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As-it-happens update May 22, 2020
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Bleacher Report
Every offseason, NFL teams have a chance to add new and impactful pieces to their rosters. High draft picks and marquee free agents often generate the most buzz—specifically those who can be considered weapons. While football junkies love to watch an ...
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Bleacher Report
Josh Rosen deserves a real shot to achieve success. His next opportunity won't be his third; it'll be his first after being thrust into scenarios wherein he had absolutely no hope of excelling. Another landing spot after false starts with the Arizona Cardinals and ...
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NFL.com
Each year at least one team that missed the postseason rises about the fray to become offseason darling. Pundit after pundit howls praise about the tinkering done by the front office. The year's spring sweetheart appears to be the Denver Broncos.
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ESPN
More than 800 former Kentucky cheerleaders have issued a joint statement in support of the powerhouse program's coaching staff, which was dismissed Monday after an internal report revealed a "lack of oversight" and a "culture" of hazing, along with other ...
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CBSSports.com
Mike Tomlin smiled while acknowledging that, for the Pittsburgh Steelers' 2020 rookie class, they probably prefer meeting via Zoom than physically going to a facility for team meetings. Instead of participating in rookie minicamp and team OTAs, NFL rookies ...
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CBSSports.com
The NBA is slowly building momentum toward a resumption of the 2019-20 season, which came to a halt on March 11 after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, but there are still many hurdles to overcome before professional basketball ...
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Bleacher Report
The NBA is defined by its stars. When a few of them reside on the same roster, hoops history often happens. The basketball gods have created those era-defining constellations several times over the last two decades. We're here to celebrate the most ...
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Sports Illustrated
Veteran Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Cassius Marsh has played a lot of roles throughout his six years in the NFL. From playing in 4-3 defenses to 3-4 schemes, switching between defensive end and outside linebacker while defending the run, dropping in ...
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Sports Illustrated
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Coaches like to say "iron sharpens iron." Having been the Green Bay Packers' unquestioned starting quarterback for more than a decade, did Aaron Rodgers need a kick in the pants? "I think in general, like for all players, having ...
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Sports Illustrated
The NBA's last decade featured perhaps the greatest collection of talent in league history, with plenty of Hall-of-Famers battling LeBron James for the title of Best Player Alive. James started the decade with challenges from Dwyane Wade and Dwight Howard.
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CBSSports.com
Legendary Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan died at the age of 78 due to complications from Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. Sloan had been out of the public eye for quite some time after initially being diagnosed in 2016. During a recent ...
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Sports Illustrated
As part of a package up for bid, the Cleveland Browns and head coach Kevin Stefanski are giving someone the opportunity to help him and offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt come up with the script for one of the team's preseason games. It's Stefanski's entry ...
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Yahoo Sports
New York (AFP) - Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry says he thinks the NBA season could resume in six to eight weeks with clubs likely gathering in Orlando and Las Vegas to play games. Lasry told CNBC television on Thursday that the league was ...
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Sports Illustrated
While Zion Williamson stole spotlight toward the back end of the Pelicans' season, Brandon Ingram was the team's breakout star through most of the year. The fourth-year pro was averaging a career-best 24.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game ...
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Sports Illustrated
When it comes to the Steelers' offense, there's no certainty surrounding, well, anything. Coming off reconstructive surgery on his throwing elbow, Ben Roethlisberger sits on the top of everyone's 'could be' list. He could have a phenomenal season, win ...
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NFL.com
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has six Super Bowl rings. The toughest of those to obtain has been sold. But it's worth even more. The winning bid for Kraft's Super Bowl LI ring, which he submitted to the All In Challenge auction, went for $1.025 ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald is not thrilled about the prospect of playing football without fans. The Los Angeles Rams' superstar defensive lineman doesn't like the idea of playing an NFL season in front of empty seats, saying it "wouldn't be fun to me.".
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FOXSports.com
ELKO, Ga. (AP) — Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Montravius Adams was arrested in Georgia this week and charged with marijuana and driving offenses. He was stopped Tuesday just after 6 p.m. on suspicion of driving with a suspended registration ...
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CBSSports.com
Jon Jones insists he's serious about moving up to heavyweight to fight dangerous slugger Francis Ngannou. The problem, according to the UFC light heavyweight champion, is the promotion isn't willing to pay him extra to do so. Jones (26-1, 1 NC) brought ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___. Washington Wizards point guard John Wall is starting the "202 Assist" program to help with paying rent for people in the nation's capital affected by the coronavirus ...
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Arrowhead Pride (blog)
The Kansas City Chiefs have a strange history in the last 30 years when it comes to being the favorite or the underdog. Some of their most successful years have been unexpected, while some of their biggest failures were when they were the favorites.
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Yahoo Sports
Progress is being made towards the NHL returning to play. According to multiple reports, the NHL Players' Association executive board is voting on the 24-team, conference-based playoff format. We could know what the players think as early as Friday ...
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Hoops Habit
The Last Dance revealed that MJ thought the Chicago Bulls could have won another title if they had not disbanded after the 1998 season, but could they have? If there is anything to be learned ESPN's The Last Dance, it is that Michael Jordan has never shied ...
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Sporting News
Indianapolis is roughly 575 miles away from Charlotte Motor Speedway, according to the ever-trusty Google Maps. Traveling such distance typically would require a quick flight, an hour and 45 minutes tops. Understandably, though, Fox Sports wants its ...
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Yahoo Sports
NEW YORK (AP) -- The baseball players' association gave management a wide-ranging response Thursday to a 67-page proposed set of protocols for a season to be played during the coronavirus pandemic. Management had presented the union and the 30 ...
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ESPN
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Little League is offering youth baseball organizations a path forward as they eye a restart amid the coronavirus pandemic. The organization released a series of "best practices" guidelines this week that highlight how to create a safe ...
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CNN
(CNN) Famed University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban released a public service announcement encouraging people to wear masks and abide by social distancing guidelines. In it, Saban scolds the Alabama mascot Big Al for not wearing a mask.
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nj.com
Trouble is on the horizon for New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, and it has nothing to do with his broken rib or Major League Baseball's salary showdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. TMZ reports Samantha Bracksieck, Judge's girlfriend, was ...
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Mavs Moneyball
The New York Knicks have largely been a dumpster fire for a better part of the 2000s mismanaging their basketball operations, but even Mark Cuban, who was on WFAN's "Moose & Maggie", remains astonished at what transpired during the blockbuster deal ...
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AZCentral.com
Baseball's decision to cut this year's draft down to five rounds as a cost-savings measure has been viewed throughout the industry as a damaging development for the game, one that hurts teams and players alike. An argument could be made it is particularly ...
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Boston.com
Brad Balukjian's concept for his first book — tear open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chomp the ancient pink rectangle of gum-ish substance, then hit the road to unwrap the post-baseball lives of the players found in the pack — is so obviously ...
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Yahoo Sports
Before arriving to the Flyers at the Feb. 24 trade deadline, Nate Thompson had played for seven teams over 13 years in the NHL. Some pretty good teams, too. Thompson made the 2011 Eastern Conference Final with the Lightning, who had Martin St. Louis ...
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Yahoo Sports
Grant Williams said Boston Celtics teammate Kemba Walker extended an offer for the rookie to live with him during quarantine and the two have been roommates at Walker's Charlotte, North Carolina home while waiting to see what becomes of the 2019-20 ...
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MLive.com
It's been nearly 20 years since bowling became one of the last high school sports to get official status in Michigan but the disrespect is still fresh in the mind of Bay City John Glenn bowling coach David Kowalski. With his boys and girls teams coming off state ...
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ESPN
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc is set to have a role in the remake of controversial French movie 'C'etait un Rendevous'. ESPN2 MOTORSPORTS TRIBUTE. Sunday, May 24 (All times Eastern). 0600 - 2018 Monaco Grand Prix. 0830 - 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.
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Auburn Tigers Official Athletic Site
AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn senior diver Alison Maillard was selected to the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team for at-large sports, the organization announced Thursday. Maillard, a team captain this past season, led by example on the boards and in the ...
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CNN International
(CNN) Tennis sensation Naomi Osaka has become the highest paid female athlete in history after earning $37.4 million over the last year, according to Forbes. The 22-year-old amassed her staggering pre-tax total through a combination of prize money and ...
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Fayetteville Flyer
On Wednesday, the NCAA cleared the way for what the SEC was going to do anyway by lifting its ban on on-campus athletics activities for football and basketball student-athletes that was placed on all college programs back in March. As you no doubt know if ...
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Fox News
In one way, the suspended start to the season may have been a blessing in disguise for the New York Yankees because they would have likely been without Aaron Judge to begin 2020. Judge has been recovering from a fractured rib and was missing out on ...
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Hindustan Times
CAPE TOWN, May 22 (Reuters) - Cricket South Africa (CSA) plan to isolate players and support staff in a "bio-bubble" to minimise their exposure to COVID-19 and hasten a return to play. CSA has studied the best practises used by the German Bundesliga, ...
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Yahoo Sports
The resumption of the Bundesliga was necessary to preserve clubs with a century of history, the league's CEO Christian Seifert has said. The top tier in Germany became the first of Europe's major leagues to return to action last weekend following the ...
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Project Spurs
The NBA Draft is likely to follow the path of the NBA Lottery as it will get moved back. Since it's almost guaranteed at this point, we are going to continue to look at potential San Antonio Spurs prospects. This week's prospect is Ohio State big man Kaleb ...
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Business Insider India
Nick Kyrgios was asked if he had ever slept with a fan to which he replied that it's actually "a weekly thing" when he's not in a relationship. Kyrgios was romantically involved with the tennis player Anna Kalinskaya, but they split-up recently with the Russian ...
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Rams Wire
Lost in all of the changes the Rams made to their roster this offseason is the star power they still possess on defense. There aren't many teams that have arguably the best pass rusher in the league, as well as one of the top cornerbacks on the same defense, ...
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DraftKings Nation
Major League Soccer is developing a plan to restart their season with a 26-team playoff, and The Athletic has obtained a document sent to each club explaining how it will work. The league would move all 26 teams to Orlando for a World Cup-style, ...
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