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As-it-happens update September 5, 2020
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CBSSports.com
This was the hardest year to find a Fantasy Football deep sleeper. No preseason games. Limited number of media covering practices. A digital landscape where any crumb of news is instantly digested and amplified. No secrets. But plenty of under-the-radar ...
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ESPN
Free-agent defensive end Jadeveon Clowney has fired agent Bus Cook and now plans to work with agent Kennard McGuire as he looks for an NFL destination days before the regular season begins, a source told ESPN's Dianna Russini. Considered one of ...
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Sports Illustrated
At home, the Florida Gators will allow 17,000 fans to watch their games during the 2020 season. That's far below the energy level that Ben Hill Griffin Stadium usually provides. At a maximum capacity of 88,548, the stadium will only be 20% full, meaning crowd ...
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NFL.com
The New England Patriots thinned out their running back room on cut-down day. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that the Pats are releasing Lamar Miller, per a source informed of the decision. Miller is just over a year removed from an ACL injury ...
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FOXSports.com
Deshaun Watson is surely going to enjoy his holiday weekend, after the Houston Texans broke the bank in extending their franchise quarterback on Saturday. Watson signs the deal two years left on his rookie contract, and he will now remain in Houston ...
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Yahoo Sports
Prior to Game 2 of Friday's doubleheader against the Orioles, the Yankees activated top pitching prospect Clarke Schmidt. With Deivi Garcia laboring in the fifth, manager Aaron Boone called on the 24-year-old to try to put out the fire. The Yankees led 3-2, but ...
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Sports Illustrated
CINCINNATI — The Bengals are waiving second-year quarterback Jake Dolegala according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. They also waived veteran signal-caller Brandon Allen on Saturday. Both players are candidates for the 16-man practice squad.
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cleveland.com
DeWine released a statement on Saturday that both franchises have been granted a variance to the state's sports order to allow up to 6,000 fans with no more than 1,500 fans in each side of the stadium, calling it a two-game trial for each club.
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Sports Illustrated
It's not official yet, but the Vikings will be waiving quarterbacks Jake Browning and Nate Stanley, according to Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press. They want to keep both guys on the practice squad if they clear waivers. Given the unique circumstances of ...
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New York Daily News
Between the somewhat improbable rise of the Tampa Bay Rays to the top postseason seed in the American League and the aggressive moves by the Blue Jays at the trading deadline, it is not boding well for the Yankees, who were once everybody's favorites ...
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Sports Illustrated
A couple early surprises on the Vikings' 53-man roster are wide receivers Chad Beebe and Dan Chisena. Multiple reports have indicated that both players are set to make the team ahead of this afternoon's 3 p.m. cutdown deadline. Beebe isn't a shocking ...
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CBSSports.com
After review, Country House became just the second horse ever to win the Kentucky Derby from the No. 18 post position last year. Country House crossed the finish line second in 2019, but first-place finisher Maximum Security was disqualified for interference.
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Deseret News
Nigel Warrior has been one of the talks of the Baltimore Ravens training camp, but it was still not enough, as it was just revealed that the Ravens released Warrior earlier today. Warrior's news is a bit surprising, as multiple practice reports suggested that he ...
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Cyclingnews.com
The first Pyrenean stage of the 2020 Tour de France saw some dramatic changes on GC with several potential contenders losing time. The main casualties were Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Deceuninck-QuickStep's Julian Alaphilippe. The FDJ leader ...
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Packers.com
GREEN BAY – The playbook is in, training camp is over and the Packers are eight days away from their regular-season opener against the Minnesota Vikings. But before the team takes the field at U.S. Bank Stadium, General Manager Brian Gutekunst must ...
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Formula 1
A lack of power unit 'party modes' for Mercedes couldn't prevent Lewis Hamilton from setting the fastest lap in Formula 1 history for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix, Hamilton averaging 164.267mph around Monza to secure his record-extending seventh pole ...
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Yahoo Sports
LeSean McCoy may have spent last season with Patrick Mahomes, but the running back already thinks Tom Brady is the best quarterback he has called a team-mate. Veteran McCoy was a part of the Kansas City Chiefs for the 2019 season when Mahomes ...
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Kansas City Star
The Chiefs' defense of a Super Bowl championship begins Thursday. The players who will part of that initial roster, however, will be known Saturday. The Chiefs must establish their initial 53-player roster by 3 p.m.. They concluded camp with 80 players.
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nj.com
At 40 years old, Erik Kratz has become Deivi Garcia's "padre." But when it comes to being a real-life father, it sounds like the Yankees' veteran catcher might be one of the best. "I always saw him with his kids and they lit him up every day," said Kevin Frandsen, ...
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Yahoo Sports
Arrieta sees a similarity between these Phillies and his championship Cubs team originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia. The Phillies did what good teams do Friday night: They outplayed the Mets without huge contributions from one or two players, ...
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Sports Illustrated
Now that Cam Newton has officially been named the New England Patriots starting quarterback, Vegas has set the over/under for Newton's stats for the 2020 season. Here they are, per BetOnline: Total touchdown passes: 22.5; Total interceptions: 13.5; Total ...
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CBSSports.com
Since joining the UFC in 2011 and making his presence known with a vicious first-round knockout of Brock Lesnar, Alistair Overeem has been a constant in the heavyweight division. On Saturday, he'll look to continue climbing the rankings as the headliner of ...
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USA TODAY
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona fans breathed a collective sigh of relief a day after Lionel Messi said he would wait a year in his desire to seek success elsewhere. Argentine great Messi announced Friday that, despite having told the club he wanted to ...
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Detroit Free Press
The Tigers have been down this road before. Too many times, actually, in the last four years. A losing streak typically starts with a bad loss — like their 8-5 defeat with 10 walks and two hit batters Wednesday against the Milwaukee Brewers — before a couple ...
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New York Post
Well, Leonard Fournette had a week, didn't he? When last we gathered here, Fournette was a member of a woebegone Jaguars team. Then he was jettisoned from that bad team, had to wait out every NFL team passing on him in waivers, then finally was ...
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Federal Baseball
"Front side was a little too low," Austin Voth explained. "They want me to get glove-side a little big higher. And my arm angle has been kind of creeping low as well, I'm like low 3/4s, so they want me to kind of have a higher arm angle, compared to what, like I ...
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NorthJersey.com
The St. Louis Cardinals (14-15) play a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs (23-15) in the Windy City Saturday. The first pitch of Game 1 is set for 5:15 p.m. ET at Wrigley Field. Below, we analyze the Cardinals-Cubs MLB betting odds and lines, with picks ...
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Canton Repository
Ratley has been waived by the Browns, Jake Trotter of ESPN.com reports. The 2018 sixth-round pick was limited by a groin injury throughout some of training camp causing a bit of a slip in the depth chart behind the likes of Rashard Higgins and Donovan ...
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Tacoma News Tribune
This is how teams create salary-cap space when none seems available. On a day it became known unsigned free agent Jadeveon Clowney fired his agent again, the Seahawks restructured the contract of veteran wide receiver David Moore to keep him in ...
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Washington Post
Luzardo (2-2) was tagged with the loss Friday against the Padres. He allowed four runs on six hits while fanning four across 4.2 innings. Luzardo started this game on 10 days' rest, and the Peru native didn't have a good performance -- he's now allowed three ...
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Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Ford's salary for 2020 mostly was converted into a signing bonus, Field Yates of ESPN reported on Saturday morning. With roster movement upon us, three teams created notable 2020 cap space by converting a veteran's base salary into a signing bonus, per ...
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Newsday
Adrian Mannarino had to wait more than two hours on Friday to find out if he would be allowed to play Alexander Zverev in a third-round match while U.S. Open and government officials worked out issues related to the coronavirus. After losing the match in ...
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ESPN
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Following a six-day layoff after the Los Angeles Lakers made quick work of their first-round opponent, LeBron James said the Houston Rockets' speed caught his team flat-footed in Friday's 112-97 Game 1 loss to open up the ...
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Petoskey News-Review
Last Thursday will be a day that's remembered for quite some time for Michigan high school football coaches, senior players and parents of players. Heck, fans will remember it for years to come, and throw sports writers in the mix. Every happy emotion — from ...
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Tulsa World
Oklahoma Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley picks up his daughter, Sloan, 4, after winning in his coaching debut against UTEP at Gaylord Memorial Stadium. IAN MAULE/Tulsa World. Lincoln Riley. Lincoln Riley. No. 2: #5 OU 31, #2 Ohio State 16. Sept.
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Vancouver Sun
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Vegas Golden Knights were having enough problems solving Thatcher Demko. Then came another big obstacle — a major penalty that brought back memories of the team's collapse in last year's postseason. "You've got to ...
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NBC4 Washington
What Deshaun Watson's contract means for Lamar Jackson originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington. According to multiple reports, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has signed a massive four-year, $160 million contract extension to stay in ...
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The Falcoholic
The Falcons will announce their big batch of cuts sometime today—if they're feeling gracious, it'll be before 4 p.m.—and we'll know what the initial version of this team's 53 man roster will look like. They got the ball rolling last night with five reported cuts, which ...
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U.S. News & World Report
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local):. 11:30 a.m.. Day 6 has started at the year's second Grand Slam tournament — the U.S. Open normally closes the major tennis championship season but the pandemic caused ...
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Toledo Blade
DeAndre Ware's two worlds collided in life-saving fashion on Friday. Ware, a professional boxer who is also a Toledo firefighter, was at his weigh-in ahead of his Saturday fight in Las Vegas against Steven Nelson when TopRank employee Pete Sussens ...
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Yahoo Sports
Burgess, 26, started 10 games for the Jets in 2019, seeing action on 60 percent of the team's defensive snaps for the season. He spent a week on the COVID-19 list during training camp, with the Jets activating him back to the roster Aug. 13. Burgess signed a ...
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Tampa Bay Times
Miami coach Manny Diaz didn't need to see a snap of preseason camp to know D'Eriq King would be his starting quarterback. Diaz knew it by the way the grad transfer dazzled at Houston, the way he made the most of the Hurricanes' abbreviated spring ...
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Clemson Maven
Head Coach: Mike Norvell was named Florida State's 11th full-time head football coach on Dec. 8, 2019. Norvell spent the previous four seasons as the head coach at Memphis, compiling a record of 38-15, including the 2019 American Athletic Conference ...
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profootballrumors.com
Running back DeAndre Washington won't end up seeing the field as a Chief. Kansas City has informed him he'll be released, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets. Washington signed with the team on a one-year deal back in April. The former Raider had figured ...
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TribDem.com
Call it a sports detox. I spent the past week watching virtually no live televised sports. The exceptions were a few NASCAR and IndyCar races. But there was no viewing of Major League Baseball, or the NHL or NBA playoffs. Also, no golf. Perhaps there were ...
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