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As-it-happens update July 17, 2020
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The NBA's MVP race is over. So is the battle for every other individual regular-season trophy. The league told teams Friday that none of the seeding games will be taken into consideration for any postseason award, and that voting ...
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CBSSports.com
Despite a number of obstacles and plenty of positive COVID-19 tests, the NBA is on track to resume the 2019-20 season on July 30, with 22 teams already practicing at the Walt Disney World Complex in Orlando, Florida -- though not all players are there, yet.
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Yahoo Sports
Bryce Harper is a master multitasker. In addition to getting himself ready for the 60-game sprint that will be the 2020 baseball season, he's offering advice to Phillies ownership and the front office. A week after his voice echoed all over Citizens Bank Park with ...
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FOXSports.com
PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball's COVID-19 testing sweep appears to be having some success even as large swaths of the United States continue to struggle with containing the fast-spreading virus. MLB and the players' union released statistics on ...
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CBSSports.com
When Patrick Beverley talks about defense, you should probably listen. After bouncing around overseas for a few years after leaving Arkansas, Beverley found a place in the NBA with the Houston Rockets by establishing himself as one of the league's premier ...
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Yahoo Sports
Jesus Luzardo was awesome pitching out of the A's bullpen after his September 2019 call-up, filling a role that was always thought to be a short-term thing. The phenom was a starter through and through, with enormous potential when taking the ball every ...
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Golf.com
When it comes to Bryson DeChambeau, we've been focused on the big numbers. Driving distance. Ball speed. Protein shake consumption. Now there's another big number to focus on: 10. As in, the number of strokes he needed to play the par-5 15th hole at ...
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Golf Channel
DUBLIN, Ohio – Standing on the range at Detroit Golf Club, swing coach Boyd Summerhays had a question for the game's newest bruiser, Bryson DeChambeau. "What's your highest-ever ball speed?" he asked. "205.7 (mph)," DeChambeau sniffed.
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FOXSports.com
In addition to significantly impacting the 2020 season, the coronavirus pandemic has another knock-on effect on MLS: delaying the entry of three of the four expansion teams lined up to join the league. Charlotte (slated to join in 2021) and St. Louis and ...
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CBSSports.com
Friday's second round at the Memorial Tournament was as wild of a day as we've had since the PGA Tour restarted its season a little over a month ago. Tiger Woods lost his swing and nearly missed the cut, Bryson DeChambeau lost his mind and did miss the ...
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FOXSports.com
Gabby Adamo loved the Chicago White Sox so much it influenced how she dressed and even how she drank her favorite beverages. "She didn't despise Cubs fans, but she despised anything to do with red and blue," said her father, Vince Adamo of Frankfort, ...
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New York Daily News
The Subway Series will look a little different on Saturday without the friendly banter between Mets and Yankees fans as they stand on long lines for Shake Shack and Mama's of Corona inside a packed-out Citi Field. But this weekend still features plenty of ...
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Comcast SportsNet New England
Perhaps no football team has made better use of the "Us Against the World" mentality than the Patriots. Despite winning six Super Bowls over an 18-season span, Bill Belichick's team can find motivation anywhere, whether it's as an underdog toward the ...
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Yahoo Sports
Actually, you know what? That headline might be misleading. When it comes to Leeds United, there's really no such thing as "neutrals." Most teams despise them, and they despise most teams. They're rivals with basically everybody. That's why some of us ...
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Yahoo Sports
Days after reaching an agreement to join the Atlanta Braves, outfielder Yasiel Puig announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19. A source told Yahoo Sports' Tim Brown that the free agent had agreed to terms with the Braves and was asked to travel to ...
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Chicago Tribune
The Cubs Convention, the longest-running fan fest in pro sports, is the latest event to be canceled because of COVID-19. The 2021 convention was scheduled for Jan. 15-17 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, where it has been held for the last eight years.
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CBSSports.com
The Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos are reportedly changing their name after many have called them out for the name being offensive to Inuit people. As of late, sponsors have gotten involved, threatening to cut ties with the team if they keep ...
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Comcast SportsNet Chicago
The Cubs selected the contract of second baseman Jason Kipnis from Triple-A Iowa on Friday, officially adding him to the 40-man roster. Latest Cubs Talk. Jason Kipnis officially joins Cubs roster · Brewers announce Hendricks' Opening Day opposition ...
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FOXSports.com
After being named the NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2019, New Orleans Saints wide receiver was welcomed into the Madden 21 '99 Club' on Friday, becoming the fifth and final member for this year's edition of the popular video game franchise.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
If we define "elite" to mean top 10 at a position, then the 2020 Falcons have only three players on their roster who fit the bill. Only one of them plays a position considered to be among the more important. And the Falcons are scheduled to face several ...
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Charlotte Observer
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___. The University of Michigan and Michigan State have announced has positive COVID-19 tests. Michigan says 121 tests were conducted those days on athletes, coaches and ...
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Washington Post
BOSTON — Red Sox left-hander Eduardo Rodríguez, who had been the team's likely opening day starter before testing positive for COVID-19, is in Boston and making progress toward working out with the team, manager Ron Roenicke said Friday.
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New York Daily News
Clint Frazier was just trying to keep his teammates safe. The Yankees outfielder was not intending to make a political statement. After saying he would be wearing a mask to try and keep himself and his teammates safe while playing in the middle of the ...
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mlive.com
High school football coaches around the state of Michigan received a much-needed glimmer of hope when the Michigan High School Athletic Association announced on Friday its plan to proceed with fall sports as usual starting in August. In the midst of the ...
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Yahoo Sports
London (AFP) - David Moyes urged West Ham to finish the job after they effectively sealed their Premier League survival with a first half goal-blitz in Friday's 3-1 win over relegation rivals Watford. Moyes' side ran riot before the break at the London Stadium ...
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Yahoo Sports
Two of the Premier League's top sides may be adding players from the Chinese Super League and the Netherlands' Eredivisie. [ MORE: The latest transfer news ]. Beijing Goan and Ajax are the clubs with the transfer targets from AFC and CONMEBOL ...
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The Boston Globe
Northeastern University announced the postponement of its fall sports season on Friday, citing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. It hopes to push play to the spring semester, and said that no changes have been made to the winter sports schedules.
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Seattle Times
We had a great win last week in the Blue Grass Stakes as Art Collector (6.60) came through in dominating fashion; helping us hit the Exacta (12/1), Trifecta (60/1) and Superfecta (443/1)!. The rescheduling of the Road to the Breeders' Cup takes us to the ...
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New York Post
This is the second season for Kaapo Kakko, whose four-month break at home just might prove to be the pause that refreshed the second-overall selection whose first try at the NHL wasn't quite what anyone anticipated. "Now I have a new chance," said Kakko, ...
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The Dallas Morning News
If the Big 12 preseason poll is any indication of the 2020 football season, the state of Oklahoma will reign supreme. The conference's preseason poll, which was revealed on Friday, featured Oklahoma ranked No. 1 with 888 total points followed by Oklahoma ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Twins second baseman Luis Arraez is considered day-to-day because of right knee tendinitis after leaving an intrasquad game at Target Field on Friday. Arraez reached on an error in the second inning, then took off for second on a wild pitch, pulling up as he ...
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Comcast SportsNet Chicago
The Blackhawks' blue line took a hit on Day 5 of training camp as the list of absentees slowly starts to grow. Connor Murphy and Olli Maatta, both of whom skated in the first three practice sessions, did not participate on Friday because they were ruled "unfit" to ...
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The Dallas Morning News
The executive board of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools announced a plan Friday that would allow its member schools to conduct a six-game regular season football schedule beginning the week of Sept. 27. Under the plan, volleyball ...
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Arizona Sports
You could get a sense on Friday that Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams was ready to just get this whole thing going. The trade-off between the league giving teams enough time to practice and get acclimated for the bubble before games started is that ...
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ESPN
Goaltenders Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets, Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are the three finalists for the 2019-20 Vezina Trophy, it was announced Friday. The NHL's general managers cast ...
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Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Make no mistake about it, the Blackhawks have been dedicated to preparing for the play-in series against the Edmonton Oilers since Day 1 of their Phase 3 training camp. It was obvious an overwhelming majority of the group found ways to stay in shape while ...
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The Denver Post
McGee was released by the Rockies on Friday, Kyle Newman of The Denver Post reports. The Rockies will still be paying McGee $9.5 million this season but won't receive anything in exchange. The 10-year veteran owns a 3.64 lifetime ERA, though his ...
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Washington Post
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- The Arizona Cardinals have signed offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum to a one-year deal. The 31-year-old Beachum is an eight-year veteran who played the last three seasons with the New York Jets. He started all 45 games he played at ...
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masslive.com
Formal announcements in the last few days have extinguished what flickering hope remained for college athletics this fall: will be no intercollegiate sports for several leagues of which Western Massachusetts schools are members. The Atlantic 10 Conference, ...
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All For Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has dismissed defensive lineman Emmit Gooden hours after his arrest on aggravated domestic assault. Team spokesman Bill Martin confirmed that Gooden was dismissed from the program Thursday night. Gooden was ...
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CBSSports.com
The Portland Thorns pulled off a massive upset in the NWSL Challenge Cup quarterfinals on Friday. The eighth-seeded Thorns, who were winless in four preliminary round games, beat the top-seeded North Carolina Courage 1-0. The reigning NWSL ...
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CBC.ca
Washington Mystics forward Tina Charles was medically excused for the season by an independent panel of doctors, the team announced Friday. Charles, who came over to the Mystics in an offseason trade, wrote in The Players Tribune on Friday that she ...
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Seattle Times
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel gave struggling Ferrari a boost with the fastest time in a rain-soaked second practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Friday. He was .272 seconds ahead of Mercedes driver ...
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247Sports
What's the best quarterback/running back duo that the NFL currently has to offer? According to one analyst, it's a one-man-band, and the star is Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. That's at least the opinion of ESPN analyst and former NFL player ...
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Sky Sports
Lewis Hamilton has stressed not to "take too much" from Mercedes' big Friday advantage at the Hungarian GP and believes a "tighter pack" will close in before qualifying. Although a wet second practice session made predicting a pecking order for the ...
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bleachernation.com
Earlier this year, I had a goal to make a nice Sunday dinner every week. Unfortunately, that's not how things played out for me. But this mouth-watering recipe from my friend Jim has inspired me to do something awesome with the pork tenderloin that is ...
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FOX 5 DC
WASHINGTON - The Washington Nationals will play their 2020 home games at Nationals Park, officials with the team confirmed to FOX 5. Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and Weather. Earlier this week, the Washington Post ...
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profootballrumors.com
The NFL has suspended former Vikings linebacker Kentrell Brothers for the first nine weeks of the 2020 season, a source tells Field Yates of ESPN.com (on Twitter). This marks the second suspension of his career. [RELATED: Vikings' Harris To Play On ...
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Yahoo Canada Sports
Aldrick Rosas, kicker for the New York Giants, was formally charged with three misdemeanors on Wednesday following his arrest for a highway hit-and-run in June. The Butte County, California, deputy district attorney charged Rosas, 25, with reckless driving, ...
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