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As-it-happens update July 2, 2020
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ESPN
The Washington Redskins face renewed pressure to change their nickname, but this time protestors are targeting their sponsors, Adweek reported. According to the report, Nike, FedEx and PepsiCo each received letters signed by 87 investment firms and ...
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ESPN
LOS ANGELES -- Lakers coach Frank Vogel says the team will not seek a replacement player for Dwight Howard for the Orlando restart. And, according to Vogel, the team will not ask the replacement player that it did add, JR Smith, to play like the player he ...
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Sports Illustrated
On Wednesday, news broke that the NFL is planning to reduce the 20 preseason to two games. The reasoning, per ESPN's Kevin Seifert, is that players need more time to get into football shape. Players won't play the Week 1 games (canceled), will have ...
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ESPN
Maya Moore's quest to see Jonathan Irons walk free from Missouri's Jefferson City Correctional Center was realized on Wednesday. Moore, who put her WNBA career with the Minnesota Lynx on hold in 2019 to help Irons have his conviction for burglary and ...
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Sports Illustrated
Lou Holtz was a legendary head coach that won Notre Dame's last national championship, and any fan of the Fighting Irish during that era knew the great love he had for his wife, Beth Holtz. Mrs. Holtz passed away this week at the age of 83. Like her husband ...
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FOXSports.com
With all the ways the the NBA season has been disrupted, many have suggested this season will come with an asterisk. At least one current player agrees — but from a different perspective. I talked to Austin Rivers about whether or not this NBA Champion will ...
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Yahoo Sports
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred made an interesting revelation Wednesday about negotiations between MLB and the players union. In an interview with Dan Patrick, Manfred said the 2020 season was never going to be more than 60 games given the spread ...
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Yahoo Sports
In his worst moments, he wanted no part of a baseball season this summer. Not for 60 games. Not for 60 minutes. "When you're in the middle of something like that," Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy said, "there were times I was like, 'There's no way I want ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
In Manchester, the kings are dead. In Liverpool, however, long live the kings. The passing of the Premier League title assured, Liverpool will accept their first guard of honour as champions from the previous winners the last two seasons Thursday when they ...
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Bleacher Report
Former MLB outfielder Bobby Bonilla has received $1,193,248.20 per year every July 1 for a decade from the New York Mets, his old team, as part of a contract buyout agreement made in 2000. Bonilla has received that money (and will through 2035) even ...
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The Boston Globe
J.R. Smith joined LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers for their championship push. The Lakers announced their long-anticipated signing of Smith as a substitute player, the first day allowed under the rules of the NBA's summer restart. Smith is the ...
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Los Angeles Times
Major League Soccer has confirmed six FC Dallas players have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the team arrived in Orlando, Fla., but the number may actually be much higher, leaving the team's participation in the MLS Is Back tournament in ...
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Yahoo Sports
Boston Celtics All-Star point guard Kemba Walker admitted he "wasn't really happy" with the way he was playing before the 2019-20 NBA season paused due to the coronavirus pandemic, but said after a "needed" break that allowed him to rest a bothersome ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Oregon Ducks men's basketball team always has plenty of turnover between teams and this offseason is no different. However, usually, it's the Ducks taking in highly sought after transfers but this time it's the other way around. Oregon Ducks forward CJ ...
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Bleacher Report
The MLS Is Back Tournament is sure to excite its fans, but players aren't enjoying their experience so far. Toronto FC defender Omar Gonzalez posted a picture of his mediocre lunch Tuesday: Omar Gonzalez @Omar4Gonzalez. Yummm... #MLSisBack ...
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Bleacher Report
Although the New York Mets players will report to Citi Field on Friday for workouts, hitting coach Chili Davis will reportedly work remotely, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post. Davis, 60, will remain at his home in Arizona for precautionary reasons.
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The New York Times
An event few motor sports fans ever thought would occur, with longtime rivals from IndyCar racing and NASCAR stock cars competing on the same weekend and at the same facility, finally arrives this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Grand ...
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Washington Post
CARSON, Calif. — LA Galaxy midfielder Jonathan Dos Santos will miss the upcoming MLS restart tournament to have hernia surgery. The Galaxy announced Dos Santos' injury Wednesday. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. The club says Dos Santos ...
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WHTC News
The NBA's ability to complete the season in its Walt Disney World Resort "bubble" depends on participants following the rules to keep everyone inside free from the coronavirus. Actually achieving that goal might not be easy, according to Damian Lillard.
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Soonersports.com
NORMAN — With the start of the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the University of Oklahoma Athletics Department announced Wednesday initial cost-cutting measures that are now in place as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The department has ...
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New York Post
In the summer of 1997 – shortly after his first full season as Knicks head coach – Jeff Van Gundy took a trip to Sarasota, Fla. with his new assistant, Tom Thibodeau. They visited Thibodeau's first mentor, Bill Musselman, the hot-tempered, high-wired, super ...
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Black & Teal
Are the Jacksonville Jaguars really the worst offensive team in the NFL heading into the 2020 season? Where would you rank the Jacksonville Jaguars in terms of offensive talent for the upcoming season? Not many analysts are giving this team much of a ...
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Washington Post
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Everton Weekes, who formed one of the famous three "Ws" of West Indian cricket as part of a formidable batting lineup for more than a decade, has died. He was 95. West Indies Cricket said the Barbados-born Weekes died ...
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Ramblin' Fan
Reports are surfacing today that the NFL will not hold a supplemental NFL draft in 2020. While that will likely not impact the LA Rams, there is a reason why this news is significant. So let's discuss the matter. Before we dive headfirst into the matter, a bit of ...
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BoxingScene.com
Given recent events, a clash between Luke Campbell and Ryan Garcia makes perfect sense. A fight between the pair of top-rated lightweights have been ordered by the World Boxing Council (WBC), in its latest efforts to provide clarity in the division.
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oregonlive.com
Portland Trail Blazers play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Calabro has parted ways with the team. Calabro made the decision to leave the organization and was not part of the team's recent layoffs, a source told The Oregonian/OregonLive. "His decision 100%," ...
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247Sports
Over the last few months, concerns over racial inequality all across the country have grown perhaps as loud as ever. In the sports world specifically, sweeping changes across the board are being made, whether it's in the changing of building names, changing ...
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WKBW-TV
NEW YORK (WKBW) — New York State has issued guidance on professional sports competitions as part of Phase Four of the New York Forward program. The state says professional sports can resume in the state, but with no fans. "Ensure that no live ...
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Goal.com
The trio was instrumental in delivering the Premier League title for the Reds after performances that promised such feat in recent seasons. Liverpool forward Sadio Mane is not accepting special mention about his combination with Mohamed Salah and ...
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The Mercury News
The San Jose Earthquakes have lost left-side fullback Marcos Lopez for up to a month just ahead of the resumption of Major League Soccer play. The team announced Wednesday that Lopez, 20, underwent an appendectomy to treat acute appendicitis.
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Call to the Pen
One of the many items players and owners have continued to negotiate about, even after a 60-game 2020 MLB season was officially mandated by Rob Manfred, is the issue of player privacy. In accordance with the nation's HIPAA laws, a patient has the right ...
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Essentially Sports
After the release of Michael Jordan's 'The Last Dance', several fans wished for a similar one for Kobe Bryant as well. But it seems like his enemy-turned-friend Shaquille O'Neal doesn't want to go ahead without Kobe present by his side. The Lakers franchise ...
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