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As-it-happens update May 7, 2020
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians on Thursday said Tom Brady was the one who lured Rob Gronkowski out of retirement and was adamant that the team trade for him, despite having O.J. Howard and Cameron Brate on the roster ...
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ESPN
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr had to laugh when asked what it's been like to relive his tenure with the Chicago Bulls as "The Last Dance" continues to dominate the national conversation. "It's definitely weird," Kerr told ESPN. "And I know it's about to ...
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NBCSports.com
Leaks are beginning to surface regarding the 2020 NFL schedule, and according to two reports Thursday, the New England Patriots will be playing AFC East rivals in the first two weeks of November. The New York Post's Brian Costello reported Thursday, ...
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Sports Illustrated
Head coach Joe Judge, who has insisted from the moment he was introduced as the New York Giants' new on-field general, has emphasized that the team's depth chart is a blank slate that will start to fill in once the players hit the field. In the interim, the Giants ...
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Sports Illustrated
Earlier this week, the Seahawks finalized their 2020 undrafted free agent class, signing 17 players to fill out the 90-man roster heading into their virtual offseason program. While the vast majority of these players won't have a chance at making the final roster, ...
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Sports Illustrated
With backup quarterback Geno Smith's contract expiring at the end of the 2019 season, Seahawks general manager John Schneider knew he'd need to add at least one signal caller this offseason. While adding undrafted free agent Anthony Gordon was a ...
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CBSSports.com
Over the past two seasons, we've had some highly successful third-year receivers. Guys like Michael Thomas, Tyreek Hill, Tyler Boyd, Chris Godwin, Cooper Kupp and Kenny Golladay have all seen a spike in production in their third season in the NFL.
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Sports Illustrated
Notre Dame has picked up another long and talented end, landing a commitment from Warwick (R.I.) Bishop Hendricken defensive end Jason Onye. The 6-5, 245-pound end earned a four-star grade on the Irish Breakdown board after racking up 76 tackles ...
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CBSSports.com
After nearly two months of inactivity due to the global outbreak of the coronavirus, the NBA is ready to reopen its practice facilities in areas with relaxed stay-at-home guidelines, as it has informed its teams that it will do so on Friday, May 8. Considering the fact ...
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CBSSports.com
Kansas and the NCAA refuse to agree on most of the key details in the significant ongoing case between the blue blood basketball program and the mothership institution it belongs to. On Thursday, the school publicly revealed the NCAA's formal response in ...
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NBCSports.com
The world is trying to establish a new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic as states begin to re-open, establish new guidelines and health policies — and that includes the NBA. On Wednesday, NBCSNW reported the Trail Blazers practice facility will ...
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Sports Illustrated
Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb was a guest on The Jim Rome Show on Monday. Chubb touched on the fact that he's been working out at his high school in preparation for the season, which is not unique to the pandemic. He's done it every year.
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Los Angeles Times
The coronavirus outbreak has prevented Justin Turner from taking the field, but it hasn't kept the Dodgers third baseman and his wife, Kourtney, from helping people off of it. In March, they began a partnership through the Justin Turner Foundation with the ...
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Palm Beach Post
Dave Shula shares rare stories of his father Don and hopes he's remembered by 'how we're here on this Earth to do good.' He is a Shula. The sports world was all aflutter over this father-son meeting of head coaches in the NFL, but Dave Shula had ...
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Bleacher Report
ESPN NFL draft analyst Todd McShay says he was in a "really dark" place while in the hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19. In an appearance on The Adam Schefter Podcast on Wednesday (via Scott Gleeson of USA Today), McShay said he ...
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Sports Illustrated
Major League Baseball could be coming back. Rumors have been swirling since former big leaguer Trevor Plouffe posted a tweet earlier this week saying that Opening Day of the 2020 MLB season will be July 1 with teams playing at their home ballparks.
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MLSsoccer.com
MLS took a small step towards returning to play this week, as a handful of clubs returned to individual training sessions at their facilities. It's a long way from games, but it's a start. As the league continues to look down the road and update plans to return, ...
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The New York Times
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___. Horse racing has resumed in Germany, but without spectators and with mask-wearing jockeys. The race day at the Neue Bult track near Hannover on Thursday was the first ...
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The New York Times
Around noon on April 17, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota announced that the state's 450 golf courses, shuttered because of the coronavirus pandemic, could open the next day. At 3 p.m., the Hazeltine National Golf Club, about 25 miles southwest of Minneapolis, ...
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Sports Illustrated
NASHVILLE – Ben Jones is an avid outdoorsman who can rough it with the best of them. Even the Tennessee Titans center has his limits, though. Jones' home was one of more than 130,000 that lost electricity Sunday night when a rare weather event known ...
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USA TODAY
Brett Favre is paying Mississippi back $1.1 million in welfare money he received for speaking engagements and other purposes, according to State Auditor Shad White. White said the former star NFL quarterback paid his office $500,000 on Wednesday and ...
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nj.com
The Jets will open the 2020 NFL season at the Bills, according to the New York Daily News. The game will take place on Sept. 13, a Sunday. So much for the report that the first four matchups of 2020 for each team would be AFC vs. NFC. The NFL's schedule ...
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Bleacher Report
Instant replay for pass interference will apparently only be a one-year experiment that won't be used in 2020. NFL Competition Committee Chairman Rich McKay said Thursday there is no support for the process to be used again. SiriusXM NFL Radio @ ...
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nj.com
Could Joe Flacco soon make his NFL return following 10 years with the Baltimore Ravens and a short, unceremonious stint with the Denver Broncos in 2019? Apparently, the answer is yes, according to NFL analyst Adam Caplan. For those wondering why ...
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New York Daily News
TAMPA — If I am going to be completely honest, and after four years why not, I didn't actually see the bat hit the ball that day. Bartolo Colon, the ninth hitter in the Mets lineup on May 7, 2016, was at the plate and I had always found watching his at-bats a little ...
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CBSSports.com
After weeks of waiting, the UFC is back this Saturday with UFC 249. The journey to the event has not been an easy one, with the show now on its second date and third venue due to the chaos of the global coronavirus pandemic. Lucky for fight fans, the UFC ...
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Bleacher Report
Brandy Halladay, the wife of Hall of Fame pitcher Roy Halladay, said she thinks he was an addict in an upcoming ESPN E:60 documentary. Halladay said her husband was battling a number of mental health issues and that "his body was dependent on these ...
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Yahoo Sports
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has welcomed the planned return of German football on May 16 as "a huge and positive step". The eyes of the footballing world are set to be fixed on the Bundesliga as clubs gear up for a return to action behind closed ...
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Bleacher Report
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed a charge of unfair labor practices filed by Carolina Panthers offensive tackle Russell Okung against the NFLPA. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported the board's decision Thursday, noting Okung is expected ...
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ESPN
Distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein announced his retirement Thursday, closing a career during which he made three Olympic appearances and was one of the first to question the methods being used by his coach, Alberto Salazar, who is serving a four-year ...
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Talking Chop
There has been more and more talk about the return of professional baseball in the near future. We don't have all of the details yet, but there are already plenty of really smart and connected people that think that we could see 'spring training' resume in ...
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syracuse.com
The Buffalo Bills are beginning to get their 2020 draft class under contract. Aaron Wilson of The Houston Chronicle reported today that the Bills signed kicker Tyler Bass, wide receiver Isaiah Hodgins and cornerback Dane Jackson to four-year rookie deals.
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Sporting News
The Pittsburgh Steelers just missed the playoffs in 2019 after an 8-8 season, but the return of veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger should provide a lift in the AFC North in 2020. Baltimore has won the AFC North the last two seasons with Lamar Jackson, ...
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Forbes
The 2020 NFL schedule will officially be released later on Thursday. However, we're already starting to hear reports about some of the biggest games on the slate. According to Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Las Vegas Raiders will ...
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Press Herald
Brandon Copeland's NFL journey has been all about versatility. He specifically remembers a game during his first season on an active roster in which he played middle linebacker, outside linebacker, defensive end and special teams – all in the same game.
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New York Post
Part 5 of the "The Last Dance" dove into Michael Jordan's unique relationship with Kobe Bryant, and now a trainer whom the two legendary NBA stars shared revealed his first-hand knowledge of their special bond. "The reason Kobe was different in MJ's eyes ...
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SNY.tv
Mar 30, 2019; Washington, DC, USA; New York Mets relief pitcher Edwin Diaz (39) throws to the Washington Nationals during the ninth inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Mills). Though his strikeout numbers were ...
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Los Angeles Times
UFC President Dana White was typically unapologetic as he prepared to travel from his home in Las Vegas to Jacksonville, Fla., for Saturday's UFC 249 pay-per-view. "Critics have never built anything," he said in a phone interview with the Los Angeles Times.
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Sports Illustrated
Tennessee is red hot on the recruiting trail, and the Vols hope they do not see that momentum slow anytime soon. Tennessee added two five-star prospects in a week's time in Dylan Brooks and Terrence Lewis, but the Vols are still heavily in the mix for ...
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TMZ
6'9", 450 lb. Hafthor Bjornsson and 6'3", 375-ish lb. Eddie Hall -- arguably the 2 STRONGEST MEN EVER -- have beef ... strongman beef. Let's explain. Thor aka "The Mountain" from 'GoT' deadlifted 1,104 lbs. on Saturday ... breaking Hall's previous world ...
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Bangor Daily News
The 76ers are focused on Boston. The NBA season has been suspended since March 11 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The expectation is the league might not resume until July, if at all, this season. Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., and Las Vegas are ...
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Tampa Bay Times
TAMPA ― The Lightning on Thursday signed 2018 third-round draft pick Dmitry Semykin to an entry-level contract for next season. Semykin, 20, is a 6-foot-3, 201-pound defenseman who was known at the time for his scoring potential and his penalty minutes.
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The Spokesman-Review
Gonzaga coach Mark Few and Tennessee counterpart Rick Barnes are good friends and they aren't afraid of good competition. The Zags and Volunteers will square off in the Jimmy V Classic on Dec. 8 at Madison Square Garden. It will mark the fourth ...
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ABC10.com KXTV
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On Monday, May 11, the Sacramento Kings will begin allowing players to utilize the team's practice facility inside Golden 1 Center for voluntary, individual workouts and treatment under stringent guidelines in accordance with the ...
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Fredericksburg.com
The Virginia High School League Executive Committee voted Thursday to cancel its spring sports season for the remainder of the 2019-20 calendar year because of the ongoing threat of COVID-19. The League had previously left open the possibility of ...
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DAZN News US
Here's your betting guide, with odds and prop bets, for the main event and co-main event at UFC 249. The biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the world returns for the first time in over two months when UFC 249 takes place on Saturday night at VyStar ...
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Reading Eagle
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Eater NY
Jimmy Glenn — a boxing world legend who went on to run popular Times Square dive bar Jimmy's Corner — has died due to COVID-19, according to BoxingScene.com and multiple remembrances on social media. He was 89. His son, Adam, told the Daily ...
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98.5 The Sports Hub
By Ty Anderson, 985TheSportsHub.com. A day after signing Josh Uche, the New England Patriots continued to take care of their 2020 draft class with the signing of outside linebacker Anfernee Jennings and center Dustin Woodward, according to Aaron ...
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thescore.com
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman dismissed criticisms of quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo's Super Bowl performance Wednesday, saying the team's defense deserves to shoulder the majority of the blame for the loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
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