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As-it-happens update July 26, 2020
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NBCSports.com
The Seahawks made a handful of roster moves on Sunday in order to comply with the Covid-19-altered training camp rules. Seattle, and every other team, must trim its roster from 90 players to 80. Seattle waived: RB Patrick Carr. WR Seth Dawkins. G Kahlil ...
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NHL.com
Victor Hedman did not travel with the Tampa Bay Lightning to Toronto on Sunday for the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, but the defenseman is expected to play in the Lightning's three round-robin games. Hedman will not play in the Lightning's exhibition game ...
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ESPN
CLEVELAND -- Carlos Carrasco started again. His inspiring comeback from cancer is complete. More than a year since being stricken with leukemia, Carrasco struck out 10 in six-plus innings and Jose Ramirez homered twice as the Cleveland Indians beat ...
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ESPN
Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander will miss the rest of the season with an elbow injury, according to the Houston Chronicle. Asked about the injury Sunday, Astros manager Dusty Baker would not confirm Verlander will miss the season. "It's a forearm strain," ...
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ESPN
Shohei Ohtani didn't record a single out in his highly anticipated return to the pitcher's mound Sunday. The Los Angeles Angels' two-way sensation walked three A's batters, gave up three singles and exited his 2020 pitching debut with a 4-0 deficit at Oakland ...
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USA TODAY
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brian Anderson and Miguel Rojas each hit three-run homers and the Miami Marlins overcame the late scratch of their starting pitcher and a looming health scare to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 11-6 on Sunday. Jose Urena, Miami's ...
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FOXSports.com
ST. LOUIS — Pittsburgh's Derek Shelton staged baseball's first major, socially distanced umpire argument, then got his first victory as a big league manager as the Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Sunday. Colin Moran and Jose Osuna homered, ...
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ESPN
The first professional sports league in the U.S. to resume competition amidst a pandemic, the National Women's Soccer League proved that there was a way for the games to go on. In winning the monthlong NWSL Challenge Cup after never so much as ...
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USA TODAY
BOSTON (AP) — Rio Ruiz and Anthony Santander hit two-run home runs to help the Baltimore Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 Sunday. José Iglesias added four hits for the Orioles, who took the final two games of the season-opening series. Baltimore's ...
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FOXSports.com
CHICAGO — Tyler Chatwood pitched three-hit ball over six innings, Willson Contreras homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 9-1 on Sunday to take two of three in their opening series. Chatwood (1-0) gave the Cubs just the sort of ...
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FOXSports.com
CINCINNATI (AP) — C.J. Cron hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers got to Cincinnati's bullpen for the second straight day in a 3-2 victory over the Reds on Sunday. Miguel Cabrera reached on a leadoff walk before Cron ...
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Yahoo Sports
WASHINGTON — Gleyber Torres gives and then he almost takes it away. That's the balance with the Yankees' starting shortstop. He can get hot with the bat, like he did Sunday, and carry a team. He snapped his 0-for streak to start the season Sunday with ...
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Yahoo Sports
Heading into Sunday's scrimmage against the Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts explained that he is hoping to see improvement in his team's transition defense and a better flow offense. Coach Stotts also gave an injury update prior to ...
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STLtoday.com
The offense that had gone with might on Friday and a mix on Saturday had trouble stirring anything consistent by Sunday. Quieted early by Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller and caught in a gust of strikeouts late, the Cardinals lost, 5-1, to the Pirates in the series ...
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ESPN
After a controversial stoppage at Saturday night's UFC event in Abu Dhabi, the referee and commentator involved in a postfight confrontation are defending themselves. After referee Herb Dean left the Octagon following a prelim bout between Francisco ...
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ESPN
TORONTO -- The displaced Toronto Blue Jays won't start playing in Buffalo until Aug. 11. The Blue Jays will play their first scheduled homestand -- July 29 to Aug. 2 -- on the road in Washington and Philadelphia. Baseball began a 60-game season last week ...
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ESPN
Juventus have won a ninth consecutive Serie A title following their 2-0 win over Sampdoria on Sunday. - Stream Serie A matches on ESPN+ - What did you miss? The latest from Europe's top leagues · Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 31st goal of the season in ...
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Yahoo Sports
If it was up to him, Mike Ditka says no athletes would take a knee during the national anthem. Ditka made the comments in an interview with TMZ, when asked what the policy on kneeling would be for his women's football X-League. "If you can't respect our ...
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The Mercury News
Players have experienced two regular season games in fan-less, silent stadiums. Chris Bassitt is already missing the drums, horns and buzz at the Oakland Coliseum. "This has shown us how truly important fans are," Bassitt said to reporters on Sunday ...
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Tampa Bay Times
ST. PETERSBURG — For much of Sunday, it seemed the two most notable things that happened for the Rays were starter Blake Snell lasting only two innings while throwing 46 pitches and Ji-Man Choi providing the offensive highlight by hitting a solo home ...
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Los Angeles Times
LeBron James' family is currently without the Lakers superstar. But James' son Bryce has made sure that they still has a piece of him. The 13-year-old did a hilarious impression of James, who is trying to lead the Lakers to their first championship since 2010 ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Boston Red Sox continue to make an effort to bolster their pitching staff. On Sunday, they signed right-hander Robert Stock off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies and optioned him to Pawtucket. The #RedSox today claimed RHP Robert Stock off ...
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USA TODAY
President Donald Trump will not be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game next month, as he announced at the White House last Thursday. The planned Aug. 15 appearance at Yankee Stadium would have been ...
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Washington Post
PHILADELPHIA — Miami Marlins starter Jose Urena was a late scratch against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. The Marlins did not disclose the reason. He was Miami's opening day starter in 2018 and 2019. Support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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ESPN
Edwin Diaz had the New York Mets one pitch away from a familiar start Saturday afternoon. But a familiar result to that pitch put Diaz into a position he and the Mets have endured before. The Mets will look to bounce back from Saturday's discouraging loss on ...
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Washington Times
All eyes figure to be on the pregame pitching announcement when the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers meet for the finale of a four-game season-opening series Sunday night at Dodger Stadium. The Giants did not reveal their starter for either ...
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CBS Denver
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Daniel Bard has a new perspective after more than seven years away from the major leagues, and a win after one outing for the Colorado Rockies. The hard-throwing Bard, whose control troubles ran him out of baseball, pitched 1 ...
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AZCentral.com
The Cardinals trimmed their roster to 80 players on Sunday with the release of the following 10 players: quarterback Drew Anderson, linebacker Vontarrius Dora, defensive lineman T.J. Carter, tight end Parker Houston, offensive linemen Jackson Dennis and ...
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Yahoo Sports
Eddie Howe looked like he was about to burst into tears as he led his beloved Bournemouth to relegation on the final day of the Premier League season. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights ]. Bournemouth beat Everton 3-1 to give themselves hope and ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Smith (illness) cleared the league's COVID-19 protocols and can rejoin the team, Gabe Burns of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The veteran southpaw threw a side session back in Atlanta on Sunday and figures to require some time before reaching ...
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ClutchPoints
Isaac (knee) will be available for Monday's scrimmage against Denver, Roy Parry of the Orlando Sentinel reports. Isaac's status has been up in the air for the last several weeks, but this is a significant step in the right direction. The third-year big man went ...
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Seattle Times
CINCINNATI (AP) — Reds second baseman Mike Moustakas and center fielder Nick Senzel felt sick Sunday, a day after a teammate went on the injured list because he tested positive for COVID-19. Moustakas and Senzel missed the final game of a series ...
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Yahoo Sports
LONDON (AP) -- — Mason Mount sent Chelsea into next season's Champions League with a sumptuous free kick and an assist for Olivier Giroud in a 2-0 win over Wolverhampton on the final day of the Premier League on Sunday. Mount's curling strike from ...
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Los Angeles Times
Andre Iguodala peered between a partition that had turned a large room into two small rooms — one for Zoom interviews and one for medical attention — at the HP Pavilion at Disney's Wide World of Sports. Iguodala, on the medical side, looked over where ...
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Daily Times
NEWCASTLE, England (AP) -- — Liverpool crowned its Premier League-winning season with a 3-1 victory at Newcastle to equal Manchester City's record for wins and set a club record for points on Sunday. Goals from Virgil van Dijk, Divock Origi and Sadio ...
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Washington Post
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Kahleah Copper scored 18 points, Allie Quigley hit a 3-pointer with 14.7 seconds to play, and the Chicago Sky scored the final 11 points to beat the Las Vegas Aces 88-86 on Sunday in the season opener for both teams.
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Seattle Times
LONDON (AP) — Watford's five-year stay in the Premier League ended when the team was relegated after a 3-2 loss at Arsenal on the final day of the season on Sunday. The Hornets started the day in third-to-last place and needed to overtake Aston Villa, ...
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The Boston Globe
John Uppgren scored five goals and Mark Cockerton had three to lead the Boston Cannons to a 13-10 victory over the Denver Outlaws in Sunday's championship game of Major League Lacrosse's pandemic-shortened season in Annapolis, Md.. MLL began ...
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The Indian Express
LONDON (AP) -- — Aston Villa escaped relegation by a point after holding on for a 1-1 draw at West Ham on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday. Jack Grealish, playing possibly in his final game for his boyhood club, scored the goal that ...
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Goal.com
The 30-year-old scored the late goal that separated the Swans from the visitors at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday. Swansea City manager Steve Cooper is full of praise for Andre Ayew's mentality after he scored the match-winning goal in their 1-0 victory ...
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Yahoo Sports
The UFC's month on Fight Island closed with a compelling scrap between former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and Darren Till, which Whittaker won by unanimous decision. Once again, though, a UFC newcomer stole the show. Khamzat Chimaev ...
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Tacoma News Tribune
Kevin De Bruyne scored twice and provided a record-tying assist as Manchester City took its goal tally past 100 with a thumping 5-0 win over already-relegated Norwich on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday. By setting up Raheem Sterling ...
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Daily Times
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain — Fabio Quartararo won from pole position at the Andalucia Grand Prix on Sunday for his second consecutive win since the MotoGP season started following the pandemic break. The young Frenchman cruised to victory a ...
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New York Post
The Stanley Cup tournament will provide pockets of normalcy in this unique time. That will be most welcome. Truth be told, having the opportunity to go to the practice rink and watch the Rangers go through mid-summer drills at, for the most part, mid-summer ...
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PhiladelphiaEagles.com
The Eagles waived wide receiver Shelton Gibson, wide receiver Marcus Green, defensive end Daeshon Hall, defensive tackle Albert Huggins, and cornerback Tremon Smith on Sunday. The transaction leaves the Eagles with 83 players on the roster, ...
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Palm Beach Post
The Dolphins acquired tight end Adam Shaheen from the Bears for a late-round draft choice on Saturday. Shaheen, 25, spent three years in Chicago, where he was a second-round pick out of Ashland, a Division II school in Ohio. Shaheen, 6-foot-6, 257 ...
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