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As-it-happens update November 4, 2020
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ESPN
On the morning of Sept. 13, handicapping the probability of a Pac-12 football season happening in 2020 would not have been a straightforward exercise. It had been more than a month since the conference announced it was postponing all athletic ...
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ESPN
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- One day before they are scheduled to play the Green Bay Packers on Thursday Night Football, the San Francisco 49ers shut down their facility because of a positive COVID-19 test Wednesday morning. The Niners confirmed the ...
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ESPN
FRISCO, Texas -- Coach Mike McCarthy would never admit it, but would you blame him if he hoped the 2-6 Dallas Cowboys did not have another eight games left in the 2020 season? McCarthy's first year has been nothing short of a disaster and not all of it ...
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ESPN
Bears coach Matt Nagy, who called the punch "unacceptable" Sunday after the game, told reporters he has since talked to Wims and that the wide receiver is apologetic for what happened. "I did ...
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CBSSports.com
The 2020 season is barreling out of control for the Dallas Cowboys, which has inevitably led to questions surrounding their willingness to tank the remainder of their games with the goal of securing the highest possible draft pick. While that may end up ...
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FOXSports.com
The Green Bay Packers are thin at the running back spot and an upcoming Thursday night game leaves little time for them to recover. Jamaal Williams and A.J. Dillon will miss the game after being placed on the COVID-19 reserve list while Aaron Jones, who ...
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ESPN
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers faced third-and-2 from the Atlanta 32 in the second quarter Thursday night. Running back Mike Davis split wide left and wide receiver Curtis Samuel lined up in the backfield next to quarterback Teddy Bridgewater.
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NBCSports.com
Sure, the Eagles are in first place in the NFC East but they are there with a 3-4-1 record. Doug Pederson and the rest of the team are using the bye week to self-scout and take a look back at their first eight games. We'll do the same. Here are some midseason ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Bengals kept Joe Burrow clean in Sunday's 31-20 win over the Titans. The rookie quarterback wasn't sacked for the first time this season. What makes this stat even more intriguing? None of the Bengals' opening day starting offensive linemen were a part ...
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CBSSports.com
Two teams in the 87-year history of the Steelers have managed to remain unscathed through seven games: Pittsburgh's 2020 squad and the 1978 team that started 8-0 before suffering their first defeat. The '78 Steelers ultimately won that year's Super Bowl, ...
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CBSSports.com
If you didn't know Takkarist McKinley wants out of North Georgia, you do now. The former first-round pick made it clear last season he hoped the Atlanta Falcons would ship him out of town ahead of the trade deadline, but they didn't. Fast forward one year ...
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Yahoo Sports
With only a few weeks remaining to secure playoff spots, fantasy managers cannot be as conservative as real NFL general managers were this trade deadline. As usual, I try to read the tea leaves and suggest players to trade for or away within the space ...
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Sports Illustrated
Vic Fangio didn't blink in the face of adversity as the Denver Broncos overcame a 21-point deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Chargers last Sunday. Letting his embattled young quarterback Drew Lock fight through his own issues while standing firmly behind ...
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NFL.com
Start Antonio Brown. I know you're going to ask, so I might as well get that out of the way. Right off the top. Because it probably is the most pertinent lineup decision for a lot of you this week. The good news, we've been down this road previously. Remember ...
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CBSSports.com
The NFL is making changes to its coronavirus protocol. The league sent out a memo on Tuesday that stated that teams' sideline bench areas -- where face masks must be worn -- will now extend from one 20-yard line to the other rather than the 30-yard line to ...
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al.com
Auburn's football season has been unpredictable. The team notched a fairly impressive win against Kentucky in the season opener. Dealing with injuries and rebuilding at offensive line, defensive line and in the secondary, the Tigers then narrowly avoided a ...
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syracuse.com
Boston College (4-3) faces off with Syracuse(1-6) in the 53rd matchup between these two Northeast rivals. Boston College has played the role of scrappy upstart this year, taking teams like UNC and Clemson to the limit. While Syracuse has really struggled ...
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Yahoo Sports
The NFL hit two Pittsburgh Steelers players with an unexpected fine that has left fans reeling. JuJu Smith-Schuster and teammate James Conner were hit with fines of $5,000 this week for wearing their socks too low during the matchup against the Tennessee ...
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Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Will Jimmy Garoppolo be the 49ers' quarterback next season? If not, who should they pursue? Let's grade the potential options based on the current information available. Replacing Jimmy G. 49ers, Jimmy Garoppolo will have 'interesting offseason' after QB's ...
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ESPN
Dustin Johnson is back after missing two tournaments due to testing positive for COVID-19. And after dealing with the coronavirus, quarantining in a hotel for 11 days and getting back to practice only last week, the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world found one ...
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New York Daily News
The morning after there is shock, anger, confusion and, well, indifference. For some reason, ESPN, Rawlings and MLB thought it would be a good idea to hand out awards on the night of the most hotly contested presidential election in a generation. So, while ...
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Sporting News
Joe Douglas provided a classic example of reading between the (yard) lines. The Jets GM fielded questions from New York media on Tuesday, about a half hour after a quiet NFL trade deadline in which the biggest news made was Quinnen Williams trolling ...
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Sporting News
Fantasy football has everyone thinking they can be an NFL general manager, so Falcons' pass-rusher Takk McKinley decided to get in on the act of critiquing his own non-trade. McKinley was a candidate to be traded ahead of the NFL's Tuesday deadline with ...
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The Boston Globe
The Patriots didn't make a major splash before the NFL trade deadline, but they did acquire a proven player in Isaiah Ford who should have a chance to contribute right away. Ford, a 24-year-old wide receiver out of Virginia Tech, was a seventh-round ...
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Yahoo Sports
Diogo Jota stole the headlines with a Champions League hat-trick at Atalanta on Tuesday but goalkeeper Alisson Becker was quick to also hail the quiet evolution happening at the other end of the pitch in the absence of Virgil Van Dijk. Jurgen Klopp started ...
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ESPN
Diego Maradona's personal doctor said that the Argentina football legend "has no [post-surgery] complications", at his latest medical report on Wednesday morning, outside Olivos Hospital in Buenos Aires. Maradona underwent a "successful" surgery on ...
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Sporting News
As the nation awaited news of electoral votes in the presidential election, Ken Pomeroy offered a distraction. The college basketball analytics website KenPom.com released its initial rankings for the 2020-21 season at midnight on Election Night. At the top sits ...
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NHL
Ryan Pulock and the Islanders have agreed to a two-year, $10 million contract, per Sportnet's Elliotte Friedman. The two sides had a scheduled arbitration hearing for Friday. The 26-year-old led all Islanders defenseman in scoring during the regular season ...
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Chicago Tribune
When the Chicago Bulls entrusted new executives Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley to run their basketball operations earlier this year, their respective draft records were major selling points. Karnisovas joined the Denver Nuggets organization in 2013 ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Broncos are taking a day off the practice field in an effort to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak. John Elway and Joe Ellis, the top two officials in the Broncos' front office, both tested positive for COVID-19, and the Broncos are also adding a practice squad ...
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Detroit Free Press
Kenny Golladay had an NFL-best 11 touchdown catches last season, but his latest injury — a hurt hip that's expected to sideline him at least one week — almost ensures that he won't lead the league in that category again. The Detroit Lions struggled to push ...
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Washington Post
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — As Notre Dame gets set to welcome the nation's No. 1 team, the Fighting Irish do so with a group poised to be their No. 1 defense in 40 years. Particularly by the only measure that matters much to coach Brian Kelly. Follow the latest on ...
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CBSSports.com
Bowling Green @ Toledo. What to Know. The Bowling Green Falcons and the Toledo Rockets are opening their 2020 seasons against one another at 8 p.m. ET Wednesday at Glass Bowl. Returning after a rocky 3-9 year, Bowling Green is aiming to prove that ...
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Sports Illustrated
FRISCO - If you thought last week's Power Rankings felt like getting Tabasco sauce in your eye à la Dallas defensive coordinator Mike Nolan... This week is going to hurt even worse. However, I will attempt to muster up three points of optimism at the end.
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detroitlions.com
Every week during the regular season we get an opportunity to talk with the opposing head coach via conference call. This week it was Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer. Here's what he had to say: 1. Zimmer's defenses have been known to be ...
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Palm Beach Post
Rookie Austin Jackson, who won the Dolphins' left tackle job entering the season, returned to practice Wednesday after missing the past three games with a foot injury. Jackson, a first-round draft pick, is eligible to return off injured reserve. But there was mixed ...
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Yahoo Sports
Bears wide receiver Javon Wims will be suspended for the next two games. Wims lost his appeal of his two-game suspension, according to multiple reports. James Thrash, who was an NFL wide receiver for 11 seasons, heard Wims' appeal and ruled against ...
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Yahoo Sports
The player who made that big special teams play has been named the AFC's special teams player of the week. Jakeem Grant was announced as this week's honoree on Wednesday. Grant returned a punt 88 yards for a touchdown during a second quarter run ...
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Arizona Sports
Welcome to Week 9 of the NFL season. Just under half of the league year remains. As for the undefeated teams in the league, there's only one in the Pittsburgh Steelers. And surprise, they ran the Doug & Wolf power poll table this week. It marks just the third ...
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Courier Journal
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Vekoma, the 3-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland, has been scratched from the race. Trainer George Weaver said Vekoma spiked a fever Tuesday night, and the call was made Wednesday morning to ...
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OCRegister
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Any other day, these might all be headliners. But when contrasted against the Breeders' Cup, an early lineup of supporting events Friday at Keeneland will have to serve as mere preludes. Still, it's a very interesting set of lead-in races.
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Space City Scoop
Although Daryl Morey's reasons for leaving the Houston Rockets have been proven inaccurate, he's seemingly gotten away with quitting on the Rockets while they remain at their most vulnerable state. Former Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey ...
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SLAM Online
The New Orleans Hornets have been openly discussing trades for Jrue Holiday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports, a slight contrast from where the team stood at the 2020 NBA trade deadline. While Holiday's name has come up in speculation for the ...
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Sun Sentinel
Q: So Pat Riley was able to jettison Hassan Whiteside, Josh Richardson, Dion Waiters, Justise Winslow and James Johnson for Jimmy Butler, Andre Iguodala, and Jae Crowder when we had no cap space. So why lose anyone from our current roster.
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49ers.com
The San Francisco 49ers were informed today that a player has tested positive for COVID-19 and the individual immediately went into self-quarantine. Our organization has entered the NFL's intensive protocol and we are working with the league on contact ...
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The Providence Journal
The Patriots situation with Devin Asiasi is perplexing. On Tuesday, the team placed the tight end on the injured reserve. This happened after Asiasi didn't travel to Buffalo due to personal reasons. This also happened after the rookie was a full practice ...
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Lenoir Rhyne College Athletics
ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Basketball Team has been predicted to finish in third place in the South Atlantic Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll as announced by the league this morning. Additionally, R.J. Gunn and Darius Simmons have ...
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Fox News
Jimmie Johnson will be riding into the sunset at Phoenix on Sunday in his final race as a full-time NASCAR driver, and he'll be tough to miss in the shiniest car on the track. (Hendrick Motorsports). Hendrick Motorsports has revealed the paint scheme for ...
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Oklahoma State Athletics
STILLWATER – The Oklahoma State men's basketball team will begin the 2020-21 season with a homecoming for Cade Cunningham and Isaac Likekele thanks to a matchup at UT Arlington on Nov. 25. Likekele and Cunningham grew up in the shadow of ...
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ChicagoBears.com
The Bears on Wednesday released veteran receiver/return specialist Ted Ginn Jr. The 14th-year pro saw limited action in six games, catching three passes for 40 yards and averaging 4.8 yards on five punt returns. In last Sunday's loss to the Saints, Ginn was ...
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