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As-it-happens update April 25, 2020
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NBCSports.com
The Seahawks made a trade to move up in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. Seattle acquired the 48th overall pick in a deal with the Jets in exchange for pick Nos. 59 and 101. The Seahawks still have the 64th overall pick. With the 48th overall pick, ...
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ESPN
With his first pick as New England Patriots coach in the post-Tom Brady era, Bill Belichick had his dog, Nike, nearby and delivered a mild surprise by selecting small-school safety Kyle Dugger of Division II Lenoir-Rhyne University early in the second round ...
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NBCSports.com
The 2020 NFL Draft resumes Friday night with the second and third rounds, and there are plenty of top-tier players still available. Several prospects who were projected to be taken in the first round have slid to Day 2, including Alabama safety Xavier McKinney ...
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NBCSports.com
Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski (still weird to type that) and tennis great Venus Williams used some interesting props for their video workout on Friday. Download the MyTeams app for the latest Patriots news and analysis. Williams has been ...
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ESPN
INDIANAPOLIS -- New Colts quarterback Philip Rivers will have another threat out of the backfield to turn to next season. The Colts jumped up three spots in the NFL draft to add to what was a top-10 rushing offense last season. They selected Wisconsin ...
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NBCSports.com
The Bears made their first pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on Friday, selecting Notre Dame tight end Cole Kmet 43rd overall. Latest Cubs Talk. Bears second round pick Cole Kmet is a noted Cubs 'fan' · Zero Cubs players, coaches have contracted coronavirus ...
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SB Nation
The Buffalo Bills selected A.J. Epenesa with the 54th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Here's what Stephen White had to say about Epenesa ahead of the draft. I would imagine opinions on Iowa defensive end A.J. Epenesa are going to vary wildly.
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CBSSports.com
Two wide receivers going off the board in the middle of the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft join offenses loaded with young receiving talent, and that might stunt their ability to put up early production. K.J. Hamler is a natural fit with the Broncos, as he'll ...
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Bleacher Report
The Baltimore Ravens selected Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins with the 55th overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft. Dobbins will be backing up Mark Ingram, who eclipsed 1,000 yards for the third time in four seasons in 2019. QB: Lamar Jackson, Robert ...
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Bleacher Report
Colorado wideout Laviska Shenault Jr. headed to the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 42nd overall pick of the 2020 NFL draft on Friday. He might not be the most well-known receiver among this year's class. But make no mistake—the former Buffaloes star put ...
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Bleacher Report
The Chicago Bears added one of the best cornerbacks available at the 2020 NFL draft Friday. Chicago selected Utah's Jaylon Johnson with the No. 50 overall pick, giving it a potential lockdown defensive playmaker who thrived during his time in the Pac-12.
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Bleacher Report
Kirby Smart believes football programs outside of the SEC utilize an interesting recruiting pitch, telling young players they would have a better chance to advance their careers if they don't join the SEC because it's too competitive and physical. The Georgia ...
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Bleacher Report
Tee Higgins has officially made it to the NFL after the Cincinnati Bengals selected him with the first pick of the second round of the 2020 draft on Friday. Higgins had a stellar career at Clemson. He was named first-team All-ACC in 2019 and was part of ...
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FOXSports.com
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns added a national champion to their secondary. Desperate for a safety, Cleveland made a trade in the second round before selecting LSU's Grant Delpit with the No. 44 overall pick in the NFL draft Friday night. Delpit won the ...
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Bleacher Report
The Dallas Cowboys have strengthened their secondary after selecting Alabama cornerback Trevon Diggs with the No. 51 pick of the 2020 NFL draft. The second-round pick could see early playing time with his new team based on the latest depth chart.
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Bleacher Report
The Atlanta Falcons improved their defensive line by selecting Auburn's Marlon Davidson with the No. 47 overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft. The second-round pick should start high on the depth chart for his new team. LDE: Marlon Davidson*, Allen Bailey, ...
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FOXSports.com
D'Andre Swift said Barry Sanders is his all-time favorite running back, even though he was born after the Hall of Famer ended his career with the Detroit Lions. Swift heard so much about Sanders that he watched the way he ran and tried to emulate him.
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Sports Illustrated
The Florida Gators are sending yet another top competitor into the NFL. This time it's Gators wide receiver, Van Jefferson. Jefferson was selected during day two to the Los Angeles Rams with the 57th selection in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft.
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NFL.com
The Big Ten's best defensive back is flying south. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Minnesota safety Antoine Winfield Jr. with the 45th pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on Friday. A unanimous first-team All-American and the Big Ten's Defensive Back of the Year ...
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New York Post
Scott Satterfield took over as Louisville's head football coach in December 2018. It was then that he had his first team meeting to introduce himself. As the meeting ended, each player lined up to meet his new coach. When it was Mekhi Becton's turn, Satterfield ...
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Los Angeles Times
Day 1 of the NFL draft is gone and the Rams are once again spectators, with no first-round picks until 2022 thanks to the Jalen Ramsey trade. The Rams also recently traded two first-rounders for Jared Goff and one for Brandin Cooks. Les Snead and his ...
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Bleacher Report
The Houston Texans reportedly signed veteran safety Michael Thomas on Friday, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL.com. Thomas, 30, appeared in 16 games (two starts) for the New York Giants last season, registering 47 tackles (three for loss) and three ...
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FOXSports.com
MIAMI (AP) — Anxious to keep Tua Tagovailoa healthy, the Miami Dolphins invested in more protection for him Friday. Miami drafted versatile Louisiana-Lafayette offensive lineman Robert Hunt in the second round. The 6-foot-5, 323-pound Hunt was a ...
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Yahoo Sports
LAS VEGAS — The grin creased Dana White's face at the mere mention of Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman's name. The mayor made national headlines for all the wrong reasons this week when she did an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper urging ...
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Washington Post
This week's NFL draft became perhaps even more anticipated than usual given college and professional sports shutting down indefinitely during the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the run-up to the start of the nationally televised event Thursday night, some ...
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Sports Illustrated
Since games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, players across Major League Baseball are taking full advantage of extra time to rest and rehabilitate any injuries that flared up earlier this spring. For the Yankees, Giancarlo Stanton and James ...
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GoPSUsports.com
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos (38th overall) and wide receiver KJ Hamler (46th overall) were selected in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night. Gross-Matos went to the Carolina Panthers while Hamler ...
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ESPN
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Former Grand Slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt was released from prison on parole on Friday after serving nearly four years of a six-year sentence for the rape and sexual assault of girls he coached in South Africa in the 1980s ...
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Bleacher Report
As the Carolina Panthers reshape their roster under new head coach Matt Rhule, one player attracting a lot of attention from other teams is wide receiver Curtis Samuel. Per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, teams have been "consistently calling" the Panthers to ...
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FOXSports.com
The NCAA Division I Council denied a request to temporarily waive the minimum number of sports required to be a Division I member and delayed a decision on allowing all college athletes to be immediately eligible one time after transferring. The NCAA ...
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Washington Post
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers are being sued for negligence by a man who was attacked in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium and left with brain damage, his lawyers announced Friday. The lawsuit, filed this week by Rafael Reyna and his wife, ...
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KSL.com
PROVO — There's a lot to like about Purdue center Matt Haarms, the 7-foot-3 shotblocker who signed with BYU as a graduate transfer Thursday morning. His defensive capabilities, long wingspan and 2.0 blocks per game in just 20 minutes of Big Ten play ...
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CBSSports.com
NEW ORLEANS — The Saints drafted Center/Guard Cesar Ruiz in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft Thursday night. Coach Sean Payton says he expects Ruiz to compete for the starting job immediately. Here's a transcript of Ruiz's first conference call with ...
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KSN-TV
The Kansas City Chiefs made a dynamic addition to their backfield on Thursday night by selecting LSU tailback Clyde Edwards-Helaire with the No. 32 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Following the pick, Chiefs' General Manager Brett Veach and ...
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Yahoo Sports
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -- New England Patriots center David Andrews says he is ready to return after missing all of last season with blood clots in his lungs. Andrews posted a video of himself doing a celebration dance on Instagram on Thursday, saying, ...
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Knoxville News Sentinel
In his younger years, Tee Higgins perceived football and basketball as little more than a means to get what he really wanted: Hot Wheels cars. "He loved those things," said Higgins' mother, Lady Stewart. "In fact, my sister Denise had to use 99-cent Hot ...
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Press of Atlantic City
Cade Antonucci, like many of us, sometimes struggles to keep the days straight during the COVID-19 pandemic. "On Monday, I was sitting in the car with my dad (Craig), and I was looking at the calendar for whatever reason," Antonucci said. "I saw this is the ...
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BoxingScene.com
Former undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is open to the possibility of a ring return - in the form of an exhibition to raise money for charity. Tyson retired from the sport back in 2005, after a TKO defeat at the hands of Kevin McBride. The final tally of ...
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HighSchoolOT
By Nick Stevens, HighSchoolOT managing editor. Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Friday that public schools in the state would be closed for the remainder of the academic year. Now the N.C. High School Athletic Association ...
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247Sports
Alabama is used to setting the bar high in the NFL draft, but last night, they set it even higher. Two Crimson Tide wide receivers were selected top-15 overall, making Alabama the first school in the Common Draft Era to have two receivers picked inside the ...
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ECM Publishers
In response to Executive Order 20-41 issued today by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Minnesota State High School League, under direction of the League's Board of Directors, has declared, effective immediately, all activities and athletics that occur during the ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Vikings took Boise State offensive tackle Ezra Cleveland in the second round of Friday night's NFL draft. Cleveland, a 6-6, 315 pounder, was the 58th overall choice. He started at left tackle for Boise, and was a redshirt junior in 2019. He was a two-time ...
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TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
Gophers Athletics Director Mark Coyle has started a national search to find a replacement for softball coach Jamie Trachsel, who left the Minnesota to take the same job at Mississippi on Friday. Coyle said the U already has identified several candidates.
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Spectrum News
They say the first round is where superstars are born, but it's the rounds after that where teams are made. On Friday, the NFL Draft continues with rounds two and three, and it's around this time we expect to hear a former Orange star's name called. Thursday ...
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