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As-it-happens update June 3, 2020
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ESPN
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said "we owe a tremendous amount" to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick for taking a stand against police brutality and racial oppression in 2016. "I think that there was a moment in time that a young man captured ...
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ESPN
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is reliving his childhood before he officially joins the real world. The top overall pick in April's NFL draft is back home in Athens County, Ohio, living with his parents and looking for empty fields so he can throw ...
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NBCSports.com
Records were made to be broken. Just not these records. Some records are untouchable, and we've found 10 Eagles franchise records that we think will never be broken. And we didn't include records like Mike Quick's 99-yard touchdown catch from Jaws in ...
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ESPN
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Retired Carolina Panthers middle linebacker Luke Kuechly is considering a front-office job as a pro scout, the team said Wednesday. Kuechly, 29, surprisingly retired in January, saying he wasn't sure if he could play as "fast, physical and ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Yahoo Fantasy analysts will preview all 32 NFL teams between now and the eventual start of the 2020 draft season. Here, we'll tackle pressing fantasy questions, #FantasyHotTaeks, and team win totals. Next up, the New England Patriots.
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Sports Illustrated
In the midst of a turbulent period in the United States due to the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis last week, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan has penned an op-ed to address racial inequality and how to move forward with ...
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NBCSports.com
Ready for something extra cute? Sure you are. Paper Stadiums builds models of stadiums using paper products and hand drawing each specific detail. He just made one fan's dreams come true. One young 49ers and Giants fan requested a model of the ...
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International Business Times
Ian Begley, SNY.tv | Twitter |. The Knicks' coaching search may officially start later this week. The NBA Board of Governors is expected to approve a plan Thursday to re-start the season that doesn't include New York, according to ESPN. Once the Knicks know ...
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Yahoo Sports
"Bleep him in the bleep, Semih!" Shaquille O'Neal bellowed from the Boston bench. The un-bleeped version of which drew an incredulous stare from the Philadelphia 76ers big man who had been defending Celtics rookie Semih Erden at that moment.
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ClutchPoints
PITTSBURGH -- Steelers President Art Rooney II has joined many around the league in releasing a statement following the protests over the death of George Floyd. Floyd's death was caught on camera as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ...
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ESPN
The NBA's Board of Governors has a 12:30 p.m. ET call on Thursday with the intention of approving the league's plan for a 22-team return in Orlando, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Each of the 22 teams will play eight regular-season games in Orlando for ...
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ESPN
Boston College has hired Temple's Pat Kraft as its next athletic director. Kraft, 43, has led Temple's athletic department since May 2015. He emerged as a top candidate for the Boston College job shortly after Martin Jarmond left BC for the same post at UCLA.
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CBSSports.com
Johnny Majors, one of college football's greatest coaches and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 85. The news was broken Wednesday morning by his wife of 61 years, Mary Lynn, in a statement via WNML. "It's with a sad ...
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Sports Illustrated
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson assembled some teammates for workouts in Florida. The sessions were a success judging from a video posted on social media by local residents who watched the sessions and even received an autographed ...
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al.com
Fred Riley's first true coaching assignment came in Pat Dye's second year at Auburn. Auburn offensive coordinator Jack Crowe asked Riley to be a graduate assistant for the Tigers following Riley's standout career at North Alabama. Looking back, Riley ...
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Yahoo Sports
If you know Harrison Barnes as "The Black Falcon," the Kings forward is a bit bewildered as to why. That's what happens when you give yourself a nickname largely as a joke, as Barnes revealed to Howard Beck "The Full 48" podcast last week. "It was funny, I ...
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ESPN
Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Chris Archer underwent surgery Tuesday to address thoracic outlet syndrome and will not pitch again until 2021. The Pirates announced Wednesday that Archer had the operation after "consulting with several leading vascular ...
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The Miami Heat roster is almost back to being in the same city. Guard Jimmy Butler reportedly returned to South Florida earlier this week after spending a large portion in California while the NBA season was suspended because of the coronavirus situation.
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CBSSports.com
FRISCO - Episode 9: Goodbye Oxnard, Hello Frisco! What does the training camp shift mean to the progress of the Dallas Cowboys? Welcome to the 'The Blitzcast – A Dallas Cowboys Podcast' by Drunk Sports in partnership with CowboysSI.com. "BigRed" ...
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CBSSports.com
The Las Vegas Raiders have been moving to Nevada the entire offseason, but one issue remained as the franchise was in the process of finishing up relocation. After a report was released that the NFL told all 32 of its teams that they must stay at their team ...
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Sporting News
UCLA made clear early Wednesday morning that it did not permit police to use its baseball stadium as a "field jail" to temporarily detain people who had been arrested Tuesday night while protesting the death of George Floyd. The venue that was named after ...
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Yahoo Sports
The NASCAR Cup Series could be racing in Nashville in 2021. But not at the track where many NASCAR fans want the Cup Series to go. Dover Motorsports Inc. confirmed Monday evening reports Tuesday morning that it would be moving one of its two Cup ...
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The Indianapolis Star
Chris Beaty, 38, a former IU football player and Indianapolis nightclub manager was shot and killed last weekend in Downtown Indianapolis. Since his death, several of Beaty's former coaches, teammates, friends and other media figures have expressed the ...
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syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse University Athletics quietly posted an announcement on its website Tuesday, time-stamped at 5:31 p.m.. About five hours later, word spread to the general public: SU has a plan in place to begin bringing athletes back to campus for ...
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nj.com
We are one week from the 2020 MLB Draft, which begins with the first round on Wednesday, June 10. The New York Yankees will select at No. 28 overall. The Athletic's Keith Law's latest first-round mock has the Yankees going with hard-throwing Louisville ...
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Sporting News
It's not clear why Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby declared he "couldn't find the words to say" about what he felt regarding the movement around the United States activated by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Because the short ...
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Yahoo Sports
Nedum Onuoha, an English footballer who plays in the United States, says he does feel "100% safe" living in the country. The 33-year-old, who moved to the US in 2018 to play for Real Salt Lake, in Utah, was speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live in the wake of the ...
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USA TODAY
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian soccer team has found 25 cases of the coronavirus among players and staff. The Ukrainian soccer association said Tuesday the positive results at Karpaty Lviv came from 65 tests. None of the players or staff members have ...
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BBC Sport
The news that Vettel won't be staying with Ferrari beyond the end of this season has inevitably sparked speculation about his future, with Mercedes widely regarded as a possible home. Wolff already has George Russell lined up as a potential replacement for ...
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Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING – A high-ranking member of the Michigan State University Police Department and her husband are making more than $200,000 while on a paid administrative leave that has stretched more than a year. The university has yet to say why the ...
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CNA
NYON, Switzerland (AP) -- Turkish league leader Trabzonspor was banned from one season of European soccer competitions on Wednesday for breaking financial monitoring rules. UEFA said the club missed targets in its latest accounts required by a ...
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Call to the Pen
Over a week after George Floyd was murdered in broad daylight by four police officers, people have taken to the streets to take a stand against racism and police brutality in America. Since then, a number of MLB players and teams have joined protesters in ...
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Fox News
Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay held an emotional meeting with players Tuesday in wake of the police-involved death of George Floyd and the intense protests that followed. McVay told reporters the meeting was about listening and asking questions, ...
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Yahoo Sports
London (AFP) - Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has backed Lewis Hamilton after the six-time world champion spoke about his "rage" over racial injustice following the death of George Floyd. The 89-year-old Englishman said Hamilton and other sports ...
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Yahoo Sports
Three West Indies players have decided against travelling to England for their Test series as Formula One looks to finalise a revamped calendar. The West Indies will play a three-Test series in July and August which will go ahead behind closed doors at ...
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ESPN
LONDON -- 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 yet to be ...
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The New York Times
The course Jack Nicklaus built is getting golf's version of a doubleheader. The PGA Tour has reached an agreement with Workday Inc. to be title sponsor of a one-time tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. It would fill a gap in the schedule ...
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Reuters
(Reuters) - The PGA Tour will roll out three mobile laboratories that will conduct on site testing at all tournaments as the sport returns from a nearly three-month coronavirus hiatus next week with the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas. The mobile testing ...
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Goal.com
Following defeat in the 2018 Champions League final, Jurgen Klopp added a 'game-changer' signing in Alisson Becker and has been rewarded since. Sometimes it's just not your night. Liverpool had travelled to Kiev with hope in their heart and a spring in ...
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WashingtonWizards.com
On Tuesday, the NBA community lost a formative member of its early history, but more importantly, it lost the "gentlest of giants," a "great friend," a "legend and a leader," and a "true champion." Soon after Wes Unseld's passing was announced, love, ...
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Mirror.co.uk
June 3 (Reuters) - One person has tested positive for COVID-19 in the latest round of testing ahead of the Premier League's restart on June 17, the league announced on Wednesday. Tottenham Hotspur confirmed in a later statement that they received the ...
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Today.com
Olympic hopeful Sky Brown says she's ready to "get back up and push harder" after suffering a harrowing fall that resulted in a skull fracture and broken arm. Get the latest from TODAY. Sign up for our newsletter. SUBSCRIBE. June 3, 2020, 6:13 AM PDT ...
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WPVI-TV
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris called for more dialogue about race in the country and for others to speak out in an essay for The Players Tribune website. "You have to be knowledgeable to be able to talk about this stuff ...
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Hogs Haven
All atwitter will be posted at the beginning of every day (at midnight in Washington, DC). The goal is to give readers a handy spot to check the Redskins beat writers & bloggers, national sports journalists, and football fans to keep up on the latest news and ...
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TribLIVE
About an hour ago. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby issued a statement today through the team as well as his own foundation denouncing racism on Wednesday. Crosby's statement comes in the wake of several days of civil unrest around the nation following ...
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Fox News
UFC fighter Jon Jones is not only speaking out in the wake of the George Floyd protests but he's also taking action. The two-time Light Heavyweight champion tweeted Tuesday that this upcoming election cycle will be his "first year voting." BLACKHAWKS' ...
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Paso Robles Daily News
–The San Francisco Giants Community Fund has announced the "Junior Giants at Home" project to keep youth connected and active in times of isolation during COVID-19. The program, presented by Bank of America, starts the week of June 8. The four-week ...
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BloodHorse.com
Juddmonte Farms' brilliant racehorse and promising stallion Arrogate was euthanized June 2 after a weeklong battle with an apparent neurological illness, the cause of which is still undetermined. Winding down a successful third breeding season, Juddmonte ...
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Washington Post
BRISBANE, Australia — Jacco Verhaeren is standing down as head coach of Australia's swim team, leaving Rohan Taylor to guide the Olympic squad in Tokyo next year. Verhaeren was contracted until after the 2020 Olympics but when the Tokyo Games ...
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973espn.com
It seems that we are closing in on an official return plan for the NBA season to resume. Although it has not been made clear how the NBA will resume its season, we have an idea of when. Shams Charania of The Athletic recently reported that commissioner ...
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