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As-it-happens update September 5, 2020
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ESPN
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With Week 1 rapidly approaching, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel is one step closer to returning. The 49ers are planning to activate Samuel from the non-football injury list on Saturday, a league source told ESPN, ...
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ESPN
Rohrwasser, who kicked at the University of Rhode Island and then Marshall, was competing with veteran Nick Folk in camp. The Patriots signed Folk a week into training camp, which was the first indication that Rohrwasser was on shaky ground.
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CBSSports.com
Raja Bell had no idea Steve Nash was even thinking about it. "When he told me," I was as shocked as anyone," Bell said. "I didn't see it." It, in this case, is Nash being the new coach of the Brooklyn Nets. They hired him on Thursday and will officially introduce ...
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ESPN
The Miami Dolphins are acquiring rookie offensive weapon Lynn Bowden Jr. from the Las Vegas Raiders for a Day 3 pick swap, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Raiders receive a fourth-round pick from Miami while sending back a sixth-round selection.
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ESPN
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Grant Wells threw for 307 yards and four touchdowns to set and tie school records for a debut quarterback and Marshall rolled past Eastern Kentucky 59-0 on Saturday in both teams' season opener. Wells, a redshirt freshman, was ...
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USA TODAY
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are content to defend their Super Bowl title largely with the team that won it. After signing a handful of veteran free agents during an offseason unlike any other, the Chiefs waived the majority of them ...
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ESPN
With the 2020 college football season officially underway, it is time for our writers to pick their four-team predictions for the College Football Playoff this season. Most Popular Playoff Picks. Team, Votes. Clemson, 14/14. Alabama, 14/14. Oklahoma, 11/14.
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Yahoo Sports
The last time the Giants hired a coach like Joe Judge, the players almost immediately revolted. With all his rules, his regimented practices, and his demanding nature, the first three years under Tom Coughlin were rocky, to say the least. Even with a playoff ...
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USA TODAY
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons cut former first-round pick Laquon Treadwell and two quarterbacks Saturday as they got down to the 53-man roster limit for the regular season. Treadwell was the 23rd overall choice of the Vikings in 2016, but has yet to ...
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Bleacher Report
The dominant storyline of the 2020 offseason for the Chicago Bears has been about the quarterback position. After trading for Super Bowl LII MVP Nick Foles and declining the 2021 option on Mitchell Trubisky, it appeared Matt Nagy and the Bears were ...
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USA TODAY
NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Flacco passed his physical and will start the season on the New York Jets' active roster as one of Sam Darnold's backups. The veteran quarterback, who signed with the Jets in May, had been on the active/physically unable to perform ...
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ESPN
CHICAGO -- The St. Louis Cardinals are placing starter Kwang-Hyun Kim on the 10-day injured list after he was rushed to the hospital with abdominal soreness in Chicago on Friday. At first, the team thought Kim could be having an appendix issue, but he was ...
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ESPN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Titans moved outside linebacker Vic Beasley Jr. off of the non-football injury (NFI) list and onto their 53-man roster Saturday. Head coach Mike Vrabel said Beasley made progress over the past week. Beasley worked with ...
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Sports Illustrated
Saturday Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced that Ohio's two NFL teams, the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns have been granted a variance to allow 6,000 fans into each of their first two regular season games in 2020. The two Browns home ...
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Steelers Depot
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Quarterback Paxton Lynch's NFL odyssey might have to continue somewhere other than Pittsburgh. The Steelers cut the former first-round pick on Saturday while trimming their roster to 53 players. Lynch, taken 26th overall by Denver in ...
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ESPN
NEW YORK -- Nassau County health officials have issued strict new quarantine regulations for players who have been in contact with a person infected with COVID-19, bringing to an end the US Open's policy, endorsed by local health officials, of allowing ...
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Forbes
Ricky Wagner dodged "The Turk." Jake Kumerow wasn't as fortunate. Oren Burks was given one final chance. The same goes for Josh Jackson,. After a handful of tough decisions, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst trimmed his roster to 53 ...
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Yahoo Sports
It appears that the Sidney Jones experiment is over originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia. After three years, eight starts, countless injuries and plenty of lost opportunities, the Eagles have ended the Sidney Jones experiment. To nobody's surprise ...
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Yahoo Sports
The health and safety protocols established by the league and its players association have proven to be successful amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the NFL will continue them into the regular season. The NFL and NFLPA have agreed to extend ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Rams on Saturday announced nine more roster cuts as they moved closer to the league-mandated 53 players. The Rams waived defensive linemen Marquise Copeland, Michael Hoecht and Jonah Williams, linebackers Clay Johnston, Natrez Patrick, ...
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CBSSports.com
Even if you've never tuned in to watch the Kentucky Derby, you've heard of the race. And even if you have tuned in, you might not be familiar with all the details and history of the event. When did it start? Was it always so popular with celebrities? What's up with ...
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Yahoo Sports
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Jimmy Butler sent the ball out to Jae Crowder, then started celebrating before his teammate even took the shot. He knew what was about to happen. The Miami Heat did it again — and have the Milwaukee Bucks, the No.
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cleveland.com
College football is back on Saturday. While the big-name schools are either not playing yet or at all this fall, there are some good games on the slate. Among them is a primetime matchup between Arkansas State and Memphis. Don't have cable? You can ...
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The New York Times
After a sluggish start, Serena Williams rallied to defeat Sloane Stephens in the third round of the United States Open on Saturday. Williams, in pursuit of a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam singles title, struggled on her serve and groundstrokes in the early ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Braves and Nationals continue a weekend series with the third of four games tonight...Atlanta and Washington will meet for four more games next weekend to wrap up the season series. The Braves and Nationals have split their first four games this ...
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Sacramento Bee
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Panthers waived running back Reggie Bonnafon as part of the several moves to get down to 53 players on Saturday. Bonnafon ran for 116 yards with a touchdown in 16 games last year and played a major role on special ...
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Sports Illustrated
From Dodger Blue to powder blue, Ross Stripling made his debut for the Toronto Blue Jays Friday night at Boston's Fenway Park. Would the popular right-hander show his former team that it was a mistake to trade him away? Would he have a poor showing ...
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Newsday
The most frenzied part of this weekend for the Giants wasn't getting their roster down to 53 names. It will be getting it back up to 69. A majority of the players who were waived or cut on Saturday will be eligible for roles on the team's 16-man practice squad, ...
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NBCSports.com
Jeffery (foot) has secured a spot on Philadelphia's final roster, Eliot Shorr-Parks of Sports Radio 94 WIP Philadelphia reports. Jeffery is still on the trade block in Philadelphia, according to Jeff McLane of The Philadelphia Inquirer, but his spot on the final roster ...
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ESPN
DARLINGTON, S.C. -- Brandon Jones played it out in his mind over and over as he drove behind leaders Denny Hamlin and Ross Chastain. When the moment arrived, Jones was ready to pounce. Jones swept past leaders Chastain and Hamlin two laps from ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Buccaneers have done plenty of shopping this year. They now have some cap space that will allow them to do more, if they want. According to PewterReport.com, receiver Mike Evans has restructured his deal to create $9.625 million in cap space.
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nj.com
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- No college football program has achieved normalcy this fall, but Army has come closer than most. Forget about building a bubble; Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson already accomplished that over 200 years ago when they ...
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Yahoo Sports
Richardson was released by the Seahawks on Saturday, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. The writing was on the wall following David Moore's contract restructuring. The addition of Josh Gordon, who could be reinstated at some point in the near future ...
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Yahoo Sports
Lewis Hamilton was relieved that significant "set-up changes" ahead of qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix paid off, with his post-practice nerves dispelled by a record-breaking run on Saturday. On the Formula One calendar's quickest track, Monza, Hamilton ...
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FOXSports.com
The Minnesota Vikings trimmed their roster down to 53 players on Saturday's deadline by waiving a number of players and putting veteran linebacker Ben Gedeon on the physically unable to play (PUP) list. Included in the cuts are four draft picks from 2020 ...
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Sports Illustrated
Jake Fromm holds a solid spot on almost every quarterback records list at the University of Georgia. Not only that, but he also made a run at Deshaun Watson's passing record during his four-year career at Houston County High School. But after entering the ...
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Washington Times
Schmidt pitched 1.1 relief innings in the second game of Friday's doubleheader against the Orioles, allowing two runs on three hits and one walk while striking out one. He did not factor in the decision. Schmidt was called upon to protect a one-run lead with a ...
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The Topeka Capital-Journal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a two-run double, Eloy Jimenez had three hits and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Friday night. Abreu matched Baltimore's Anthony Santander for the ...
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Kansas City Star
While the Missouri Tigers were relatively quiet on the recruiting front for nearly two months, MU coach Eliah Drinkwitz's program picked up a massive win Saturday. Indianapolis defensive Kyran Montgomery announced his commitment to the Tigers, becoming ...
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The Columbus Dispatch
Kirk Herbstreit shared an emotional plea about social injustice and racism during a segment on ESPN's College Gameday on Saturday. Herbstreit, a former Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback and self-proclaimed die-hard Cincinnati Reds fan from Centerville, ...
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Houston Chronicle
For all the attention given to the Rockets' move to play without a center, with even the Rockets themselves explaining they did it to spread the floor to help their stars, the player that triggered the move can be overlooked. Forward Robert Covington, acquired in ...
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Boston.com
The deadline for NFL teams to cut their rosters down to 53 players is Saturday at 4 p.m. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, teams were only allowed to carry 80 players (instead of the typical 90) throughout training camp, which means there will be fewer ...
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Chattanooga Times Free Press
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Cam Newton has been a starting quarterback for his entire nine-year NFL career. He'll remain one with the New England Patriots, an opportunity he said he's not taking for granted. It's been five months since Newton was released by ...
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Bleacher Report
General manager Mike Rizzo helped lead the Washington Nationals to the World Series title last season and will reportedly be rewarded accordingly with a contract extension. On Saturday, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported the Nationals signed Rizzo to ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
The 49ers created nearly $10 million in 2020 salary cap space by converting part of Pro Bowl pass-rusher Dee Ford's base salary into a signing bonus, ESPN reported. The move creates $9.5 million in cap space, giving the 49ers about $18 million this season ...
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247Sports
Former Tennessee Volunteers receiver Jauan Jennings announced that he was released by the San Francisco 49ers. Jennings was selected in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft and competed for a roster spot in training camp. The 49ers dealt with ...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
This is the 29th in a series of 32 NFL team betting previews in 32 days leading up to the league's Thursday season opener. We'll count down the teams from the lowest season win total to the highest. The Saints can't catch a break in the playoffs, losing on the ...
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Bellingham Herald
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___. Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt says he had to turn a scheduled scrimmage into a regular practice Saturday because 44 players could not practice.
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Detroit Free Press
Saturday 2:22 p.m. - Lions waive defensive lineman Frank Herron and running back Jason Huntley. Saturday - 1:15 p.m - Linebacker Anthony Pittman will be waived by the Detroit Lions. Saturday - 1:05 p.m. - Running back Jonathan Williams waived.
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For The Win
College football is back and we have the SMU Mustangs taking on the Texas State Bobcats. The SMU quarterback Shane Buechele had an amazing offense that was ranked 13th in the nation last season, they will look to repeat that this season. Texas State ...
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