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As-it-happens update June 18, 2020
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ESPN
Who are the Buffalo Sabres? This isn't meant to be a "Jeopardy!" answer to "This National Hockey League team has had six head coaches, four general managers and zero playoff appearances since 2011," although that would be applicable. This is a ...
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Bleacher Report
As the Philadelphia Eagles prepare for another run at an NFC East title, they find themselves having to overcome a key offseason injury. Right guard Brandon Brooks, who started all 16 games in 2019, is expected to miss the entire season with a torn Achilles ...
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USA TODAY
Attention, all Hollywood producers. Shaquille O'Neal and Rob Gronkowski have an idea for the next blockbuster event of the year. "Any producer that wants to redo 'Step Brothers' or 'Twins,'" O'Neal said. "We'll do any scene," Gronkowski cut in. "You just ...
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ESPN (blog)
Having been on lockdown with much of the rest of the world, the Premier League finally completed "Project Restart" on Wednesday with the division's first two fixtures in 100 days. With no fans in attendance, artificial stadium noise, players competing after just ...
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ESPN
Curtis Blaydes has won three fights in a row, the past two by knockout, and has just one loss in his past 10 trips inside the Octagon. Alexander Volkov has been a winner in five of his six bouts since he joined the UFC roster in 2016. Runs of success such as ...
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Sporting News
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy was accused in 1989 of saying the N-word multiple times to opponents when he was playing quarterback for the Cowboys. The allegation is receiving new attention after one of the players who made that claim three ...
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The Mercury News
Go ahead and assume that while the Raiders were researching Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III, one of their contacts was Eric Hudson, the defensive coordinator at Lee High School in Montgomery, Ala. And if he wasn't, assume Lee called the Raiders ...
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Bleacher Report
At this point, there's a UFC card just about every weekend, and with it comes a bevy of fighters angling for the next title shot. The road to a championship belt is marked by two things: Fighting and talking. With bouts for plenty of potential contenders on the ...
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Wall Street Journal
Kale Emshoff's phone rang on June 14 the moment the clock struck 9 a.m. ET, the time Major League Baseball teams could commence negotiations with undrafted free agents. Ten seconds into his conversation with a representative from the Milwaukee ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Premier League's Project Restart got off to a false start at Villa Park on Wednesday when goal-line technology failed to award a goal to Sheffield United. Here, the PA news agency takes a closer look at the incident. What happened? A free-kick from Oliver ...
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Golf.com
At the 1997 U.S. Open Championship, a 57-year-old Jack Nicklaus showed up at Congressional Country Club with a burning desire to finish second. But not because he thought he had no shot at first. "I've always gone in with the attitude that I can win a golf ...
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Yahoo Sports
Vikings offensive coordinator Gary Kubiak doesn't put himself in the camp that believes it's a mistake to pay running backs. Kubiak said on a Wednesday conference call that he has "a couple of world championship rings" from his time on the Broncos staff ...
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Boston.com
President Trump, who has been a very vocal critic of quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the past for his decision to kneel during the national anthem, told reporters Wednesday if Kaepernick "deserves" to be signed by an NFL team, he would like to see him back ...
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USA TODAY
The number of positive COVID-19 results continues to grow among Kansas State student-athletes, jumping to eight active cases in a report issued Wednesday night by the school's athletic department. That's a jump of six since the previous report of two on ...
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The New York Times
(Reuters) - Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki was one of the finest imports to feature in the NBA and became the first European player to win the league's Most Valuable Player award (MVP) in 2007 before he led the franchise to a maiden championship in 2011.
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ESPN
Australian Paralympic tennis champion Dylan Alcott has slammed the omission of the wheelchair tournament from the US Open, calling it "disgusting discrimination." Alcott, who won the 2015 and 2018 wheelchair singles titles at Flushing Meadows and is the ...
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Tacoma News Tribune
The NFL has developed protocols on how they want players and teams to begin training camp and reopen next month. But what about the most important aspect of that first leap for football since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the league in mid-March: ...
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Baltimore Sun
It's not Tiz the Law's fault that he'll begin his Triple Crown quest under extraordinarily odd circumstances. He did not injure his would-be rivals in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. He did not spread the virus that upended the sports calendar and eliminated the ...
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Yahoo Sports
Zion Williamson will be able to enter the NBA's Disney World bubble with one less pending trial hanging over his head, as a Florida judge has reportedly put a lawsuit from the New Orleans Pelicans rookie's former marketing agent on ice. The Florida Third ...
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Yahoo Sports
Bruno Fernandes has no doubts that he and Paul Pogba can play alongside each other in Manchester United's midfield, stating that complimenting the World Cup winner will be "easy" as he is one of the best players in the Premier League. Fernandes hit the ...
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Yahoo Sports
RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT. VIDEO SHOWS: REAL MADRID TRAINING SESSION AHEAD OF LA LIGA MATCH AGAINST VALENCIA. SHOWS: MADRID, SPAIN (JUNE 17, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL). 1. REAL MADRID TRAINING ...
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The Boston Globe
Perkins took aim at Kyrie Irving regarding Irving's recent thoughts on the NBA's looming restart, tentatively planned for next month in Orlando. "If you take Kyrie Irving's brain and put it in a bird right now, guess what that bird is going to do?" Perkins asked while ...
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FOXSports.com
MADRID (AP) — International viewership for Spanish soccer games increased by nearly 50% after they returned from the break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the league said Thursday. Figures for the first set of matches following the break were 48% ...
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Pats Pulpit
The New England Patriots' 2019 season ended in collective disappointment when the defending world champions were ousted from the playoff race in the wild card round. However, one of theirs was still recognized for his tremendous play throughout the ...
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Las Vegas Sun
The removal of a Hey Reb! statue from the UNLV campus wasn't due to a sudden change in public opinion, but rather the culmination of a long process, according to one of the people behind a petition seeking to change the school's mascot. Javon Johnson ...
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Yahoo Sports
Everybody thinks the Knicks will hire Tom Thibodeau. But New York is conducting a coaching search, too. Shams Charania of The Athletic: The Knicks plan to interview 76ers assistant coach Ime Udoka for their head coaching job, sources tell ...
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Bleacher Report
Tight end Darren Waller has high hopes and expectations for the Las Vegas Raiders offense in 2020. During an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio on Tuesday (h/t NBC Sports' Scott Bair), he gave his thoughts on what the Las Vegas offense could ...
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U.S. News & World Report
ROME (AP) — At 35, Cristiano Ronaldo is struggling to regain his famous explosiveness following the three-month break for the coronavirus pandemic. The Juventus striker failed to make an impact in his first two matches back, making his run of 19 goals in 14 ...
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Section 215
In his first real round of media availability since the 2020 NFL Draft, Doug Pederson made waves through a Philadelphia Eagles fanbase desperate for any real, substantive information from their favorite team. From highlighting a potential role for first-round ...
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ESPN
BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Tibor Benedek, a three-time Olympic water polo champion who captained and later coached Hungary, has died. He was 47. Benedek, whose death was announced by the Hungarian Water Polo Federation on Thursday, retired from all ...
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ESPN
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers' unprecedented virtual offseason ended this week with a message from a future Hall of Famer. "We've pretty much wrapped it up," coach Matt LaFleur told Packers.com's Larry McCarren in a video the team ...
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FOXSports.com
MILWAUKEE — Marquette says the NCAA has granted guard D.J. Carton a waiver that will enable the Ohio State transfer to play for his new team in the upcoming season. Carton otherwise wouldn't have been able to make his Marquette debut until the ...
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Yahoo Sports
After completing a match in which the words "Black Lives Matter" were emblazoned on the backs of all of his players, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola came out with some pointed words on racial injustice. Pointing to four centuries of atrocities and ...
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Houston Press
It's incredible when you think about it. This year has seen the impeachment of a sitting president, a global pandemic that has infected over two million people and massive protests over racial inequality that are already changing the dialogue and policy in ...
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The Providence Journal
There was a moment where Ja'Whaun Bentley looked like the future of the Patriots' linebacker position and one of the steals of the 2018 NFL Draft. During his first training camp and preseason, Bentley stood out with his performance on the field, so it wasn't a ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald
A former Sri Lanka sports minister claims Sri Lanka deliberately lost the 2011 Cricket World Cup final to India for money. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, who was the sports minister during the 2011 World Cup played in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, said in ...
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Radio Times
Norwich begin their summer push to avoid relegation on Friday evening with a home clash against a Southampton side with little to play for at this stage of the campaign. Advertisement. The Canaries are rock bottom of the Premier League and six points adrift ...
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Firstpost
Former India cricketer and coach Madan Lal said Sachin Tendulkar was actually a good captain despite results proving otherwise. In an interview with SportsKeeda during a Facebook Live session, Madan Lal mentioned that Tendulkar could not become a ...
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Zee News
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal on Thursday returned to his unusual best on social media as he shared a hilarious photo of his Indian teammate Rohit Sharma on Twitter. With no cricket currently being played due to coronavirus pandemic, cricketers have ...
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NDTVSports.com
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya keeps sharing fun stuff for his fans on his social media platforms. Hardik Pandya on Thursday shared a story on his Instagram account in which the all-rounder can be seen holding a couple of bouquets in his hand for Natasa ...
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Northampton Chronicle and Echo
Keith Curle's entertain the the Robins in the first leg at the PTS Academy Stadium tonight (Thursday, ko 7.45pm), before travelling to Whaddon Road for the second-leg on Monday. Both games will be played behind closed doors due to the ongoing Covid-19 ...
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HPPR
From Texas Standard: Student athletes at the University of Texas at Austin are asking the university to change some of its practices and traditions in the wake of national protests against police brutality and systemic racism. Listen. Listening... 0:00. /. It started ...
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pennlive.com
The Baltimore Ravens won the AFC North crown four times during the 2010s, and they were the only team in the division to claim a Super Bowl title in the decade, riding quarterback Joe Flacco's hot streak and the emotions of linebacker Ray Lewis' return ...
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Sportskeeda
Virat Kohli is not letting his intensity wane in this long lockdown period caused by the coronavirus pandemic. One of the biggest reasons for the success of the Indian team has been their improvement in fielding standards. Modified 18 Jun 2020, 15:35 IST.
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ClutchPoints
It's hard to imagine that the 2018 NFL MVP and the reigning Super Bowl MVP can get better. Believe it or not, Patrick Mahomes has so much more potential and according to Pro Football Hall of Famer, Kurt Warner, it can be as simple as improving his footwork ...
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