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As-it-happens update July 18, 2019
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ESPN
HOOVER, Ala. -- Even after a 28-point loss to the Clemson Tigers in the CFP National Championship Game, Alabama linebacker Dylan Moses still thinks the Crimson Tide are the better team. "During the game, we weren't prepared for it. Clemson got the best ...
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ESPN
After taking nearly three weeks to make a decision, dual-threat quarterback Haynes King committed to Texas A&M on Wednesday. King, the top QB in the ESPN 300 and No. 19 prospect overall in the Class of 2020, made his intentions known in an interview ...
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CBSSports.com
It's time for Big Ten football to matter again. Oh, the mighty league still has its own network and the traditional partnership with the Rose Bowl. But something has been missing lately -- namely, championships. As you'll see below, it's been a while since the ...
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ESPN
A three-day negotiation session between the NFL and the players' union has ended after a single day, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The NFL and NFLPA said in a joint statement, "Today's meeting was productive, constructive and beneficial for ...
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ESPN
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- As the Denver Broncos became the first full team to report for training camp, president of football operations/general manager John Elway made it clear that he hopes Joe Flacco can break the team's disappointing run at quarterback.
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Washington Post
Justin Kutcher grew up in Connecticut, lived in Charlotte for the past nine years and has never met Steve Buckhantz. But Kutcher, the new Wizards play-by-play voice for NBC Sports Washington, has family in D.C., and they're big fans of the man who is out of ...
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CBSSports.com
NBA Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan, a former All-Star player and one of the best coaches to ever patrol the sidelines, is facing a serious health situation due to the worsening affects of both dementia and Parkinson's disease. According to a report from Gordon ...
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CBSSports.com
It's Wednesday, and that means Major League Baseball's schedule included a combination of day and night games. Some of the day's top storylines included Yu Darvish earning his first home win with the Cubs; the Brewers ending the Braves' hot streak; and ...
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CBSSports.com
Two days after giving stud defensive tackle Grady Jarrett a monster contract extension, the Falcons signed another key contributor on the defensive side of the ball to a huge deal. As first reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday, the Falcons signed ...
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The New York Times
Weeks after the Knicks were fined by the N.B.A. for barring The Daily News from a news conference, the team's parent company has become embroiled in a bitter dispute with the newspaper that is cast in unusually personal terms. On Wednesday, The Daily ...
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CBSSports.com
Dwight Howard spent one season with the Los Angeles Lakers resulting in a 45–37 record and a first-round loss in the playoffs. The failure of that season has stuck with him and his reputation, going from a top player in the league to someone who has ...
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New York Post
Aroldis Chapman has a decision to make, and in turn the Yankees may have one as well. Granted, if the All-Star closer opts out of the final two years of his contract at the end of this season, general manager Brian Cashman and Co. would then have a ...
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Dallas News
As the Cowboys close in on training camp, one of the most followed stories of the offseason is how new quarterbacks coach Jon Kitna will help improve the development of Dak Prescott. Early returns on the coaching change have been very positive as ...
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FOXSports.com
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — After a mostly solid outing in his Oakland debut, Homer Bailey stood in front of his locker and grinned as a chorus boos from his new teammates broke out when a member of the media relations staffed turned down the volume on the ...
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ESPN
Free-agent forward Cheick Diallo has agreed to a two-year deal with the Phoenix Suns, league sources tell ESPN. Diallo, 22, comes to the Suns with hopes that coach Monty Williams can speed along his development as an active, 6-foot-9 player. The Suns ...
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Chicago Tribune
It wasn't Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton's intention to squash the dreams of the roughly three dozen prospects on the ice Wednesday at the Blackhawks development camp. More like he wants to put their lofty ambitions on hold. Even top prospects such as ...
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Sporting News
How do you overcome a Super Bowl hangover in a division likely to be one of the toughest in the NFL in 2019? That is the conundrum the Rams face as they try to put their letdown against the Patriots in February behind them. Refresh. Why Carolina Panthers ...
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Courier Journal
HOOVER, Ala. – South Carolina senior quarterback Jake Bentley has noticed the towels. They're no longer scattered across the floor. "(Players) have pride in our building that it's nice and they want to keep it nice and put towels back in the laundry bin," ...
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CBSSports.com
MLB announced Wednesday that Phillies reliever Hector Neris has been suspended three games for throwing at the head area of David Freese of the Dodgers on Tuesday night. Per the announcement, MLB determined that Neris' actions were intentional.
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ESPN
A two-year-old spat between Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price and Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, who is a TV analyst for the team, rose up again this week in the midst of a disappointing season in Boston. Two years ago, Price was upset about a ...
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Sporting News
The Cubs are looking for ways to improve their roster before the July 31 trade deadline. But, they might not be willing to move their top prospects to make a major upgrade, president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said this week. "We're not at July 31 yet," ...
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Cyclingnews.com
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) took his first Tour de France stage win in Toulouse on Wednesday, managing to time his bike throw to perfection to edge past Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) in a photo finish. Ewan's teammate Roger Kluge was visibly ...
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Celtics.com
By Taylor C. Snow | @taylorcsnow. Celtics.com. July 17, 2019. BOSTON – As soon as the NBA Draft concluded on the night of June 20, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge began chalking up plans for potential free agent targets.
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The Boston Globe
If there's a phrase to describe the type of season NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson is having, it would be up and down, unlike the flat 1.058-mile oval at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 2014 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the ...
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Reuters
Donovan Solano led off the sixth inning with a go-ahead home run Wednesday afternoon as the San Francisco Giants completed their first four-game sweep in Colorado since 2011 with an 11-8 victory. Jul 17, 2019; Denver, CO, USA; Colorado Rockies ...
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Athletics Nation
Tokyo Dome is 5,138 miles away from the Oakland Coliseum. It was in this far off land that the A's and Mariners first locked horns to open the 2019 baseball season. What we knew after that opening series from "The Land of the Rising Sun" was that Ichiro was ...
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Bleacher Report
Getting Conor McGregor into a boxing ring wasn't enough for Floyd Mayweather. Instead, "Money" wants McGregor's fierce UFC rival Khabib Nurmagomedov to step between the ropes. Khabib's manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told TMZ Sports how Mayweather "to ...
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Federal Baseball
Going into last night's series opener in Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Washington's Nationals had more wins in the previous 42 games (30-12) than Baltimore's Orioles (28-65) had overall on the season, but second-year skipper Davey Martinez was clear ...
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Madison.com
GREEN BAY — When it comes to putting together the pecking order of his wide receivers, Matt LaFleur likes to use another sport — the one he was playing when he ruptured his Achilles' tendon this offseason — to describe his vision. "The way I look at the ...
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Tampa Bay Times
CHARLOTTE, N.C. ― To the surprise of no one, the ACC went to great lengths Wednesday to trumpet the Aug. 22 launch of its own network. Executives with ESPN ― which owns the ACC Network ― were on hand to formally introduce the channel's on-air ...
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Heavy.com
Desmond Harrison, who started eight games for the Cleveland Browns last season at offensive tackle, has been released by the Arizona Cardinals following a felony arrest warrant being issued for him in North Carolina. Harrison is charged with assault on a ...
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Rocky Top Insider
RTI contributor Adam McCracken contributed to this article. After a 22-minute opening statement that was followed by questions from the media, Tennessee head coach Jeremy Pruitt seemed much more comfortable in almost every facet when speaking at the ...
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Deadspin
Middleweight champion Canelo Álvarez released a statement Wednesday announcing that, for the first time since 2015, he will not be fighting his traditional bout on Mexican Independence Day weekend in September. Álvarez—who's generally a safe bet to ...
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Royals Review
The Royals have traded outfielder Terrance Gore to the New York Yankees for cash considerations. He will not be on the Yankees' 40-man roster, as he cleared waivers, and will report to their Triple-A affiliate in Scranton-Wilkes Barre. The 28-year old Gore ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus insists he is isn't disrespecting the Wallabies by picking an under-strength team for this weekend's Rugby Championship clash but admits he doesn't have to worry as much now that Israel Folau is not among the Australian ...
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BBC News
Manchester's bid to host the 2000 Olympics failed as "no-one in their right mind" would go there over Sydney, according to newly-released government files from an inquiry into the failure. Documents on the doomed bid of 1993, released by the National ...
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Washington Post
NEW YORK — Serena Williams will try again for a record-equaling 24th major title as one of 13 Grand Slam women's champions who gained direct entry into the U.S. Open. The top 98 men and 102 women based on this week's world rankings were ...
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SLAM Online
Point guard Cameron Payne has agreed to a two-year deal with the Toronto Raptors, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports. The 24-year-old has bounced around the NBA since he was selected No. 14 in the 2015 NBA Draft. He most recently played ...
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Metro
Sadio Mane may not be fit for the start of Liverpool's season due to his Africa Cup of Nations commitments, suggests Jurgen Klopp. The Senegalese star is representing his country at the tournament in Egypt and has helped his team into the final, where they ...
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Forbes
On Saturday night, Manny Pacquiao and Keith Thurman will battle it out to see who will move forward in their quest to be the undisputed welterweight champion of the world. The WBA welterweight world title is on the line when Pacquiao and Thurman meet at ...
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BBC Sport
The Confederation of African Football's Executive Committee was "almost unanimous" in backing the move to bring Fifa's top official to work with Caf when it met in Cairo on Wednesday, according to the head of the Nigerian FA, Amaju Pinnick. The plan to ...
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Zone Coverage
Let's pause for one second on Luis Arraez's ninth inning plate appearance against the New York Mets on Tuesday. With one out and the Minnesota Twins down 3-2, Jonathan Schoop fouled off a 98 mph fastball from Mets closer Edwin Diaz and swung and ...
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Stuff.co.nz
... * The Blacks Caps are heading back to New Zealand, with the first players arriving on Thursday morning. * Black Caps came second in the Cricket World Cup, with England winning following a Super Over. Updated Jul 17, 2019 4:05 PM. Jul 17, 2019 4:03 ...
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The Sun
IF it had not been for a terrifying road crash, Brooks Koepka could have been a baseball star instead of the world's best golfer. As a ten-year-old he was sitting in a car with his babysitter when another vehicle hurtled into the side of them at an intersection.
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Metro
William Saliba has chosen to join Arsenal after rejecting a late approach from Tottenham, according to reports in France. The Gunners had been in the driving seat to sign the 18-year-old and had hoped to secure a €30 million (£27m) deal with Saint-Etienne.
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AL.com
Phoenix Suns guard Jared Harper drives to the basket during an MGM Resorts NBA Summer League game against the New York Knicks on July 7, 2019, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. 0. By Sam Blum | SBlum@al.com. Former Auburn point ...
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Wide World of Sports
Mark Coyne has apologised and recounted how he came to be arrested and fined in Singapore six weeks ago, which led him to stand down from the Australian Rugby League Commission. Details of his foul-mouthed rant at officers in the June 2 incident were ...
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