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As-it-happens update May 19, 2020
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Sports Illustrated
1. According to Sportrac, Tom Brady has made $235 million during his 20-year NFL career. He also seems like a decent all-around person. Just two weeks ago, he was part of the Players Coalition that sent a letter Attorney General William Barr and FBI ...
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Yahoo Sports
Michael Jordan made his case in "The Last Dance" for Chicago to make another championship run in 1999. He went through a list of Bulls – himself, Phil Jackson, multiple role players – he says would have signed one-year contracts. Then, he got to Scottie ...
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USA TODAY
Richard Lapchick, arguably one of the foremost authorities on diversity issues across the sports landscape for decades, is cautiously optimistic that the NFL's fresh focus on diversity measures will make a drastic difference on its hiring landscape. The NFL has ...
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Bleacher Report
The NBA may be suspended, but there's still plenty of buzz about the 2020 draft, pending free agents and more ahead of the upcoming offseason. So, while there may not be games to analyze and plays to dissect, there's still plenty of basketball topics to ...
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USA TODAY
Phil Mickelson is talkin' smack again. After not touching a club for six weeks following the PGA Tour's shutdown March 13 due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Mickelson has ramped up his practice and play ahead of Sunday's "The Match: Champions for ...
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NFL.com
When the Philadelphia Eagles selected Jalen Hurts in the second round of last month's NFL Draft, much of the discussion was on what it means for Carson Wentz. In reality, the man most affected by the addition was backup quarterback Nate Sudfeld.
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USA TODAY
Dan Majerle, one of the Phoenix area's biggest sports figures in his days playing for the Suns, has filed a complaint in Superior Court against Grand Canyon University over the handling of his firing as head men's basketball coach and the salary he believes ...
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Sports Illustrated
After closing their team facilities with the rest of the NFL in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Jacksonville Jaguars have now laid out their plan for phase one of the reopening process. "Per the NFL's protocol for the reopening of club facilities, the ...
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Bleacher Report
Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon "had productive talks" with the team as he approaches the final year of his rookie contract, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler. Mixon is set to earn $1.2 million in 2020 before becoming an unrestricted free agent.
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Talk Radio 1210 WPHT
The Atlanta Falcons are among the first to begin reopening the team facility Tuesday. Falcons president Rich McKay said the club is opening things slowly with about 15 people back at the Flowery Branch facility Tuesday, per NFL Network's Mike Giardi.
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Sporting News
USC and Ole Miss scheduled a future home-and-home series in 2025-26 on Monday, and that immediately brought former USC coach Lane Kiffin into focus. That was acknowledged on Twitter. Errol Spence: 'I'd Beat Floyd Mayweather In His Prime'.
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CBSSports.com
The Jazz of the late 1990s have been quite the topic of conversation recently as a result of being featured on "The Last Dance." Former Jazz star Karl Malone appeared on a Zoom call on Monday that was hosted by Ahmad Rashad and also featured fellow ...
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Yahoo Sports
Matt Nagy did the media rounds late last week, and spent most of his time talking to reporters about how the team is trying to improve on Zoom calls. There was some QB competition stuff too, but since the team's limited with what it can accomplish while ...
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Detroit Free Press
Central Michigan's athletic department has cut men's indoor and outdoor track and field to save financially as budgets are crunched due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The discontinuation of men's indoor and outdoor track and field was announced ...
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Sports Illustrated
For over two months, the Philadelphia 76ers and the 29 other NBA organizations have been patiently waiting for the COVID-19 pandemic to clear up. While it doesn't seem the coronavirus will entirely disappear anytime soon, many states in the U.S. are ...
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The New York Times
The 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes will kick off this year's Triple Crown — not the Kentucky Derby. The Belmont will be run on June 20, before both the Derby and the Preakness Stakes for the first time in history. Those races have been moved to the fall.
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Yahoo Sports
Tom Brady has finally put on his Buccaneers helmet. According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, Brady led a small group of teammates through a two-hour workout at a local school. He was wearing an orange practice jersey over shoulder pads and his ...
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ESPN
The Premier League has confirmed on Tuesday there were six positives from three clubs for coronavirus after tests were carried out on 748 players and staff. On Monday, the league announced that clubs would be allowed to restart training in small groups ...
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Washington Post
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Manchester City's appeal against a two-year ban from European soccer will be heard over three days in June, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday. CAS set aside June 8-10 for the case. It is unclear if a hearing will be ...
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al.com
UAB coach Bill Clark waves to the fans during the Blazer Walk before the Alabama State game at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. (Mark Almond | preps@al.com)Mark Almond | preps@al.com. By Matt Zenitz | mzenitz@al.com.
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Sports Illustrated
One game. That's all it took for Michael Jordan to show the Cleveland Cavaliers he was likely to make them miserable for forever. Most Cavs fans remember Jordan from The Shot, when Jordan and the Chicago Bulls pulled off a miracle in the deciding Game 5 ...
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Tulsa World
Oklahoma has added another SEC school to its 2020 men's basketball schedule. The Sooners have agreed to a home-and-home series with Florida. The first contest will be played on Dec. 2, 2020 in Norman with a 2021 contest pegged for Gainesville.
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Dairyland Express
This January signing has flown a bit under the radar, but CFL star WR Reggie Begelton will push for a roster spot with the Green Bay Packers this summer. Whether you watched every snap of Green Bay Packers' football in 2019 or just a few drives here and ...
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Hoops Habit
Several unexpected teams came out and shocked the NBA this season with their play, but which five were the most surprising before the hiatus? When two-time Finals MVP Kevin Durant departed from the Golden State Warriors this past offseason, the NBA ...
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The New York Times
(Reuters) - Monaco plans to hold three motor races in the space of five weeks in 2021 after the principality had to cancel this weekend's showcase Formula One grand prix due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) said on ...
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ESPN
McLaren's Lando Norris is enjoying an antisocial life in isolation as his "worst nightmare" is interacting with large groups of people or strangers. Editor's Picks. F1 behind closed doors - how exactly will that work? Some lessons for F1 from NASCAR's return.
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The Daily Collegian Online
Editor's Note: Speculation State is a weekly series where we leave reality and look at what could've occurred if Penn State's athletic teams were able to finish their 2020 seasons. What looked to be a promising postseason for Penn State was cut short by a ...
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247Sports
John Wall is a five-time All-Star, but prior to his NBA success the electric point guard out of Raleigh, N.C., helped revitalize Kentucky's basketball program during his lone season on campus. For that, he's arguably the most important player of the John Calipari ...
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SNY.tv
Apr 13, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant (24) looks on after the Lakers defeat of the Utah Jazz 101-96 at Staples Center in Bryant's final game of his career. Bryant scored 60 points in the game. Mandatory Credit: Robert ...
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Yahoo Sports
Former Arizona guard and current Warriors head coach Steve Kerr shares how special the Arizona men's basketball brotherhood is in the NBA. Though he's 32 years removed from Tucson, he loves catching up with former Wildcats at the next level. See more ...
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USA TODAY
Larry Nance Jr. has good reason to be "scared" for his own health when and if the NBA returns to action. The Cleveland Cavaliers' forward has Crohn's disease, a chronic gastrointestinal disorder. It is treatable, and Nance has been able to play basketball ...
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KMOV.com
With sports suspended, ESPN has cobbled together a schedule that includes classic games, studio shows and films — the most popular of which was "The Last Dance." The network's docuseries about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls isn't a sporting ...
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Hotspawn
Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander cited burnout as he temporarily stepped out of the Astralis starting lineup. In a Twitter post Tuesday, gla1ve, 24, described what he called the "Toughest decision of my life" and said he needed to step away for at least three months to ...
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KVIA El Paso
Michael Phelps says the coronavirus pandemic has put him in a "scary situation" with his mental health. The 23-time Olympic gold medalist, who retired as the most decorated Olympian of all time after Rio 2016, has spoken frankly about his struggle with ...
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RiverBender.com
EDWARDSVILLE – SIUE's Lara Tupper earned the 2020 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Central Region Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award, as announced by the organization today. "Lara has been an elite competitor and Student-Athlete during her ...
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Economic Times
NEW YORK — The first live televised golf event in the United States since the coronavirus outbreak brought world sport to a standstill attracted an average of 2.35 million viewers on Sunday, NBC Sports said. World number one Rory McIlroy paired up with ...
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BBC News
The Scottish FA has decided not to refer a notice of complaint against Rangers, over their European licence for season 2011-12, to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The governing body now "considers the matter to be closed". Rangers received two ...
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National Post
The Ottawa Senators haven't even learned if their season is officially over but Mikkel Boedker has already decided where he'll suit up next season. The little-used forward, who is a unrestricted free agent on July 1, signed a two-year deal with HC Lugano in ...
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thescore.com
Former NHLer Akim Aliu penned a powerful piece published on The Players' Tribune on Tuesday, calling for change across all levels of hockey when it comes to diversity and inclusivity. Aliu took aim at the NHL's "Hockey is for Everyone" campaign, outlining ...
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Titans Wire
The theme of the Tennessee Titans' offseason thus far has been "run it back" after the team has worked to maintain much of the same offense and defense from a season ago. And that's not necessarily a bad strategy, as the Titans made it all the way to the ...
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Reuters UK
MANCHESTER, England, May 19 (Reuters) - Manchester United have urged fans to stay away from their Old Trafford stadium should the venue be used for behind closed doors games during the Premier League's resumption of play. The league remains in ...
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Essentially Sports (blog)
According to sources, NASCAR confirms that all the planned races will be held without any qualifying and practice race. Additionally, fans won't be permitted inside the race tracks in any of the races till June 21. Last Sunday, NASCAR had its first-ever fanless ...
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Saints Wire
Despite a slate of games against several playoff teams — and both participants in last year's Super Bowl — the New Orleans Saints project to have one of the easier schedules you'll see around the NFL. Their opponents have a combined winning percentage ...
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