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As-it-happens update December 6, 2019
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ESPN
Last year, as the baseball industry headed for the the winter meetings in Las Vegas, most of the interesting action in the transaction market had taken place in the form of trades. This time around, the news has centered around an MLB offseason free-agent ...
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NBCSports.com
When Bill Callahan was asked on Thursday if he's noticed any major differences between Preston Smith the Redskin and Preston Smith the Packer, the interim coach responded that Smith looks "pretty similar" these days. His stats, however, suggest ...
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CBSSports.com
Welcome to Week 14 of the 2019 NFL season! We've got a packed slate for you all this week, complete with several marquee games. The Cowboys and Bears got things started for us on Thursday evening, with Chicago prevailing and sending the Cowboys to ...
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NBCSports.com
Does a single soul in the NFC East want to win the division? Anyone? Anyone? After the Eagles (5-7) lost in stunningly horrific fashion to the Dolphins last week, the Cowboys (6-7) hit 'em with an old "hold my beer" and got trumped by the Bears, 31-24.
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ESPN
STAMFORD, Conn. -- While Brian Cashman was descending the Landmark Building on Friday in preparation for a holiday celebration this weekend, the New York Yankees general manager came across a message taped to a 10th-floor window from a fan: ...
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CBSSports.com
It's Heisman hunting season for Devlin "Duck" Hodges. A week after beating Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, the 2017 Heisman Trophy winner, the Steelers' undrafted rookie quarterback, and his team will try to defeat reigning Heisman Trophy winner ...
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ESPN
ON AN OVERCAST Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles, Carmelo Anthony strides along a sidewalk in sneakers, black sweatpants and a black hoodie pulled over his head. He's heading toward the Ritz-Carlton hotel, where the Portland Trail Blazers are ...
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CBSSports.com
There's an old adage that says "things will get worse before they get better", and right now that's the theme of the Dallas Cowboys season in 2019. It's a team that began the year with a 3-0 record and Super Bowl aspirations, but are now krazy glued to a losing ...
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NBCSports.com
After the final horn sounded on the Bears' signature win of the season so far — a 31-24 trouncing of the Cowboys that wasn't as close as the final score — and all the patented 'Club Dub' celebrations had concluded, a subdued, resolute and focused locker ...
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CBSSports.com
After owning the rivalry for much of the decade, the Bengals were swept by the in-state rival Browns in 2018. The Bengals, 1-11 this season after finally getting their first win of the season last Sunday, will look to play the role of spoiler by putting the finishing ...
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Bleacher Report
Even in the fantasy playoffs, sleepers are necessary. Now, there's a good chance the waiver wire is thinner than ever, with smart players grabbing anyone who even has a remote possibility of helping this month. Instead of keeping dead weight on your roster, ...
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CBSSports.com
The Denver Broncos (4-8) got back on track with a 23-20 win over the Los Angeles Chargers last week, but they get a tough test on Sunday when they hit the road to take on the Houston Texans (8-4). The Texans just beat the New England Patriots on a ...
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ESPN
Indiana coach Tom Allen has finalized a new seven-year, $27.3 million contract with the school after leading the Hoosiers to their first eight-win season since 1993. Allen, who had been the Big Ten's lowest-paid coach, will earn an average of $3.9 million ...
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CBSSports.com
Fair warning to those gearing up for the Sunday slate in Week 14: Don't sleep on this game. The No. 1 seed Baltimore Ravens (10-2) are set to visit one of the more surprising teams of the 2019 season in the 9-3 Buffalo Bills. While they have been under the ...
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USA TODAY
Before becoming LSU's interim head coach early in the 2016 season, Ed Orgeron was making $610,000 as the Tigers' defensive line coach. This season, his third as LSU's full-time head coach, Orgeron already has racked up bonuses worth more than that.
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CBSSports.com
For the longest time, the NFC West looked like it belonged to one team and one team only -- the San Francisco 49ers, who started 8-0 with one of the top pass defenses the league has seen in decades. The Seattle Seahawks adjusted the narrative in Week 10 ...
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Bleacher Report
Baker Mayfield did it. Josh Allen did it. Daniel Jones did too. What do those three quarterbacks have in common, and how could a decision they each made before they were selected impact the 2020 NFL draft? Each attended the Reese's Senior Bowl in ...
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USA TODAY
December has arrived, and it is time for all the College Football candidates to present their closing arguments. At least one, possibly more, of this weekend's winners will still be somewhat unhappy in the end, but that is the system we have. Here are the ...
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ESPN
Tampa Bay Rays left-hander and former Cy Young winner Blake Snell had an immediate and strong reaction when he apparently learned about his team's reported trade of outfielder Tommy Pham to the San Diego Padres. "We gave Pham up for [Hunter] ...
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CBSSports.com
The New York Jets have experienced their fair share of embarrassing losses this season, with the latest one coming at the expense of the Cincinnati Bengals -- handing them their first win of the season. The Bengals weren't the first previously winless team ...
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CBSSports.com
Of the 15 games remaining on Sunday and Monday, only four have NFL spreads over a touchdown. That means you can expect to see plenty of tight games on the Week 14 NFL schedule. The Vikings and Packers are 13-point home favorites, as Minnesota ...
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CBSSports.com
Rematches in conference championship games can feel stale. This is especially true in the Big 12, which guarantees a rematch in its title game because of the league's round-robin schedule. Not this time. No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 7 Baylor played in an ...
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CBSSports.com
The 2019 American Athletic Conference Championship Game is once again loaded with New Year's Six implications, as both No. 17 Memphis and No. 20 Cincinnati look to finish the season as the highest ranked conference champion in the College Football ...
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Bleacher Report
There's no avoiding it now. The trend line is no longer pointing upward for a Georgia program that a few short years ago seemed to be on its way to becoming the next Alabama, and there are no easy answers for all those critics and their 280 characters on ...
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Bleacher Report
LOS ANGELES — If Lakers coach Frank Vogel is to be believed, Rajon Rondo's contribution to the team goes well beyond the numbers. "Rajon's statistics are not measured on a stat sheet. They're measured in swag," Vogel said after a recent Lakers win over ...
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CBSSports.com
Get ready for an NFC South battle as the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers will face off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Atlanta is 3-9 overall and 1-5 at home, while Carolina is 5-7 overall and 3-3 on the road. The Falcons won the ...
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CBSSports.com
The No. 5 Utah Utes seek their ninth consecutive victory when they take on the 13th-ranked Oregon Ducks on Friday night in the 2019 Pac-12 Championship Game at Levi's Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET. Utah (11-1, 8-1) cruised past Colorado on ...
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Los Angeles Times
Bernie Sanders called. He was talking baseball, and you could hear the passion. The Dodgers were his team when he grew up in Brooklyn, watching Jackie Robinson play. He did not want to talk about whether Clayton Kershaw might finally win a World ...
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CBSSports.com
After a blowout victory over the Knicks on Thursday, Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets face a stiffer test on the second night of a back-to-back. This time around, the Nuggets take on the Boston Celtics in a difficult road battle. Gordon Hayward (hand) will ...
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CBSSports.com
The champion Washington Nationals have reportedly agreed to terms with veteran batsman and free agent Howie Kendrick on a one-year contract for 2020. The deal is for $6.25 million and includes a mutual option for the 2021 season, according to multiple ...
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BaltimoreRavens.com
Predictions for Ravens vs. Bills. Before the season started, would anyone have predicted that a Week 14 matchup between the Ravens and Bills would have No. 1 seed implications for both teams? That's what the stakes will be when Baltimore travels to ...
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CBSSports.com
The No. 1 Louisville Cardinals look to stay perfect on the season and atop the ACC standings when they take on the Pittsburgh Panthers as conference play resumes on Friday. The Panthers (7-2, 1-0) have won five in a row and are coming off a 71-60 win ...
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Where: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. Time: 7 p.m. Saturday. TV: Fox with Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analysis) and Jenny Taft (sideline). Radio: AM-920 in Milwaukee and a state network with Matt Lepay (play-by-play) and Mike Lucas (analysis) ...
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nj.com
The first decommitment of Greg Schiano's second stint as head coach at Rutgers came on Friday morning. Montvale St. Joseph's Regional three-star defensive back Te'Rai Powell announced he was re-opening his recruitment. The news of Powell and ...
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Bleacher Report
The Denver Nuggets beat the New York Knicks 129-92 on Thursday at Madison Square Garden to kick off their four-game road trip. The victory puts the Nuggets (14-5) within a half-game of the Los Angeles Clippers for the second seed in the Western ...
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Washington Post
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees and the Saints are ready to up the ante. A third-straight NFC South title has been wrapped up. Next on the list is a second straight No. 1 overall playoff seed in the NFC, a goal New Orleans (10-2) can get closer to accomplishing ...
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Forbes
Mike Zimmer's tenure in Minnesota has regularly been marked by hope, but with four games remaining in the 2019 regular season, that hope is trending towards desperation. The 37-30 loss in Seattle was a huge blow to the Vikings' chances of winning the ...
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Bleacher Report
Agent Scott Boras is not buying into the claim that the Washington Nationals cannot afford to re-sign both Stephen Strasburg and Anthony Rendon after winning the 2019 World Series. Boras wrote in a text to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic on Friday:.
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ESPN
Six months ago Andy Ruiz Jr. authored one of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history by knocking out Anthony Joshua. As a substitute opponent on a month's notice for Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller, who had been booted from the fight for failing four random drug ...
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USA TODAY
The New Jersey Devils (9-14-4) host the Chicago Blackhawks (11-12-5) Friday at Prudential Center. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET. We analyze the Blackhawks-Devils sports betting odds and lines, while providing NHL betting tips and picks around this ...
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USA TODAY
Former world No. 1 champion Caroline Wozniacki will retire from tennis following the 2020 Australian Open, she announced Friday on Good Morning America and Instagram. "I've always told myself, when the time comes, that there are things away from tennis ...
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NBCSports.com
The Sixers, through 22 games, have run the fewest pick-and-rolls in the NBA, and at the worst efficiency. Joel Embiid is in the bottom top 10 percent of the league in efficiency as a roll man. None of those stats are encouraging at first glance. That said, are ...
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CBSSports.com
Extracurricular activities are very common in hockey, but Thursday's game between the Carolina Hurricanes and San Jose Sharks took things to a whole different level. In the second period, Hurricanes goaltender Petr Mrazek made a save and froze the puck ...
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The Coloradoan
There's not usually a whole lot of talent to work with for a new football coach inheriting a program that has gone 7-17 over the past two seasons. But whoever Colorado State hires to replace Mike Bobo won't have to rebuild the roster nearly as much as that ...
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nj.com
Ex-New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi is setting himself up for a big letdown as he begins his tenure with the Philadelphia Phillies. On Wednesday, news broke that the Phillies are signing ex-New York Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler to a five-year, $118 ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
In this era of passing in the NFL, where six of the top 10 quarterbacks currently are on rosters, Falcons signal-caller Matt Ryan needs only 34 yards to surpass 50,000 yards passing for his career. Over the years, the rules have been relaxed and tilted in favor of ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
After the Wild's 1-6 start to the season and only four wins in the first 14 games, that national broadcaster who this summer ticked off coach Bruce Boudreau by suggesting Minnesota would finish 32nd in the 31-team NHL was looking downright ...
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TSN
Avila has agreed to a one-year, $4.25 million contract with Minnesota, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports. Avila should replace Jason Castro as the left-handed part of a platoon at catcher along with Mitch Garver. It's possible Garver gets more playing time this ...
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Clips Nation
Where: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When: 5:30 PM PT. How to Watch/Listen: Fox Sports Prime Ticket, AM 570. Projected Starting Lineups. Clippers: Patrick Beverley – Kawhi Leonard – Paul George – Moe Harkless – Ivica Zubac · Bucks: Eric ...
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Courier Journal
Scott Satterfield has been named ACC Coach of the Year, becoming the first Louisville coach to win the award in program history. But just how impressive was his turnaround? You could look at his record for evidence. The Cardinals finished the season 7-5 ...
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