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As-it-happens update July 29, 2020
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NHL.com
Hockey is back. Twelve exhibition games will be played over the next three days to prepare the 24 teams involved in the postseason for the start of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, which begin Saturday. These are the first games to be played since March 12, the ...
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NFL.com
NFL Network's Top 100 Players of 2020 concludes on Wednesday night, with the order for the top 10 -- as voted on by the players themselves -- revealed over two episodes beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The players who made the top 10 were unveiled on Tuesday ...
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ESPN
MINNEAPOLIS -- Josh Donaldson homered and drove in two runs in his Target Field debut with Minnesota, Jorge Polanco hit a two-run shot and the Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 in their home opener Tuesday night. Homer Bailey (1-0) pitched five ...
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Yahoo Sports
No, this is not what a vault into contention mode is supposed to look like. In their first five games of the most anticipated season of South Side baseball in years, the White Sox are off to a 1-4 start that despite a new cast of characters has looked a little too ...
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NHL.com
The Philadelphia Flyers returned to their hotel to find a little piece of home waiting for them. Actually, a lot of little pieces of home. After their 3-2 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in an exhibition game on Tuesday, their first live game action since ...
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Yahoo Sports
BOX SCORE. The A's largely shut the Angels down during this season's opening series, but they had a tougher time with the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. The N.L. West club put up a ton of runs against the A's pitching staff, and the Green and ...
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MLSsoccer.com
Steve Clark saved Jurgen Locadia's second penalty of the night, Kendall Waston skied his spot kick over the bar and the Portland Timbers survived wild trouble of their own making, advancing past FC Cincinnati on penalties after a 1-1 draw in to reach the ...
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MLSsoccer.com
They had one of the most impressive runs during the MLS is Back Tournament group stage with a maximum three wins and no goals conceded. But Columbus Crew SC will be heading home after falling in a Round of 16 penalty kick shootout to Minnesota ...
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Yahoo Sports
It's impossible to start this column without a brief moment to pause and look around America. The Marlins have a viral outbreak on their hands, and the MLB season lies in the balance. I am not a doctor or scientist. Maybe they can figure out how to make this ...
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Yahoo Sports
BOX SCORE. The good vibes from that Dodgers series didn't make it through the first night back home. Jeff Samardzija got roughed up in his first start of the year and the lineup fell to 0-3 against right-handed starters as the Giants lost 5-3 to the Padres.
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ESPN
Montrezl Harrell has yet to return to the NBA bubble in Orlando, Florida, and is expected to miss the LA Clippers' restart opener against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Clippers already will be without reigning Sixth Man ...
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Reuters
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Arizona's Merrill Kelly took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before giving up a home run and the Diamondbacks beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Tuesday night. in the seventh was the first of three hits allowed by Kelly (1-0), who ...
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Yahoo Sports
WASHINGTON -- Expecting chaos is a league-wide premise this season. Players, staff, officials, they all knew the 2020 Major League Baseball season would be a careening journey which required a mighty lift to begin and persistent ambition to continue.
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Yahoo Sports
LeBron James will be chasing a fourth championship as the NBA's virus-interrupted season restarts in Orlando. LeBron James will be chasing a fourth championship as the NBA's virus-interrupted season restarts in Orlando (AFP Photo/Katelyn Mulcahy).
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Los Angeles Times
As LeBron James stood in front of a camera before an interview over Zoom on Tuesday, he said he wanted a shorter chair so that he could ice his feet as he talked to reporters. He was brought a wide chair with large arm rests that had a red velvet design on ...
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CBSSports.com
Sylvia Fowles has accomplished just about everything there is to accomplish in the WNBA. She's won two titles, an MVP, two Finals MVPs, three Defensive Player of the Year Awards, been to six All-Star Games, named to seven All-WNBA teams and seven ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Miami Marlins will not resume play until at least Monday, shut down for a week in the wake of a coronavirus outbreak that has resulted in half their players testing positive. The Philadelphia Phillies, who took the field against the Marlins on Sunday, will not ...
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Seattle Times
People can rattle off the names without looking up the numbers – Vlad Guerrero Sr., Mark Teixeira, Adrian Beltre and Jose Altuve – come quickly to mind when discussing the hitters that seemed to do the most damage against the Mariners. But really, the first ...
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Salt Lake Tribune
For most of his career with the Utah Jazz, Donovan Mitchell has had a routine of getting on social media a couple hours before each game and tweeting out the energetic exhortation, "Let's go!" He hasn't stopped doing that, but he is changing it up a bit these ...
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TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
Nose tackle Michael Pierce, the Vikings' most decorated offseason signee, will not play in 2020 because of respiratory issues. Pierce told the Pioneer Press on Tuesday morning that, due to the coronavirus pandemic, he will opt out as an NFL high-risk case, ...
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Bleacher Report
The Chicago Cubs (4-1) picked up a second straight road win Tuesday despite a challenge from some former teammates in an 8-5 victory at the Cincinnati Reds (1-4). Righty Alec Mills went six innings in his season debut with two earned runs on two hits for ...
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Arizona Daily Star
There is no football for the Arizona Wildcats football coach to coach at the moment, at least not in the traditional sense. Zoom meetings are plentiful, but they have their limits. Still, his calendar fills up fast. Within a three-hour span Tuesday, Sumlin had his ...
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The Boston Globe
The Celtics lost to the Rockets, 137-112, on Tuesday, in the final Orlando scrimmage for both teams. Boston's regular rotation players sat out to rest. Carsen Edwards had 19 points and Grant Williams added 14 points and 9 rebounds. Observations from the ...
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TribLIVE
With trust in the Pittsburgh Pirates' bullpen fading, Geoff Hartlieb and Nick Burdi stepped onto the mound Tuesday night and offered hope in an 8-6 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park. Both pitchers recorded firsts while helping the Pirates ...
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USA TODAY
Former Vice President Joe Biden voiced skepticism Tuesday about the country having major league sports until a vaccine is developed for COVID-19 or until the teams can follow scientific recommendations for social distancing and quarantining. "It seems to ...
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Yahoo Sports
Milan (AFP) - Inter Milan eased past Napoli 2-0 to hold on to second place in Serie A on Tuesday ahead of Atalanta who earlier fought back to beat Parma. Juventus have already sealed their ninth straight league title, but three teams are fighting for second ...
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The New York Times
THE WEIGHT OF GOLD (2020) 9 p.m. on HBO. "I thought of myself as just a swimmer, and not a human being," Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, says in the trailer for "The Weight of Gold." Phelps shares his struggles with mental health ...
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Bless You Boys
The Tigers beat the Royals 4-3 on Tuesday night in Detroit to earn their first home win of the 2020 season. Making his major league debut, Rule-5 selection Rony Garcia gave up all three runs the Tigers surrendered, but showed promise during his short start.
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NOLA.com
The New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz restart their regular seasons against one another, and the two teams are discussing the possibility of kneeling together during the national anthem Thursday, according to an ESPN report. The New Orleans and Utah ...
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Yahoo Sports
Seattle released Thompson in March to save his $2.1 million base salary. The Seahawks made Thompson a fourth-round choice in 2017. He played 29 games with 16 starts in his three seasons in Seattle. But Thompson missed 19 games, including 10 last ...
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Mavs.com
Most years, NBA front office folks, coaching staffs, players and just about everybody else in the league would be packing for their August vacations right about now. Free agency would be mostly finished. The draft picks would be done with summer league.
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Bend Bulletin
Jamal Adams is in town, ready to report. Top rookie draft choices Jordyn Brooks and Darrell Taylor are agreeing to their contracts. But nasal cotton swabs, not cleats, are what Russell Wilson and the rest of the players are using to begin training camp. That is ...
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St. Cloud Times
COLLEGEVILLE — Over the past three and a half months, the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletics Conference has been trying to figure out the best approach to the 2020-21 school year in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of that planning, the MIAC ...
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Denver Stiffs
Michael Porter Jr. reminded everyone Monday night how important he is to this Denver Nuggets basketball team. In his first game in over four months, Porter scored 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field to go along with seven rebounds. "This is the first ...
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nwitimes.com
For all the offensive stars between the Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers, big megawatt scorers like Patrick Kane and Connor McDavid, it is the goaltending that bears watching heading into their qualifying series. Corey Crawford missed the start of ...
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WZZM13.com
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan announced Tuesday that voluntary summer workouts for field hockey, volleyball, swimming and diving and ice hockey have been paused. The athletic department said they've been put on hold due to positive ...
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WCTV
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (247Sports) - Florida State redshirt junior running back Khalan Laborn has been dismissed from the program. "Khalan Laborn has been dismissed due to violation of team policy," a FSU representative stated after 3 p.m.. As first reported ...
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Cowboys Wire
Season preparation is officially here for the 2020 Dallas Cowboys. With this also comes immediate roster moves and the transaction wire is starting to heat up. While veterans are reporting to The Star for Covid testing, not everyone is immediately available to ...
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