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As-it-happens update May 11, 2020
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ESPN (blog)
The distress in March seems cute now. Not even two months later, the Dallas Cowboys have had an offseason that deserves fairly high marks, even if quarterback Dak Prescott has yet to sign that lucrative contract. It serves as a reminder to give the offseason ...
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Bleacher Report
There was a moment in Spain's opening game of the UEFA Euro 2012 finals when Andres Iniesta—who went on to be named as player of the tournament—was surrounded by five Italian players trying to steal the ball from him. There's a beautiful symmetry to ...
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Sports Illustrated
-Our own Kris Pursiainen is here to be your 2020 NBA Draft guru. Kris will be coming out with articles every weekend analyzing different prospects and focusing on what they would bring to the Knicks should they be drafted by New York. The first two pieces ...
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al.com
Only one NFL team has a roster that does not include at least one player who played for Alabama. The New Orleans Saints have one player who was part of the Crimson Tide football program, but running back Alvin Kamara did not play while spending a ...
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USA TODAY
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft put his Super Bowl LI championship ring up for auction, announcing the bid Sunday as part of the digital fundraiser "All In Challenge." Kraft said in a social media video announcing the auction that he wanted to put ...
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ESPN
La Liga president Javier Tebas has said there will be "zero" risk for matches to be played every day when competitive football returns in Spain after its pause because of the coronavirus pandemic. Spain's first- and second-division clubs have now returned to ...
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New York Daily News
Tom Brady is a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. Philip Rivers is an Indianapolis Colt. Advertisement. And Eli Manning is retired. But Manning also is still a Giant. Forever. Sports' greatest appeal is the live competition itself, as every fan is painfully being reminded now, ...
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Sports Illustrated
Patrick Queen is already enjoying the benefits of playing in the NFL as a first-round draft pick. And he's sharing the wealth. Queen bought his mother a new Range Rover for Mother's Day and posted the photo on social media. "Happy Mother's Day to the best ...
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NBCSports.com
During the ESPN documentary The Last Dance, truths about the beef between NBA legend Michael Jordan and Detroit Pistons star Isiah Thomas have been put under the microscope. And at one point, the Boston Celtics were dragged into the feud between ...
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nj.com
Hall-of-Fame quarterback Brett Favre is going on the offensive, slamming the report linking him to a welfare fraud scheme in his home state of Mississippi. Per Pro Football Talk: "It's just ridiculous," Favre said. "I in no way did anything wrong and wouldn't do ...
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NBCSports.com
The Capitals have played in three outdoor games with the 2011 Winter Classic in Pittsburgh, the 2015 Winter Classic at Nationals Park and the 2018 Stadium Series in Annapolis. All three were spectacular events with incredible moments many Caps fans will ...
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nj.com
The details are now rolling in. Major League Baseball has its blueprint to return, money pending. While the season length (somewhere around 80 games), playoff format (expanded to 14 totals teams) and schedule (teams will only play within their own division ...
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ESPN
India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand wants BWF to come up with "radical" solutions to restart the sport smoothly in a post COVID-19 world, suggesting that conducting more tournaments at a single venue could be the way forward. "BWF should ...
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CBSSports.com
After the Chicago Bulls won their third-consecutive championship in 1993, a whirlwind of events happened in Michael Jordan's life. His father, James Jordan was tragically killed in July 1993, and then three months later M.J. shocked the world when he ...
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Los Angeles Times
Playing on a championship college team in his freshman year was a huge thrill for Kris Johnson. But that experience paled in comparison to the post-season summer he spent in Burbank playing with basketball great Michael Jordan. It's a memory that still ...
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Tiebreaker Times
MIES, Switzerland (AP) — FIBA has set the dates for the next Basketball World Cup, announcing Monday that the 2023 event will take place from Aug. 25 through Sept. 10 of that year. Group games will be played in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.
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Mirror.co.uk
MANCHESTER, England, May 11 (Reuters) - Premier League clubs are meeting on Monday to discuss their plans to restart the current season, after the stoppage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as they await detailed policy instructions from the UK ...
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Tampa Bay Times
TAMPA ― The Bucs' Mike Evans can't imagine how his life might have turned out without the love and support of his mother, who taught him something about overcoming adversity. The three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver wrote an emotional letter published on ...
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Tampa Bay Times
The NBA has started taking small steps to resume its season in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, but one of its most famous alumni says it should forget about finishing the year and move on to 2020-21. "I think we should scrap the season," Shaquille ...
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SuperSport
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Algerian Ines Ibbou was hailed as a hero by Venus Williams while her country's president pledged full support after the low-ranked tennis player posted an emotional video to take on world No. 3 Dominic Thiem for his opposition to a ...
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Yahoo Sports
Anna van der Breggen, the Rio Olympic road race champion from the Netherlands, will retire after the 2021 cycling season. "The Olympic Games in Tokyo are, of course, a great challenge and an important reason for continuing another year," van der Breggen ...
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Yahoo Sports
Earlier this week, Mario Cristobal said the Ducks were "big game fishing" on the recruiting trail this season. Oregon got further evidence of that claim Sunday afternoon when 247Sports four-star outside linebacker Clayton Smith named Oregon among his ...
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New York Daily News
ESPN threw a meatball to Trevor Bauer's biggest fans, accidentally airing the Reds pitcher's cell phone number during Sunday's broadcast of a KBO game. Bauer called into the broadcast on FaceTime, but when it came time for him to dole out his words of ...
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The Times
The owners of Manchester City bought a Belgian soccer team on Monday, adding a ninth club to their worldwide portfolio. The City Football Group, which is run by the Abu Dhabi royal family, said it bought second-division club Lommel SK after the team based ...
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New York Daily News
The NBA's G-League professional pathway program has changed the basketball landscape as we know it, and some of New York's high school basketball coaches have mixed reviews. The NBA is offering the best of the best high school basketball players a ...
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Yahoo Sports
Hammarby sporting director Jesper Jansson says the club will "probably" be able to sign AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic this summer. Ibrahimovic returned to Sweden at the end of March after the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, which called a temporary halt ...
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Journal Times
At first, it sounded a bit absurd, Milwaukee Bucks part-owner Marc Lasry mentioning the possibility of the NBA resuming play deep into the summer on Thursday on CBNC's Halftime Report. "I think you'll start seeing fan-less games," he said, "and you'll start ...
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Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3
UNDATED (AP) – NCAA President Mark Emmert says the coronavirus is making it unlikely all schools will be ready to begin competing in college sports at the same time. Emmert says the goal is for every team to have an equal amount of preparation time ...
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Goal.com
The United States international admits to having been "nervous" after linking up with the Blues, but has proved his worth to those at Stamford Bridge. Christian Pulisic has revealed that "nobody noticed" him on his first day at Chelsea, with the United States ...
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Rocky Top Insider
Tennessee's unbelievable recruiting momentum continued on Sunday. Just a couple hours after the Vols picked up a commitment from four-star outside linebacker Aaron Willis, one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the 2021 cycle also committed to UT.
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Hindustan Times
Australia Test captain Tim Paine revealed how he soiled himself during the closing moments of the fourth Ashes Test against England in Manchester last year. Australia were one wicket away from winning and levelling the series 2-2, but Paine had something ...
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sportsmax.tv
Nico Rosberg says Lewis Hamilton excels in wheel-to-wheel battles in a way that ensures any incidents are "never really his fault" and conceded the breakdown of their friendship was "tough". Six-time Formula One world champion Hamilton spent four ...
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Financial Times
Due to Covid-19, chess events have switched from over-the-board games to online matches at faster time limits, but China still remains supreme in global team chess. Last week's Nations Cup, staged at chess.com, finished China 17/20, ...
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The Independent Florida Alligator
It's been nearly two months since COVID-19 brought the world of sports to a complete stop. Social distancing measures have limited collegiate and professional athletes to the backyards of their own homes for training. Coaches, meanwhile, have been forced ...
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Zone Coverage
As Ken Rosenthal reported last week on Twitter, later confirmed by Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel, the MLB Draft will look a lot different this year with just five rounds of picks, the shortest draft in the league's long history. Amateur draft will be five rounds, ...
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