Raiders place five on COVID- 19 list
The Las Vegas Raiders placed four starting offensive linemen and safety Johnathan Abram on the reserve/ COVID- 19 list after they were determined to be close contacts with a teammate who had tested positive for the coronavirus.
Abram, Kolton Miller, Denzelle Good, Rodney Hudson and Gabe Jackson were placed on the list Thursday because of highrisk contact with right tackle Trent Brown, who was placed on the COVID- 19 list Wednesday.
If those players remain asymptomatic they must wait five days from their last contact with Brown on Monday and test negative each day before they will be allowed to return.
That gives them enough time to return to play on Sunday against Tampa Bay if they don’t test positive or develop symptoms before then. The NFL moved the game for Sunday night against the Buccaneers into the afternoon window out of an “abundance of caution” to make sure a game would be available for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.” The Seattle- Arizona game was moved into the prime- time slot.
The Minnesota Vikings traded defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to the Baltimore Ravens for draft picks, less than two months after acquiring the fifth- year pass rusher in a deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Winter Classic was scheduled to match the Minnesota Wild against the St. Louis Blues on Jan. 1 at Target Field in Minneapolis. The All- Star Weekend had been planned for Jan 29- 30 at BB& T Center in Sunrise, Fla.
— Helene Elliott
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Zac Thomas threw four touchdowns passes as Appalachian State defeated visiting Arkansas State 45- 17 in a Sun Belt Conference game.
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— John Cherwa
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