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As-it-happens update April 9, 2019
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ESPN
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers finally explained the specifics of his Week 1 knee injury last season -- and what impact it had on him throughout the year -- but said neither the injury nor the concussion he sustained in the season finale will have any ...
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ESPN
BOSTON -- Since he was hired as the Toronto Blue Jays' manager this past October, Charlie Montoyo has had a date marked on his calendar: April 9, 2019. That's because when they announce the starting lineups for the Blue Jays and Alex Cora's Boston ...
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ESPN
Pittsburgh Pirates starter Chris Archer received a five-game suspension and Cincinnati Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig got a two-game ban for their roles in a melee Sunday at PNC Park. Reds manager David Bell also received a one-game suspension and, like ...
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SB Nation
Kyle Lowry heads into the 2019 NBA Playoffs as a table-setting ball of fury. The Toronto Raptors mainstay is averaging the second-most assists in the league, slinging full-court passes like a quarterback and spraying assists out of pick-and-rolls with the type of ...
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CBSSports.com
When Chris Davis started 0-for-3 during the Baltimore Orioles' Monday night win against the Oakland Athletics, he didn't just add to a slow start to the 2019 season in which he's reached base just four times in 32 plate appearances. The one-time slugger also ...
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NHL.com
BRANDON, Fla. -- Victor Hedman will play for the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Amalie Arena on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET; USA, SN360, TVAS, SUN, FS-O), coach Jon Cooper said ...
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Bleacher Report
For three teams, a spot in the 2019 NBA playoffs is up for grabs based on Tuesday and Wednesday's results. The Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat are each fighting for the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs, which means none of ...
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CBSSports.com
The 2019 NBA playoff picture should become clearer on Tuesday night after the Houston Rockets take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in an important Western Conference showdown. Tipoff is at 9:30 p.m. ET from Chesapeake Energy Arena. The Thunder ...
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ESPN
Kentucky Wildcats sophomore forward PJ Washington, the team's leading scorer and rebounder this season, is entering the NBA draft, he announced on social media Tuesday. Washington, who is hiring an agent, thanked his Kentucky coaches, teammates ...
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SB Nation
NBA teams are still tanking. The prize for successful tanking — generational prospect Zion Williamson — is as promising as any over the past decade. The worst teams in the NBA are really bad. But it's indisputable that NBA draft lottery reform has been a ...
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USA TODAY
DETROIT (AP) — Cleveland Indians starter Mike Clevinger will miss at least six weeks with a back muscle injury. The Indians placed the right-hander on the 10-day injured list retroactive to Monday. He was pulled from Sunday's 3-1 victory against Toronto ...
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SB Nation
There are few things I love and loathe as much as an emotional ad based on real life. I love them because they make me feel things. I also hate them because they make me feel things. This Budweiser ad honoring Dwyane Wade's retirement just obliterated ...
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New York Times
Marilynn Smith, who help found the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950, when the women's game was barely a blip on the national sports scene, and went on to win 21 tour events, including two major championships, died on Tuesday in Goodyear, ...
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Bleacher Report
Argentina and Colombia were named as the joint hosts for the Copa America in 2020, and the tournament will adopt a new format that year: B/R Football @brfootball. Copa America is coming to Argentina and Colombia in 2020 https://t.co/8Paj9rDz9Z.
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Deadspin
The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin Wednesday, and while it is considered an incontrovertible truth that the Cup is a better entertainment than the NBA Playoffs, it is also its own hot mess in uniquely weird ways, starting with this. Put simply, Bob Cole cannot retire ...
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NBCSports.com
The Warriors have clinched the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference for the 2018-19 NBA playoffs. With two regular-season games left, it's a still a mystery who they will face in the first round. A lot can happen with two days left, and that's quite the ...
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Forbes
The goal of NFL teams is to draft so well that players still under their rookie contracts are in line to become one of the highest-paid players at their position in the league. Dating back to the Trent Baalke days, the San Francisco 49ers have not fit into this ...
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The Denver Post
Finally, mercifully, the end of the NBA's regular season is in sight. Just two more days, and we'll finally know who the Nuggets will play in their quest to win a playoff series for the first time in 10 years. (Yes, an entire decade.) With a Western Conference top ...
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Forbes
The Golden State Warriors have long prided themselves on their "Strength in Numbers" approach to roster construction. Sure, the powerhouse of their success has been the unprecedented collection of historic talent they've amassed in Steph Curry, ...
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Deadspin
It was, right up until it wasn't, the sort of tournament that can crumble a draft stock. Virginia's De'Andre Hunter, a projected lottery pick, had had a mediocre (by his standards) tournament, averaging 11.25 points per game over his previous four, and failing to ...
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Raleigh News & Observer
With 140 games of NHL playoff experience and three Stanley Cup championship rings, Justin Williams has the proper gravitas to speak of such things. The Carolina Hurricanes, after a 10-year absence, are back in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Williams, their ...
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Sports Illustrated
It came to him during a race he almost didn't run in 2013. Tim Ritchie was three years removed from his time at Boston College and had just missed qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Trials when he decided to run Boston Marathon that year, giving it one last shot ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Georgia Tech has hired former Auburn coach Nell Fortner as its new coach for women's basketball. The school made the announcement Tuesday. Fortner replaces MaChelle Joseph, who was fired after an investigation into allegations of misconduct found ...
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MLive.com
Wait, who is John Manziel? The lost uncle of the Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M? No, it is Manziel himself. Turns out the journeyman quarterback visited the "Dan Patrick Show" and informed the host that he's got a new preference for his first name.
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The Detroit News
Detroit — Leonys Martin wants you know — he heard your prayers and he deeply, deeply appreciated it. "I think all the prayers are why I'm here today," said Martin, who for 78 games last season was an immensely popular Tigers' outfielder. "It was a lot of ...
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Federal Baseball
Davey Martinez believes the Washington Nationals' bullpen will turn things around. He really does. He was also realistic when he spoke about the issues the Nats' relievers have had over the first nine games of the 2019 campaign before last night's series ...
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Toronto Star
Moreland will sign with the Raptors prior to the playoffs, Josh Lewenberg of TSN reports. The Raptors had an open roster spot, and they'll bring back Moreland to fill it a few weeks after his 10-day contract with the team expired. Moreland is unlikely to be a part ...
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MassLive.com
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 09: A view of the manual scoreboard before the home opener between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on April 09, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox will unveil the 2018 ...
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament at Colonial Life Arena were a big hit in Columbia and also got their moments appeared in "One Shining Moment" at the end of Monday's NCAA championship game between Virginia and Texas Tech.
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Detroit Free Press
Maybe I'm a little crazy. Maybe. So with Tuesday's 2019 NHL draft lottery upon us, I decided to do my own analysis, simulating the results 100 times. Thanks to the beckoning of Tankathon.com, it didn't take long. The lottery decides the first 15 picks of the NHL ...
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The State
Columbia's Dustin Johnson will tee off at 1:38 p.m., in the third-to-last group of the day, Thursday, as he tries to win the first Masters title of his career. Tee times for the 83rd playing of the famous event were announced Tuesday. Tiger Woods tees off at 11:04 ...
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Irish Examiner
The Football Association of Ireland had funding of 1.35 million euros ($1.5 million) withdrawn Tuesday amid the fallout arising from a loan by one of its top executives. Sport Ireland, the body that distributes money to sporting organizations in the country, said it ...
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Awful Announcing
The Virginia-Texas Tech NCAA Tournament Championship Game on Monday night lacked much of the sex appeal of games in previous years, and surely was less of a marquee matchup than CBS was hoping for. But the game was a great back and forth ...
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Washington Post
Chris Mullin will resign as St. John's basketball coach in the coming days, CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein reported just before Monday night's national championship game between Virginia and Texas Tech. ESPN's Jeff Borzello reported the same thing later ...
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KTRK-TV
RIDGEFIELD, Connecticut -- A rain-delayed youth baseball game took a bizarre turn when people decided to try and dry the field quickly. Someone poured 24 gallons of fuel on the infield at the Governor Park in Ridgefield, Connecticut in an attempt to dry it ...
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Sport24
Berlin - There was a time when Bayern Munich would have been unimaginable without Oliver Kahn, their snarling, self-confident goalkeeper. Those days may soon be here again, as Kahn, now 49 and long retired, prepares to return to Bayern as chief ...
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Bring Me The News
Charles Barkley was in a bad mood on Saturday, and he let it out on the people of Minnesota. Taking to the stage at the Katy Perry show at The Armory on Sunday evening, Barkley was interviewed a day after his beloved Auburn lost in the Final Four to ...
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WDBJ7
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Boylan Heights went crazy after the Wahoos won their first-ever national championship on Monday night. Fans would start partying inside Boylan Heights before they flocked to the University Avenue where they met ...
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Soccer Laduma
An Ajax Amsterdam star, said to be the subject of interest from Real Madrid, has revealed how his side plans to deal with the Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus in their UEFA Champions League quarter-final clash on Wednesday.
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UPROXX
Giannis Antetokounmpo is in the midst of a potential MVP season, with his first signature sneaker from Nike on the way either in late summer or early fall. There may be no better time to capitalize one widespread popularity and notoriety for a budding, global ...
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Eyewitness News
Zain Davids injured his shoulder in training in Hong Kong last week and had to return to South Africa before the start of the Hong Kong Sevens. Blitzboks forward Zain Davids. Picture: @Blitzboks /Twitter. Blitzboks · Hong Kong Sevens · Zain Davids.
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Crossing Broad
Kyle Scott - April 9, 2019. Unite, or die, you shall. The Sixers are rolling back out their wildly popular "Philly Unite" campaign for the second year in a row this playoff season. For those of you who don't know, "Phila Unite" was a take on Ben Franklin's 1754 ...
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VeloNews
After canceling the 2018 edition of the race, North Star Grand Prix organizers hope to come back big in 2019 but are falling short on funding. In mid-January, North Star Grand Prix organizers announced that the race would return in 2019 as a UCI women's ...
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SportsJOE.ie
One hopes the Ulster star can get back for pre-season in the form and fitness that won him so many admirers. The final line of Ulster's brief squad fitness update, ahead of a crucial clash with Edinburgh, contained a hammer blow. Dan McFarland's head into ...
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