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Westbrook 'eternally grateful' to Oklahoma City Russell Westbrook thanked Oklahoma City fans Friday night in a heartfelt Instagram post, saying he is "eternally grateful" for the 11 years he spent in a Thunder uniform. The Thunder agreed Thursday night to a blockbuster trade to send Westbrook to Houston, ...
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New GM: Mets 'incredibly disappointed' with year MIAMI -- Brodie Van Wagenen expressed confidence in the New York Mets shortly after the former agent was hired for his first general manager job in the offseason. He urged the rest of the National League East to "come get us," and it has. "I wasn't shy in the ...
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NFL owners reportedly have proposed 18-game schedule with 16-game limit for all players as CBA talks intensify It's no secret at least some of the NFL owners are in favor of expanding the regular season from 16 to 18 games. Their desire to stretch the schedule has always been known and it stems from one very obvious desire (more money), but finally, one of the ...
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Flyers agree to terms with Scott Laughton on two-year extension The Philadelphia Flyers announced they have agreed to terms with forward Scott Laughton on a two-year contract extension worth an average annual value (AAV) of $2.3 million, according to President & General Manager Chuck Fletcher. Below are notes on ...
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Lakers Rumors: LeBron James Can't Gift No. 23 Jersey to Anthony Davis Until 2020 Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will keep wearing No. 23 for one more season. Per Yahoo Sports' Chris Haynes, James' plan to give his number to new teammate Anthony Davis wasn't approved by Nike because of the "production issues and the ...
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Fabbri agrees to terms on one-year contract with Blues Robby Fabbri agreed to terms on a one-year, $900,000 contract with the St. Louis Blues on Friday. The 23-year-old forward, who was a restricted free agent, had six points (two goals, four assists) in 32 regular-season games with the Blues last season and ...
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Steph Curry on Kevin Durant's decision to sign with Nets: 'I'm proud of what we accomplished' Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Steph Curry isn't holding any ill will toward Kevin Durant for his decision to walk away from the Warriors and sign with the Brooklyn Nets in free agency this summer. Rather than dwelling on the fact that Durant left, Curry is ...
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UK AD Mitch Barnhart named chair of NCAA men's basketball committee for 2020-21 LEXINGTON — John Calipari may find it harder to complain about his team's NCAA Tournament bracket in a couple of years. His boss, UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart, has been named chair of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee for the ...
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Yankees, Blue Jays lineups | DJ LeMahieu at 1st base, Domingo German on the mound NEW YORK - The Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays will begin a weekend series on Friday night at Yankee Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.. false. MLB trade rumors: Yankees to shop Deivi Garcia? Brian Cashman spills on rising prospect's value.
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Breaking:4-star TE commits to OU; Riley West Texas roots pay off NORMAN, Okla. — What a week for the Oklahoma Sooners! In the last eight days, the Sooners have picked up three 4-star commitments in the 2020 class with defensive back Bryson Washington, offensive lineman Andrew Raym, and now four-star tight-end ...
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Boston Celtics big man Robert Williams' progression in Las Vegas shows he needs minutes to grow | John Karalis LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 11: Robert Williams III #44 of the Boston Celtics dunks ahead of Grayson Allen #3 and Peyton Aldridge #19 of the Memphis Grizzlies during the 2019 NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 11, 2019 in Las ...
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Cleveland Indians acquire RHP Phil Maton from San Diego Padres Cleveland acquired Phil Maton from San Diego in exchange for international bonus pool money. (Patrick Smith, Getty Images). 0. By Joe Noga, cleveland.com. CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Indians have acquired right-handed reliever Phil Maton from ...
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Father of Celtics' Draftee Tremont Waters Found Dead in Connecticut Hotel Room The father of newly-drafted Celtics point guard Tremont Waters was found dead in a hotel room in West Haven, Conn. –where the Waters family resides– on Thursday, police said according to a report from WTNH. Police say 49-year-old Ed Waters was ...
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KU recruiting prospect Dajuan Harris of MOKAN Elite faring well at Peach Jam tourney Dajuan Harris, an under-the-radar recruiting prospect who was offered a scholarship by Kansas on Tuesday, had a near triple-double Thursday at Nike Peach Jam in North Augusta, South Carolina. Harris, a 6-foot-1 recent graduate of Columbia's Rock Bridge ...
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Rays at Orioles lineups for Friday, getting back to work Yonny Chirinos will be on the mound, Travis d'Arnaud behind the plate as Rays open four-game series in Baltimore. ALLIE GOULDING | TimesTampa Bay Rays relief pitcher Yonny Chirinos (72) pitches at the top of the first inning against New York Yankees ...
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Murata avenges loss, regains secondary title Japanese national hero Ryota Murata avenged a one-sided loss and regained his secondary middleweight world title with an explosive second-round knockout of Rob Brant on Friday at Edion Arena, in Osaka, Japan, in a fight streamed on ESPN+ in the ...
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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Milwaukee Bucks: Live updates from Las Vegas Summer League finale The Portland Trail Blazers play their final game of the Las Vegas Summer League on Friday night, facing the Milwaukee Bucks at Cox Pavilion. The Blazers, who have reached the summer league championship game the previous two seasons, finished with a ...
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How can the Mavericks build a contender? Here's what Dallas' play-by-play voice Mark Followill thinks Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly quoted Followill as saying team-building "bored" the Mavericks, when it should have read as "for the Mavs." It also stated that J.J. Barea was drafted, when he was actually an undrafted free agent.
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Women's mile mark broken for 1st time since '96 MONACO -- Sifan Hassan broke the long-standing women's mile record in 4 minutes, 12.33 seconds at the Herculis Diamond League meeting on Friday. The Dutchwoman fractionally beat the 4:12.56 set in 1996 by Svetlana Masterkova, a two-time Olympic ...
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Djokovic wins longest point ever recorded at Wimbledon Going by the number of strokes, it was the longest point ever recorded at Wimbledon. And for Novak Djokovic, it went a long way toward putting him into another final at the All England Club. After exchanging dozens of strokes during the third set of his ...
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Red Sox: World Series rematch to set the tone for the second half The Boston Red Sox kick their second half off with a rematch of the 2018 World Series, and they'll be looking to set the tone for the rest of the season. The All-Star shenanigans are over and now it's time to get things going on the second half of the season.
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Cubs Game Notes For Friday vs. Pittsburgh >Pittsburgh has gone 4-3 versus Chicago this season but lost two of three at Wrigley Field in early April. The Pirates have gone 11-11 at Wrigley since 2017, tied with the Brewers for the best record there by a visiting NL Central team in that span (Reds: 7-16, ...
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NASCAR: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky starting lineup, TV, green flag time Justin Haley will be absent from the track in Saturday's NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway. But he certainly won't be out of mind as the series' most recent winner. The sport is still abuzz with discussion after ...
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Sammy Alvarez commits to Rutgers wrestling Sammy Alvarez will attend Rutgers, the former St. Joseph star announced Friday on Twitter. Committed ⚔ @CoachGoodale#BOOMpic.twitter.com/y92CZJsz5u. — Sammy Alvarez (@sammythebull201) July 12, 2019. Alvarez broke through and won his first ...
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Cricket World Cup 2019: Key moments that shaped a Black Caps charge to Lord's A group of World Cup-bound New Zealand cricketers assembled for the first time at Auckland International Airport on May 19, a sleepy Sunday afternoon. It was just 13 days until their tournament opener, across the other side of the world against Sri Lanka at ...
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Canelo ramifications for Sergey Kovalev-Anthony Yarde fight being confirmed for August 24 Sergey Kovalev finally has a fight confirmed and it carries some "Canelo" ramifications. On Friday morning, it was announced by the Russian Boxing Federation that Kovalev would be defending his WBO light heavyweight championship against mandatory ...
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NASCAR starting lineup at Kentucky: Daniel Suarez on pole; Aric Almirola second Well, that was dramatic. The pole for the Quaker State 400 seemed to be well-decided late in qualifying Friday after Aric Almirola took it from Brad Keselowski, but Daniel Suarez had plans. Refresh. CC Sabathia wins 250th Career Game. Loading video .
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Red Sox sign five more draft picks, including a quarterback The Red Sox announced the signings of five additional draftees on Friday – the deadline to reach agreements with the draft class of 2019 – with perhaps the most intriguing name being a player whose next step will be not to one of the team's affiliates but ...
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Mets release Syracuse outfielder Matt Kemp Syracuse, N.Y. -- When veteran outfielder Matt Kemp arrived in Syracuse last month, he predicted his stay with the Triple-A Mets would be a short one. He was right, but not for the reason he thought. Kemp figured he'd quickly work his way out of Syracuse and ...
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Grading the Detroit Tigers: F is not for fun on this mid-season report card DETROIT -- Well, this won't be fun. The annual ritual of mid-season grades is an especially arduous task for a team that sits nearly 30 games under .500 and is on pace to lose 109 games. There are a few bright spots, but many more failing grades. The Tigers ...
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Ex-fiancee claims Chiefs' Hill is father of newborn twins OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill's former fiancee has gone to court seeking to prove that he is the father of her newborn twins and to require him to pay child support. The Kansas City Star reports that Crystal Espinal filed a ...
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Meet the real Peter Crouch: The 'goalscorer in a targetman's body' who ran Dirk Kuyt over in a go-kart It was his old Liverpool team-mate Jamie Carragher who best defined the essence of what Peter Crouch was as a footballer over a post-match drink at Anfield when the latter was on a fine run in his most prolific Champions League season of 2006-2007.
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Stenson poised for first Euro Tour win since 2016 British Open Henrik Stenson has been pretty quiet on the European Tour since he won the 2016 British Open. He's making some noise in this week's $7 million Aberdeen Standard Investment Scottish Open. The Swede is just two shots off the lead on 12 under after a ...
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England emphatically dispatch Uganda in feisty Netball World Cup opener England 64 Uganda 32. Early matches in a Netball World Cup group stage can often be somewhat sedate affairs. Such is the disparity between the teams expected to fight for medals and those at the bottom of the pile that games can turn into little more than ...
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Scherzer's next start pushed back because of sore back The Washington Nationals are pushing back Max Scherzer's next start because the ace right-hander is dealing with back soreness. Manager Dave Martinez says an MRI on Scherzer's back came back negative, and the three-time Cy Young Award winner ...
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Cardinals Wainwright scratched from start due to back spasms ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright was scratched his scheduled start against Arizona due to back spasms. Daniel Ponce de Leon replaced the 37-year-old right-hander on Friday night. A three-time All-Star, Wainwright is 5-7 ...
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One-on-one with Scott Servais: Path to the Majors Milwaukee (WXOW) – Scott Servais continues to make his living in big league ballparks, making it look easy as the manager of the Seattle Mariners. In reality, it took a lot of hard work to get where he is. And as cliche as it may be in the sports world, Servais ...
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'Exhilarating': The Steel Curtain is rolling and ready for the public on Saturday People say they're going to show up in the wee hours of Saturday morning so they can be among the first members of the general public to ride the Steel Curtain, Kennywood's record-setting new roller coaster, when the West Mifflin amusement park opens.
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Jofra Archer sends World Cup final warning to New Zealand batsmen after injuring Alex Carey Jorfra Archer has warned he will continue to intimidate batsmen with hostile, short-pitched bowling during Sunday's World Cup final against New Zealand. The 24-year-old was a controversial selection ahead of the tournament, but with no prior international ...
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Bafana set to return from AFCON on Saturday Cape Town - Bafana Bafana will land in South Africa on Saturday, July 13 from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Egypt after having crashed out in the quarter-finals against Nigeria. Bafana endured a hot and cold campaign in which they lost ...
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Callum Wilson: Bournemouth and England striker signs new four-year contract England striker Callum Wilson has signed a new four-year contract at Bournemouth, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2023. Wilson, 27, has scored 58 goals in 148 appearances since joining the Cherries from Coventry in 2014 and was the club's ...
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NLEX escapes to put Phoenix in peril of missing playoffs The Road Warriors almost squander a 20-point lead but survive to finish their Commissioner's Cup campaign on a winning note. Delfin Dioquino. Published 7:22 PM, July 12, 2019. Updated 7:23 PM, July 12, 2019. WIN AGAIN. Olu Ashaolu helps NLEX return ...
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Ireland's World Cup jerseys released - and not all fans are impressed Ireland's home and away jerseys for the 2019 Ruby World Cup were released today - and not all fans are impressed. It is less than a month away before Ireland's first World Cup warmup match at the Aviva Stadium against Italy. And the likes of Robbie ...
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Sistercharlie Returns in Diana By Christie DeBernardis. Champion Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) makes her highly anticipated seasonal bow Saturday in Saratoga's prestigious GI Diana S., which was the start of a three-race win streak for her last term that culminated in an Eclipse ...
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Tackle woes in Vancouver (and six other thoughts on the Lions' loss to the Eskimos) With a chance for redemption against the Eskimos in front of their home crowd, the B.C. Lions laid a 33-6 egg and may have finally reached rock bottom. To make sense of it all, here are my thoughts on the game. The Pylon Gang. Once again, it was a porous ...
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