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How the Lockdowns Benefited Broncos in Landing KJ Hamler in Round 2 The NFL Draft is now in the rear-view mirror, but the analysis continues. While John Elway didn't cross off every need on the list, the Denver Broncos thoroughly attacked one of their biggest weaknesses entering the 2020 offseason. Needing to get faster, more ...
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Don Shula Was Always More Than Just a Coach to Bob Griese WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Bob Griese was already the quarterback of the Miami Dolphins when Don Shula arrived in 1970. Griese, the former Purdue legend, was charged with helping build a struggling expansion team, but it hadn't gone very well so far.
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'We want to play,' but focus is on MLB players' health and safety, union chief Tony Clark says Tony Clark was first familiar to fans from his playing days as a switch-hitting slugger, hitting 251 home runs over a 15-year career in the majors. During his career, he became active in the Major League Baseball Players Association, including being a team ...
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The Latest: Flyers and Sixers are set to offer refunds The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ---. The Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers are set to offer refunds or credits for unplayed regular-season games at their shared arena because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Mike Sullivan Surprises Senior Shoppers with Free Groceries Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan surprised shoppers with free groceries this morning at two Giant Eagle locations during designated senior hours. Local shoppers at The Waterfront Giant Eagle and South Hills Market District were told at the ...
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Jacksonville Jaguars sign veteran DE Aaron Lynch Aaron Lynch is heading south. The veteran defensive end has signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, the team announced Tuesday. Lynch spent his last two seasons in Chicago, where he appeared in 29 games (three starts) while playing on a pair of ...
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Rap soundtracks the Michael Jordan doc. The NBA wasn't always that way. How one experiences "The Last Dance," ESPN's 10-part documentary series about Michael Jordan's final season with the Chicago Bulls, depends largely on the viewer's relationship with the man commonly regarded as the most famous — if not best — player ...
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Matt Patricia Discusses "Big Picture" Plans, Training, Offseason Hobbies in Media Session It had been some time since Lions head coach Matt Patricia had addressed the media. In a nearly 40-minute video conference, Patricia discussed a myriad of topics with Detroit media, including his offseason hobbies, big picture plans and how the players are ...
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Brooks Koepka plans on joining Charles Schwab Challenge field upon scheduled return for PGA Tour The Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, could have one of the best non-major championship fields of the year on the PGA Tour this season. The event -- set to begin June 11 as the PGA Tour resumes its season in the ...
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Which neutral stadiums could Premier League use? One of the big plans behind getting the 2019-20 Premier League season going again is playing the 92 games across neutral stadiums. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights ]. Some teams have raised concerns with that plan but reports are emerging that ...
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The Simple Joys of Baseball's Return to American Television It rained, because of course it did. At 1 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday—some five weeks after what should have been Opening Day for MLB, which is to say some seven weeks after the fabric of daily life unraveled entirely—ESPN went live to its first broadcast of the ...
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Knicks Daily Roundup 5/5: Knicks Will Get First Shot at Thibs, Oakley Trashes Ewing, and More -The Knicks aren't the only ones interested in Tom Thibodeau. Marc Berman of The New York Post reported that both the Rockets and Nets have interest in Thibs, but New York should get the first crack at him because they wouldn't be a part of a potential ...
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NFL rumors: Will Cowboys drafting CeeDee Lamb impact Dez Bryant's shot at rejoining Dallas? Michael Irvin says ... So what if Dez Bryant is a three-time Pro Bowler, who at one point, seemed poised for a Hall-of-Fame career. Never mind his first-team All-Pro selection in 2014 and the fact that he led the NFL in receiving touchdowns that year. The NFL is a what have you ...
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Expect plenty of prime-time games for Tom Brady and the Bucs Star power is a commodity in the NFL. Without it, you get the not-so-great slate of games — which included seven straight weeks away from home — that the Bucs were dealt last year. The league's disregard was followed by a faint apology to Tampa Bay fans.
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ESPN's Michael Wilbon apologizes to Isiah Thomas for 'Last Dance' claim on Dream Team Longtime ESPN commentator and "Pardon The Interruption" host Michael Wilbon apologized to Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas for saying nine members of the Dream Team objected to him playing in the 1992 Olympics. "My apologies to Isiah Thomas," Wilbon ...
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Rafael Nadal: Should scrap '20 season, prepare for '21 MADRID -- If given the option, Rafael Nadal said he would scrap this season entirely so tennis could resume normally in 2021. The second-ranked Spaniard, who is 33 years old and has won 19 Grand Slam titles, said he hoped to resume playing this year but ...
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A California mayor defends golf as an essential outdoor activity As the mayor of Oceanside, a coastal city of 176,000 in northern San Diego County, I jumped at the chance to play golf the morning of March 30. It was a no-brainer. Our city staff had gotten word that the county health officer was going to shut down the four ...
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2020 Big Ten championship odds, picks: Ohio State the easy favorite, Wisconsin provides value While the Big Ten is stronger than the ACC overall, the two conferences have one thing in common: there's a large imbalance between the conference's best team and everybody else. This is reflected in the odds to win the Big Ten in 2020 that were recently ...
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Five key points as Bundesliga awaits go-ahead to resume Berlin (AFP) - The German league hopes to get the go-ahead from Angela Merkel's government and heads of the 16 states Wednesday to resume behind closed doors and amid strict hygiene measures. The Bundesliga ground to a halt on March 13 to limit ...
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US women's soccer players have options after setback in court Players for the U.S. women's national team may have been dealt a blow by a judge's ruling in their gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, but the case is far from over. The women have vowed to keep up the fight, encouraged by the ...
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Ranking Top 4 Mavs Coaches of All Time DALLAS - At first glance, the challenge of ranking the top five Dallas Mavericks coaches of all time doesn't seem like much of a challenge at all. After all, Dallas has been in the NBA since 1980 and has captured one NBA championship. That was in 2011.
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Padraig Harrington pretty much just gave away the name of his next Ryder Cup vice captain The announcement of a potential, fan-less PGA Tour return in mid-June raised a lot of questions, one of the most-pressing among them being: will the Ryder Cup be played as scheduled and without fans? For an event known for its electric atmosphere, ...
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Brazilian footballers reject restart, pay cuts amid pandemic SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian footballers are protesting lawmakers' attempts to cut their pay, and some say they will play again only after they are reassured by health authorities. The players' actions on Monday came as some Brazilian clubs push to restart ...
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Amanda Nunes vs. Felicia Spencer at UFC event on June 6 for featherweight title One the heels of the announced postponement of UFC 251, reports indicate that dual-division champion Amanda Nunes will defend her featherweight championship against Felicia Spencer at a June 6 event. ESPN's Ariel Helwani was the first to report the ...
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Ohio State men's basketball team to feature a lot of new faces An updated roster card will come in handy when the 2020-21 men's basketball season gets underway for Ohio State. Whenever that date arrives, the Buckeyes will field a team laden with experienced upperclassmen. It's just that many of them will be new to ...
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Grady Jarrett ready to lead revamped Atlanta Falcons defense Five years into his NFL career and just a week beyond his 27th birthday, Grady Jarrett is the unquestioned leader of the Atlanta Falcons' defensive line. But in the current coronavirus pandemic, the former Rockdale County star can only provide guidance ...
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In a wide-open draft, Pistons could benefit as teams ahead of them zero in on roster fit At some point, there will be a draft. Before that, at some point, there will be a draft lottery. In most drafts, the lottery has a modest impact on the order of the players coming off the board. In this one, it could be the difference between someone going first or fifth ...
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Browns great Joe Thomas is confident in rookie Jedrick Wills Jedrick Wills is expected to anchor the Cleveland Browns offensive line for the foreseeable future. The former Alabama stud offensive lineman was selected with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Due to this high investment, Wills is expected to be ...
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Giro d'Italia, Spanish Vuelta to be held in race-packed October The Giro d'Italia will start on Oct. 3 and the Spanish Vuelta will be held from Oct. 20, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Tuesday, as it published a heavily revised calendar in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. A number of top one-day races will also ...
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Minor League's Blake Bivens learned on Facebook that wife, son, mother-in-law were killed Minor League baseball player Blake Bivens said he found out through Facebook that his wife, 14-month-old son and mother-in-law had been killed. Bivens, who last season pitched for the Montgomery Biscuits, a double-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, ...
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Mike Tyson's trainer says boxing legend still has speed, power of a 21 year old Mike Tyson recently announced that he was getting back in fighting shape in preparation for a charity bout and has been working with a trainer to make his return to the ring. We got a first look at how his training is going and, needless to say, people were ...
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Kansas Athletics introduces new, lower season ticket prices for men's basketball games at Allen Fieldhouse Season tickets for nearly 45% of the seats at men's basketball games at Allen Fieldhouse will cost less starting next season. According to a KU news release, "feedback from fans as well as market research has shown that the price and seat location value from ...
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Alabama, Auburn legacy QB ecstatic to land Crimson Tide offer Following a sophomore season campaign that saw 2022 quarterback Tanner Bailey throw for 2,409 yards and 25 touchdowns, Alabama offered the Gordo (Ala.) signal caller on Monday. "I'm ecstatic," Bailey told BamaOnLine. "Growing up right here close to ...
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What's the deal with all those cars parked at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia? It's been almost eight weeks since the NBA, NHL and MLB suspended their seasons because of the coronavirus pandemic. In Philadelphia, that means no Sixers games, no Flyers games and no Phillies games. So why are the parking lots at the Wells Fargo ...
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Report: Texans to hire hygiene coordinator If football is to return this fall before the COVID-19 pandemic is completely in the rear-view mirror, NFL teams will have to approach their operations with a different perspective than normal. The Houston Texans are already looking into adding a new position to ...
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A look at the Bengals' depth chart after free agency, draft After a busy offseason, the Cincinnati Bengals will look a lot different whenever they step on the field next. The Bengals were unusually active in free agency, most notably upgrading the defense with five or six new starters, and they filled some important holes ...
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Amir Khan: We All Know Joshua is A-Side, But Fury is No. 1 at Weight Former world champion Amir Khan is backing Anthony Joshua as the "A-side" of the unification equation when compared to heavyweight rival Tyson Fury. "You've got the heavyweight division at its best right now. It's the best it's going to be. In my opinion, it's ...
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NBC Sports Gears Up for Televised Golf With TaylorMade Driving Relief on May 17 The PGA TOUR, NBC Sports, and Sky Sports will return to televised golf with TaylorMade Driving Relief, centered around a $3 million charity skins match supported by UnitedHealth Group to raise money and awareness for the American Nurses Foundation ...
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Panthers News: Could Carolina beat their grim win-loss projection? The Carolina Panthers will have little to look forward to in 2020 if a recent prediction regarding their immediate fortunes is any indication. Nobody is expecting the Carolina Panthers to pull up any trees next season. The first year of a rebuild normally comes ...
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Indian cricket team of 1985 could trouble Virat Kohli's side in limited overs, says Ravi Shastri Ravi Shastri is convinced that the class of India's 1985 team, of which he was a vital cog, was such it could trouble even the current team led by Virat Kohli. Shastri was the key man back in 1985 when the team under Sunil Gavaskar won the World ...
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Holding NHL draft in early June makes no sense We all know sports leagues are throwing a lot of things against the wall right now to see what sticks. Some of it makes some sense; other stuff, not so much. EN-US. An error has occurred. Subscribe to the DIGITAL. paper. Only $.99 for the first 3 Months!
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ADs map out start of football season FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek laid out on Monday a best-case plan for starting football on time this fall that included a June 1 reopening of weight room and training room facilities on campus for student athletes.
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'Werner should expect bench duty at Liverpool' – New signing will face 'big challenge', admits Aldridge The former Reds striker hopes another attacker will be snapped up in the next window, allowing somebody to tread the same path that he once took. Liverpool need to bring in another attacking option, admits John Aldridge, but Timo Werner has been warned ...
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Lando Norris says Indy iRace crash with Simon Pagenaud was 'selfish' Lando Norris insists online racing is now "more than just a game" and has described Simon Pagenaud's actions - when the reigning Indy500 champion crashed into him to deny an eSports victory - as "selfish". McLaren star Norris has been taking part in both ...
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Eddie Hall vs Hafthor Bjornsson boxing match is on as the Beast will take on the Mountain in Las Vegas A boxing match between Eddie Hall and Hafthor Bjornsson has been set for Las Vegas next year with the Beast vs the Mountain billed as "The Heaviest Boxing Match in History". The two former winners of World's Strongest Man will step into the ring in ...
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Lester: Hitters will have advantage over pitchers when MLB returns Chicago Cubs left-hander Jon Lester believes it will be harder for older pitchers to get back into the groove of playing when and if the 2020 MLB season begins. "If I'm younger, I'm still probably throwing bullpens and doing things to stay kind of locked in," the ...
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Golf and Fishing Open In Washington Tuesday If you love to fish or golf you can get back to those activities on Tuesday. Restrictions are being lifted after more than a month lock down which forced golf courses and recreational fishing to close because of COVID-19 concerns. It's been a long closure for ...
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"The Last Dance" ratings stay strong but take slight dip in Week 3 ESPN's highly-acclaimed Michael Jordan-themed documentary series The Last Dance maintained strong US television ratings in Week 3, as Episodes 5 and 6 averaged 5.5 million viewers across ESPN and ESPN2. According to ESPN figures, Episode 5 ...
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Rudy Gobert Tells Troll 'Go to School, P---y' During Call of Duty Video Stream Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert told off one fan who brought up his positive coronavirus test during a Call of Duty stream on Twitch. According to TMZ Sports, a viewer had commented, "Thanks for starting covid in the nba dumbass." Gobert responded by calling ...
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