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As-it-happens update December 29, 2020
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ESPN
"He's decided to stop playing," Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Monday on 710 ESPN Seattle. "He's done playing. I talked to him this morning. He's in good spirits and all of that. He's really grateful for the opportunity in playing here and he did really well by us ...
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ESPN
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said any decision on whether or not he'll play against the Minnesota Vikings in Sunday's season finale will be based on his health after he injured his right ankle on the first series of Saturday's loss to Tampa Bay.
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CBSSports.com
Your Fantasy Baseball league may not draft for another few months, but the transactions that could decide your championship are already happening. While we're still waiting for some of the bigger dominoes in free agency to fall, the Padres are making a big ...
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ESPN
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Rams are expected to be short-handed in the backfield Sunday when they play the Arizona Cardinals with a playoff berth at stake. Running back Darrell Henderson suffered a high ankle sprain in the third quarter ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Panthers could be particularly thin on the offensive line for their season finale against the Saints. Carolina placed Trent Scott on injured reserve with his shoulder injury on Monday. Scott started the last two games for Carolina, with Russell Okung ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Titans have placed kicker Stephen Gostkowski on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced on Monday. It's currently unknown whether Gostkowski tested positive or is a close contact of someone who has. Gostkowski got off to a rough start with the ...
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Yahoo Sports
Jets QB Sam Darnold explains what Frank Gore's veteran presence brought to their locker room this season and is thankful to have played alongside the future Hall of Fame running back. Head coach Adam Gase doesn't know if Gore will call it quits but ...
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USA TODAY
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — This hasn't been the type of rookie season that Green Bay running back A.J. Dillon anticipated, but the second-round pick from Boston College demonstrated Sunday why the Packers drafted him. Dillon rushed for 124 yards — more ...
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FOXSports.com
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles aren't going to the playoffs for the first time since Doug Pederson's first season as coach in 2016 and he's confident he'll stick around to get them back to the postseason. The Eagles (4-10-1) were the first team ...
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FOXSports.com
ATLANTA (AP) — Rising COVID-19 numbers have Georgia coach Kirby Smart concerned as the No. 11 Bulldogs prepare for Friday's Peach Bowl game against No. 6 Cincinnati. Smart said four players, including defensive standouts Eric Stokes and Monty ...
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FOXSports.com
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys won a game thanks to a watermelon kick and are now 2-0 after smashing said fruit as a motivational tactic the night before each victory. If that doesn't say it all about the pandemic-altered 2020 season, then ...
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FOXSports.com
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans have been bad all season. Now they're getting mad. A 37-31 loss to the Bengals on Sunday gave them their second four-game skid of the season and pushed star J.J. Watt into a postgame tirade about effort and ...
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ESPN
Los Angeles Rams QB Jared Goff has thumb surgery; unlikely to play Sunday vs. Arizona Cardinals. play. Goff injures thumb as hand collides with helmet (0:15). Jared Goff clutches at his right thumb after his hand slams into a defender's helmet while throwing a ...
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NHL.com
Henrik Lundqvist announced Monday that he is scheduled to have open-heart surgery. "Last three weeks my focus has shifted from training camp and the upcoming season to my health and what I can and can't do," the Washington Capitals goalie shared on ...
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Yahoo Sports
The way of sports is the same, no matter which side of the stadium you're on: The players and coaches on the field want to win, the fans want to see the team win. In recent weeks, at least as it pertains to the New York Jets, those things have been at sharp ...
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NFL.com
Stephen Gostkowski survived the tundra of Lambeau Field on Sunday night, but his status for Week 17 is now uncertain. The Titans placed Gostkowski on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Monday. The team did not disclose whether Gostkowski ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Giants feel like a team that has been left behind in this era of explosive offensive football. Teams light up the scoreboard around the NFL on a weekly basis. Meanwhile, for the Giants, the scoreboard is always so dark. It's not a new problem for them.
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ESPN
No. 19 Northwestern (6-1, 3-0) vs. No. 10 Iowa (7-2, 1-1). Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST. BOTTOM LINE: No. 10 Iowa looks for its seventh straight win over No. 19 Northwestern at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The last victory for the ...
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Washington Post
ORLANDO, Fla. — The 18th-ranked Miami Hurricanes hope to redeem themselves when they face Oklahoma State in the Cheez-It Bowl. A lopsided loss to end the regular season cost coach Manny Diaz's team a spot in a major bowl. Instead, the Hurricanes ...
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The Indianapolis Star
SOUTH BEND -- Pride and production and professional potential run too deep along the Notre Dame offensive line for those five to collectively look so lost again. Heading into Friday's 2021 CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Capital One ...
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Yahoo Sports
Mike Krzyzewski and the Blue Devils will have to wait just a bit longer to resume their season. No. 20 Duke's matchup with Pittsburgh on Tuesday was postponed due to a positive COVID-19 test within the Panthers' program, the two schools announced on ...
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Yahoo Sports
Green Bay Packers Davante Adams and Aaron Rodgers offer each other compliments after the Packers' win over the Titans. This game is streaming live on the Yahoo Sports mobile app, or on NFL Network. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for ...
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The Mercury News
As Kyle Shanahan explained Monday why Jimmy Garoppolo will return next season as the 49ers starting quarterback, each reason came with justification for 2021 optimism. One, Shanahan referred to Garoppolo's 24-9 overall record with the 49ers, including ...
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NBC Sports Bay Area
"Yes, I do believe Jimmy will be our quarterback next year," Shanahan said. Garoppolo's status with the 49ers has been a point of speculation since he exited the 49ers' lineup for a second time this season on Nov. 1 with his second high-ankle sprain of the ...
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New York Post
The fantasy season is over for most folks — save the lunatic leagues that continue into the absurdly volatile environment that is Week 17. The scores are in, the recounts done, the routinely non-impactful scoring changes a mere formality in almost all cases.
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The Boston Globe
The Patriots and those who follow them are in unfamiliar territory Monday night: For the first time since 2000, the Patriots will take the field having already been eliminated from the playoffs. A loss to the Dolphins in Week 15 left the Patriots at 6-8 and with no ...
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Charlotte Observer
It's Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season. The Carolina Panthers aren't playing for the postseason when they host the NFC South-winning New Orleans Saints at 4:25 p.m. Sunday on FOX. There are no major records to be broken like an 1,000-1,000 season for ...
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Yahoo Sports
This is not the kind of news the Chicago Blackhawks wanted to get before the start of the 2020-21 NHL season. The team announced on Monday that center Kirby Dach is going to be sidelined for four-to-five months after undergoing wrist surgery earlier in the ...
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Charlotte Observer
The Carolina Panthers have reduced capacity at Bank of America Stadium to 1,500 for the final game of the season vs. the New Orleans Saints. This means that no fans will be in attendance for the game outside of families and friends of the Panthers and ...
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New York Post
As the Knicks begin their four-game road trip in Cleveland on Tuesday, Frank Ntilikina has won the backup point guard job. The 2017 lottery pick has captured it by injury default and also by his 19-minute performance Sunday. Finally getting legitimate minutes ...
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Yahoo Sports
After the Vikings were overwhelmed by the New Orleans offense in a 52-33 Christmas Day loss, Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer said that this year's defense is the worst he's ever coached. He noted that the unit is "undermanned" due to the many injuries ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Live and die by the three – You could've made the case through the first seven games of the season that this was Richard Pitino's worst three-point shooting team based on the numbers. The Gophers ranked last in the Big Ten and among the worst nationally ...
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Miami Herald
No. 10 Florida will be without its top four pass catchers in the Cotton Bowl against eighth-ranked Oklahoma. Receivers Trevon Grimes and Kadarius Toney announced Monday they are skipping the game in Arlington, Texas, to prepare for their NFL futures.
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FOXSports.com
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Keyontae Johnson is back in Florida's basketball facility, just not on the court. He's scouting opponents, coaching teammates, refereeing scrimmages and even talking trash from afar. Seeing him, hearing him, being able to hug him ...
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Yahoo Sports
The 2020-21 NBA season is not even a week old just yet–six days–but now is the time to look at some power rankings as a new week in the NBA is getting set to begin on Monday. The Philadelphia 76ers played three games in the first week of the season and ...
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Bleeding Green Nation
Eagles' head coach Doug Pederson spoke to reporters on Monday afternoon, and now that the team is out of playoff contention, talked about his future with the team, a look into quarterback and roster personnel moving forward, and also gave quite a few ...
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ESPN
Chicago Blackhawks forward Kirby Dach will miss four to five months after having surgery Monday on a fractured right wrist, the team said. Dach, playing for Team Canada, was hurt during an exhibition win last week against Russia ahead of the world junior ...
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Miami Herald
The North Carolina Tar Heels got their signature win of the 2020 season in their final game, at the same venue they will play at once again this weekend. UNC gashed the then-No. 9 Miami Hurricanes' defense for 554 rushing yards and five touchdowns in the ...
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Sports Illustrated
Mississippi State women's basketball's first Southeastern Conference home game of this season will have to wait. The Bulldogs were originally slated to battle Vanderbilt this coming Sunday, however it was announced on Monday that the Commodores are ...
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Yahoo Sports
LOS ANGELES — The NBA season has returned, and so has the NBC Sports daily NBA roundup Three Things to Know — everything you might have missed, every key moment from the night before in the Association in one place.
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Seattle Times
Ron Rivera wants his players to focus on "what's important, not what's interesting" with Washington facing another win-and-get-in game in the regular-season finale. Turns out, that's the same thing: Who starts at quarterback could very well determine if ...
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Sports Illustrated
(Photo of David Johnson: Scott Utterback/Louisville Courier-Journal/USA TODAY Sports). LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville sophomore guard David Johnson was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week, the league announced on ...
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Chicago Sun-Times
It's hard to pinpoint the lowest moment of a Bears season that saw them start 5-1, then implode with a six-game losing streak, but the thorough humiliation against the Packers is as good a nominee as any. In a nationally televised Sunday night game against ...
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Niners Nation
San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan spoke to the media Monday afternoon to discuss a few injury updates. He mentioned that Brandon Aiyuk suffered a high-ankle sprain on the third play of Saturday's game but played through the injury after ...
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Chicago Sun-Times
What would you think of Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky if he beat the Packers on Sunday? How would you feel about him if he led the Bears to the playoffs for the second time in the three seasons he has been paired with coach Matt Nagy? And improved ...
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Cincy Jungle
The Bengals did it again! They found a way to win a second game in a row where they were sizable underdogs. This time their victory came against the Texans. There were plenty of notable performances as we got to see the offense help out the defense for ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Before Robert Saleh was a hot head-coaching candidate, the 49ers defensive coordinator was a ho-hum hire. In 2017, the 49ers hired Saleh, then an anonymous 38-year-old position coach with zero coordinator experience, only after they couldn't land at ...
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Pounding The Rock
Well, the new season is finally underway and the San Antonio Spurs came out of the gate running and gunning. The third game of the week saw a tough match up lead to a loss on a SEGABABA which should be viewed as a learning experience for the young ...
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For The Win
The Washington Football Team will have to roll the dice again to fix its quarterback issue. The team announced on Monday that it had released 2019 first-round pick Dwayne Haskins. Washington head coach Ron Rivera released a statement saying the ...
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Detroit Free Press
Michigan football's Aidan Hutchinson announced Monday night that he will return for his senior season. "Not quite done yet — I've decided to forego the NFL and return for my senior year," he announced via Twitter. Hutchinson, a junior defensive end, ...
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