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As-it-happens update June 19, 2020
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ESPN
The statue of former Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, who was forced to integrate his franchise in the early 1960s, was removed outside of RFK Stadium on Friday morning. Events DC, which is in charge of RFK Stadium, removed the ...
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ESPN
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter tweeted Friday morning that his father had been released from prison in his native Turkey seven years after he was originally arrested by the country's authoritarian government. "Wow! I could cry," Kanter wrote. "Today I ...
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NHL.com
Matt Murray is likely to be the starting goalie for the Pittsburgh Penguins when the Stanley Cup Qualifiers begin, The Athletic reported this week. "We have extremely high expectations for Matt," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Tuesday. "He has shown the ...
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Sports Illustrated
CINCINNATI — The Bengals have been extremely aggressive this offseason. They completely remade one of the NFL's worst defenses by signing five projected starters in free agency and selecting three linebackers in the draft. That offseason trend could ...
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ABC News
BILOXI, Miss. – The Mississippi Coast Coliseum is no intimidating structure by any means. The enclosed beachfront arena only seats about 11,000. It's bathed in a dirty khaki color, a spherical blemish along the sandy white beaches of my hometown. But to a ...
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Sports Illustrated
It's absurd to suggest that 2020 is make or break for Baker Mayfield, but given the sheer amount of talent on the offensive side of the ball, even with the hurdles presented by COVID-19, it's not unreasonable to suggest that he should play well this year.
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Sports Illustrated
FRISCO - Jamal Adams has asked for a trade due to his unhappiness with the New York Jets. The Jets keep saying they plan to give him an extension but continue to not actually do so while whispering that they're unhappy with Adams. And the third leg of ...
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Yahoo Sports
Multiple NFL figures recently have been talking about Colin Kaepernick. The question now becomes whether the talk will lead to action. There's still no reason to believe it will. Indeed, there's no indication that anyone has actually reached out to Kaepernick or ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH -- Cameron Heyward holds as high of a standard as anyone in the Steelers locker room. The nine-year veteran and defensive captain is the face of the team but has never allowed that to put his voice above his teammates. This season, there is ...
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Golf.com
Anybody who knows anything knows that Big Jack has six green coats. Those same people know that Tiger was stuck for years on four, Arnold's number, but now has five. Something happened in the Tiger Era, at least for American golfers: The Masters rose in ...
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The Boston Globe
Alex Cora is serving his one-year suspension from baseball at home in Puerto Rico, hunkering down with his family during the global pandemic, but he has not stopped thinking about baseball. I spoke with Cora for 15 minutes Thursday afternoon, Cora's first ...
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Yahoo Sports
Dr. Anthony Fauci finally said it. Maybe because nobody else would: "Unless players are essentially in a bubble -- insulated from the community and they are tested nearly every day -- it would be very hard to see how football is able to be played this fall.
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Yahoo Sports
Dave Kaplan is getting fed up, and the on-again, off-again - then agonizingly-close and off-again - negotiations between baseball owners and players is making him wonder if a deal to play this 2020 baseball season is even going to get done. "We've got to ...
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Sporting News
Carolina running Christian McCaffrey had a personal mission when he came into the NFL in 2017. He wanted to be an advocate for United States military members. "It's something that I've taken a lot of pride in since I've had the opportunity to give back," ...
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Yahoo Sports
Wide receiver Richie James, the 49ers' primary return man last season, is reportedly expected to require a two-month rehabilitation after recently sustaining a fractured bone in his wrist. The 49ers are likely to be down at least two wide receivers at the ...
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Newsday
FILE - In this Dec. 15 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn speaks after an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings, in Carson, Calif. The NFL and the Black College Football Hall of Fame will hold a virtual version of their ...
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DALLAS - The Dallas Mavericks have granted permission to the New York Knicks to interview assistant coach Jamahl Mosley for their vacant head-coaching job. Mosley, 41, has worked for six seasons under Rick Carlisle in Dallas. One of three black ...
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FOXSports.com
A group of black Major League Soccer players has formed a coalition to address systemic racism in their communities and bring about change within the league. The coalition is the result of an Instagram group that began after the death of George Floyd at the ...
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Eonline.com
With training camp 2.0 just a little over a week away, Philadelphia 76ers All-Star guard Ben Simmons has been beginning to ramp up his workouts. Before the NBA went on a hiatus back in March, Ben Simmons was already missing a chunk of games due to a ...
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Yahoo Sports
SHOWS: BARCELONA, SPAIN (FILE - JUNE 3, 2013) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL). 1. VARIOUS OF NEYMAR SHAKING HANDS WITH THEN BARCELONA PRESIDENT SANDRO ROSELL AT HIS PRESENTATION AS A BARCELONA PLAYER. 2. NEYMAR ...
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Yahoo Sports
When issues like racial injustice and police brutality were raised by Colin Kaepernick a few years ago, he found little support around the NFL world and none from the ownership level. Players have been speaking out about those things en masse since ...
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Yahoo Sports
LAS VEGAS — Alexander Volkov doesn't need to guess how Curtis Blaydes is going to attack him. He won't have to worry about Blaydes' development as a striker, because Blaydes has been shockingly public about his game plan for their heavyweight fight ...
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FOXSports.com
It's been 17 years since Jack Knowlton and his Sackatoga Stable pals rode yellow school buses to the Belmont Stakes. It was a rollicking party on wheels for the group that came to watch their colt Funny Cide try to sweep the Triple Crown. It didn't happen that ...
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nj.com
Who's the blame for Major League Baseball's ongoing money fight over a return-to-play agreement during a pandemic? The billionaire owners? The millionaire players? Commissioner Rob Manfred? How about Scott Boras, the sport's most powerful agent?
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Yahoo Sports
London (AFP) - Chelsea manager Frank Lampard believes Timo Werner's decision to join the club next season is an exciting sign of where the Blues are headed. German international forward Werner, who has scored 32 goals in all competitions so far this ...
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Formula 1
Teams have been ramping up their preparations for the season's restart on July 5, and McLaren's Lando Norris was given a serious workout as he and team mate Carlos Sainz tested F3 machinery at Silverstone this week. Norris also took part in a karting day ...
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Pats Pulpit
Patriots announce Food4Vets Program to distribute meals at Gillette Headquarters in Boston on Saturday, July 20. Patriots launch Read Between the Lines, a summer reading blitz. Patriots: Celebrating Juneteenth. (1 min. video); Patriots Unfiltered 6/18: How ...
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Yahoo Sports
Click here to read the full article. The Dish satellite operation has over the years taken on HBO, Fox News Channel and Univision, blocking carriage for days, even weeks, until executives were satisfied with new contract terms. Now Charlie Ergen's company is ...
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AZCentral.com
Kyler Murray playing concierge and arranging for 20 Cardinals teammates to visit him in Dallas next week for a few days of football and fun will have only a minuscule impact on any of them becoming better players. It's only four days, and, according to ...
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Olympics
The annual celebration of sport and Olympic values on 23 June will bring together Olympians from around the world. Olympic Day 2020 will see Olympians, athletes and fans all over the globe get active in the world's largest 24-hour digital Olympic workout.
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CBSSports.com
Denny Hamlin rebounded from one of his worst performances of the 2020 NASCAR schedule last weekend. The 2006 Rookie of the Year followed a 24th-place finish at Martinsville with his season-high third victory in the Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead four ...
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mlive.com
ANN ARBOR -- Warde Manuel scheduled a conference call with reporters Thursday to discuss student-athletes returning to campus for voluntary workouts. But that wasn't the topic the Michigan athletic director opened with. Before taking questions, Manuel ...
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SwimSwam
As a follow-up to our report on Guillermo Bertola's 4-year suspension for a doping violation, FINA has revealed its full decision regarding the Argentinian's case. The case takes several twists and turns, with the open water athlete first being notified by FINA on ...
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Yahoo Sports
London (AFP) - New Surrey coach Vikram Solanki said working with Virat Kohli in the Indian Premier League had given him an insight into the mindset of cricket's "superstars" as he prepared to take up the reins at the Oval. Former England batsman Solanki, ...
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Albany Times Union
The highly anticipated stakes schedule for the 40-day race meet at Saratoga Race Course was released by the New York Racing Association on Friday morning. As expected, the centerpiece of the meet, the Grade I Travers Stakes, has been moved.
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Goal.com
After Saudi Arabia was found to be guilty of breaching international piracy laws, calls have been made to prevent the deal going through. Angus MacNeil, chair of the International Trade Select Committee and Member of Partliament for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, ...
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NBCSports.com
Yes, the NBA's restart plan includes players having to essentially live inside a bubble in Orlando in order to ensure that everyone remains healthy amid the coronavirus pandemic. However, this isn't a normal quarantine. The bubble takes place at Disney ...
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Goal.com
The Japanese star will be hoping to play a key role as Jurgen Klopp's side resume their Premier League campaign this weekend. Takumi Minamino has been backed to make his mark at Liverpool during the final weeks of the Premier League campaign.
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Seattle Times
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came out Friday in favor of England rugby fans singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" at a time when the historical context of the song is being reviewed. Johnson said there should not be "any sort of ...
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USA TODAY
The Texas athletic department announced Thursday that 13 new football players have tested positive or are presumed positive for COVID-19, while 10 more are asymptomatic and in self-quarantine. This is on top of the two positive cases that Texas reported ...
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Goal.com
Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel has labelled Odion Ighalo as "one of the most positive surprises ever". The 31-year old has shone brightly at the Old Trafford since arriving on loan from Shanghai Shenhua in January, scoring four ...
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Carscoops
The delayed 2020 Formula 1 season will kick off in early July and to show that it is ready to hit the racetrack, Ferrari called upon driver Charles Leclerc to jump behind the wheel of the Ferrari SF1000 in the automaker's home town of Maranello.
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KKTV 11 News
DENVER - When sports return to America, the Denver Broncos have their wingman. On Monday, the Broncos announced a multi-year agreement with sports betting website FanDuel to become their "official team sportsbook". The move makes the Broncos the ...
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FOX 7 Austin
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in thick fog, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, reported the aircraft was ascending when it actually was heading for the ground, federal investigators said in documents released ...
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Belfast Live
The protracted saga over how to the end the Danske Bank Premiership could be approaching an end game. Clubs have been divided over how to conclude the current campaign, and more crunch talks will be required before any consensus is reached.
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HELLO!
Lewis Hamilton is in mourning after revealing his beloved pet dog Coco died suddenly on Thursday night, despite his efforts to try and "revive her" after her "heart gave in". The Formula 1 driver paid tribute to his pet pooch – he also has another British Bulldog ...
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Medicine Hat News
rmccracken@medicinehatnews.com@MHNMcCracken. The Western Hockey League is aiming to drop the puck at arenas across Western Canada and the United States on Oct. 2, but commissioner Ron Robison says meeting that targeted will require a lot of ...
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Goal.com
Barca made a winning return as Lionel Messi set another record, there was late drama in Valencia and Fernando Reges helped Sevilla edge Real Betis. Lionel Messi became the first player to score 20 LaLiga goals in 12 consecutive seasons as Barcelona ...
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Daijiworld.com
New Delhi, Jun 19 (IANS): Legendary double trap shooter Russell Mark lifted the lid on what it was like to coach former India marksmen Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Ronjan Sodhi during the early 2000s. Russell participated in six Olympics during the ...
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FOX5 Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (FOX5)-- For the Miller family Hey Reb! holds a special meaning. In 1982, Artist Mike Miller created his version of the University of Nevada Las Vegas mascot. The Miller family understands the current situation of race around the nation and is ...
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