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UNC women's coach Hatchell resigns amid probe Hall of Famer Sylvia Hatchell has resigned as head coach of North Carolina's women's basketball program amid a school investigation into allegations she made racially offensive remarks. The Tar Heels announced Hatchell's resignation Thursday night.
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Five NFL General Managers Under the Most Pressure on Draft Day Welcome to the Weekend Read. Below you'll find our best stories of the week, a ranking of NFL general managers facing the most pressure during the draft and a funny ol' cover featuring the Cleveland Browns. Enjoy.
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Stanley Cup Playoffs results: Hurricanes pull even with Capitals; Blues stun Jets with comeback; Sharks stay alive Thursday presented a sort of staggered schedule for the NHL, with one Game 4 and two Game 5s on the slate. After the Capitals got utterly demolished in their first game in Raleigh, they came out with a better performance in a tight Game 4, but still wound up ...
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Orioles left-hander John Means returns to bullpen, where it doesn't take him long to earn win With right-hander Alex Cobb coming off the injured list to start the Orioles' series opener with the Minnesota Twins on Friday, left-hander John Means' stay in the rotation has temporarily ended. He did not wait long to thrive in his return to the bullpen.
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Avalanche seek 'best effort yet' to finish off Flames in Game 5 DENVER -- The Colorado Avalanche are intent on closing out the Calgary Flames in Game 5 of the Western Conference First Round at Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday (10 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS, ALT). Colorado has won three straight games to ...
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NBA playoffs scores, highlights: Joel Embiid-less 76ers take on Nets; Warriors look to avenge loss to Clippers The NBA playoffs continue to roll along on Thursday night with three first-round series matchups -- all tied at 1-all. The first of the three Game 3s tips off in Brooklyn where the sixth-seeded Nets host the Philadelphia 76ers after each team won once in Philly.
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Dodgers' Julio Urias makes his last start (for now) a memorable win Julio Urias took the mound at Miller Park on Thursday knowing his time as a starting pitcher for the Dodgers was coming to a temporary close. He was going to the bullpen after Thursday's outing against the Milwaukee Brewers. He could've gotten hammered ...
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Leaning Into His Role as the Villain, Ben Simmons Leads 76ers' Rout of Nets Ben Simmons played the role of villain with gleeful ease. Every time the Philadelphia guard touched the ball in Thursday's Game 3 in Brooklyn, hearty boos followed, with each jeer seemingly energizing him. After the Nets' Jared Dudley air-balled an open ...
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Penguins and Lightning exits show playoff hockey differences Scotty Bowman had already coached six teams to the Stanley Cup championship when his high-powered Detroit Red Wings that won 12 of their first 14 playoff games couldn't get the puck away from the New Jersey Devils and got swept in the 1995 final.
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Red Sox's Pedroia (knee) placed on injured list Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday with irritation in his surgically repaired left knee. Pedroia came out of Wednesday night's loss to the Yankees after 1½ innings and was examined in New York ...
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Kurtenbach: The Warriors will lean on an old friend to help lead them to another title LOS ANGELES — Insurance policies feel wasteful when you buy them. And the better the policy, the more wasteful it seems. But when something terrible happens, boy are you happy you bought one. For the Warriors, DeMarcus Cousins tearing his left quad ...
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Phillies fall to Rockies, 6-2, as Coors Field haunts them again DENVER -- When the Phillies arrived Thursday afternoon at Coors Field, the memories from last season's ugly finish were quick to greet him. They dressed in the same clubhouse where they silently collected themselves last September after being thumped ...
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A copy of the video in the Robert Kraft prostitution sting case is up for sale, attorneys say (CNN) Someone is attempting to sell the video that allegedly shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft during a prostitution sting at a Florida day spa, a court motion says. The motion filed Thursday by attorneys representing the two women accused of ...
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Nats' signing of Corbin is good; adding Rosenthal, not so much The two extremes of the Washington Nationals offseason - their best addition and, so far, their biggest problem - were on display Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park in a 4-2 win over San Francisco. Or, rather, left-hander Patrick Corbin was on the mound, ...
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Seattle NHL arena opening pushed to mid-2021 SEATTLE -- The arena for Seattle's new NHL franchise won't be completed until late spring or summer 2021, but that shouldn't have any impact on the expansion team's first season. Team president Tod Leiweke said Thursday the delay could end up affecting ...
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Report: St. John's Finalizing Deal with Former Arkansas Coach Mike Anderson St. John's is reportedly finalizing a deal with Mike Anderson to become the program's next head coach, SI Now contributor Jon Rothstein reports. The Red Storm have struggled to find a replacement for Chris Mullin, who stepped down as St. John's coach on ...
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These candidates might fill leadership roles on a young Miami Dolphins team | Opinion Over and over when owner Stephen Ross and general manager Chris Grier spoke of the reasons they hired Brian Flores as the Miami Dolphins new coach, they mentioned the new man's leadership. It was a theme after awhile and, I must say, that Flores trait ...
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Thursday Night Miracle: Blues score with 15 seconds left to stun Jets WINNIPEG, MANITOBA • By now the strategy is crystal clear for the Blues. They should immediately forfeit Game 6 Saturday in St. Louis, proceed directly to Game 7 here, clinch the series, and move on to Round 2 of Lord Stanley's Cup playoffs. Because ...
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Pacers Need Tweaks to Get More From Turner, Sabonis Nate McMillan was clearly sleep-deprived when he met with the media following the Pacers' practice on Thursday and, frankly, slightly and uncharacteristically grouchy. You can't blame him. He had watched the fourth quarter of Wednesday's Game 2 loss to ...
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Eloy Jimenez hits 1 of 3 White Sox home runs, but they lose 9-7 to Tigers to open 4-game series Ron Gardenhire called a team meeting Thursday morning and gave the Tigers a simple message. "Have some fun," he told them. "When you get into a losing streak, it gets hard to do that, but you aren't going to play good baseball if you aren't enjoying ...
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Cronin adds Savino to UCLA coaching staff LOS ANGELES -- Darren Savino is joining UCLA coach Mick Cronin in Westwood as the Bruins' associate head coach. He most recently worked under Cronin at Cincinnati for nine years, where the Bearcats advanced to the NCAA tournament each year.
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Magic center Nikola Vucevic vows to be more aggressive against Raptors as playoff series shifts to Orlando There is no question what needs to happen for the Orlando Magic during Game 3 of their Eastern Conference playoff series against Toronto as it shifts to Amway Center Friday night. Nikola Vucevic has to get back to playing the way he did during the regular ...
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Not done yet: Martin Jones comes up big to save Sharks' season SAN JOSE — An ideal start, improved goaltending, greater attention to detail and a little more discipline. The Sharks knew all along the what the formula was for beating the Vegas Golden Knights in their first round playoff series. The hard part was actually ...
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Lady Vols sign guard who committed before coaching change KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Australian guard Jessie Rennie has become the first player to sign with Tennessee since Kellie Harper took over as coach of the Lady Vols. Tennessee announced the signing of Rennie on Thursday. Rennie, a 5-foot-6 guard from ...
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Jets 7-round NFL mock draft: Nick Bosa, Hakeem Butler fall into their lap We are hitting the final stretch with one week to go before the NFL draft. Player visits are over, teams are wrapping up meetings with their scouts for the week and finalizing their draft boards. We'll take another crack at a seven-round mock draft for the Jets.
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Here's what Dwyane Wade did to thank Heat employees. And a look at Wade's new tattoo Just a week into retirement, Dwyane Wade spent part of his day Wednesday thanking Heat employees at AmericanAirlines Arena. As a surprise to those working within the organization, Wade addressed the entire staff during a meeting and then took ...
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Early Bird Report: Falcons roast Saints with 2019 schedule release video FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – Today's Early Bird Report includes an in-depth breakdown of the Falcons' 2019 schedule and the latest shot fired in the Falcons-Saints rivalry. RELATED CONTENT. Falcons 2019 schedule released · Prime-time home games: ...
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Lynx to retire Lindsay Whalen's No. 13 at June 8 game MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Lynx will honor Lindsay Whalen by making her jersey the first to be retired by the 20-year-old franchise. The Lynx announced Thursday they'll hang Whalen's No. 13 from the Target Center rafters on June 8 against the Los ...
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'Hurt from last few years will help us get there in the end' Ireland could really do with an out-and-out openside specialist in the Rugby World Cup this year but they won't have Munster's finest PRO14 poacher at their disposal. Dan Leavy's recent season-ending injury in Leinster's Champions Cup quarter-final win ...
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LSU Names Scott Woodward to Lead Athletics Department BATON ROUGE – Baton Rouge native and LSU alumnus Scott Woodward was named athletics director at his alma mater today after serving in the same position for the last four years at Texas A&M University. Woodward will be formally welcomed back home ...
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Alex Ovechkin is getting deep, y'all: 'Without loss you cannot win' Sure, Alex Ovechkin may have some odd tendencies, but we all know he's a very smart human being. And Thursday after the Capitals' morning skate, Ovechkin had a quote straight out of Star Wars that at first might have you scratching your head.
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New Pelicans GM David Griffin: Alvin Gentry is staying — and perhaps Anthony Davis, too METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The Pelicans newly hired top basketball executive said he's keeping coach Alvin Gentry and wouldn't rule out the possibility of talking six-time All-Star Anthony Davis into rescinding his trade request and committing to New Orleans ...
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Cricket World Cup: Mohammad Amir dropped from Pakistan's World Cup squad Pakistan dropped out-of-form fast bowler Mohammad Amir and included 18-year-old paceman Mohammad Hasnain in its 15-member World Cup squad on Thursday. Amir's exclusion came after the left-armer took only five wickets in 14 ODIs since Pakistan ...
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Fed Cup semifinal: Azarenka to play Ash Barty in singles BRISBANE, Australia — Samantha Stosur will open against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus when singles play begins in a Fed Cup semifinal Saturday on hard courts at Pat Rafter Arena. Ninth-ranked Ashleigh Barty of Australia will play often doubles partner ...
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Luis Ortiz asked to replace Jarrell Miller as Anthony Joshua's opponent for his US debut in June Luis Ortiz has been asked to take over as the opponent for Anthony Joshua's US debut. The Cuban veteran has until next Tuesday to agree to replace drugs test failure Jarrell Big Baby Miller as the challenger for Joshua's world heavyweight titles. Ortiz, known ...
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Exclusive – Judy Murray: I have no regrets over quitting Fed Cup role Judy Murray will be cheering Britain's Fed Cup team as they prepare for this weekend's World Group play-off tie against Kazakhstan in London, after telling us that she has no regrets over her decision to walk away from her role captaining the team in 2016.
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