit Lions rally to beat Atlanta Falcons 23-22 at the buzzer: Live updates recap
Falcons 22, Lions 165:29 -- Detroit Lions drive starts on Atlanta’s 32It’s third-and-a-mile for the Lions after the takeaway. 11:57 -- Detroit Lions drive starts on own 13Kenny Golladay looks to have made another spectacular catch, but this one is under review. Lions 7, Falcons 010:44 -- Atlanta Falcons drive starts on own 20Alex Mack is back on the field. #InspireChange | #WeWontBeSilent pic.twitter.com/H7gh8GpTbx — Detroit Lions (@Lions) October 25, 2020--The Detroit Lions have a chance to get back to .500 in Week 7 despite a tumultuous start to the strange season. Team stats:Average yards per game: Lions 347.8 (24th) | Falcons 403.2 (4th)Passing yards per game: Lions 230.4 (22nd) | Falcons 291.2 (2nd)Rushing yards per game: Lions 117.4 (15th) | Falcons 112 (19th)Points per game: Lions 26.6 (15th) | Falcons 27 (13th)Points allowed per game: Lions 28.6 (22nd) | Falcons 30.7 (28th)Defensive yards allowed per game: Lions 379 (21st) | Falcons 432.5 (31st)Passing yards allowed per game: Lions 234 (15th) | Falcons 335.3 (31st)Rushing yards allowed per game: Lions 145 (29th) | Falcons 97.2 (5th)Takeaways: Lions 6 | Falcons 8DVOA offensive ranking: Lions 19th | Falcons 22ndDVOA defensive ranking: Lions 23rd | Falcons 25th
mlive.comNFL players both eager & anxious to return during pandemic
By and large, however, those same players say they trust the protocols the NFL will have in place by the time practices resume and games return. Safeguards are expected to include daily temperature checks and frequent virus tests, with sick players quarantined for two weeks. We dont know how interesting.The pandemic hit home for a lot of players in April when Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller announced he had contracted COVID-19. And so, boy, I dont know. I dont know.