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SEC Roundtable: The Return to Campus, Social Justice in the SEC and More The University of Alabama is gearing up for the June 8 reopening for workouts, and the remaining players in the latest recruiting class started to arrive Monday morning. However, after shutting things down early and largely avoiding the initial wave of the ...
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Legendary Pittsburgh, Tennessee coach John Majors, also a star on the field, dies at 85 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -John Majors, who coached Pittsburgh to a football national championship in 1976, starred as a player at Tennessee in the 1950s and then later returned to his alma mater as coach to lead the Vols back to national prominence, died ...
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Retired Luke Kuechly considering job as Panthers' scout CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Retired Carolina Panthers middle linebacker Luke Kuechly is considering a front office job as a pro scout, the team announced Wednesday. Kuechly, 29, surprisingly retired in January, saying he wasn't sure if he could play as "fast, ...
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James Conner's Mindset, Work Ethic, Beliefs, Bring Confidence in Steelers' Comeback PITTSBURGH -- After back-to-back seasons of missing the postseason, questions regarding Ben Roethlisberger's health, and skepticism about whether or not James Conner and JuJu Smith-Schuster are worth another contract, no team in the AFC may be as ...
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What we can learn from Jarrett Stidham's 2019 preseason, and his ill-fated pick-six in the regular season Other than Joe Burrow, who is a rookie, it's looking like no NFL starting quarterback in Week 1 will be a bigger mystery than the guy taking over for Tom Brady. And we saw plenty of Burrow at LSU last season. If you remember anything about Jarrett Stidham's ...
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How MLB's 'wonderful opportunity' might turn into a 'catastrophic result' When Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts or any other baseball owner claims publicly they'd be better off financially by not playing a 2020 season at all rather than accept some of the players' terms, don't fall for it. That's because whatever the short-term hit - and for ...
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Tom Brady making his mark on Buccaneers: 'It's been fantastic,' says Bruce Arians Tom Brady has had an eventful tenure with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers despite the fact he hasn't played a single game for the franchise. Of course, when Brady comes to town, every single move he and the team make will create headlines. It's all part of ...
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Phillip Lindsay: Broncos offense under Shurmur 'fits my style' Running back Phillip Lindsay enters his third offense in as many seasons with the Denver Broncos. After back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons under Bill Musgrave and Rich Scangarello, respectively, Lindsay believes Pat Shurmur's offense fits him even better ...
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PGA Tour pros speak out, Rory McIlroy's cycling rep stalls, and Tiger takes on the role of swing coach Welcome to another edition of The Grind. This is normally a fun space reserved for often frivolous things happening in the world of golf, but recent events are too devastating to ignore. I wish I had the words to help heal people during these troubling times, but I ...
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Here's where Peter King ranks the Bears entering the 2020 NFL season With free agency and the 2020 NFL draft in the rear-view mirror, and most teams at their 90-man roster limit, preseason NFL power rankings have more value. Training camp will help answer even more questions, like in Chicago where the Bears have a ...
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Chris Archer undergoes surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome, won't return until 2021 Pittsburgh Pirates starter Chris Archer won't take the mound until 2021. Archer underwent surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome Tuesday, the team announced. Archer is expected to return in 2021. After emerging as one of the best young starters in baseball ...
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Source: NFL teams likely to ask for pay cuts if games played with no fans An NFL agent has informed SNY's Ralph Vacchiano that NFL teams are "already signaling" that pay cuts will be asked for from the players if games are played without fans during the 2020 season. In his latest article that addresses the big questions ...
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Jets reopen facility Wednesday, will wrap up offseason program next week After New Jersey cleared the way for professional sports to resume last month, the Jets said that they would reopen their training facility with a phased approach. The first phase of that process got underway on Wednesday. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily ...
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MLB trade rumors and news: The clock keeps ticking as MLB-MLBPA negotiations continue The MLB Daily Dish is a daily feature we're running here at MLBDD that rounds up roster-impacting news, rumors, and analysis. Have feedback or have something that should be the shared? Hit us up at @mlbdailydish on Twitter or @MLBDailyDish on ...
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German Federation Shows Empathy, Logic in Not Sanctioning Players for George Floyd Tributes It's not often that governing sport bodies show empathy and common sense when interpreting the rulebook, but that's what has happened in Germany. The German federation is following FIFA's direction and will not be sanctioning the players who showed ...
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MLB rumors: How outspoken Mets' Pete Alonso is becoming the face of New York baseball It's Pete Alonso's world. We're just living in it. As baseball fans await and hope for the start of baseball this season, a startling transformation is occurring among the players and popularity among the New York teams. For the first time in a very long time, the ...
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For Michael Thomas, the quest for racial justice continues Deep hurt, feelings of pain, sadness, frustration, anger, disgust and other powerful emotions flooded through Michael Thomas while watching the video of George Floyd. Seeing Floyd on the ground with a knee jammed into his neck, pleading "I can't breathe," ...
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Morning Knicks 6/3: James Dolan Follows Up, Patrick Ewing on His Last Knicks Game, and More -After yesterday's leaked email from James Dolan about his decision to have the Knicks organization stay silent regarding George Floyd, the Knicks owner followed up on his initial message. The email was obtained by SNY's Ian Begley, and you can read it ...
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Messi or Ronaldo? Maybe Lewandowski is the best team-mate - Muller Thomas Muller has suggested he would rather play with Bayern Munich colleague Robert Lewandowski than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. Muller was asked whether he would prefer to have the Barcelona superstar or the Juventus striker on his team ...
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Malcolm Jenkins and Colin Kaepernick tried to tell us and we all didn't listen This week, as the country yet again confronts police brutality, racism and raw emotion in the wake of George Floyd's killing, I thought back to a conversation I had with Malcolm Jenkins in the summer of 2018. I was writing a story about Jenkins and his role as a ...
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UFC 250: Odds, Predictions for Garbrandt vs. Assuncao and More Undercard Fights UFC 250 features the women's featherweight title fight between Amanda Nunes and Felicia Spencer, but there are important matches scattered on the card, especially in the bantamweight division. The co-main event between Cody Garbrandt and Raphael ...
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Statement from Rooney and messages from Steelers players Statement from Art Rooney II Over the last week, we have witnessed the anger and frustration in our city and around the country relating to the killing of George Floyd and the recent deaths of African-American men and women. We have also witnessed the ...
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Know Your Foe: Ravens enter 2020 with super aspirations INDIANAPOLIS — The Baltimore Ravens won't sneak up on anybody in 2020. They won't need to. Led by MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson and an historic rushing attack, Baltimore finished 14-2 and won the AFC North while claiming the conference's top ...
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Penguins' Sidney Crosby Says Killing of George Floyd 'Cannot Be Ignored' Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby has added his voice to the chorus of athletes speaking out about the killing of George Floyd on May 25. In a statement posted by his foundation, Crosby said Floyd's killing "cannot be ignored" and pledged to "listen and ...
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Simeone's assistant Burgos to leave Atletico Madrid (AFP) - Diego Simeone's long-time assistant German Burgos confirmed on Wednesday he will leave Atletico Madrid at the end of the season to pursue a career as a head coach. Known for his tough approach and imposing demeanour, Burgos' ...
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Ex-Springbok Habana 'all for' global calendar Paris (AFP) - Former South Africa winger and 2007 Rugby World Cup winner Bryan Habana said on Wednesday he would like to see a global calendar introduced for the sport. World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont said in May plans about aligning fixtures in ...
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Seminoles Add Three Transfers TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State has added three transfers to its 2020 roster, head coach Mike Norvell announced Wednesday. The newest Seminoles are Meiko Dotson, a graduate transfer defensive back from Florida Atlantic, defensive back Jarrian ...
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Former tennis star James Blake still shaken by encounter with cop in 2015 Nearly five years later, former tennis star James Blake says he never suspected the large man running toward him was a plainclothes New York City policeman. Blake was in town that day for the U.S. Open and standing outside a Manhattan hotel. "I thought ...
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NHL jersey power rankings: Arizona Coyotes' primary jersey baffles writers The Arizona Coyotes would be much better off making their alternate Kachina jersey their primary one, according to some NHL writers who have ranked the jerseys of teams in the league. While the team's primary look isn't ranked terribly, many of those ...
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Notre Dame-Navy football game relocated from Ireland The college football season opener between Notre Dame and Navy has been moved out of Ireland because of the cornavirus pandemic. The Irish and Midshipmen were scheduled to meet in Dublin on Aug. 29, but instead will seek to play at the Naval ...
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UCLA furious over LAPD using Jackie Robinson Stadium as a 'field jail' The Los Angeles Police Department has been using UCLA's Jackie Robinson Stadium as a "field jail" for people who were violating curfew at protests held in response to the police-involved killing of George Floyd, according to the university. UCLA said ...
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Panthers plan to go back to Wofford next year The NFL pulled the plug on off-site training camps Tuesday, but the Panthers hope to go to Wofford College at least one more time. Via Joe Person of TheAthletic.com, the Panthers made it clear they planned to return to Spartanburg, S.C. next summer.
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Martin to his players: 'Share with me so I can help' Now and years prior, South Carolina head coach Frank Martin has always been available to his players to discuss societal matters. When the South Carolina men's basketball team meets on a Zoom call on Wednesday, Martin will ask them all to be as ...
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Transfer news and rumours LIVE: Liverpool submit loan offer for Dembele Reds looking to bring in Barca winger. Liverpool have submitted a loan bid for Barcelona's Ousmane Dembele - according to Gianluca Di Marzio. The Reds' offer includes an option to buy, but the French winger does not wish to leave Camp Nou.
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Martin Blog (6/3): A look at the 13 times a player scored 45 points in the NBA Finals (KMAland) -- Day 79 of blogging with no sports. This is the 73rd consecutive blog and the 77th during this period. I started doing daily trivia recently. I ask the people of Twitter, I ask Ryan Matheny on the air between 6 and 8 and I ask my smart sports friends in ...
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Saul Niguez makes 'new club' announcement amid Man Utd speculation Saul Niguez has made the big reveal about his "new club", which is the creation of a youth team in his home region of Alicante. The Atletico Madrid midfielder had the rumour mill turning earlier this week when he posted a cryptic message on social media that ...
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Three West Indies players opt not to travel to England for Test series Three West Indies players have decided against travelling to England for next month's Test trip, which will go ahead behind closed doors at 'biosecure' venues because of coronavirus. Batsmen Darren Bravo and Shimron Hetmyer and fast bowling all-rounder ...
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3M tourney director: 'We don't have much time at all' With the clock ticking toward the 3M Open in late July, tournament executive director Hollis Cavner said Wednesday there remains a chance it will suffer the same fate as the canceled John Deere Classic scheduled two weeks before it. His company, which ...
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MLS players ratify CBA, allowing for season to resume soon Major League Soccer should resume later this month because the Major League Soccer Players Association Wednesday ratified the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Teams should begin reporting to Orlando on June 24. According to previous reports, they ...
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Motorcycling: MotoGP sets end of July deadline for non-European races LONDON (Reuters) - MotoGP has set an end of July deadline to decide whether this year's coronavirus-hit championship will be confined to Europe or expand to Asia and the Americas, CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta said on Wednesday. The only long-haul races ...
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JUNE 1 AUTO RACING: NASCAR is back and fans may be right behind CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There is finally a break in this weird, new world of NASCAR after nine races over 16 days in three different states. Brad Keselowski lucked into a pair of wins, new favorite son Chase Elliott lost three races (but won one) and Kyle ...
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'I never feel 100% safe in the US' – former Man City defender Onuoha backs protesters following George Floyd death The 33-year-old, who also turned out for QPR, has given insight into the differences between living in the UK and the United States. Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha admits that he never feels "100 per cent safe" going out in the USA and has ...
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WADA vs. Russia Appeal of Massive Sanctions to Be Heard in November The International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has set November dates to hear the appeal by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency against heavy sanctions levied upon it by the World Anti-Doping Agency last year. The hearing, which will not be held in ...
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Lewis Hamilton 'completely overcome with rage' following George Floyd's death Lewis Hamilton has spoken of his anger following the death of George Floyd, which has sparked protests across the United States. Floyd died in Minneapolis on May 25 after being arrested by a police officer who pinned the unarmed 46-year-old to the ground ...
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Bob Arum "in serious talks" to stage Pacquiao vs. Crawford in Bahrain this year Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum recently sat for an interview with iFL TV, laying out plans for some of his marquee fighters. In addition to confirming his earlier statements that Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder 3 will take place in November or December, ...
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Reports: Dallas Cowboys will hold training camp at The Star in Frisco DALLAS — It looks like the Dallas Cowboys will be staying home this summer. All 32 NFL teams have been told by Commissioner Roger Goodell to hold training camps at their home facilities this summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ...
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Texas State rolls out three-phased plan to bring student-athletes back to campus SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Texas State football started a three-phase plan of bringing its football staff and players back to campus on Monday. Phase one of the Texas State's plan allows for a group of 53 football student-athletes and additional athletics ...
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Major League Baseball's Silence Is Deafening On May 25th, George Floyd was murdered in the streets of Minneapolis after being suspected of using a forged $20 bill. Officer Derek Chauvin placed his knee on the back of Floyd's neck for eight minutes and forty-six seconds, some of which Floyd wasn't ...
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Jets need Joe Douglas to bring his UDFA wizardry to New York A lot has been said and written about Joe Douglas' ability to build a roster. Whether it's through free agency or the draft, Douglas proved at every stop he is capable of building a competent team. One of his many skills that goes mostly unnoticed, though, is his ...
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'I know my importance in white ball cricket': Hardik Pandya says his energy is his plus point New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: The young on-field stalwart of an all-rounder, Hardik Pandya recently reflected upon his limited over career prospects alongside a balance to maintain with the Test Cricket given his not-so-distant battle with a back injury.
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