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As-it-happens update April 22, 2020
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Bleacher Report
The 2020 NFL draft is likely to be...weird. But that's OK, because most would have to agree that weird beats the status quo at the moment. And in a world in which sports are on pause, an odd, work-from-home draft should at least provide a welcome distraction ...
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ESPN
News came Tuesday that tight end Rob Gronkowski was coming out of retirement and that the Patriots were trading him to the Buccaneers to reunite him with Tom Brady. This might be the blockbuster trade of the offseason, let alone the week. But it likely won't ...
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NFL.com
However you measure the passage of time -- a clock, a sundial, or the number of "sleeps" remaining until a momentous occasion -- we're near one of the most exciting moments of the NFL's offseason. The 2020 NFL Draft is one day away. And unsurprisingly ...
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Bleacher Report
With only a couple of days left until the 2020 NFL draft, the predraft rumors are flying by in swarms. Many more teams have been linked to either trading up or down in the first round on April 23 than those who haven't. One of the franchises linked to making a ...
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Bleacher Report
The Washington Redskins are widely expected to land Chase Young with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft. Even though the 21-year-old seems like a lock at that position, a handful of teams are reportedly trying to pry the second pick away from ...
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Bleacher Report
The top remaining NFL free agents do not appear to be in a rush to find new homes. Defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and quarterbacks Cam Newton and Jameis Winston will likely wait until after the 2020 NFL draft to figure out their respective futures.
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Sports Illustrated
At what point must a sports organization offer to refund money for a ticket to a game scheduled during the coronavirus pandemic? Is it when the pandemic started several months ago? Or when President Donald Trump proclaimed a national emergency on ...
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nj.com
The price for sirloin steak was 20 cents a pound, peanut butter was 10 cents a jar and it cost $67 for a roundtrip rail ticket from Newark to San Francisco when the orgins of the Yankees first arrived in New York on Jan. 9, 1903 for just $18,000. That's what it cost ...
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Chicago Tribune
The Bears head into this week's NFL draft looking to make upgrades at key positions. But before general manager Ryan Pace, coach Matt Nagy and Co. make their selections, our team of Bears writers weighs in on four timely topics.
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NHL.com
Goalies often need significant development time in the American Hockey League as they make the transition to the NHL from the Canadian Hockey League, college hockey, or Europe. As part of a series examining some of the top AHL prospects, NHL.com ...
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Baltimore Sun
Over the past several weeks leading up to Thursday's NFL draft, The Baltimore Sun has looked at prospects of interest to the Ravens at areas of need like linebacker, wide receiver and the offensive and defensive lines. But what if the Ravens decide to take ...
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GolfDigest.com
The fans make the Ryder Cup, and the concept of holding it without them—of watching Ian Poulter or Justin Thomas hole a critical putt, only to be greeted by the faint whistle of the winds whipping in off Lake Michigan—is unthinkable. It would diminish the ...
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BaltimoreRavens.com
Lamar Jackson prefers playing quarterback to playing general manager. However, during a Tuesday video conference, it was not surprising that Jackson was asked about the Ravens' upcoming draft, because teams often make decisions with their franchise ...
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New York Post
Sandy Alderson's Tim Tebow signing as Mets general manager was deemed by some as purely a publicity stunt. But that doesn't come close to another move Alderson tried to make that didn't come to fruition. With Michael Jordan a constant topic these days ...
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Tennis Magazine
The American opens up about February's record-attended Match For Africa, and the uncharted waters his client experienced by playing Rafael Nadal in his mother's native country. By Ed McGrogan. April 22, 2020 ...
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Reuters
(Reuters) - The National Football League holds its annual draft on Thursday and while the lockdown version means it will be online rather than the planned glitzy show in Las Vegas, there will be plenty of fans outside of the United States following along.
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ESPN
The NWHL is expanding to Toronto for the 2020-21 season, the league announced on Wednesday. Johanna Neilson Boynton, a former captain of the Harvard's women's hockey team, is leading the ownership group for the league's sixth franchise. Margaret ...
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ESPN
Susie Maxwell Berning, one of six women to capture the U.S. Women's Open at least three times, has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame announced the election Wednesday morning, making Maxwell Berning the fourth and final ...
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Miami Herald
Just days before the NBA season was suspended because of the coronavirus, Goran Dragic walked into the Miami Heat locker room with a hat that caught his teammates' attention. With the Heat guard's initials — G and D — stitched onto the front of the hat, ...
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The Mercury News
This article originally was published on April 23, 2004. Pat Tillman, the overachieving NFL player who walked away from a multimillion-dollar contract so he could serve his country as a member of the U.S. Army's elite Rangers unit, was killed in action in ...
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ESPN
Paris Saint-Germain have made it their main priority to extend the contract of forward Kylian Mbappe despite the coronavirus pandemic, sources have told ESPN. Mbappe's deal at Parc des Princes expires in 2022 and Real Madrid remain interested in signing ...
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Arizona Sports
The Arizona Cardinals enter the 2020 NFL Draft with the eighth overall pick. What will they do with it? A lot has to play out, but here's how the Arizona Sports hosts, producers, editors and reporters think it'll go by the time they're on the clock.
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Seattle Times
With this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee canceled because the coronavirus pandemic, an online spelling bee launched by two Texas teenagers is offering a consolation prize of sorts, with competitors nationwide including many of the kids who were ...
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ESPN
Martin Braithwaite has told ESPN he first learned of Barcelona's interest in signing him at the end of January but kept it a secret from his friends and family, including his wife, who eventually found out about the dream move in the media. Braithwaite, 28, joined ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Major League Soccer (MLS) season has been postponed again, this time until at least June 8th (the previous target date was May 10th). The league remains hopeful that teams will be able to complete the entirety of their 34-game slates once play does ...
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Yahoo Sports
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Brett Hundley claims he did not abuse his ex-wife. A lawyer told TMZ the lawsuit filed by Hundley's ex-wife — in which she claims Hundley was abusive multiple times — is "100 percent false." Hundley's lawyer claims the lawsuit ...
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Lansing State Journal
Okemos, Williamston and Pewamo-Westphalia each repeated as league champions this winter. All three boys basketball programs also had earned a spot in district championship games before the state tournament was wiped out due to the coronavirus ...
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Washington Times
BELFAST, Northern ireland (AP) - Northern Ireland coach Michael O'Neill left his job on Wednesday, citing uncertainty about the team's European Championship playoffs caused by the coronavirus pandemic. O'Neill was widely praised for leading the team to ...
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Idaho Statesman
The English Premier League has been asked by human rights activists and one of its major broadcast partners to consider blocking Saudi Arabia's attempt to buy Newcastle United. Amnesty International wrote to league chief executive Richard Masters to say ...
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Goal.com
The Wales captain spent five years at White Hart Lane and admits he is still a keen follower of the north London club. Real Madrid star Gareth Bale still considers himself a Tottenham fan and was disappointed by their Champions League final heartbreak last ...
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ESPN
Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill says his wife's 85-year-old grandmother recently battled the coronavirus. "By the grace of God, she beat it,'' Hill said. Hill has been in San Antonio during the NBA's pandemic-imposed hiatus. Hill says he hasn't been ...
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Pucks and Pitchforks
The New Jersey Devils have reportedly interviewed Gerard Gallant. If he is hired, he would have a major impact on one play inparticular; Nico Hischier. The New Jersey Devils have apparently interviewed Gerard Gallant last week for the vacant head ...
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NBCSports.com
On Valentine's Day, 1990, Michael Jordan attempted the second-most field goal attempts in a regular season game in his career (43), scoring 49 points in 47 minutes in Orlando against the Magic. And he did it not in his famed No. 23 jersey, but wearing the ...
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WTVC
ATLANTA — BEST FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK: QB Matt Ryan. Hard to go with anyone other than Matty Ice, who restored some credibility for the franchise in 2008 as the No. 3 pick from Boston College on the heels of Michael Vick going to prison for ...
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The Boston Globe
The Berlin Marathon says the race cannot be held as planned in September because of new restrictions in the city related to the coronavirus pandemic. City authorities have extended a ban on major events with more than 5,000 people until October 24.
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Miami Herald
The former University of California at Los Angeles men's soccer coach will plead guilty to taking $200,000 in bribes as part of the college admissions cheating scheme, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Jorge Salcedo, 47, of Los Angeles, will admit to getting ...
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Washington Times
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - BEST FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK: Let's go with picks, plural, because it's impossible to separate Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Jim Kelly and Bruce Smith. They formed the core of the Buffalo teams that made - and lost - four ...
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Bad Left Hook
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allowed WWE to hold live events with no fan attendance in his state recently, deeming the pro wrestling company an "essential business," it opened the door, as we noted, for boxing and mixed martial arts to do the same.
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The Hindu
(Reuters) - Former world champion Garry Kasparov will be among the competitors in an online Nations Cup, a new chess competition featuring six teams of four players, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) announced on Tuesday. Some big chess names from ...
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The Independent
Four-weight world champion Canelo Alvarez has pledged to retire by the time he turns 37 and plans to "play golf every day" in retirement. The Mexican, seen by many as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter, began his professional career aged just 15 ...
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Metro
Manchester City has beaten Crystal Palace in a tight 5-4 match of FIFA 20, as the Premier League's esports tournament gets underway. The Premier League's alternative to the lack of real football has seen a thrilling opening tie match between Man City's ...
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Norwalk Reflector
COLUMBUS — Jerry Snodgrass will be able to picture the moment forever. He had just hung up the phone with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. And before the Executive Director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association made the public announcement that ...
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The New Indian Express
The cricketer-turned-politician believes if Kumble had led Team India for a longer period, he would have broken every captaincy records. Share Via Email. Published: 22nd April 2020 12:46 PM | Last Updated: 22nd April 2020 12:46 PM | A+A A-. Former ...
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Liverpool FC
Barcelona and Real Madrid have joined Liverpool in the race to sign Inter Milan's Marcelo Brozovic. The Reds supposedly made contact with the midfielder's agent last week but they could now face competition from both La Liga giants. The Croatian has a ...
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