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Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera: Changes were needed; name will take longer Washington coach Ron Rivera understands the monumental task he faces in trying to change the culture of a franchise many have considered toxic. When Rivera was hired in January, he already knew the culture needed to change. But last week, the ...
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Kings' Harrison Barnes clears COVID-19 protocol, heading to NBA bubble The Sacramento Kings, seemingly snake-bitten since the NBA restart was set in motion last month, saw the clouds begin to part a bit Friday. Forward Harrison Barnes cleared the league's COVID-19 protocol and boarded a flight for Orlando on Friday morning, ...
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Return to Play, preparing hub cities 'awesome challenge' for NHL The NHL is trying to make this look easy. This is the opposite. This is nothing short of a historic undertaking, something we've never seen before and hopefully never see again. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, which paused the season March 12 and has ...
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Blue Jays to play home games in Buffalo amid pandemic TORONTO -- The displaced Toronto Blue Jays will play in Buffalo this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the team announced Friday. The Blue Jays will play at Sahlen Field, home of the team's Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons. "We are extremely grateful ...
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Crosby Returns to Team Practice Before the Penguins' team practice was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on the FedExRink at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex, Sidney Crosby was skating on the Covestro Innovation Rink with skills coach Ty Hennes. When he finished, Crosby started making ...
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Q&A: Pete Alonso on home-run celebrations, fake crowd noise and his passion for cooking It's safe to say that Pete Alonso's sophomore season will be nothing like this Rookie of the Year-winning, record-setting 2019. Nothing in baseball is like it was a year ago. In the pandemic, baseball looks much different — no fans in stadiums, no spitting from ...
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Ron Rivera 'excited' to watch Cam Newton in Patriots' style of offense As a former league MVP, it surprised some people that New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton was unsigned for so long this offseason. For more than three months, from the time he was released by the Panthers in March to the time the Patriots ...
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Lou Williams is latest Clippers player to leave Orlando bubble The Clippers are down to 10 players after reserve guard Lou Williams departed the NBA "bubble" in Orlando, Fla., for excused personal reasons, a person with knowledge of the situation said Friday. Williams, the team's leading scorer in its scrimmage ...
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76ers vs. Grizzlies: Live Updates for Sixers' First Scrimmage in Orlando Back on March 11, I sat in a room full of reporters listening to a stunned Elton Brand and Brett Brown talk about the NBA's suspension. This was moments after Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz tested positive for the infamous COVID-19. At the time, I myself was ...
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Report: Jason Kidd Takes The Lead in Knicks Coaching Search Stefan Bondy of the Daily News started off Knicks fans' Friday morning with a report that Jason Kidd has emerged as a frontrunner for the team's head coaching position. According to a "plugged-in NBA source", contract negotiations with the long-time favorite, ...
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Liverpool's Henderson crowned FWA Footballer of the Year for captain heroics in title win Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has been named the Football Writers' Association (FWA) Footballer of the Year for the 2019-20 Premier League season. The Reds midfielder played a central role as the Anfield club stormed their way to the Premier ...
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Tampa Bay Rays use Opening Day festivities to promote social justice It's Opening Day in Tampa Bay, but the Rays have much more than baseball on their minds. Hours before the team kicks off its 2020 season, the Rays official team Twitter account promoted social justice, reminding fans of the issues facing America –– issues ...
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Seattle Kraken: NHL announces name of 32nd franchise, unveils colors, team jerseys Seattle, meet the Kraken. The NHL announced the name of its newest expansion team on Thursday. Anyone who guessed the new team would be the Seattle Kraken, congrats! You were correct. The team released the logo and name in a live press ...
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Steelers Announce Signings of All Six Draft Picks PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers made it official Friday, announcing they've signed all six of their 2020 NFL Draft picks. As the week went on, all but two - Kevin Dotson and Carlos Davis - Steelers draft picks posted pictures signing their rookie contracts. The first ...
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Vikings' Adam Thielen says he 'wouldn't be in the NFL' had he faced challenges undrafted players have now Adam Thielen beat the odds in 2013, but he wouldn't be feeling as good if he were trying to make an NFL team in 2020. When the then-unknown wide receiver made the Vikings practice squad seven years ago as an undrafted free agent out of Division II ...
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Giants' Sam Coonrod says faith kept him from kneeling during racial justice demonstration The MLB was the star of the sports world on Thursday night as the league became the latest professional sport to get underway. Players for both the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals knelt along the foul lines holding a black ribbon during a ...
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Twins mailbag: Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano and other compelling questions Happy Opening Day! FINALLY! Major League Baseball has navigated the COVID-19 waters successfully, to the point where a season can be started. Will it finish? That's a question that will be answered over the next two months, as teams embark on a ...
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Blue Jays' make nest, to play home games in Buffalo in 2020 The Blue Jays are heading south for the summer, but the flight won't be too long. According to reports, the Jays are making Buffalo their nest for the 2020 MLB season after the Canadian government announced it would disallow travel back and forth across the ...
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University of Kentucky faculty members call for renaming stadium, campus buildings (CNN) Some University of Kentucky faculty members are calling for the renaming of all campus buildings that memorialize "enslavers, Confederate sympathizers...and other white supremacists," including famed Rupp Arena, home of the university's basketball ...
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Second down provided the key to the Packers' first-quarter success in 2019 The key to the Green Bay Packers' first quarter success last season actually came second. Down that is. In fact, Green Bay was historically good on second down last season, but particularly in the first quarter, Aaron Rodgers hit big plays and found far more ...
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Breaking down Detroit Tigers' playoff chances this season now that 16 teams will get in DETROIT – Detroit Tigers baseball is officially back, and it comes with a surprising twist: a glimmer of hope. Major League Baseball returned Thursday night with a pair of games ahead of Friday's packed 28-team schedule. But just hours before first pitch, the ...
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Vikings mailbag: Most irreplaceable, Dalvin Cook's contract and prove-it years Thank you for submitting questions for this week's Vikings mailbag. More questions can be sent to @Andrew_Krammer on Twitter or andrew.krammer@startribune.com. Let's get to it. From @JoelStegman: With COVID-19 potentially knocking out players for ...
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A Message to Season Ticket Holders from Allen Greene Auburn Family,. Simply put, Auburn has never backed away from a challenge! Not under Coach Malzahn, or Coach Dye before him, or Coach Jordan before him. Rising to meet any challenge – no matter how daunting – is embedded in the makeup of Auburn ...
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Red Sox's Eduardo Rodriguez: Dealing with heart issue Rodriguez is dealing with a heart condition as a result of his battle with COVID-19, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com reports. Rodriguez is reportedly dealing with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, as a result of the coronavirus. He's back in camp after ...
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IOC apologizes, deletes tweet about 1936 Berlin Olympics GENEVA -- The IOC apologized on Friday and deleted a tweet that some saw as celebrating Nazi Germany's hosting of the 1936 Olympics. Joining a message thread on Thursday one year before the Olympic cauldron is lit at the postponed Tokyo Games, the ...
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The Worst Part of Fantasy Football? Running Backs Are Still King. Let's Fix That Dave Gettleman is the last general manager to select a running back in the top five in the NFL draft. In this case last means both that he is the most recent to do it, and that no one else will ever do it again. Should Big Blue continue to struggle, and Gettleman ...
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Mike Tyson Joins Boxers Finding Retirement Too Hard Even the greatest boxers don't always know when to hang up their gloves. The announcement this week that Mike Tyson (54, retired for 15 years) would fight Roy Jones Jr. (51, inactive for two years) in September called to mind the other boxing immortals ...
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The Latest: WNBA Dream player Brown positive for coronavirus The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___. Atlanta Dream center Kalani Brown tested positive for the coronavirus on July 9 and remains under quarantine as the team prepares to play in the WNBA bubble.
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Premier League to start Sept 12, finish 19 days before Euros LONDON (AP) -- The new English Premier League will begin on Sept. 12 and finish on May 23, only 19 days before the start of the rescheduled European Championship in 2021. The agreement on next season's calendar came during a conference call by ...
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Former 5-star prospect leaving FAMU to prepare for NFL Draft Depending on what the upcoming college football season ends up looking like, it could have a major impact on 2021 NFL Draft prospects. Certainly having no season at all would hurt, but a spring campaign could cause major problems for prospects while a ...
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Preview: Sandy Alcantara leads Marlins into 2020 season on the road vs. Phillies WATCH IT LIVE ON FOX SPORTS GO. PITCHING PROBABLES. Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 0 strikeouts). Phillies: Aaron Nola (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 0 strikeouts). LINE. Phillies favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 8 1/2 runs ...
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Montana shows talent, depth as Jace Lewis named Big Sky preseason defensive MVP, 6 players make all-league team MISSOULA — Montana senior linebacker Jace Lewis lived partly in the shadow of Buck Buchanan Award winner Dante Olson last year but showed he had some chops of his own, collecting the third-most tackles in program history. The Townsend native ...
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Diamondbacks face Padres to start potential season-long battle It's no secret: The Los Angeles Dodgers have a formidable ball club. Expert predictions seemingly view the NL West as a race for second place between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres. Arizona will face San Diego at Petco Park on ...
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Pope, Buttler steer England to 258-4 in decider vs Windies MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler made their first big scores of the series in putting on an unbeaten stand of 136 runs to rebuild England's innings against the West Indies and put the hosts on top on day one of the deciding test at Old ...
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F1 cancels 2020 races in United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico Formula One officially announced Friday the cancellation of its F1 races in the United States (at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas), Canada, Mexico and Brazil this season. In a statement, the series said the decision was "due to the fluid nature of the ...
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Five for Friday: MLS Update; Ihara Honored Ebobisse and Ibeagha Advance to Knockout Stage Portland Timbers striker and former Blue Devil Jeremy Ebobisse was excellent during group play of the MLS is Back Tournament. In his fourth season in MLS, Ebobisse scored a goal in all three matches in ...
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Tom Hanks to Serve as Virtual Hawker at A's Games This Season A legendary voice will echo throughout the Oakland Coliseum during A's games this season. Award-winning actor and East Bay native Tom Hanks will serve as a virtual guest hawker for the club. Without fans in the stands to provide natural noise during the ...
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Leaner version of Jokic ready to carry load for Nuggets The pictures on social media over the break revealed a leaner, more , of Nikola Jokic. Naturally, inquiring minds wanted to know: How much weight did the Denver Nuggets star actually drop while home in Serbia? "I'm not supposed to tell you my pounds and ...
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San Diego State's Jordan Byrd named to Hornung Award Watch List The 76-player Paul Hornung Award watch list was announced yesterday morning by the Louisville Sports Commission and included Aztecs running back Jordan Byrd. There were five other Mountain West athletes selected, them being Boise State's Avery ...
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Middle Atlantic Conference, including Lebanon Valley, Messiah and York College, suspends fall sports The Middle Atlantic Conference announced Friday morning the suspension of its fall sports for 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "This decision was very difficult, as we know how deep the love of the game is for our student-athletes and that intercollegiate ...
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Pandemic forces cancellation of Detroit marathon Detroit's premier distance race will have a different feel this year, with extreme physical distancing. The 43rd Detroit Free Press/TCF Bank Marathon has been canceled, according to the organization's website. The 43rd Detroit Free Press/TCF Bank Marathon ...
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Zanardi back in intensive care as condition becomes unstable FILE -- In this Sept. 5, 2012 file photo, Alessandro Zanardi of Italy celebrates holding his gold medal following the medal ceremony for the man's road cycle individual time trial H4 category at the 2012 Paralympics games, at Brands Hatch motor racing circuit ...
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Cutout crowd at Dodger Stadium to get ruff LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cutout crowd at Dodger Stadium will be getting a little ruff. The Los Angeles Dodgers are selling fan cutouts for dogs at $149 each. There will be a special Pups in the Park section in two areas of the loge seating for four-legged fans ...
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Reliving the 10 Best Wins in Houston Texans History Texans kicker Ka'imi Fairbairn (7) celebrates with teammates after kicking the game-winning field goal to beat the Bills in the AFC Wild Card Playoff game on Jan. 4, 2020. © Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports ...
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British Masters: Renato Paratore stays one ahead of Justin Harding Renato Paratore continued his bogey-free start to the week to retain a one-shot lead heading into the final round of the Betfred British Masters. Latest leaderboard. Betfred British Masters. The Italian birdied his final hole to close out a five-under 66 for the ...
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Why Zach LaVine is a good option if Nets can't land Bradley Beal The Brooklyn Nets seem to have a specific kind of player in mind to eventually unite with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The preferred archetype appears to be a player who can create his own shot, but also doesn't need the ball in his hands every single ...
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Offensive Concerns, Trimming Tight Ends, Gase's Big Problem, and Other Bears Bullets The sun is shining and temperatures for first pitch are predicted to be in the low 80s. It's the MLB Opening Day I've always always dreamed about. Better late than never! Good luck to our friends at Bleacher Nation Cubs. Bring home a title. And if you see ...
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Travis d'Arnaud, Tyler Flowers Unavailable For Braves' Opener The Braves will be without both of their top two catchers for today's opener, manager Brian Snitker announced to reporters (Twitter link via David O'Brien of The Athletic). Both Travis d'Arnaud and Tyler Flowers are exhibiting symptoms of Covid-19, and while ...
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