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As-it-happens update August 8, 2020
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ESPN
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Jaylen Brown scored 20 points, Jayson Tatum added 18 and the Boston Celtics never trailed on the way to an emphatic 122-100 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Kemba Walker scored 17 points in 23 minutes for the ...
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NHL.com
Sidney Crosby was left wondering what went wrong for the Pittsburgh Penguins and said their championship window may be closing after they were eliminated in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers. "It's a really hard one to evaluate," the Penguins captain said Friday ...
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ESPN
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Pinch-hitter Michael Perez hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning on his 28th birthday, six Tampa Bay pitchers combined on a two-hitter and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the AL East-leading New York Yankees 1-0 on Friday night.
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ESPN
Three years after his 63 in the final round of The Open, Li hit only four fairways at TPC Harding Park and still managed a 5-under 65 that made him the first Chinese player to have the lead after any round at any major.
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Yahoo Sports
The Washington Wizards lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 118-107 on Friday night in Orlando, officially eliminating them from the playoffs. Here are five takeaways from what went down... Yet another loss. The playoffs were always going to be a longshot for ...
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ESPN
"Ryan Christenson is fully supported by everybody in our clubhouse and they know who he is. So do I. Obviously it didn't look great but that was not his intent at all. I know that for a fact," manager Bob Melvin said Friday before a game against Houston.
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ESPN
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Gabriela Ruffels rallied from a slow start in two more matches Friday, won them both and advanced to the quarterfinals in her bid to win back-to-back in the U.S. Women's Amateur. Ruffels was trailing U.S. Girls Junior champion Lei Ye ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Toronto Maple Leafs were four minutes away from being completely buried. Four minutes away from having the longest offseason this core of players had ever had to deal with in terms of criticism and scrutiny. Four minutes away from maybe dealing with ...
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ESPN
The Denver Nuggets have split their first four games of the NBA restart, and they sit exactly where they were at the beginning of play in the bubble: in third place in the Western Conference. One observation is that Denver squandered a chance to overtake the ...
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USA TODAY
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Zach Davies retired the first 13 Arizona batters, Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a leadoff homer and rookies Jake Cronenworth and Edward Olivares also went deep to give the San Diego Padres a 3-0 win against the Diamondbacks on Friday night.
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The Boston Globe
Alex Verdugo had two of Boston's three home runs on Friday night, when timely hits and pitching delivered a 5-3 win against the Toronto Blue Jays. Ryan Weber worked just three innings in his third Red Sox start, but six relievers surrendered just one run, ...
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Washington Post
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The last time Devin Booker walked off the court as a winner in four consecutive games, these were the opponents: Hampton, Cincinnati, West Virginia and Notre Dame. That is, until now. Support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Tigers' daunting stretch of 25 games in 24 days is underway, and they dealt with quite the headache — and many blown leads — before taking a step in the right direction. Entering the contest 2-for-21, Jeimer Candelario secured three hits, but his ...
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Yahoo Sports
Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder has filed defamation lawsuits in India and in Los Angeles to defend against wild rumors that circulated about his ownership prior to a Washington Post story last month. In a statement from the team sent to NBC ...
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Bleacher Report
The UEFA Champions League made its long-awaited return on Friday with Manchester City and Lyon advancing to the quarterfinals on aggregate. City and Lyonnais won the first leg of their respective matches with Real Madrid and Juventus way back on Feb ...
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Reuters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even Chris Davis got in on the act for the suddenly slugging Orioles, doubling his season total by collecting two of Baltimore's 19 hits and raising his average from .087 to .143 in an 11-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday ...
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Washington Post
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A former Los Angeles Angels employee has been charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in connection with last year's overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, prosecutors in Texas announced Friday. Support our journalism.
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Sports Illustrated
All teams go through shooting slumps from time to time, but what the Dallas Mavericks are currently going through in Orlando feels more like a 'total collapse' than just your average 'slump.' Even the Mavs' only win over the last four games was an uphill climb, ...
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OrlandoMagic.com
The Lead. The Orlando Magic had two main goals before restarting their season at Disney. They wanted to clinch their second straight playoff berth without their being a play-in game. The other was to be playing in a manner that would make them a factor in ...
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OrlandoMagic.com
ORLANDO - The Orlando Magic's 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons have mirrored each other in many ways. Both years the Magic got off to rocky starts before hitting their stride later in the season. Around that same time of each year, Orlando made trades with ...
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Los Angeles Times
Jakob Poeltl knew the Utah Jazz were going to try to take away the perimeter. So he took advantage of the interior, scoring repeatedly on pick-and-roll and interior moves. Derrick White scored 24 points, Poeltl added 19 points and 10 rebounds and the San ...
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New York Post
More than a decade has passed since the Marlins had a winning season. They've spent the past two years buried at the bottom of the National League. They have the second-smallest payroll in the league. They endured a COVID-19 outbreak, afflicting 18 ...
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ESPN
SYLVANIA, Ohio -- On a course with happy memories, Lydia Ko ran off four straight birdies to start her round Friday and finished with birdies on her last two holes for a 6-under 65 and a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the Marathon Classic. Ko is a ...
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Tulsa World
During a virtual meeting of all Tulsa World sports staff members on Friday, there was a discussion of football-coverage possibilities. There also was the consideration of what might happen if there isn't a football season. Look at the extremes connected with the ...
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NPR
Head coach Marlene Stollings was fired Thursday; the termination of assistant coach Nikita Lowry Dawkins was announced Friday morning. A third staff member, strength and conditioning coach Ralph Petrella, resigned in March at the end of the season.
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Sporting News
Picking a winner based on the odds for Saturday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN) is tricky since this is now a unique event. Not only is it NASCAR's first visit to the two-mile oval in the Irish Hills of Michigan ...
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Yahoo Sports
From Autoweek. McLaren F1 CEO Zak Brown says that Racing Point got off lightly when the FIA ruled that that the team crossed the line of Formula 1 Sporting Regulations with the design of its 2020 car. And Brown doesn't sound too happy about it.
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Comcast SportsNet New England
The Boston Bruins' potential first-round playoff matchups are laid out for them as they prepare for Sunday's game against the Washington Capitals. The Montreal Canadiens upset the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, thus eliminating the Pens from playoff ...
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WKYC.com
Earlier this week, a collection of Big Ten athletes called the Big Ten United penned a letter raising concerns regarding safety protocols amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. RELATED: More Ohio State football coverage from WKYC. On Friday, several ...
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Raleigh News & Observer
Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic faces six weeks out with a right hamstring injury that could see him miss the start of the English Premier League. The American was injured last Saturday in the 2-1 loss to Arsenal in the FA Cup final after scoring at Wembley ...
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Cat Crave
Here are four options for the Carolina Panthers if veteran left tackle Russell Okung decides to retire over health concerns ahead of the new season. The Carolina Panthers might be without the services of veteran left tackle Russell Okung in 2020 The Pro ...
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ProBasketballTalk
It's time to wake up with the Trail Blazers! In Portland's first leg of a back-to-back this weekend, the Blazers will square off against the LA Clippers in Portland's fifth seeding game Saturday. The Blazers are coming off a 125-115 win over the Denver Nuggets ...
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