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As-it-happens update April 25, 2020
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NBCSports.com
Damien Lewis is an absolute beast. The powerful guard out of LSU spent the past two seasons blocking for Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow and was an anchor on the country's No. 1 offensive line en route to winning a college football championship in ...
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NBCSports.com
The AFC East was front and center on Day 2 of the 2020 NFL Draft. A total of 13 picks were made between the New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. The Patriots even traded up three (!) times, once in the second round and ...
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NBCSports.com
The moment Ashtyn Davis had been waiting for his whole life was dimmed slightly by an off-color comment from ESPN's Trey Wingo. When the New York Jets selected the Cal safety and Santa Cruz native with the No. 68 overall pick Friday night, the NFL draft ...
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ESPN
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It took less than 24 hours for the Green Bay Packers' quarterback of the future to connect with the quarterback of the present. Jordan Love, the Green Bay Packers' first-round pick in the NFL draft, told ESPN's Maria Taylor on Friday that he ...
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NBCSports.com
Late in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the Raiders made a trade. The Silver and Black moved back nine spots and added an extra fourth-round pick, trading picks No. 91 and No. 159 to the New England Patriots for picks No. 100, No. 139 and No. 172.
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NBCSports.com
The Ravens have a type, and that type is fast. Trending Now. 1:03 · Ryan Day reacts to J.K. Dobbins draft selection · 0:57 · In The Loop: Roger Goodell with the TikTok dance moves · 2:00 · John Wall thanks healthcare workers who helped treat his mom · 0:21 ...
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ESPN
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- A year after setting the NFL's single-season rushing record, the Baltimore Ravens used a second-round pick on Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins. Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said he wanted to use the draft to make the ...
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NFL.com
The Patriots traded Rob Gronkowski this week, a little over a year after he retired, and on Friday night, they selected two potential replacements with two trades. New England selected UCLA tight end Devin Asiasi with the 91st pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on ...
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FOXSports.com
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills addressed their defensive pass-rush and offensive rushing needs with their two picks in the NFL draft Friday night. Buffalo opened by selecting Iowa defensive end A.J. Epenesa, who led the Big Ten with 10 1/2 sacks ...
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Sporting News
The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft featured a few interesting twists and turns, but franchise quarterbacks were the dominant headline. Cincinnati opened the draft by taking Joe Burrow at No. 1, and Miami grabbed Tua Tagovailoa at No. 5. The Chargers ...
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FOXSports.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Panthers are doing everything they can to bolster their pass rush knowing they'll be facing division foes that feature Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Matt Ryan at quarterback. Carolina selected defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos ...
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Sports Illustrated
After a Thursday that saw four former Alabama football offensive players taken in the NFL draft, the tables were turned. Friday, it was the defense's turn. Following Friday's first round, five former Crimson Tide defenders were drafted to the pros on Thursday ...
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Sports Illustrated
On the second day of the NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos selected WR KJ Hamler in the second round with pick No. 46. Hamler is the second wideout selected by GM John Elway less than 24 hours after the Broncos drafted Jerry Jeudy at pick 15. While many ...
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Sports Illustrated
Gardner Minshew II has a new weapon and Jay Gruden has a new chess piece to move around his scheme, a result of the Jacksonville Jaguars selecting Colorado wide receiver Laviska Shenault with the No. 42 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft on Friday ...
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Bleacher Report
OT Matt Peart, UConn. STRENGTHS. —Unreal overall size and frame with ideal overall length. He's tall (6'7") and has pythons for arms at 36 ⅝ inches. —Four-year starter for the Huskies with time at both guard and tackle. He looks like the ideal swing tackle ...
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FOXSports.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ron Rivera hopes third-round pick Antonio Gibson can fill the Christian McCaffrey role with the Redskins. Washington selected the multipositional Memphis playmaker Friday night with the 66th pick in the NFL draft. Gibson can do a ...
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Bleacher Report
Linebacker Terrell Lewis is joining the Los Angeles Rams after being selected 84th overall in the 2020 NFL draft. Lewis gives Los Angeles the edge-rusher the team sorely needed after Dante Fowler Jr. signed with the Atlanta Falcons. LDE: Michael Brockers ...
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FOXSports.com
Ross Blacklock is extremely proud of his father, Jimmy, and the impact he made playing for the Harlem Globetrotters for more than a decade before becoming their coach. It's just that the younger Blacklock knew early on basketball would not be his path.
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Bleacher Report
CB Terrell Burgess, Utah. STRENGTHS. —Versatile cover man who could see time in the slot and at free safety; ideal for a nickel role. —Tough and quick, which makes him a valuable slot cornerback; fast enough to make cuts underneath and stick through ...
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Bleacher Report
LB Davion Taylor, Colorado. STRENGTHS. —Chase-and-explode style of play that is best when he's working outside of the box and can use natural athleticism and speed to track ball-carriers. —Rocked-up athlete who can run with anyone to the boundary; ...
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FOXSports.com
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints traded up 14 spots in the third round and took Wisconsin linebacker Zack Baun 74th overall in the NFL draft on Friday night. In a trade with Cleveland, the Saints also got a seventh-round pick from the Browns ...
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Bengals.com
With Joe Burrow and Tee Higgins, you have two former college national champions. Did that factor into the evaluation process on these first two picks? "Yeah. That's been the standard for (Higgins), is that he plays for championships, and that's why he went to ...
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Bleacher Report
Edge Jonathan Greenard, Florida. STRENGTHS. —Poised, smart, savvy pass-rusher who came on strong in his senior season, finishing his career with his best season in 2019. —Plays well against the run and can live as a left defensive end with strong ...
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Bleacher Report
OT Lucas Niang, TCU. STRENGTHS. —TCU coaches told us he didn't allow a single sack in his three years of starting at right tackle. —Smart, savvy blocker who shoots his hands with good timing and keeps edge-rushers from gaining the corner. —Quick out ...
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CBSSports.com
We've been writing up nearly every Fantasy-relevant running back taken through the first two days, but some of them just won't have a strong path to playing time. We'll break down the Fantasy landing spots of all of them right here as a tracker of which teams ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Cleveland Browns wrap up the day by drafting linebacker Jacob Phillips from LSU, 97th overall. Phillips adds to a linebacking corp that needs help, adding a run stopper to the mix and someone who projects to play at middle linebacker. Phillips was ...
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Bleacher Report
Edge Julian Okwara, Notre Dame. STRENGTHS. —Flashy, bendy athlete with a lot of burst in his first step; twitchy as hell. —Excellent height/length/speed player; 34 ⅜" arm length and 10 ¼" hands. —Contact balance is very good; bounces back from contact ...
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CBSSports.com
The first round of the NFL Draft saw plenty of potential difference makers for Fantasy go off the board, but it actually wasn't a great night for Fantasy value all around. The quarterbacks all mostly managed to land in pretty good places, but the much-hyped wide ...
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FOXSports.com
MIAMI (AP) — Because of Tua Tagovailoa's ability, the Miami Dolphins were willing to gamble on his durability. The Dolphins made the Alabama quarterback the fifth overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday, and hope he can become a franchise quarterback and ...
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Bleacher Report
S Brandon Jones, Texas. STRENGTHS. —Four-year contributor at Texas who played everywhere from special teams to strong safety to lining up a ton in slot coverage during his senior season. —Explosive, athletic safety who could play anywhere in an NFL ...
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AZCardinals.com
Josh Jones thought there was a chance he could be picked in the first round in this year's NFL draft. He definitely thought he would go in the second round at worst. But the Houston offensive tackle was there in the third round, eight picks in, which might not ...
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Vikings.com
The Minnesota Vikings continued to receive rave reviews during the second day of the 2020 NFL Draft. The Vikings selected offensive tackle Ezra Cleveland in the second round and cornerback Cameron Danztler in the 3rd round. The Vikings traded the ...
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Yahoo Sports
In what is considered a down draft, smart teams selecting in the double digits will be looking for one of two kinds of players. One is very raw players with impressive athleticism and a lot of potential who could develop into quality players and maybe stars down ...
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BaltimoreRavens.com
It didn't take long for Lamar Jackson to give new teammate Patrick Queen a nickname. Jackson and Marquise Brown went on Instagram Live to watch the Ravens draft Queen, and the video got plenty of traction on social media, especially since Jackson ...
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FOXSports.com
The Green Bay Packers added a young tight end to the roster, selecting Cincinnati's Josiah Deguara in the third round with the 98th overall pick. More Packers draft coverage. Packers add tight end Josiah Deguara in third round of 2020 NFL draft · Packers ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Warriors lost to the Toronto Raptors in six games in the 2019 NBA Finals. Draymond Green believes the result would have been entirely different if Kevin Durant didn't rupture his right Achilles tendon early in the second quarter of Game 5. "Kevin don't get ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
The past three years at TCU, Jeff Gladney lined up across from fellow first-round pick Jalen Reagor, dueling through one-on-one battles in triple-digit heat under the watchful eye of coach Gary Patterson, who was so bold on Friday to say Vikings coach Mike ...
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detroitlions.com
The Detroit Lions moved up 10 spots in the third round to select Ohio State interior offensive lineman Jonah Jackson, in part, because of the knowledge they gained while coaching him at the Senior Bowl back in January. Both Lions general manager Bob ...
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Bleacher Report
American restaurateur and television host Guy Fieri took a detour from Flavortown to make a pitstop at the NFL draft, where he was one of 15 Las Vegas Raiders fans seen cheering prior to a third-round pick: SB Nation @SBNation. IS THAT GUY FIERI!?
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BaltimoreRavens.com
The Ravens got their hulking offensive lineman to contend for a starting spot at right guard. Baltimore picked Mississippi State's Tyre Phillips in the third round with pick No. 106 overall – the last pick of Day 2 of the 2020 Draft. Phillips stands in at 6-foot-5, 331 ...
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NFL.com
DALLAS (AP) -- Jace Prescott, the older brother of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, died Thursday, the team said. He was 31. The Cowboys confirmed the older Prescott's death in a brief statement. There was no information on how or where Jace ...
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CBSSports.com
The UFC was one of the last major sports organizations to host an event as the coronavirus epidemic took hold and looks like it will be the first one to return. UFC 249 will take place on May 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville without fans.
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Yahoo Sports
The cause of death for Washington State defensive back Bryce Beekman has been revealed. The Whitman County coroner's office announced Friday that Beekman died from an accidental drug overdose. Specifically, the cause of death was "acute ...
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Forbes
An NCAA vote on the one-time transfer waiver for college football and basketball could still occur on May 20. The vote could also be pushed until January, but that is not a certainty, despite several reports to the contrary. "A vote on waiver guidelines could ...
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Shawna Kuehu, a basketball champion at Punahou School who went on to star in college, sued her former Punahou coach Dwayne Yuen and the school today, alleging that he sexually assaulted and abused her. The 2008 Punahou graduate is one of a ...
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Tennis Magazine
A tournament whose surface briefly changed pigment will be held, in a sense, on a figment of our imaginations. Rafael Nadal headlines the video-game version of the European clay event, which begins on Monday, April 27. By Ed McGrogan. April 24, 2020 ...
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DenverBroncos.com
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — With their final pick of the third round, the Broncos added Arkansas defensive lineman McTelvin Agim. Agim was the 95th-overall selection in the 2020 NFL Draft and one of the last choices in the third round. Agim appeared in 42 ...
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Arizona Daily Star
PHOENIX — Well, what do you know? Kliff Kingsbury might finally be the head coach of a team that can play defense. It's early, sure. NFL team facilities are still closed. New players haven't even plugged the address of their new employer into Google Maps.
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Sporting News
It hasn't even been a year since the NCAA formed a working group to consider the various ways in which college athletes' name/image/likeness rights could be introduced to what they term "the collegiate model." In so many words, the problem they were ...
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Jackson Clarion Ledger
Willie Gay Jr. has a new home. Gay has lived in the Magnolia State his entire life, playing preps football at Starkville High School while spending his collegiate career right down the road at Mississippi State. Now, the 22-year-old is headed to Kansas City.
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