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Syracuse to resume practice Saturday after 'miscommunication' on virus testing Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack said the football team will resume practices Saturday after a "miscommunication" about testing frequency caused numerous players to sit out of Thursday's practice session. Wildhack said Syracuse plans to test players ...
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Kittle channels Ric Flair after becoming NFL's highest-paid tight end After becoming the highest-paid tight end in the NFL, George Kittle's flair knows no bounds. The San Francisco 49ers officially announced their five-year, $75 million extension with Kittle on Friday, and the former fifth-round pick made a statement that ...
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Cardinals manager Mike Shildt says team did nothing 'egregious' to cause outbreak As he prepares his team for a return to the playing field, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt is defending his players over any narrative that they did something "egregious" to cause the COVID-19 outbreak which has sidelined them since July 29.
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Why Sacramento should drop the interim title and let Joe Dumars run the Kings Joe Dumars operates in the shadows, a powerful but low-key figure who's been patient since his departure from the Detroit Pistons in 2014. The Sacramento Kings would be wise to remove the interim title they've tagged him with and name him executive vice ...
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Cook at Vikings camp despite no new deal: 'Where I want to be' EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings conducted their first official practice of the season Friday, and Dalvin Cook was a full participant. The NFL's latest running back contract conundrum appears to be on track for resolution without a public clash between ...
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Nationals' Stephen Strasburg leaves start vs. Orioles after 16 pitches BALTIMORE -- Washington Nationals star right-hander Stephen Strasburg left Friday night's game after throwing just 16 pitches. There was no immediate word from the Nationals on the type of injury that forced him off the mound during the first inning of a ...
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Bichette, Blue Jays hit 6 more HRs in Buffalo, bop Rays 12-4 BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Teoscar Hernández hit two of Toronto's six home runs, Bo Bichette connected for the fourth straight game and the Blue Jays kept knocking balls out of their new Buffalo park, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 12-4 Friday night. Along with ...
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Indians demote Clevinger, Plesac after protocol violation CLEVELAND (AP) -- After hearing Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac explain their actions, the Cleveland Indians sent the pitchers to their alternate training site on Friday after the two broke team rules and Major League Baseball coronavirus protocol last ...
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Mann of the Hour: LA Clippers Rookie Nearly Nabs Triple-Double in Win over OKC The LA Clippers finally completed their 2019-2020 regular-season campaign on Friday night, picking up a 107-103 overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. But instead of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George doing a majority of the work, Terance Mann and ...
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Series Preview: Star centers for Nuggets, Jazz set to square off At least one report suggests the Utah Jazz might have been avoiding the Houston Rockets in the first round, thus setting up this matchup against the No. 3-seeded Denver Nuggets. Perhaps the banged-up Nuggets wanted the pairing, too. They rested the ...
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Red Sox' struggles continue as Yankees breeze to win NEW YORK — The Red Sox lack pitching talent and their record is a reflection of that. It's the foundation of their problems. But what has made this season a rolling disaster is the lack of attention to detail. Friday night's 10-3 loss against the Yankees offered the ...
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NBA Players Offer Support to Kennedy Chandler After Announcing His Commitment to Tennessee Tennessee Basketball received big news on Friday evening, when 5-star point guard Kennedy Chandler announced that he would commit to the Volunteers. Chandler's decision, which was live streamed on Instagram by Sports Center, came as no surprise; ...
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Cubs move up Saturday's game with Brewers due to threat of inclement weather The Cubs moved up first pitch of Saturday's game against the Brewers due to a forecast of inclement weather later in the evening. Latest Cubs Talk. Watch Javy throw rocket from shallow left field to retire Piña · How Cubs plan to approach upcoming ...
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End of an era as Barca humiliation makes revolution the only option Barcelona's worst ever defeat in Europe, an 8-2 mauling at the hands of Bayern Munich, will signal the end of Quique Setien as coach but it feels like the end of more than that. Setien may not even survive the weekend but the fact a second sacking in eight ...
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John Calapri supports NCAA's idea of tournament bubble The NBA has so far set the blueprint for sports amid an airborne pandemic. The league's success at its Disney World bubble has garnered the attention of the NCAA — and Kentucky head coach John Calipari. Calipari said on Thursday that he supports the ...
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Nationals 2B Starlin Castro breaks wrist, prospect Luis Garcia called up The Nationals lost a key figure Friday night in Baltimore after Starlin Castro broke his right wrist on a fielding play in the resumption of a game postponed by the malfunctioning tarp in Nationals Park last Sunday. His replacement is the organization's top infield ...
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Celtics are still wary of a 76ers squad minus Ben Simmons ORLANDO — The word that has somehow funneled over to the Philadelphia 76ers side of the NBA Bubble is there are some Celtics who believe the 76ers would be lucky to win a game in their seven-game first-round series beginning Monday at The Field ...
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Bears' Cordarrelle Patterson: Could see increased carries Patterson has been in running back meetings and may be in line to see an increase on the 17 rushing attempts he had in 2019, reports Cam Ellis of NBCsports.com. When the Bears signed Patterson in 2018, Matt Nagy had creative plays drawn up to utilize ...
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Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons' ankle remains too sore for him to play There is no chance shortstop Andrelton Simmons will return to the Angels lineup for the weekend series against the Dodgers, manager Joe Maddon said Friday. Simmons, out since July 27, still is battling soreness in his left ankle. "We were hoping that it ...
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How Can the Rockets Overcome Losing Russell Westbrook? On a purely statistical basis, the Rockets aren't significantly worse off without Russell Westbrook. Houston's offensive rating is actually better with the MVP point guard off the floor, and the Rockets still post a winning record in games without Westbrook.
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NY Mets-Philadelphia Runs Mets first. Brandon Nimmo walks. Michael Conforto singles to shallow left field. Brandon Nimmo to third. Pete Alonso lines out to shallow center field to Jean Segura. Dominic Smith reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow right field. Michael Conforto out at ...
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Mariners add right-hander Brady Lail to the bullpen as a long reliever, swap out back-up catchers The Mariners have added yet another reliever to the bullpen in hopes of finding an arm that can contribute a little bit of stability or production to a unit that has struggled this season. Right-hander Brady Lail, who was claimed off waivers from the White Sox, ...
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Magic's Mo Bamba leaves bubble for post-coronavirus evaluation, to miss playoffs LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Mo Bamba will not play for the Orlando Magic in this season's playoffs after leaving the bubble for testing related to his previous bout with coronavirus, the team announced Friday. Bamba was diagnosed with COVID-19 on June 11.
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MLB Power Rankings: Let's get weird Three weeks of Major League Baseball are in the books. This first run of baseball since March has seen a little bit of what we expected and a lot of what we never could have fathomed, including the Rockies and Marlins leading their respective divisions.
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Serena Williams Loses to No. 116 Shelby Rogers in Top Seed Open Quarterfinals; Coco Gauff Wins LEXINGTON, Ky. — Entering Friday, Serena Williams had played 967 tour-level singles matches as a professional, with just four losses against opponents ranked outside the top 100 — and none in eight years. Well, it's time to add to that list: Williams was ...
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Sixers' Ime Udoka is 'biggest name to watch' in Bulls' head coaching search Sixers assistant coach Ime Udoka is, according to NBC Sports NBA Insider Tom Haberstroh, "the biggest name to watch" in the Bulls' search for a new head coach. Chicago fired Jim Boylen on Friday. NBC Sports Chicago's K.C. Johnson reports former Nets ...
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Samford cancels remaining fall non-conference games, including football game at Florida State Samford on Friday canceled its remaining non-conference games in all fall sports for 2020, including a lucrative football game at Florida State. On Thursday, the Southern Conference moved all intra-conference games to the spring due to the COVID-19 ...
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Canucks beat Blues 4-3 in OT to take 2-0 series lead EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Bo Horvat scored on a breakaway at 5:55 of overtime Friday night to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 victory over the defending champion St. Louis Blues and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference series. Horvat took a stretch ...
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Montrezl Harrell expected to clear quarantine in time to play Game 1 of Clippers-Mavericks, per report Montrezl Harrell is expected to clear quarantine in time to be activated for the Los Angeles Clippers' first playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks, according to ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk and Adrian Wojnarowski. The quarantine period for players re-entering ...
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AP will continue to do a Top 25 in college football; here's how it'll work NEW YORK — The Associated Press intends to rank teams if major college football games are played this season. A most unusual season is less than a month away, and the preseason AP Top 25, presented by Regions Bank, is scheduled to be released ...
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'No second chance': Guardiola warns City of Lyon shock in Champions League Pep Guardiola warned Manchester City that the straight knockout format of the Champions League final stages in Lisbon means being favourites counts for little ahead of their quarter-final clash with Lyon on Saturday. City can reach the last four for just the ...
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Sadness to surreal: The biggest day in Tyler Adams' career LISBON, Portugal — A day that ended with Tyler Adams producing the biggest moment in Leipzig's history — and his own young career — started in disappointment. Coach Julian Nagelsmann had to break the news to the 21-year-old American midfielder that ...
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Tatar, Kotkaniemi scores twice, Canadiens rout Flyers 5-0 TORONTO (AP) — Montreal won this playoff game for its absent coach. Kirk Muller and the rest of the Canadiens just had to dedicate the Game 2 victory to Claude Julien. "To Claude, I'm sure you're listening, this win's for you," Muller said. Tomas Tatar and ...
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Duke Ejiofor tears ACL at practice Texans outside linebacker Duke Ejiofor tore an anterior cruciate ligament at Friday's practice, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Ejiofor, 25, tore his Achilles' tendon a year ago and missed the season. The Texans made Ejiofor a sixth-round ...
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Texans make announcement regarding fans at NRG Stadium The ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to present unprecedented challenges to professional sports leagues. While the NFL has not announced any regular-season scheduling modifications, there will be plenty different about the 2020 season.
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Unpredictability Ahead as NASCAR Gets on Daytona Road Course DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Unpredictability is as much a part of racing at Daytona International Speedway as bumping, drafting and the Big One. The high-banked oval routinely delivers wild rides, harrowing wrecks and dramatic finishes. Drivers expect the ...
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Washington Nationals' Stephen Strasburg leaves mound after 16 pitches in Baltimore Davey Martinez said earlier this week he was concerned to hear Stephen Strasburg say the nerve issue in his right wrist which delayed the start of the pitcher's 11th season resurfaced during the 2009 No. 1 overall pick's first start of the 2020 campaign last ...
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NBA fires photographer for offensive Kamala Harris meme Houston-based photographer Bill Baptist was let go from the NBA's COVID-19 protective bubble at Disney World. He has covered the Houston Rockets for decades. Baptist changed the official logo of presidential nominee Joe ...
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Kansas, Coastal Carolina agree to modify home-and-home football series The Kansas Jayhawks and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers have agreed to modify their home-and-home football series that was scheduled for 2020 and 2021. Under the previous agreement, Kansas was scheduled to travel to take on Coastal Carolina at ...
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49ers reportedly sign two of NFL's fastest WRs to temporarily replace Deebo Samuel The San Francisco 49ers reportedly plan to sign former Arizona Cardinals and Oakland Raiders receiver J.J. Nelson as well as former Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys receiver/kick returner Tavon Austin, pending physicals. ESPN's Adam Schefter ...
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Colonial Downs cancels remainder of 2020 races due to positive COVID-19 tests After multiple positive COVID-19 tests at the track, Colonial Downs has canceled the remainder of its 2020 meet. Colonial Downs announced the decision Friday evening, stating that it was made in an abundance of caution, and because of the recent test ...
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Alex Young to pitch in place of injured Madison Bumgarner for D-backs The Arizona Diamondbacks will start left-handed pitcher Alex Young on Saturday against the San Diego Padres in place of the injured Madison Bumgarner. Young's start Saturday will be his first of the 2020 season and 16th in his career. The 26-year-old was ...
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Florida College Football Teams Prepare to Play During Pandemic TAMPA, Fla. -- When the whistle blows at practice everything seems normal. It's when the players and coaches go outside the lines that normal fades into the unknown of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most college programs in Florida have close to or zero current ...
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Peter King details how impressive Tom Brady has looked at Buccaneers camp These are certainly exciting times for the Buccaneers as workouts and training camp practices get underway. Exciting specifically because they have been able to finally have quarterback Tom Brady workout with his new team for several days now. Peter King ...
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In like a Lamb, out like a monster: CeeDee wows at first Cowboys practice Despite the stifling summer heat, it was like Christmas morning in north Texas, with the Dallas Cowboys finally back on a football field to open training camp under a brand-new staff. And of all the shiny new toys, the one most observers were eager for the ...
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