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As-it-happens update June 16, 2020
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ESPN
CORNELIUS, N.C. -- Longtime Giants pitcher Mike McCormick, who won the Cy Young Award in 1967, has died. He was 81. The Giants say McCormick died Saturday at his home in North Carolina after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. McCormick ...
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NBCSports.com
Has Lamar Jackson ever thought about playing in the NBA? Not necessarily. But if he would've worked at it, there's one particular player he belives his game would resemble. Trending Now. 1:13 · DMV athletes join fight against police brutality · 0:27 ...
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Bleacher Report
With increasingly important decisions to make in the very near future, the NBA is in the throes of a critical time. In addition to how and when to resume play, the league must pinpoint a date for the 2020 draft. In the meantime, teams still have to plan ahead to ...
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Sports Illustrated
LSU may be adding a secret weapon to the the 2020 football team by dipping into the baseball roster. In an appearance on Baton Rouge radio show "Off the Bench" on Tuesday, coach Ed Orgeron said the team has brought in pitcher Nick Storz for voluntary ...
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Sports Illustrated
When the 49ers extended Kyle Shanahan's contract, many media people wondered why they didn't extend general manager John Lynch also. I wondered. Maybe the 49ers will announce an extension for Lynch soon, but you have to wonder. Lynch must be ...
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NFL.com
New York Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas was arrested Monday morning following a hit-and-run in Chico, California, the California Highway Patrol confirmed to NFL.com. According to a collision report, Rosa was driving in his black 2018 Chevrolet SUV in Chico ...
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The Boston Globe
Politics has always been discouraged inside NFL locker rooms, widely seen as a distraction that serves only to rip a team apart. It was only four years ago that Bill Belichick, when asked about Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during a preseason game, quickly ...
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Yahoo Sports
Welcome to another edition of The Grind where we are thrilled to have our normal Sunday afternoon routine back. The most energy I exert while sitting on the couch watching golf for hours on end is to get out the chips and salsa. It's glorious. It was even ...
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NFL.com
It's no secret that closed mouths don't get fed. Consider Tuesday's grand unveiling by the Buccaneers as yet another example of that. Less than 24 hours after Tom Brady *politely* put in a request to his new employer, Tampa Bay quickly answered its new ...
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Yahoo Sports
John Wall has had many battles with Kyrie Irving on the court, but he stands with him in what has become the league's biggest off-court storyline. Irving has sounded some alarms about the NBA's restart at Disney World, saying players should consider not ...
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USA TODAY
Major League Baseball may cancel its season, and not just because of the coronavirus. The sport suffers from a more familiar disease: the arrogance of owners. On the morning of Thursday, March 26, The Atlantic published a story entitled "The Four Possible ...
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Sports Illustrated
Rockets guard James Harden has been one of the NBA's premier players over the last half decade, finishing in the top five of the MVP voting in four of the last five seasons. And to former Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon, Harden isn't just one of the best ...
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CBSSports.com
Oklahoma State's topsy-turvy month took another turn Tuesday as sophomore center Yor Anei, the team's leading shot-blocker with 55 starts under his belt the last two seasons, opted to enter the transfer portal. Anei's transfer comes at a time in which the ...
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Cyclingnews.com
Peter Sagan has put his trust in the UCI and race organisers for the safe return of racing, suggesting there is no reason to be scared of catching the COVID-19 coronavirus while racing in a peloton as long as riders are tested before events and everyone ...
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BBC News
Footballer Marcus Rashford has been hailed a "real hero" by people in the area of Manchester where he grew up. The Manchester United and England forward, 22, persuaded the government to extend the free school meal vouchers scheme in England ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Nuggets revealed a member of their organization was diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 19. That wasn't Denver coach Michael Malone, but he says he contracted and recovered from coronavirus – and indicated even more members of the Nuggets ...
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Yahoo Sports
Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri has revealed he gets "annoyed" when his critics say he has "won nothing" during his career in Italy. Sarri was appointed Juve boss last summer after winning the Europa League with Chelsea – his first major piece of silverware ...
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MLSsoccer.com
The Vancouver Whitecaps have appointed sporting director Axel Schuster to a new role, now as sporting director and CEO, the club announced Tuesday. He will report directly to co-owner and executive chair Jeff Mallett and the ownership group. The club's ...
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Washington Post
Saudi Arabia facilitated sports broadcasting piracy by blocking moves to shut it down, the World Trade Organization said in a ruling Tuesday that throws new doubts on the kingdom's takeover of English Premier League club Newcastle. Support our journalism.
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MLSsoccer.com
Former US men's national team defender Eric Lichaj is looking for a new team as Hull City announced Tuesday the club will not retain their captain, whose contract expires at the end of June. The 31-year-old will not play in the club's final nine games of the ...
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CBSSports.com
The NASCAR All-Star Open and All-Star Race scheduled for the July 15 weekend has moved locations in order to bring in fans to the event. The races were originally scheduled for the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina, but have moved to the ...
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Yahoo Sports
Have an extra $1 million laying around? If so, you could be the next owner of an extremely rare LeBron James rookie card. The card will go up for auction at Goldin Auctions on June 22, and is expected to fetch over $1 million, according to TMZ. If James' card ...
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pennlive.com
Four years ago, Matthew Judon arrived for his first Baltimore Ravens training camp without a guarantee that he'd develop into a valuable part of the franchise. At the time, he was a fifth-round rookie out of little-known Grand Valley State. "Or how you all ...
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Dawg Pound Daily
The Cleveland Browns are determined to build a culturally, socially and ethnically diverse organization. CLEVELAND, OH - DECEMBER 24: Robert Griffin III #10 of the Cleveland Browns passes the ball against the San Diego Chargers at FirstEnergy Stadium ...
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Sports Illustrated
The New England Patriots have announced the jersey numbers for veteran players that joined the team this offseason. Here are the newly-added veterans and their respective jersey numbers: QB Brian Hoyer: 2. WR Damiere Byrd: 10. WR Marquise Lee: 13.
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BloodHorse.com
If ever there was a race that deserved an audience, it was this year's Queen Anne (G1). Through the final furlong of the royal meeting's opening group 1 June 16, Ryan Moore and Frankie Dettori, two masters of their craft, fought out the most furious ...
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Forbes
The WNBA officially announced plans on Monday to begin its 24th season starting in late July. In agreement with the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA), the 22 regular-season games followed by a traditional playoff format will be held ...
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Bleacher Report
By the time the Belmont Stakes usually comes round, we either know there won't be a Triple Crown winner or we're eagerly watching one horse to see if they can capture the biggest prize in U.S. horse racing. However, the 2020 Belmont Stakes will be ...
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Sports Illustrated
John Terry has revealed that he came close to signing for Manchester United back in 1995 but instead he opted for Chelsea. As a youngster, Terry was part of a successful Senrab football side and at the age of 14, having impressed in the West Ham youth ...
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GolfDigest.com
Welcome news emanated from LPGA headquarters Tuesday morning, when the tour announced that it will resume its season next month with back-to-back tournaments in Northwest Ohio, one of them a new event. The new addition is the LPGA Drive On ...
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masslive.com
FC Barcelona continues its trek to stay atop La Liga as the Spanish soccer league returns from its coronavirus hiatus as the club takes on Leganes. Barcelona returns with stars Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in tow as the top team in the standings with a record ...
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The New York Times
GENEVA — A review of Olympic sports bodies published Tuesday found none had equal representation of women on their ruling boards. Men were able to stay in high office because more than one-quarter of governing bodies had no term limits for ...
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Yahoo Sports
Swimmers in England have been told what they can and can't do once pools reopen when coronavirus lockdown eases further. Facilities were forced to close in March alongside gyms and other public spaces as strict measures were introduced to try to slow ...
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Florida Today
Thousands of coconut-oiled spectators swarmed around CJ Hobgood back in 2007, when he won the Vans US Open of Surfing title at Huntington Beach, Calif. That scenario will no longer play out — at least not this year. America's largest surfing ...
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OPB News
Ben Carson, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary and lone African American in President Trump's cabinet, suggested that he's spoken with the president about professional athletes kneeling during the national anthem. When asked whether ...
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Goal.com
The Spanish manager will not rush to judge his player for his off-field behaviour, and spoke up for him in a news conference on Tuesday. Pep Guardiola has defended Kyle Walker after criticism of the Manchester City defender's behaviour in the lockdown ...
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BoxingScene.com
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury believes Deontay Wilder should be thankful that his corner stopped him from taking further damage in their February sequel by throwing in the towel in the seventh round. Prior to the towel, Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) scored ...
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Yahoo Sports
Marcelo has urged others to use their platforms to instigate change after taking a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement following his goal against Eibar. After scoring his team's third goal in Madrid's 3-1 win on Sunday, left-back Marcelo dropped ...
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autosport.com
Daniel Ricciardo has made his Formula 1 testing return with Renault at the Red Bull Ring in Austria ahead of the 2020 season-opener in two weeks' time. Renault announced last week that it would be holding a private test at the Spielberg circuit using its ...
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ESPN
Timo Werner has informed RB Leipzig that he does not want to play in the club's Champions League quarterfinal tie, provisionally scheduled for August, so he can push through a move to Chelsea, sources have told ESPN. The 24-year-old has agreed to join ...
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National Post
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Toronto Maple Leafs' parent company has been in contact with the province about the possibility of Canada's biggest city serving as a so-called "hockey pod" for teams should the NHL resume its season.
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TSN
It appears the Columbus Blue Jackets will be without winger Josh Anderson for their play-in series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Citing a source, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports that Anderson is expected to be sidelined for several more months after ...
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Bama Maven
Something very strange happened in the Southeastern Conference during the offseason. There are five new head coaches in the league with Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss, Eliah Drinkwitz at Missouri, Mike Leach at Mississippi State and Sam Pittman (B-R) at ...
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Rutherford Daily Voice
As construction of the New York Islander's new arena at Belmont Park resumes, officials have shuttered the doors of their old (and would-be temporary) home at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. Former Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov, who ...
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Newstalk 106-108 fm
A Bahrain based sports management company said on Tuesday it has ended its association with Daniel Kinahan. KHK, the company set up by the King of Bahrain's son, said in a statement it has "discontinued its engagement with Daniel Kinahan and he is no ...
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670 The Score
Mike Mulligan and David Haugh opened their show by conducting the daily 5 at 5 segment, debating a variety of questions. They started by discussing MLB commissioner Rob Manfred's horrible 180 on whether there will be a baseball season in 2020.
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Forbes
Life is a story unfolding live. For Michael Jordan, a big part of his story had come to an end. In the final year of MJ's illustrious basketball career, Nike launched The Jordan XX basketball shoes. In MJ's own words, "The Air Jordan XX is a reflection and ...
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