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As-it-happens update August 17, 2020
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ESPN
If you're a football fan or someone with an unhealthy knowledge of both football and obscure golf tours, you're probably familiar with the propositions that pop up during the run-up to the Super Bowl. In addition to trying to predict which team will actually win ...
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ESPN
SECONDS BEFORE ENTERING the Serbian gym, Mike D'Antoni casually mentioned to Steve Kerr that this stop on their European scouting trip was essentially pointless. It was the spring of 2004, just after Kerr joined the Phoenix Suns as a front-office ...
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ESPN
Believe it or not, Monday marks the first day of the 2020 NBA playoffs. It has been a season unlike any other in league history, but here we are embarking on a familiar 16-team playoff to crown the 2020 NBA champion. As we head into the postseason (tipping ...
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SB Nation
Home court advantage doesn't exist. The schedule is more demanding than ever even without travel, forcing teams to play every other day until they advance or get eliminated. Those summer vacations with family and friends players cherish so much have ...
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ESPN
Here's what you might have missed this weekend ... Dame Time is all weekend long. Averaging 37.6 points in the eight seeding games, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard was unanimously voted the best in the bubble on Saturday. Later that day ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Lions take the field Monday for their first training camp practice with pads. It should be an exciting month for the franchise leading up to its regular season opener Sept. 13 against the Chicago Bears. While many fans' eyes will be focused on the team's star ...
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The New York Times
Jason Wright, a former N.F.L. running back turned business consultant, has been named the new president of the Washington Football Team, the team announced on Monday. He is the first African-American to hold such a position in league history.
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Kansas City Star
While the college football world spins on its heels, the Missouri Tigers open training camp Monday in preparation for the 2020 season. MU coach Eliah Drinkwitz has 25 practices to get the Tigers to a level where they can compete over a modified 10-game ...
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STLtoday.com
Cardinals starting pitcher Dakota Hudson (center) talks with catcher Andrew Knizner and pitching coach Mike Maddux, during the first inning of a game Chicago White Sox on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast). Facebook ...
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New York Daily News
The Nets defied the odds, finishing 5-3 in the Orlando bubble with wins over the Bucks, Clippers and almost over Damian Lillard's Trail Blazers. But almost doesn't count in the regular season, and it most certainly won't count when the stakes are higher in the ...
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USA TODAY
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Keibert Ruiz took his first swing in the big leagues and watched his drive sail down the right field line. His Los Angeles Dodgers teammates reacted with a joyous collective scream while the ball ricocheted around the stands beyond ...
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Yahoo Sports
New Seahawks safety Jamal Adams spent a lot of time talking about a new contract before the Jets traded him away, but the word in Seattle has been that such talks are on hold for the time being. Adams is signed through next season as a result of the Jets ...
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USA TODAY
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman Rodney Gunter is stepping away from football because of an enlarged aorta. Gunter, who had been placed on the team's non-football injury list at the start of training camp, dropped the news in a statement Sunday.
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Bleacher Report
Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes Buys Father Cadillac Escalade for 50th Birthday · Pat Mahomes Sr. will be driving around in style after his 50th birthday. · "Whenever I was young, and he was in MLB, I remember him having the black Escalade," Mahomes said of his ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
The NCAA's chief medical officer says there is a narrow path to playing college sports during the coronavirus pandemic and if testing nationwide doesn't improve it cannot be done. The NCAA's chief medical officer says there is a narrow path to playing college ...
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Charlotte Observer
When the coronavirus pandemic uprooted NASCAR's schedule, the sport pivoted to different tracks, new weekends and doubleheader races. The road course at Daytona International Speedway was substituted for the one at Watkins Glen International for a ...
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STLtoday.com
The Cardinals are back in the spotlight after returning over the weekend from their long shutdown because of a coronavirus outbreak on the team, and they take a backseat again Monday on television. Both games of their doubleheader in Chicago, against the ...
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Baltimore Sun
With the NFL preparing to begin its regular season in less than a month amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Ravens will hold their first open training camp practice Monday. The team officially opened training camp July 28, along with the rest of the ...
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ESPN
TORONTO -- Carter Hart played like the franchise goalie the Philadelphia Flyers needed to earn a piece of playoff history. Hart stopped 23 shots and Jake Voracek scored to lead the Flyers to a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday night and grab a ...
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Washington Times
Alex Smith has taken the next step in an incredible comeback, as the Washington Football Team officially activated the quarterback off the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list on Sunday. Now a fully active player, Smith took part in Washington's practice ...
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MASNsports.com
BALTIMORE - A game that featured a lot of quality at-bats by a reconfigured lineup, a heated (and very audible) exchange with the plate umpire that led to the ejection of the hitting coach and dismissal of a pitcher watching from the stands, a dominant start by ...
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The Daily Advertiser
BATON ROUGE — Just after the Big Ten to his north and the Pac-12 to his west – both fellow Power Five conferences – canceled football season last Tuesday because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey ...
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Seattle Times
DENVER — Jon Gray struck out seven over a season-high seven solid innings and was backed by a 14-hit attack as the Colorado Rockies beat the Texas Rangers 10-6 on Sunday. Gray (1-2) was roughed up in his previous start but allowed just three hits on ...
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Yahoo Sports
Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne admitted he cannot wait to return home after seeing his side's Champions League hopes go up in smoke against Lyon on Saturday. Hot favourites to advance to a last-four clash against Bayern Munich before kick-off, ...
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Newsday
FILE - In this file photo dated Monday, May 6, 2019, Manchester City's Vincent Kompany during the English Premier League soccer match against Leicester City at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England. The 34-year old Vincent Kompany who left ...
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Bleacher Report
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported July 20 that Rodriguez and Lopez were prepared to put in "between $225 million and $300 million" of their own money in the offer, more than any other bidders in their ownership group.
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Golf Channel
BANDON, Ore. (AP) — Tyler Strafaci won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday at foggy Bandon Dunes, overcoming a big early deficit and surviving another tight finish to beat Charles "Ollie" Osborne 1-up. With father Frank Jr. at his side as a caddie, Strafaci ...
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Coeur d'Alene Press
Erik Swanson wouldn't be able to find a dime under the living room cushions at Warren Buffett's house. As for the Mariners in general, they might be the first team in recent memory just thrilled to be off for Los Angeles — and a four-game series against the ...
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Rivals.com - Alabama
At last, football has arrived in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Crimson Tide fans braved through the absence of spring practice and a tedious summer that did not offer the brief reprieve of SEC Media Days. Monday, that comes to an end as Alabama is set to open its fall ...
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New York Daily News
FLORHAM PARK — The Jets practiced inside during a rainy and wet Sunday morning, forcing reporters to watch practice on a television screen in the media room due to COVID-19 protocols. The view was actually pretty great for full offense versus defense ...
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Firstpost
Suresh Raina, who announced his retirement from international cricket on 15 August along with former India captain MS Dhoni, has spoken about the decision and also revealed the day's events. According to a report in ESPNCricinfo that cites another report ...
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Paulick Report
The claiming system in American racing is broken. That's the assessment of Sal Sinatra, president and general manager of the Maryland Jockey Club and longtime racetrack executive. At this year's virtual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to ...
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On The Banks
On Monday night, BTN will be airing several classic Rutgers football victories, as well as the premiere of the second part of a documentary series that covers the rise of the program and return to it by Greg Schiano. During Rutgers Day in July, BTN debuted ...
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Tasmania Examiner
WHEN it comes to sporting clichés, "one for the purists" would have to be head and shoulders above all others, except maybe "head and shoulders above". But when Barcelona and Bayern Munich squared up in the Champions League quarter-finals this ...
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