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As-it-happens update September 9, 2020
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ESPN
CHICAGO -- Cincinnati Reds president of baseball operations Dick Williams expressed confidence in manager David Bell and his coaching staff Tuesday, but he said he would be "extremely disappointed" if the team fails to make the playoffs. Cincinnati was ...
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ESPN
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Gary Sanchez and the slumping New York Yankees lost their fifth in a row Tuesday night and fell for the 15th time in 20 games, again failing to get clutch hits in a 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Hours after general manager Brian Cashman ...
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ESPN
NEW YORK -- Rookie Ryan Mountcastle hit a two-run homer, Rio Ruiz added a three-run shot as the Baltimore Orioles hit four homers and cruised to an 11-2 victory over the New York Mets on Tuesday night. The Orioles won their fourth straight and improved ...
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CBSSports.com
The Milwaukee Bucks fought hard, but ultimately they were unable to extend their season without reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, and they fell to the Miami Heat 103-94 in Game 5 on Tuesday night. The game was a tight one all the way to the end ...
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FOXSports.com
ST. LOUIS — Matt Wieters hit 14 foul balls during a 19-pitch at-bat that finished with a flyout during a wild rally that sent the St. Louis Cardinals over the Minnesota Twins 6-4 Tuesday night for a doubleheader split. Josh Donaldson, Nelson Cruz and Miguel ...
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Yahoo Sports
On a day when Brian Cashman held a rare team meeting and addressed the media, it was -- of all people -- Houston Astros pitcher Zack Greinke who might have best framed the Yankees' current situation, though he was talking about his own team's struggle.
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Yahoo Sports
While NBA Defensive Player of the Year Giannis Antetokounmpo headlined the NBA's first and second all-defensive teams announced on Tuesday night, no Wizards were even close to receiving any defensive honors. It was an unsurprising revelation ...
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Sports Illustrated
It seems that the buck stopped in Milwaukee. Marvin Williams finally announces that after 15 years in the NBA, he will be retiring. The No. 1 team in the NBA lost tonight to the Miami Heat. The Bucks couldn't contain Bam Abedayo and Jimmy Butler as they ...
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USA TODAY
Louisiana Tech's season opener at Baylor, set for Saturday in Waco, Texas, has been postponed because of an outbreak of COVID-19 cases among Bulldogs players. Louisiana Tech had 38 players test positive for the coronavirus after a round of tests ...
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Yahoo Sports
As the games become as important as they've been for the White Sox in a long time, the immediate future of their pitching staff is more than a tad mysterious. And considering the starting rotation holds the biggest questions about how far the White Sox can go ...
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New York Daily News
DeAndre Baker went from stripping the football out of receivers' hands to stripping watches off people's wrists at gunpoint, according to recently-unsealed documents obtained by the Daily News. The police documents, which include victims and witness ...
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Yahoo Sports
Leonard Fournette said he has a legitimate quarterback for the first time in his career after joining Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Running back Fournette moved to Tampa Bay after he was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars ahead of the new NFL ...
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Yahoo Sports
If it wasn't for Craig James, Sidney Jones would still be a Philadelphia Eagle. James began training camp as an afterthought, an undrafted waiver-wire pickup last year trying to make the Eagles as a special teamer. Jones began camp as a 24-year-old former ...
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CBSSports.com
The Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers continue their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night in a matchup which history shows both sides should want to win badly. In NBA history, teams that win Game 3 of a tied ...
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Yahoo Sports
It's been four years since Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in protest of racial inequality and police brutality when he was quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers. Now, Kaepernick, who remains unsigned by all 32 NFL teams, will ...
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Yahoo Sports
The original plan: The 2020 NBA Draft takes place on Oct. 16, free agency would open two days later on Oct. 18, and the regular season would open Dec. 1. Even Adam Silver admits that timeline was not happening, and while nothing was official, things were ...
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The Boston Globe
The Red Sox placed their left fielder on the 45-day disabled list Tuesday because of what has been described as a strain on the right side of his rib cage suffered Aug. 11. Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and manager Ron Roenicke talked to Benintendi on ...
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CBSSports.com
There is no shortage of hype surrounding the Dallas Cowboys in 2020. While the defensive unit landed big-name upgrades this offseason to make for a seemingly formidable front, it's the offense that's truly stolen the headlines. After all, the No. 1 offense in the ...
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ESPN
A postmatch interview with Naomi Osaka on Tuesday featured video messages from the parents of Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin, two shooting victims whom Osaka has remembered on her face masks during the US Open. Osaka, the No. 4 seed, joined ...
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FOXSports.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Perhaps never before has the final full practice before an NFL game been more important than this season. With the coronavirus pandemic wiping out the offseason and eliminating all four preseason games, the Chiefs and Texans ...
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Washington Post
Chris Evert says the subdued atmosphere at the U.S. Open has helped American Jennifer Brady make a lot of noise. Brady notched the biggest victory yet in her breakout run at the Open, beating Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-2 on Tuesday.
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The Boston Globe
Around the NFL, teams are taking every possible measure to prepare for a season like no other in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philadelphia Eagles braced for the possibility of taking a hit at quarterback by adding 41-year-old Josh McCown to their ...
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SFGate
Tigers fourth. Jonathan Schoop hit by pitch. Miguel Cabrera reaches on a fielder's choice to shallow left field. Isaac Paredes out at second. Jeimer Candelario grounds out to shallow right field, Keston Hiura to Jedd Gyorko. Miguel Cabrera to second.
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Yahoo Sports
ATLANTA (AP) -- Dustin Johnson won the silver trophy as the FedEx Cup champion. Odds are he soon will pick up another trophy, this one a bronze variety in the image of Jack Nicklaus. The vote for PGA Tour player of the year was up in the air going into the ...
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Sports Illustrated
There's still hope for Utah landing one of the top prospects in the nation. Kinglsey Suamataia, an SI All-American nominee and the top prospect in the state of Utah, is set to announce his college decision on Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. MST.
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The Good Phight
The Phillies are about to enter a schedule gauntlet. Today, it's the Red Sox for a doubleheader, followed by the welcome respite of an off day, then seven games in five days against the Marlins. While in the past that may have seemed like welcome news, we ...
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Complex
They've been told they're down, they've been told they're out, they've been told they're simply not good enough. It's never mattered to them before, so why would it matter now? A week ago, the Toronto Raptors trailed the Boston Celtics 2-0 in the ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
It's a moment that neither Josh Bell nor his mother, Myrtle, will ever forget. In September 2014, after Josh Bell was named the Pirates' minor league player of the year, the Bells traveled from Irving, Texas, to PNC Park. In the elevator of the SpringHill Suites ...
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Palm Beach Post
The Miami Hurricanes are entering the final hours leading up to a season that promises to be like none other, and Manny Diaz is making sure he has covered everything in his expanded checklist. After checking off the usual items to make sure his team is ...
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Charlotte Observer
The 2020 Notre Dame football season is just a few days away, so it's time to preview the Irish season. Irish Breakdown football analyst Vince DeDario and publisher Bryan Driskell break down the season. They pick MVPs, standouts, top freshmen and ...
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GQ Magazine
Butler finished with 17 points (4-6 FG, 1-1 3Pt, 8-8 FT), 10 boards, six assists, and one steal in 37 minutes of a 103-94 win against Miami on Tuesday. Butler was efficient in his series-clinching effort, doing most of his damage by getting to the line and then ...
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Rain, sleet and a 28-degree wind-chill factor didn't stop a group of southern Colorado athletes from standing outside the Pueblo County Courthouse on Tuesday, with signs in hand. Because to them, this is bigger than football — or mother nature. Eighteen ...
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Land-Grant Holy Land
On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Big Ten decided to cancel the fall college football season amid the COVID-19 pandemic following a vote by the conference's presidents and chancellors. That monumental decision, which sent shockwaves through the Midwest and ...
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Baseball America
Due to the timing of Pat O'Conner's departure as president of Minor League Baseball, his retirement is intertwined with the 2020 Professional Baseball Agreement that will likely result in the dissolution of the current MiLB structure. But when looking at ...
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New York Post
The NFL season has finally arrived this week. We never were sure it was going to happen, but the NFL season kicks off in two days. The Jets will start off Sunday in Buffalo against the Bills, who many believe are the favorites in the AFC East. To preview the ...
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Yahoo Sports
Kyle Busch and Clint Bowyer each will have an interim crew chief for Saturday's Cup race at Richmond Raceway. Crew chiefs Adam Stevens and Johnny Klausmeier each are suspended for Saturday night's race. They are out because the cars of Busch and ...
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Sports Illustrated
CINCINNATI — When Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow steps under center in Week 1 against the Chargers at Paul Brown Stadium, he'll have plenty of weapons to pass to. "We're deep at receiver, and we feel like there's a lot of guys that can step in ...
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
Cronenworth is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rockies. Cronenworth has emerged as an everyday player for the Padres, as he sits for the first time since Aug. 13. With a .325/.378/.561 season slash line, it's easy to see why he keeps getting ...
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MLSsoccer.com
The worst fears of Portland Timbers supporters have been realized. Midfielder Sebastián Blanco, who was in the midst of one of his best stretches ever with the Timbers, will miss the remainder of the 2020 season after the club confirmed he tore the ACL in his ...
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Sports Illustrated
One of four cornerback commits in the Florida Gators' 2020 recruiting class, Tre'Vez Johnson finds himself in a different spot from the rest: At STAR nickel cornerback. Johnson, 6-foot, 186 lbs., played outside cornerback for Bartram Trail (Jacksonville, Fla.) ...
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Bismarck Tribune
Carson Wentz has returned to practice after missing a week because of groin tightness. The Eagles quarterback first popped up on the injury report on Aug. 30 before the team's intrasquad scrimmage at Lincoln Financial Field. He was sidelined all of last ...
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New York Post
According to coach Barry Trotz, Clutterbuck (lower body) could be an option for Wednesday's Game 2 against the Lightning, Andrew Gross of Newsday reports. Clutterbuck, who suffered a lower-body injury during Monday's blowout loss in Game 1, will ...
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The Guardian
Three-time Olympic beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh Jennings has received backlash on social media after saying she did not wear a mask in public. On Sunday, Walsh Jennings wrote on Instagram that she had not worn a facemask, something that is ...
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Red Bluff Daily News
Ervin isn't in Tuesday's lineup against the Giants. Ervin started in the past three games and went 1-for-10 with a double, one run and two strikeouts. He'll get a breather Tuesday as Jose Marmolejos shifts to right field with Shed Long starting in left.
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Wooster Daily Record
The Browns might get their main man in the middle back just in time. Center JC Tretter returned to practice Monday as the Browns prepared for their opener Sunday in Baltimore. Coach Kevin Stefanski announced that Tretter practiced for the first time since the ...
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Chicago Sun-Times
The Bears always seem stuck in kicker drama and they're back there again as they head into the season opener. They will go without Eddy Pineiro, who missed preseason practices with a groin injury and went on Injured Reserve on Tuesday. That means he ...
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Cageside Press
Dana White's Contender Series returns in week six with a rather interesting night of fights. For starters, keen-eyed observers will recognize Tafon Nchukwi as the man who beat developmental deal holder William Knight late last year. Just a week ago, in the ...
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