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As-it-happens update June 26, 2020
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ESPN
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Darius Leonard said it was "scary" to hear that police could get involved during a dispute that led to him being kicked out of a Chipotle restaurant this week. "When you think about being a Black male now in America, and to hear ...
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NFL.com
Where does your franchise stand heading into 2020? Adam Rank sets the table by providing a State of the Franchise look at all 32 teams, zeroing in on the key figures to watch and setting the stakes for the season to come. Members of the Washington ...
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NBCSports.com
Since 1894, the Ducks and Beavers have squared off on the gridiron in a battle for bragging rights in the state of Oregon. The rivalry, known as the Civil War, is the state's most anticipated football game. While the timeless tradition between the two ...
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CBSSports.com
Ezekiel Elliott is on the receiving end of a 2020 lawsuit that alleges his dogs attacked a pool cleaner at his residence, per TMZ Sports, and the plaintiff is seeking sizable financial recompense for what she describes as "immense pain" that sent her to a local ...
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Sports Illustrated
As the country fell into turmoil over police brutality and the fight for civil rights, it was never a question of whether Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry would find a way to speak out, but simply the method he would choose. An email Berry wrote to ...
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ESPN
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized terms of the deal that will allow the league to restart the season at the Disney World campus near Orlando, Florida next month. The league and the union made the announcement Friday.
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Yahoo Sports
Programming note: Watch the full interview with Nate Boyer and Charles Woodson on tonight's episode of "Race In America: A Candid Conversation" on NBC Sports Bay Area at 8 p.m., hosted by Monte Poole and Logan Murdock. The debate over Colin ...
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Yahoo Sports
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred's current challenge is to ensure baseball is played in 2020. Once he meets that challenge, he will face another: getting the racists out of Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. If he fails to do so, he may ...
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Sports Illustrated
New York Jets All-Pro safety Jamal Adams is trying to work his way out of the AFC East, again. Adams has requested a trade from the team that drafted him in 2017, according to ESPN's Rich Cimini. Even though the Jets reportedly have no intention of trading ...
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ESPN
Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta, announced Friday that it was canceling its 2020 football season due to the coronavirus pandemic. Morehouse also will not compete in cross country, its other fall sport, this year. Morehead president ...
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Sports Illustrated
FRISCO - At the March opening of NFL free agency, I asked a Dallas Cowboys source about the team's interest level in defensive end Jadeveon Clowney. My question came shortly after the former No. 1 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft all-but-announced his desire ...
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NFL.com
Quarterback isn't the only question mark for the Chicago Bears' offense heading into 2020. The receiver depth chart is another aspect that must be shaken out during training camp. Beyond underrated star Allen Robinson and Anthony Miller, there are ...
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al.com
When assessing Mack Wilson's first NFL season, Cleveland Browns linebacker coach Jason Tarver said Wilson "was on the field enough to where he knows what he can do and what he needs to work on." Tarver can't say that about most of the other ...
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Yahoo Sports
Washington Nationals veteran Ryan Zimmerman is still undecided on if he'll play now that MLB reached an agreement for a season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Zimmerman described the factors going into the decision for a first-person piece at The ...
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Yahoo Sports
Exactly 24 years ago today, Kobe Bryant headlined one of the best NBA Draft classes in history, and he was picked 13th. The teams that passed on him? Glad you asked. The Sixers, Raptors, Grizzlies, Bucks, Timberwolves, Celtics, Clippers, Nets, Mavericks, ...
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Yahoo Sports
There was a time, during those awful and uncertain days in mid-to-late March, when it seemed all but inevitable that the moment would never come. That Liverpool, which won its first English title in 30 years on Thursday when Chelsea beat Manchester City, ...
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CBSSports.com
Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) officials confirmed on Friday that the Indianapolis 500 will feature fans in the stand, but attendance will be limited. The 104th Indy 500, which is rescheduled for August 23, will be held at 50 percent of fan capacity.
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Detroit Free Press
Draymond Green delivered a strong message to the NCAA: it is time for college sports to change. The Saginaw native and former Michigan State basketball star co-wrote an editorial for ESPN.com with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) calling for ...
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Yahoo Sports
There are precious few things to play for on the final day of the Bundesliga season, though places in the Champions League and the relegation playoff are still available. [ RELATED: Liverpool win title – everything to know ]. Bayern's finishing first and ...
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Bleacher Report
Wake Forest head football coach Dave Clawson said Thursday he's going to self-isolate from his wife, cancer survivor Catherine Clawson, for the entire 2020 season beginning with training camp July 12. Clawson explained his wife is at a higher risk for ...
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DenverBroncos.com
Steve Atwater had already waited a long time. His election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame had, at long last, arrived after more than 20 years since his final NFL game when he got "The Knock" on his hotel door in February. In a normal year, he would have ...
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GolfDigest.com
Morikawa missed the cut at the Travelers Championship on Friday, meaning he won't have a weekend tee time for the first time since turning pro last June. His remarkable made cut streak to begin his pro career was snapped at 22 tournaments, just three shy ...
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CBSSports.com
The 2020 Kentucky Derby will run four months later than normal due to the coronavirus pandemic, but anticipation already is building for the Sept. 5 Run for the Roses. A reduced number of fans will be allowed at Churchill Downs, adding to the excitement.
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CBSSports.com
Dan Hooker's confidence that he belongs among the upper elite in the UFC's vaunted lightweight division comes from a humble place. Although he's plenty confident, the 30-year-old Hooker isn't one to necessarily boast of his skills or spend time putting down ...
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Yahoo Sports
It's been three days, and Jay Cutler's chicken killer still runs loose among us. Not for lack of effort, however. You see, Jay Cutler is getting dangerously close to officially being On One: There's a new sheriff in town. Watch out! pic.twitter.com/6wCjwvfyrq.
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Yahoo Sports
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi. ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss federal prosecutors are targeting former European football head Michel Platini in a widening of their probe into a 2 million Swiss franc ($2.1 million) payment arranged by former FIFA president Sepp ...
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TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
It has been three and a half months since the sports world ground to a halt, and ready or not, every major professional sporting league now has a plan to return. Multiple Minnesota professional teams — starting with the St. Paul Saints on July 3 — will be ...
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Wichita Eagle
An insensitive tweet from a Kansas State student about George Floyd has drawn the ire of key members from the Wildcats' football team. K-State athletic director Gene Taylor, football coach Chris Klieman and several players all issued statements on social ...
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Bleacher Report
The Verdin family filed a $17 million lawsuit against the Los Angeles Dodgers after allegedly being attacked by security following the team's Oct. 9 playoff loss to the Washington Nationals. Leanne Suter of KABC reported Friday the court filings by Rigoberto ...
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Boston.com
Bill Simmons began the Friday episode of his podcast addressing a recent story published in The New York Times that detailed the increasing internal concern about the lack of diversity at The Ringer, a digital media company he founded in 2016 and sold to ...
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CBS sports.com (blog)
Baseball is back. Or at least it's planning to be. The 2020 MLB season is going to be unlike any we've seen before, as it will be more of a mad dash than the long, seemingly endless crawl toward the finish line that we typically see. This means there's a good ...
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WDIV ClickOnDetroit
ORLANDO, Fla. – The NBA announced that the season was put on hold due to the ongoing pandemic more than 100 days ago but the hold has been lifted and the season will resume in late July at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
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mlive.com
It was a difficult decision for Traverse City Tourism president and CEO Trevor Tkach to make but it's one many annual events and celebrations have been resigned to given the current global coronavirus pandemic. Tkach released a statement Friday morning ...
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Larry Brown Sports
Very few people envisioned Stephen Curry becoming a two-time NBA MVP when the Golden State Warriors drafted him with the seventh overall pick in 2009, and it took a few years before he really become a star. For Warriors general manager Bob Myers, ...
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State College News
Former Penn State running back Ricky Slade will transfer to Old Dominion, reuniting with former offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne in Virginia. Slade announced his decision on Friday from his Twitter account. A former five-star recruit out of Virginia, the ...
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247Sports
The ACC announced on Thursday that longtime Commissioner John Swofford will retire from his post with the conference in June of 2021. Swofford is the longest-tenured commissioner in the 67-year history of the ACC and served the conference for 24 years.
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TSN
Warning: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. Former Western Hockey League player Brad Hammett is going public and joining a proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian Hockey League, alleging he was sexually ...
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Yardbarker
We don't quite know what NFL training camp will look like this year, but when it comes down to it, expect a lot of the same narratives to emerge as usual. Teammates will be battling each other for starting roles while coaches make difficult decisions about who ...
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mlive.com
Trey Burke is returning to the Dallas Mavericks. The former Player of the Year at Michigan will sign a deal with the Mavs, his father Benji confirmed to MLive on Thursday. Multiple outlets had reported the news. Burke appeared in 25 games for Dallas last ...
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Goal.com
BERLIN, June 26 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich are far from done with the season after securing their record-extending eighth consecutive Bundesliga crown, with the domestic league title only an "intermediate target" en route to more success, coach Hansi Flick ...
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U.S. News & World Report
HONOLULU — The body of a paraplegic woman rowing from California to Hawaii was headed to Tahiti after she was found lifeless in the water, the U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday. A friend of Angela Madsen, 60, contacted the Coast Guard Sunday after not ...
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Larry Brown Sports
Jayson Tatum trained with Kobe Bryant and considered him a mentor, and now he is paying tribute to the late former Los Angeles Laker with a pet. According to The Boston Globe's Nicole Yang, Tatum is getting a French bulldog puppy and naming him "Bean.
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TheLines.com
In an attempt for normalcy, college football programs have opened their doors for voluntary offseason workouts. For the first time since February, a sport seemed to be right on schedule and fans were given a glimmer of hope for a season. Like the NFL, college ...
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TSN
Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro said the club expects a lot of positive tests for COVID-19 when testing begins next week. Shapiro on testing next week: "We expect a lot of positive tests." — Scott Mitchell (@ScottyMitchTSN) June 26, 2020. Shapiro's ...
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thescore.com
Inter Milan's negotiations with Real Madrid over the services of right-back Achraf Hakimi are at an advanced stage, according to The Guardian's Fabrizio Romano. The Serie A side has reportedly tabled a €40-million-plus add-ons offer for Hakimi, who has ...
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Tampa Bay Times
ST. PETERSBURG — Tropicana Field will be open for drive-thru COVID-19 testing Monday, BayCare Health officials announced Friday. The news came a day after Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters in Tampa that the state is working to expand local ...
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