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As-it-happens update May 18, 2020
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NBCSports.com
This may surprise you, but Tom Brady is a pretty competitive fellow. Ultra-competitive athletes were the topic du jour Sunday night as ESPN aired its final episodes of "The Last Dance," which focused on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls. So, after ...
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Sports Illustrated
Usually, it's a good thing to give it three years after a draft, to see what you really have. Sometimes it could take less time, other times players may be late bloomers. But, majority of the time you will know what your team has from that draft within that three year ...
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CBSSports.com
In the final episode of "The Last Dance," the 10-part ESPN/Netflix documentary, Michael Jordan says he still can't accept that the Chicago Bulls didn't run it back for the 1998-99 season. He says it is "maddening" that the Bulls broke up after their second ...
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Bleacher Report
The NBA offseason frequently brings exciting free-agent signings and blockbuster trades. It also features a new wave of talent joining the NBA via the league's annual draft, the starting point for top prospects from the college and international ranks. While the ...
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Sports Illustrated
A vocal leader can push the boundaries and challenge teammates. One only need to watch ESPN's The Last Dance documentary on Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 90s for stunning examples of vociferous leadership and the galvanizing ...
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CBSSports.com
While Philip Rivers found himself without a job after being released by the Los Angeles Chargers earlier this offseason, the eight-time Pro Bowler was able to line up not one -- but two jobs for himself over the past couple of months. The Indianapolis Colts of ...
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PGA.com
News, Original and Instruction Programming Highlights. GOLF Films' Tiger Slam Premieres Sunday at 8 p.m. ET. GOLF Channel last week announced the release of Tiger Slam, the network's next project from its Emmy-nominated GOLF Films unit. The film ...
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NFL.com
Heading towards the NFL Draft last month, the Los Angeles Chargers made it crystal clear that they were comfortable riding with Tyrod Taylor as their veteran quarterback option. However, during their search, they did check in on the possibility of bringing in ...
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USA TODAY
Pro football players are staying active, and they're making sure everyone knows it. Dez Bryant's private workouts have become a social media staple as he continues his NFL comeback bid. Just last week, Cowboys fans got a sneak peek inside rookie ...
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CBSSports.com
The best of professional golf meets the best of professional football on May 24 when Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning take on Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in "The Match: Champions for Charity." The made-for-TV event, which will be played without ...
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The Boston Globe
They said goodbye to the GOAT and hello to one of the toughest schedules in the NFL. They are inserting an unproven, little-known second-year player at their most important position, and like every team other in the league, they are prohibited by pandemic ...
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Yahoo Sports
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Joe Burrow was a competent if unspectacular quarterback as a backup at Ohio State and during his first post-transfer season at LSU. In 2019, he transformed into Super Joe. Imagine if a pandemic had shortened or wiped out that last ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Premier League took the next step on Project Restart on Monday as the Scottish Premiership called time on its own campaign and the Football Association prepared the ground to curtail the Women's Super League season. Premier League clubs ...
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CBSSports.com
Sunday's TaylorMade Driving Relief match featuring Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Matthew Wolff and Rickie Fowler went off without a hitch and provided a nice block of entertainment in what has otherwise been a black hole of sports content. The golf was not ...
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Sports Illustrated
Six years have passed since former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling was caught making racist comments on tape, but the events are still fresh in the minds of those who were involved in the controversy. Among them is Doc Rivers, who was trying to coach ...
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DenverBroncos.com
During each of the last three seasons, a second-year quarterback has held the pole position for the NFL's MVP award at the halfway point of the season. In 2017, Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz was lapping the field as he guided the eventual Super Bowl ...
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NBCSports.com
Danny Ainge was coming off his first and only All-Star season with the Boston Celtics going into the 1988-89 season. Instead of growing into Boston's top option, though, the Celtics traded him to the Sacramento Kings in February 1989. The Kings had won ...
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Linc Darner is out as the men's basketball coach at Green Bay after posting winning records in four of his five seasons on the job. Chancellor Michael Alexander confirmed the move Monday, saying in a statement that the university ...
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FOXSports.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Khristian Lander, one of the nation's top point guards, has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball next season at Indiana. Coach Archie Miller announced Monday that Lander has decided to reclassify from the 2021 ...
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Yahoo Sports
Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of rape following an alleged incident at his west London apartment. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that both they and the London Ambulance Service were called in the ...
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New York Daily News
Air Jordan jumped over the Moon. A signed pair of sneakers that Michael Jordan wore during his 1984-85 rookie season was sold by Sotheby's on Sunday for $560,000, an all-time record for a pair of sneakers. Advertisement. The sneakers, owned by famed ...
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Yahoo Sports
President Trump called in to NBC's Sunday afternoon broadcast of the first live golf event since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down major sports on March 12, and he expressed hope that live sporting events would return soon, with big crowds. The golf game ...
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247Sports
The Kansas City Chiefs won their second Super Bowl in franchise history this past February and it looks like it might be the start of a special dynasty. Patrick Mahomes continues to change the way the quarterback position is played, Tyreek Hill leads a special ...
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247Sports
Tom Herman is entering year four of his tenure as the head coach of Texas. The expectations increase every year and with a lot of returning starters to the team in 2020, the Longhorns are projected in the Big 12 title picture and possibly the College Football ...
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Stampede Blue
The NFL has announced a plan to begin a phased approach to opening team facilities, effective Tuesday, May 19th. This is the first step of what will likely be a gradual process for teams to conduct off-season work and prepare for the 2020 regular season.
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DesMoinesRegister.com
Linn-Mar senior Carly Printy made SportsCenter over the weekend — but it was for a shot she missed rather than a shot she made. In an age where trick shots and dancing videos quickly gain viral fame — and during a time when athletes and fans are hungry ...
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cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Golf courses around Ohio can reopen May 26, but only if they're up to par with a variety of regulations designed to limit the spread of coronavirus. The regulations, issued by the Ohio Department of Health based on recommendations from ...
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New York Post
Dennis Rodman once ditched practice with the Chicago Bulls in the middle of the 1998 NBA Finals — to wrestle with Hulk Hogan in World Championship Wrestling. The flamboyant hall-of-famer "took a detour" during Game 3 to star in WCW's "Nitro" alongside ...
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Birds Watcher
The Baltimore Orioles third-baseman is celebrating his 83rd birthday today, which gives us an opportunity to reflect on what he means to the Orioles and to the MLB. He spent 23 years with the Orioles, his first six games were played in 1955 at age 18. He had ...
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Fox News
Christian McCaffrey signed the richest contract for a running back in NFL history during the offseason and revealed the pitch that helped him get the big deal. McCaffrey signed a four-year deal, $64 million deal with the Carolina Panthers after establishing ...
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Yahoo Sports
London (AFP) - Cricketers are set to be banned from using saliva to shine the ball due to the coronavirus pandemic, following recommendations by the International Cricket Council. The ICC's influential cricket committee met via conference call on Monday ...
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The Advocate
Four-star recruit Khari Gee committed to LSU on Monday afternoon, giving the Tigers two defensive backs in their 2021 class. Gee, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound safety from Woodward Academy in Atlanta, picked LSU over Clemson. He announced his decision on ...
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BC Interruption
With Martin Jarmond likely to be announced as the new athletic director at UCLA today, Boston College needs to find a new athletic director. While a lot of progress was made under Jarmond's administration, the program is currently at a bit of a crossroads.
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Yahoo Sports
Laurie Hernandez gave her first TV interview, while former coach Maggie Haney offered her first public comments, after Haney was banned eight years after verbal and emotional abuse of gymnasts. "It's a really big step for gymnasts and USA Gymnastics just ...
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Call to the Pen
As the novel coronavirus continues to take its toll, we continue simulating games. Today, we simulate AL games for May 18-21 of the 2020 MLB season. If the Oakland Athletics are going to make their promised run at the division-leading Houston Astros, they ...
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Sioux Falls Argus Leader
PBR (Professional Bull Riders) has announced a new competition that will begin in June and culminate in a championship event with fans in attendance at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in July. Branded "The PBR Monster Energy Team Challenge," the ...
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Marlin Maniac
If the Miami Marlins have to adopt the idea of playing with a designated hitter in 2020, here are a few players who may fill that role. It's almost a foregone conclusion that the designated hitter will become a major part of the Miami Marlins offense this coming ...
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Arizona Sports
If the state of Nevada does not lift an indefinite ban on combat sports, a May 30 UFC event planned to take place at the Apex facility in Las Vegas will move to Arizona, UFC president Dana White told reporters. "That's where I'll go. That's 100% where I'll go," ...
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Washington Times
Monumental Sports & Entertainment CEO Ted Leonsis is optimistic that the NBA, NHL and WNBA seasons, which have been paused indefinitely due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, will resume this year, albeit without fans. As owner of the Washington ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Oklahoma City Thunder may by fifth in the western conference standings, but according to Hoops Hype, they are third in payroll ( behind Portland and Miami). The Thunder is spending more than $133,000,000 in salaries, and for that investment, they are ...
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Yahoo Sports
Noah Gragson and Michael Annett will start on the front row for Tuesday's Xfinity Series race at Darlington (8 p.m. ET on FS1). NASCAR set the 40-car lineup through random draws for positions 1-12, 13-24 and 25-36. The final four spots were determined by ...
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CBC.ca
The $1-million Queen's Plate will remain North America's longest, continuously run stakes race. According to a source, Woodbine Entertainment will stage the opening leg of Canada's Triple Crown on Sept. 12 at Woodbine Racetrack. Woodbine Racetrack ...
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Sporting News
Jimmie Johnson held a lead at the end of the first stage of NASCAR's Real Heroes 400 race at Darlington on Sunday before losing control of his car. Johnson touched the back of Chris Buescher's No. 17 car and spun into the opposite wall. The crash ended ...
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Metro
UFC legend Chuck Liddell thinks the prospect of Mike Tyson returning to the ring is 'great' and has encouraged the former heavyweight champion to strap the gloves on again if that's what he wants to do. Iron Mike has been training hard amid talks of a ...
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ClutchPoints
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ESPN Philippines
The Chicago Huntsmen announced on Monday that Preston "Prestinni" Sanderson has joined their Call of Duty League lineup. He was previously on the Florida Mutineers. Welcome to the team @Prestinni, Time To Hunt 's. pic.twitter.com/utqto8iAEB.
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Sporting News
While ESPN's documentary series "The Last Dance" has been praised for many things, one aspect that really stood out to viewers was the soundtrack. From OutKast to Kenny Lattimore and Pearl Jam, the playlist for "The Last Dance" was a highlight for many.
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Today.com
A New York politician had an awkward time making sure residents using the local tennis courts know how to properly handle their equipment. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran had people channeling their inner fourth-grader when she outlined the ...
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