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Foles, of course, had plenty to prove in his first start since November 2020, and there were plenty of other players for whom the game held meaning, whether it was Byrd, who is on a one-year contract with the Bears, or Montgomery, who has echoed Nagy’s message of playing with pride a few times.
Anthony Barr picked off Stafford twice, both deep in Rams territory, and the Vikings turned them into 10 points. Stafford went 21 of 37 for 197 yards with a fourth-quarter touchdown pass to Odell Beckham Jr., but he was out of sync for most of the game with several other throws that could’ve been intercepted.
Only three active players on the Bulls roster haven’t entered the COVID-19 protocols this season — Alex Caruso, Tyler Cook and Marko Simonović. None of the players who tested positive experienced serious symptoms, and Donovan said most of the Bulls were asymptomatic. LaVine expressed optimism about the outbreak’s ability to fortify the team against the virus in the future.
The Fenway Bowl was supposed to bring a college football postseason game to the century-old home of the Boston Red Sox, but those plans have been stymied twice by the pandemic. It was to be the last game for Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall, who announced his resignation after the Cavaliers concluded a 6-6 regular season.
Aside from Fields and Dalton being out, the Bears enter Sunday with nine players still on the reserve/COVID-19 list: defensive lineman Akiem Hicks, wide receivers Allen Robinson and Isaiah Coulter, safety Tashuan Gipson, cornerback Jaylon Johnson, tight ends Jesse James and Jesper Horsted, inside linebacker Joel Iyiegbuniwe and running back Ryan Nall.
Max Scherzer went 15-4 with the Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers, then signed a three-year, $130 million deal with the New York Mets at age 37. LeBron James, 36, continued to dominate on the court in his 19th NBA season, while his “Space Jam” sequel finished atop the box office on opening weekend in July. “Hi Haters!” James tweeted, adding a grinning emoji.
If a deal was going to happen, the Bears were going to be the ones to do it, and by the beginning of March acquiring Wilson was the team’s top priority, according to multiple sources. It advanced to the point the teams met in Fargo, N.D., for Trey Lance’s pro day and kicked around possibilities. Exactly what the Bears offered for Wilson remains unknown, but suffice to say it was a package that included three first-round picks plus more.
Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocols Friday, giving the Leafs 13 players on the list. Captain John Tavares, defenseman Morgan Rielly and goaltender Jack Campbell also are in the protocols along with coach Sheldon Keefe, two assistants and four other members of the organization.
Foles, a 10th-year NFL veteran, hasn’t played in a regular-season game in 2021. He played in nine games with seven starts in 2020, his first season in Chicago after the Bears traded a fourth-round draft pick to the Jacksonville Jaguars to acquire him. He threw for 1,852 yards, 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions last season as the Bears moved back and forth between starting him and Mitch Trubisky.
“I asked that exact question two days ago to our medical people,” Donovan said Sunday before a game against the Los Angeles Lakers. “We’re around these guys. We’re all together. We’re in locker rooms, on planes. We’re in buses, we’re in huddles. And the response I got was, ‘Count yourself lucky.’ So I don’t think there’s anything as much as we’ve been very fortunate.”