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A doubling of COVID-19 cases in the last two weeks suggests the United States has entered a fourth wave of the pandemic.

No one knows what the next month or two will bring, but the example of the United Kingdom suggests the infection rate could get quite high, while hospitalizations and deaths stay relatively low.

Instead of the virus raging through entire communities, it is expected to target the unvaccinated, including children, and if rates are high enough, also the most…

Harrison Reed could be out for Fulham but Chris Wood is available for Burnley; follow Fulham vs Burnley live on Sky Sports Premier League and Main Event from 7pm; kick-off 8pm; watch free highlights shortly after full time on Sky Sports website and app

Newcastle’s surprise 4-2 win at top four contenders Leicester on Friday left Scott Parker’s side nine points from safety in 18th place, with Burnley one place above them in the table.…

Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders will face off for the WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring Magazine super middleweight titles. This will not completely unify the division, but it will move us one step closer with the winner likely to face Caleb Plant for the IBF title. The bout will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with the main card kicking off at 8:00 p.m. ET. DAZN will broadcast the showdown worldwide, except for in the country of Mexico.…

Canelo Alvarez and Billy Joe Saunders will face off for the WBA, WBC, WBO and The Ring Magazine super middleweight titles. This will not completely unify the division, but it will move us one step closer with the winner likely to face Caleb Plant for the IBF title.

The bout will take place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with the main card kicking off at 8:00 p.m. ET. DAZN will broadcast the showdown worldwide, except for in the country of Mexico.…

The 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Tournament begins with 16 college hockey teams squaring off in the regional stage at venues in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Fargo, North Dakota; Loveland, Colorado and Albany, New York starting on Friday, March 26 (3/26/2021).…

The first four games of the 2021 NCAA Tournament featured four teams rallying from double-digit deficits with three of them closing the deal for impressive victories to advance on to first round games on Saturday. The most high-profile game of the night belonged to Michigan State and UCLA as the Bruins roared back from an 11-point halftime deficit to win 86-80 in overtime.…

The NCAA has canceled Saturday night's VCU-Oregon first round game. Read the NCAA's full statement below.

“The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee has declared the VCU-Oregon game scheduled for Saturday night at Indiana Farmers Coliseum a no-contest because of COVID-19 protocols. This decision was made in consultation with the Marion County Public Health Department. As a result, Oregon will advance to the next round of the tournament. The NCAA and the committee regret that…

Spring football is just days away for the Oklahoma Sooners. With the return of football on the way, Sooners Wire takes a look at each position group ahead of camp. This time we journey into the trenches with the offensive tackles.

Last season Oklahoma deployed the tackle duo of Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson. After one game, Ealy and Swenson swapped sides putting the former at the right tackle spot. Ealy is now heading to the NFL through the draft meaning there would be at least one new…

The 2021 ACC Spring football game schedule has been announced, and nine of the 14 games will be televised live by the ACC Network.

Spring football game action in the ACC kicks off on Saturday, March 27 with Duke’s annual Spring Showcase. The game is set for 10:00am ET and it will be televised by the ACC Network.…

It was Saturday around 4:30 p.m. ET. The sun was out, but the air was crisp. My three-person family, as we tend to do on lazy weekend days, was spread out into three different areas of our house. And as I always do when I find myself alone on those such days, I started fiddling with the ESPN App to see what was on.

On this Saturday, as it has been for the past two Saturdays and as it will be until mid-May, what it was, was football. College football. Like, a whole lot of college…

While the 2021 Golden Globes and Academy Awards have been postponed due to COVID-19, music’s biggest night, the Grammy Awards, were still a-go for their originally scheduled date. With an increase in the amount of music that was released during the pandemic, it was decided that the 63rd annual Grammys would not be delayed. Then, as COVID cases increased in Los Angeles, where the Grammys were to be held, the Recording Academy had to rethink that decision. Variety confirmed Jan. 5 that the…

North Dakota State bounced back from its streak-breaking loss with a dominant showing and will look to start another streak this weekend as the Bison take on Illinois State. The Bison are fresh off a 25- win over Missouri State last week and are looking to rebuild their stock as championship contenders. On the other side, Illinois State is looking for its first win of the season after starting 0-2.

Saturday’s game will air exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States nationally. ESPN+ a…

The WCC Conference Championship stretches from March 4th through 9th with games played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament will include 10 teams, who will play single-elimination games with no reseeding, but gives a triple-bye to the top two teams, a double-bye to the third and fourth teams, and a single bye to the fifth and sixth teams.

Most of the coverage for the WCC tournament games will span across the ESPN broadcast platforms. Game 5 is set for ESPNU, while…

The Cowboy Channel and RFD-TV, coming off record-breaking viewership numbers for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR), announced today The American Rodeo presented by Durango Boots is moving forward with its originally scheduled 2021 dates and tickets will be going on sale to the general public starting this Friday, January 15th at 10 am CT.…

The 78th Golden Globe Awards are upon us, serving as the unofficial kickoff to the 2021 awards season. The annual event celebrates the best of film and television, and is often seen as a precursor for the Academy Awards.

The Netflix movie, Mank, leads all movie nominees this year, with six Golden Globe nominations, including Best Motion Picture – Drama. The Crown leads the pack on the TV side, with six nominations of its own.

When we watch Golden Globes 2021 online tonight,…

Five key England forwards are absent and many players are lacking game-time, with scrum-half Ben Youngs admitting there could be "teething problems".

Nevertheless, the defending champions are favourites to win again this year.

"The pressure is on England," Monye said on the Rugby Union Weekly podcast.

"Anyone that thinks otherwise is deluded."…

High school football finally returned this weekend with the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s state regional round for all eight divisions. Check out MLive’s coverage below, including highlights from each region, as well as photographs and more.

It's taken a while, but the the Michigan high school football playoffs have reach the Final Four in its 11-man divisions, and the finals of the two 8-man fields. Beginning in September, the season was suspended in November in an…

Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor is returning to the octagon to face #2 ranked lightweight Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257 on January 23.

McGregor has fought just twice since 2016, losing the lightweight championship to Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018 and scoring a first round knockout against welterweight Donald Cerrone in January 2020. The UFC star has flirted with retirement but said he was "grateful" for his latest UFC…

The nearly two-month wait was worth the wait as far as Saturday’s regional winners are concerned.

High school football finally returned this weekend with the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s state regional round for all eight divisions. Check out MLive’s coverage below, including highlights from each region, as well as photographs and more.…

It has been a very, very long football season, but we have finally made it to championship week. And what would the championship week be without some championship predictions?

MLive’s Scott DeCamp and Jared Purcell joined WLCS-FM 98.3 high school football play-by-play announcer Matt Tjapkes on the John Mackay Show on Tuesday to break down each game of the football state championships held at Ford Field on Friday and Saturday.…