Following months of playing through a pandemic players didn’t need to be reminded of how fluid the situation is, but on Wednesday they were given a glimpse of how quickly the circuit’s COVID-19 protocols can change depending on where a tournament is played.

The e-mail outlined access at events starting at this month’s World Golf Championship that will be played in Bradenton, Florida, through the Valero Texas Open in early April.

Not including events in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, players will be allowed full family access at every event through Texas, including up to four tickets per day at The Players for other guests. Player managers will also be allowed at all the Florida swing events as well as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and Texas Open.

Family members, player managers and guests are only allowed onsite during competition days and they will not be given access to “player restricted areas” or inside the ropes.

By comparison, there are no family members or significant others allowed this week at Pebble Beach or next week at the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles. Officials at Pebble Beach were even restricted from building a player dining tent to accommodate the entire field. Instead, players were advised, “in event of an on-course evacuation, players and caddies will be required to seek shelter in their vehicle.”

The memo also reminds players of how the Tour’s protocols will continue to evolve: “It is important to note that these plans vary by market due to current COVID-19 guidelines. We will continue to monitor developments with COVID-19 and will keep you apprised of any changes to the following plan.”

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is facing an investigation from the Spanish football federation over comments he made in a recent interview suggesting referees favour Real Madrid because most Spanish referees are Real supporters.

A federation spokeswoman said Barca have been informed of the investigation into Pique, which will determine whether he broke the federation's rules on questioning the honour or impartiality of referees.

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Speaking to YouTube personality Mario Alfonso (known as Dj Mario) earlier this month, Pique said Real's charge to last season's title had been aided by refereeing calls, calling the decisions "the most grotesque thing I've ever seen in my life".

The player, who has a penchant for making jibes at Real Madrid, also cited remarks made by former referee Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez, who said last year that 90% of referees were Real fans, the remaining 10% supporting Barca.

"How are they not going to favour Real Madrid," Pique said.

"Even if they do it unconsciously, how are they not going to be kinder to one side over the other. I respect referees' professionalism and I know that they're doing the best job possible, but when there's a moment of doubt what will they do?"

Pique's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Cadiz's president Manuel Vizcaino Fernandez is also being investigated for a statement the club released after Sunday's 4-1 defeat to Real Sociedad, claiming the club were being treated unfairly by VAR calls.

Two days after ratification of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement with the MLS Players Association, MLS commissioner Don Garber said the league expects to lose "pretty close" to $1 billion in 2021.

Garber was speaking to reporters on a Zoom call, primarily to highlight the new CBA. The deal will save the league anywhere from $53 million to $110m during the life of the agreement, though Garber declined to specify an exact amount.

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The commissioner added that with the vast majority of fans still unable to attend games due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the impacts of COVID-19 were still having an adverse effect on MLS' business.

In December, Garber claimed that MLS sustained a $1bn drop in revenue in 2020, though league sources later amended that statement to "nearly $1bn" in losses.

"We are forecasted to lose pretty close to $1bn, if not $1bn, that we have been talking about," Garber said about 2021. "When you don't have fans for the majority of your season, it's just pure math. So that being said, our owners have been very, very focused over a long period of time to build a league. But they're their resources are not unlimited. We've got to drive revenue. We've got to think about new ways to approach our business."

The fact that MLS succeeded in reaching many of its goals during CBA negotiations led to conclusions that the league came out on the winning side. Garber took issue with such a characterization.

"This agreement is not about the league and the players winning or losing. It's about the game winning," he said. "It's about getting our players back on the field for our fans and our partners and continuing Major League Soccer's 26th season."

On Monday, MLSPA executive director Bob Foose told ESPN that the current relationship between the union and the league is "transactional," implying that there is less of a feeling of collaboration between the two sides than in the past. Garber disagreed with that characterization, though he did admit relations with the MLSPA could be improved.

"We do need to work harder collectively -- not just the league -- but we need to work collectively to have a better relationship with our union," Garber said.

Garber was also asked about the impact continued travel restrictions between the U.S. and Canada will have on the league's three Canadian teams. At one point last year, the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps were forced to set up home bases in the United States.

"Right now, our focus is trying to get an understanding as to when our [Canadian] teams can play in their home markets," Garber said. "And in the event that they're not able to, as our season is in front of us, having them have homes in the United States, where they'll be able to do sort of like they did at the end of last year, to be able to play their own matches."

The commissioner added that MLS is "really close" to being able to announce where Canadian clubs will be able to play.

Garber stated that the start of the 2021 MLS regular season will be pushed back until April 17, though it wasn't clear what impact that would have on other key dates, such as the opening of training camp.

Earlier this year, MLS took over the sales process for Real Salt Lake. Garber said the process had taken "a little bit of a pause during the pandemic," but that it is ongoing.

"We're very, very actively involved," Garber said. "I would say that I'm optimistic that we will find new ownership for the club, but we haven't put a timeline on it, we're just really, really focused on having those discussions and engaging with local people."

With Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban declining to play the national anthem before games, and with the NBA stating earlier on Wednesday that it would require teams to do, Garber was asked about MLS' anthem policy. He noted that nothing had changed, nor did he expect there to be alterations.

"When we do not have fans in the stadiums, we will not have a national anthem," he said. "But when we do have fans in the stadiums, we will have the national anthem, and is that's not something that I see changing."

Manchester City beat hosts Swansea City 3-1 to reach the FA Cup quarterfinals, extending City's winning streak across all competitions to 15.

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The streak is the longest of Pep Guardiola's managerial career, with his side becoming the first English top-flight team to reach that mark. Two other teams, Preston in 1892 and Arsenal in 1987, were able to reach 14.

The match was also notable for observers of the United States men's national team. Zack Steffen started in goal for City while Jordan Morris, on loan from Seattle Sounders FC, made his first Swansea start. Paul Arriola, also on loan at Swans from DC United, came off the bench as a second-half sub for his debut.

The last game City failed to win was against West Bromwich Albion at the Etihad Stadium on Dec. 15 and Wednesday's victory was Guardiola's 200th in 268 games in charge of the club.

"We came to win that was the most important thing. We cannot deny how pleased and how proud we are to break this record from a long time ago. Records are there to be broken. It is not easy in the modern era to do 15 games in a row. We are happy for our club," the Spaniard said.

Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling, and Gabriel Jesus all scored to give City a commanding lead before Morgan Whittaker pulled one back for the hosts.

Walker's goal in the 30th minute came as a surprise as his cross into the box was just out of reach of Fernan Torres but was able to clip the back post and into the net.

"It was a cross but, listen, we've deserved a bit of luck with the way we've been playing and I'm lucky to get on the scoresheet," Walker said afterward.

Swansea came close to equalising moments afterward when Jay Fulton's header sailed over the net, but weren't able to muster much more in the first half.

City came out strong after the break as Sterling doubled the lead after he found space behind Swans' backline for a simple finish.

Jesus smashed in City's third in the 50th minute on a first-time volley from Bernardo Silva's pass into the box.

Whittaker gave Swans a bit of a lifeline in the 77th minute when his low shot reached the corner of the net past a diving Steffen.

"We were naive with how we started the second half, particularly the goals we gave away, and a really tough challenge became massively tough after that and the game saw itself out," Swansea manager Steve Cooper said.

The only real downside for City was an injury to midfielder Rodri, who came off in the 72nd minute after a hard challenge from Yan Dhanda.

Big runs and individuals who stand up on the big stage will be the blueprint for England Women as they take a significant step towards their World Cup title defence on this month's tour of New Zealand.

Heather Knight, the England captain, has been poring over her team's ODI stats with head coach Lisa Keightley, who is yet to take charge in a one-day match despite being appointed in 2019, with the coronavirus pandemic reducing England's international schedule to a five-match T20I series against West Indies last September. That followed England's washed-out T20 World Cup semi-final, where India advanced as group winners and lost to hosts Australia in the final.

"It felt like we were starting to come together as a side and starting to build," Knight said of the T20 World Cup campaign. "There's been some real depth added, and some individuals have really stood up which has been really nice.

"In general I think we've embraced the way we want to play in being really aggressive and taking responsibility as an individual to go out and put in really good performances. The signs are really positive, and we need to try and continue that momentum after what has been a disjointed year of international cricket.

"We've scored some really big totals in ODI cricket previously and we want do that more often. Consistency and continuing those really good individual performances will be really key for us in this series."

The New Zealand series begins on February 23 with three ODIs, followed by three T20Is, the latter being double-headers with the men's matches between Australia and New Zealand.

The ODIs represent England's first matches in the format since December 2019 when rain prevented a result in the last fixture of their three-match series against Pakistan, which England won 2-0, in Malaysia.

In that match, legspinner Sarah Glenn claimed four wickets in just her third ODI and she has gone on to add depth to England's bowling attack, alongside left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, with emerging offspinner Mady Villiers yet to make her 50-over debut after nine T20Is.

During the series against Pakistan, Nat Sciver, Knight, Tammy Beaumont, Fran Wilson and Danni Wyatt made valuable contributions with the bat after Beaumont and Sciver had made runs in an otherwise lean white-ball portion of the Ashes series with the bat for England.

"It'll be great to get back to playing ODI cricket again," said Knight, who led her side to victory at the 2017 World Cup and who hopes to defend the title when the tournament is held in New Zealand from March next year.

"We haven't played in over a year and it's really important that we can get as much preparation as possible in the 50-over stuff and get used to the conditions ahead of the ICC Women's World Cup over here next year. We're playing at grounds that will be used at the World Cup, which is great, but first and foremost it's important to just get out there as a team and enjoy our cricket again - we're trying to build as a side ahead of what will be a huge year for us in 2022."

England's 16-strong squad for the New Zealand tour trained together for the first time on Wednesday in Queenstown, having completed their 14-day quarantine period in Christchurch the previous day. A special exemption meant that during quarantine they were able to train in small bubbles of eight. Knight said players were now enjoying the freedom of being able to live as "normal" people in New Zealand, where Covid-19 has been kept under control, while the UK remains in lockdown.

"We've been training in varying sizes of bubbles for about two months so it's so nice to have all the girls together," Knight said. "The Kiwis will be pleased to hear that their quarantine is much better than what I experienced in Australia. I didn't have an exemption in Australia during the Big Bash so it was literally 14 days by myself in a room.

"All the players found it quite a good experience really, it was one we were dreading a little bit but being able to train that second week made a really big difference. It's obviously what we've got to do at the moment to be able to play international cricket and it was perfectly fine in the end.

"We're privileged to be able to live a normal life as well - just to be able to go to a coffee shop in the morning - I think the girls are super grateful and very appreciative of being able to do that. We're just so excited to be playing international cricket again, it's been a long time and it's also very important for the women's game to have as much international cricket as possible."

England squad: Heather Knight (capt), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Georgia Elwiss, Tash Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Nat Sciver, Mady Villiers, Fran Wilson, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt.

New Zealand squad: Sophie Devine (capt), Natalie Dodd, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr, Frankie Mackay, Katey Martin (wk), Hannah Rowe, Amy Satterthwaite (vice-capt), Lea Tahuhu

Chris Silverwood believes there will be no "weakening" of the England team even if he decides to make several changes to it ahead of the second Test against India.

England won the first Test of the series by 227 runs but, with only three full days between games, the team management have suggested they will use a rest and rotation policy to keep players - especially bowlers - as fit and fresh as possible.

One change is certain. With Jos Buttler, who has enjoyed an impressive few weeks in Sri Lanka and India, given a couple of weeks to rest at home, Ben Foakes will take the gloves for the first time in two years.

It is also possible England will recall Stuart Broad in the place of James Anderson and Olly Stone in the place of Jofra Archer. There might also be discussion over recalling Moeen Ali in place of Dom Bess, who experienced a match of great highs and lows.

While leaving out a player as celebrated as Anderson might appear controversial, Silverwood insists he will not be afraid to make such a decision with a view to ensuring his players remain at their best for the entire series and the many challenges that lie beyond it.

"I'm not reluctant to change a winning team if it's the best thing to do for the players and the team and the longevity of it," Silverwood said. "You run the risk of the result being different, but you could play the same team and the result would be different because we know India will come back hard.

"It is hard to leave a player like Anderson out; he is a class act. But Stuart Broad didn't play in the last game and we've many bowlers here who we could play at any given point.

"But no, I'm not reluctant to change the team because I think it's the best thing for us to do over a long period.

"I don't see it as weakening; I see it as an opportunity for people to come in and show what they can do."

England utilised the rotation policy in Sri Lanka. Anderson and Broad both played one Test each and, at the end of the trip, Sam Curran and Mark Wood, who had played in both Tests, were sent home for a rest. They were replaced by Ben Stokes and Archer, who had been rested for the Sri Lankan leg of the trip.

While such policies might have been controversial a decade ago, there appears to be a growing appreciation of England's schedule and the tough physical conditions in which many of these games are played. They are due to play 17 Tests this year with a T20 World Cup and limited-overs tours to Bangladesh and Pakistan to consider, too.

While Buttler's keeping has been excellent on this tour, Foakes should prove an able deputy. He was player of the series when England won in Sri Lanka at the end of 2018 and, as well as being considered the best gloveman in England, has a higher Test (41.50) and first-class (38.78) batting average than Buttler (34.53 and 33.38 respectively).

Broad (who conceded 1.33 runs per over and claimed his three wickets at a cost of 11.33 apiece) and Anderson (1.48 and six at 7.66 respectively) were both successful in Sri Lanka, with both having accepted the advantages of rest and rotation as they seek to extend their careers. Mitchell Starc, by comparison, played throughout Australia's recent series against India and saw his figures deteriorate.

Still, while rotating them worked in Sri Lanka and looks set to be tried again here, Silverwood has not ruled out combining them as some stage. With the third Test of the series being played with a pink ball and under lights, that could provide the opportunity.

"Has it crossed my mind? Yes: they are both class acts," Silverwood said. "There is potential to do that.

"Things are working at the moment and we do have to look after our players, but I just feel very lucky I have an abundance of talent that means we can do this."

Silverwood also agreed that, such is Anderson's dedication to his fitness, he could play on into his 40s.

"Could he play into his 40s? It's his choice," Silverwood said. "He is in the best shape of his life. He has worked extremely hard on his fitness and is in great shape and bowling beautifully. As long as he is fit and strong and healthy and wants to play he throws his hat in the ring.

"We have a very good science and medical team. I feel very lucky to have the staff I have working in that department. But Jimmy is a shining light. He is the best form of his life from a physical point of view and that is reflected in his bowling."

Chris Silverwood insists he is "not worried" about Dom Bess, despite an up and down performance from the off-spinner in the first Test in Chennai.

Bess claimed five wickets in the match and contributed 59 with the bat across the two innings. But he also bowled 19 full tosses - 12 in the first innings and seven in the second - including a grim over which saw him bowl three in succession to Virat Kohli. Each of them was hit for four.

But while Silverwood, the England coach, conceded Bess had endured "a bad day", he did not believe there was any more significant problem than that.

"I think he just had a bad day, which can happen to anybody," Silverwood said. "The top and bottom of that one is that we'll get in the nets on Thursday and we'll get bowling again and I'm sure he'll get straight back on the bike. I'm not concerned at this moment in time. Did he have an attack of the yips? No, absolutely not.

"I am not worried. I had a chat with him afterwards and he's still in good spirits. Everybody has a bad day and I can accept that.

"It's not through lack of effort. We get to the nets, work hard again and find him some rhythm: I am sure he will be fine."

Bess' record on the tour as a whole, which started with two Tests in Sri Lanka, is excellent. He has taken 17 wickets across the three Tests at an average of 22.41 as well as averaging 22.75 with the bat. While he would admit there has been an element of fortune about some of those wickets - he had Cheteshwar Pujara caught at mid-wicket in Chennai after his pull shot bounced off the back of the short-leg fielder - he has also produced some fine deliveries. Even on the final day in Chennai, he had Washington Sundar caught behind off a fast, sharply turning off-break.

But those full tosses are a worry and suggest problems in either temperament, technique or perhaps both. That leaves England having to decide whether it is better for Bess' long-term future to stick with him for another game and risk the possibility of exposing him to further difficulties, or leaving him out and denting his confidence.

One option would be for them to recall Moeen Ali for the second Test. But Moeen hasn't played a first-class game since September (and a Test since August 2019) and may also be short of bowling having recently had to spend two weeks in isolation after being diagnosed with Covid-19 when England arrived in Sri Lanka.

Silverwood, though, is adamant that he is a "viable option" for the second Test and will know he scored two centuries on England's most recent Test tour of India.

"Moeen has worked as hard as he can with the facilities we have," Silverwood said. "Obviously he has not played in a game and we know that. We accept that those are the times we are in, but should he play, I would have every confidence in him."

The underlying issue with Bess is that he is having to learn his trade at the highest level. With County Championship cricket providing few opportunities for spin bowlers to play, let alone bowl the volume of overs they require, he is effectively gaining the experience he needs against the toughest opposition and under the glare of the brightest spotlight. With that in mind, the England management may decide the only way he will gain more experience is by bearing with him through the inevitable bumps in the road that will occur as he develops.

If Silverwood had come to a conclusion on the issue, he was not sharing it on Wednesday. Instead, England will return to the nets on Thursday - the entire squad had a rest day following the Test - and perhaps make a decision after that training session.

A day after resigning as Uttarakhand head coach because of "interference in team selection", former India opener Wasim Jaffer has denied allegations - reportedly levelled against him by senior officials of Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) - that he was creating a religious and communal divide in the dressing room.

Calling a virtual media briefing on his own on Wednesday, Jaffer said it was "sad" that he had to take the step to deny the "baseless" allegations attributed to CAU secretary Mahim Verma and team manager Navneet Mishra. The allegations were carried in Hindi newspaper Jagran on Tuesday.

"These are very serious allegations and therefore I must also present my side," Jaffer said during the media briefing on Wednesday. "I have already mentioned the reasons behind my resignation in my e-mail, and I stand by them. But giving it a communal angle, and that I have to even give clarification on such things, is very, very sad. After playing for so long, after representing the country, I have to come and defend myself for such petty things."

According to Jaffer, a domestic stalwart who played 31 Tests for India, he respects all faiths having played for several teams in India and overseas. "I didn't enforce anything on anyone. Everybody has his own faith and he is entitled to it. And I respect all faiths."

'All I was saying was we shouldn't have a religious slogan'
Jaffer was also accused of changing the Uttarakhand team slogan from "Jai Hanumaan" to "Go Uttarakhand". According to Mishra, Jaffer said that since the team has players from different religions, the team slogan should be changed.

Jaffer, who won multiple Ranji titles for Mumbai including as captain, clarified why he got the team slogan changed. "When we were playing practice matches, the players used to say 'Mata Raani ki jai' or 'sachhe darbar ki jai'. When we reached Baroda [to play the group phase of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy], I told them that we were not playing for a particular community, we were representing Uttarakhand. So our slogan should also be something around Uttarakhand, like 'Go Uttarakhand', or 'Let's do it for Uttarakhand', or 'Come on, Uttarakhand'.

That suggestion, Jaffer explained, was made based on his experience as a professional with Vidharbha, where former Mumbai and India wicketkeeper Chandrakant Pandit was the coach. "Chandu sir used to say 'come on', and we all players used to say 'Vidarbha'. So 'Come on, Vidarbha' [was our slogan]. That was the idea because the XI players on the field are from different faiths. So not everyone must be following what others are following. So I said let's make some slogan around Uttarakhand and I said you decide because it's you guys who do this, I don't even do this as I am not there in the middle.

"If I want to make it communal, I would have asked them to say 'Allah Hu Akbar' or something else from Islam. And why would I have a problem with 'Jai Uttarakhand'. All I was saying was we shouldn't have a religious slogan."

Jaffer was also accused of pushing for former Mumbai left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla, over local player Kunal Chandela as captain for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy. Jaffer pointed out his original choice was Dikshanshu Negi and not Abdulla, one of the professional players he had got at Uttarakhand along with Jay Bista, Samad Fallah and Santosh Saxena. "I had named Dikshanshu Negi as the captain because I wanted a local guy to get some experience. Because professionals will come, play and go, and it's the local guys who have to stay here and play for long."

None of the Uttarakhand office bearers, including Verma, Sanjay Rawat (vice-president), Avneesh Verma (joint secretary), were available for comments. CAU CEO Aman Singh told ESPNcricinfo that officially he had not heard any complaint being formally lodged against Jaffer. Singh said that the Cricket Advisory Committee, comprising former India players comprising Joginder Sharma, Gopal Sharma and Renuka Dua, would take a call on Jaffer's resignation.

However, soon after Jaffer's media briefing, Verma was quoted in the Times of India that former Sikkim coach Manish Kumar Jha was Jaffer's replacement. "The way he [Jaffer] has resigned from here is not proper. We have never said that he's a communal person."

HOUSTON -- Texans president Jamey Rootes has resigned from the team, it was announced Wednesday.

"The past two decades have been an amazing blessing for me and my family and I have the [McNair family] to thank for that," Rootes said in a statement. "It has been an honor to serve them in this capacity for as long as I have."

Rootes, who had spent more than 20 years with the organization, was "responsible for all business functions of the club," according to the team's website.

"We sincerely appreciate Jamey's multiple contributions to the Texans franchise over his tenure and look forward to seeing him succeed in his new ventures," Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair said in a statement. "We will now build upon this foundation and move forward with a bold and unwavering commitment to winning championships, creating memorable experiences for our fans, and doing great things for Houston."

The Texans are in the middle of an organizational overhaul that started when McNair fired head coach and general manager Bill O'Brien in October. This offseason, they were replaced by general manager Nick Caserio and head coach David Culley.

Rootes did not like the direction that the Texans organization, with executive vice president Jack Easterby, was going, and Rootes' input on the new general manager hire was not valued or counted, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

The changes to the organization came after quarterback Deshaun Watson had said at the end of the season that the Texans have "no real foundation" and need a "whole culture shift."

Although Watson has requested a trade, it appears that the Texans are trying to address those concerns.

In his introductory news conference, Caserio was asked how the Texans' culture could be improved.

"We're looking to the future," Caserio said. "We're trying to build. So we're going to take inventory of what we have in place. We're going to spend time with the staff, talk with them, and figure out how we want to construct this. Ultimately, I wasn't here for that but have some understanding of what has happened.

"But our responsibility is to try to move forward, because each year everybody starts over kind of from the same platform, right? So we're kind of starting over, right? We're starting our process to build the 2021 Houston Texans roster, and that's what we're going to do."

Last week, the Texans fired director of football administration Kevin Krajcovic, equipment manager Mike Parson and vice president of football operations Doug West.

Alleah Taylor, the ex-girlfriend of Chad Wheeler, said she's unsure whether the alleged assault by the former Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman was related to his mental health.

Wheeler, who has bipolar disorder, pleaded not guilty last week to criminal charges of first-degree domestic violence assault and domestic violence unlawful imprisonment. He said in a series of tweets last month that the events that led to his arrest and booking on Jan. 23 "transpired from a manic episode."

Taylor was asked by "CBS This Morning," in an interview that aired Wednesday, whether she thought the assault was directly connected to Wheeler's mental health.

"To be honest, I don't know," said Taylor, speaking publicly about the incident for the first time. "He went and ate dinner after doing this to me. He didn't take the same approach with the cops as he did with me."

Wheeler has a case-setting hearing scheduled for Thursday, and his trial is scheduled for April 6. He was ordered last week to remain in Washington on electronic home detention with a GPS-equipped ankle monitoring device as a condition of his pretrial release.

Wheeler was arrested after Taylor told police he twice choked her into unconsciousness. The police report states that when police forced entry into the apartment shared by Wheeler and Taylor, she was crying in pain, with her face covered in blood and her left arm swollen and limp against her body. She also had noticeable fingerprints on both sides of her neck, according to the report. Scans revealed a fractured humerus and dislocated elbow, according to the charging documents.

Taylor said in the interview that she has a concussion that she has to get regularly checked and has "bolts and a steel plate I'm going to have forever in my arm."

First-degree domestic violence assault is a Class A felony in Washington, while domestic violence unlawful imprisonment is a Class C felony. If convicted, Wheeler could be sentenced to eight to 12 years in prison, according to prosecutors. Taylor answered "yes, yes" when asked whether Wheeler should be sentenced to prison.

"I definitely ... think that he should. The hardest part of all this wasn't the surgeries, it wasn't any of that. It was getting a call from my niece and nephews. They thought they had lost me. The pain in their voice, I will never forget that. I will never forget that," she said.

She also explained why she appeared in court last week at Wheeler's hearing.

"I didn't want him to think that he had that power over me, that I wasn't going to defend myself. And I thought how easy for him and his legal team to be able to say whatever they want without having to look me in the eye."

Taylor said she is "beyond grateful" to be alive.

"I really feel like God has blessed me with another chance. I want to try to use the time I've been blessed with to help other people and to get this story out and make sure people don't feel alone and that this doesn't happen again," she said.

ESPN's Brady Henderson contributed to this report.