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As-it-happens update April 8, 2021
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NFL.com
In 1961, when I was working for the Dallas Cowboys, we asked 50 college coaches to describe the ideal traits they wanted to see in football players, and from those descriptions, we extracted the common traits that were associated with success at various ...
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FOXSports.com
By Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports NFL Analyst. In the NFL, you're only as good as the quarterback taking the snaps for your team, a fact that has become more apparent to NFL front offices as they search for their next signal-caller in the draft. Teams know if they ...
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NFL.com
Lane Johnson's ankle injury ended his season prematurely in 2020, and at 30 years old, it's fair to wonder whether it may have given the league a peek into his future. He might also receive an unavoidable reminder of it at the end of the month. "They may ...
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FOXSports.com
WFT already has a crowded quarterback room, relatively speaking. A month ago, Washington signed Ryan Fitzpatrick on a one-year deal worth up to $12 million, adding the 16-year veteran to a ...
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FOXSports.com
Mock drafts really start to take shape this time of year. After all, the ones in January and February come before any transactions are made. With the start of the league year, players are cut and free agents signed and/or lost. Minnesota is no different.
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ESPN
Plate umpire and crew chief Ron Kulpa ruled Conforto was hit by the pitch, and he headed toward first base as Luis Guillorme scored as the Mets celebrated a bizarre comeback win in their home opener. Marlins ...
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CBSSports.com
Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. ET at AmericanAirlines Arena. William Hill Sportsbook lists Miami as a nine-point favorite while the over-under for total points scored is 205 in the Lakers vs. Heat odds.
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Yahoo Sports
Alabama star Najee Harris has few deficiencies as a running back. He is, after all, considered the top running back prospect in the 2021 NFL Draft. But be careful if you're going to call out areas in which Harris needs to improve, because he might just tell you ...
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Yahoo Sports
After the signings, Portland will have 13 rostered players, one 10-day contract, and a pair of two-way contracts (Keljin Blevins and TJ Leaf). Shams Charania of The Athletic broke ...
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Yahoo Sports
Everyone now knows what the Jets are doing with the second overall pick in the NFL draft. Even GM Joe Douglas has admitted they're taking a quarterback. And it's an open secret that BYU's Zach Wilson is their guy. But that isn't the only future starter they'll ...
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Yahoo Sports
That beef was quickly squashed, and both Durant and Green say they are friends today. Maybe that shouldn't come as a surprise considering the pump-up meme. How can you stay mad at ...
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al.com
Three weeks from today, the NFL will open its 86th draft by holding the first round – and not from Roger Goodell's basement either. The coronavirus pandemic caused the NFL to take its annual player selections underground in 2020, but the league is set for a ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
On the southeast corner of Mazeroski Way and West General Robinson Street stood three ticket scalpers. One was Marianne Sovik, a Bethel Park native who takes the trolley down and scalps tickets at Steelers, Penguins and Pirates games. She brings a ...
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Yahoo Sports
Should the New England Patriots swing for the fences in the 2021 NFL Draft? That's a topic of much debate: With as many as five quarterbacks projected as potential top-10 picks, the Patriots must ...
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Yahoo Sports
Mancini announced he was cancer-free last November, and Thursday marks his first regular-season home game since Sept. 29, 2019. As expected, the veteran first baseman received a warm welcome from the home crowd.
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New York Daily News
Hoyer could serve as a good backup to the incoming rookie quarterback from the 2021 NFL Draft class and all signs point to it being BYU's Zach Wilson. Hoyer, 35, has experience ...
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Warriors.com
The Golden State Warriors announced today that single-game tickets for remaining eligible Warriors home games during the 2020-21 NBA season will go on sale beginning April 12. Tickets will go on sale through exclusive presale events before single-game ...
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CBSSports.com
A different driver has taken the checkered flag in the first seven races of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series schedule. One of this year's recipients is Martin Truex Jr., who picked up the victory in the Instacart 500 at Phoenix. Truex will have recent history on his ...
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Yahoo Sports
Nate Sudfeld, Washington's sixth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, signed a one-year deal with the 49ers. Sudfeld spent three seasons as a backup with NFC East rivals Philadelphia before his rookie contract expired. Sudfeld played in four games behind ...
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BlueJackets.com
Luke Johnson has worked his whole career for the moment that finally arrived Wednesday night in the Wild's 8-3 win against the Colorado Avalanche. A Grand Forks, N.D. native who spent three years at the University of North Dakota, Johnson has yo-yo'd ...
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al.com
The Cardinals are 4-2 this season, while the Brewers are 3-3. St. Louis will send Adam Wainwright to the mound vs. fellow right-hander Corbin Burnes for Milwaukee.
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FanGraphs
Maldonado is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Athletics, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports. Houston will build in an extended rest for its top catcher, as Maldonado will head to the bench following Wednesday's off day. Maldonado should ...
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NBC Sports Bay Area
The defensive lineman was released in March after missing the 2020 season due to complications with an ACL injury suffered in November 2019. The Appalachian State lineman is meeting with team doctors on Thursday, sources told NBC Sports Bay Area.
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Yahoo Sports
Bryson DeChambeau returns to Augusta National to attempt another run at a green jacket. 2d ago. Yahoo Sports ...
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CBSSports.com
Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama are the leaders in the clubhouse at 3 under with Webb Simpson and Patrick Reed both among a short group one shot back. Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson and Justin Thomas are among the big names still finishing their ...
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CBSSports.com
The only minor blemish on Israel Adesanya's record as he marched to claim the UFC middleweight championship was an April 2018 split decision win against Marvin Vettori. Vettori has been one of Adesanya's most vocal critics since the defeat, and after four ...
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Buffalo News
With heavy construction underway at Sahlen Field in advance of another season of Toronto Blue Jays games in Buffalo, Major League Baseball is working on a plan to move the Bisons at least temporarily to Trenton, N.J.. Multiple sources in the sport have ...
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Yahoo Sports
Fans hoping to see one of the most anticipated heavyweight fights in recent memory might just get their wish. Jon Jones feels confident a fight against champion Francis Ngannou is going to happen. Jones spoke to FightHype.com and confirmed he believes ...
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TribLIVE
Pirates pitcher Tyler Anderson looks to the dugout after giving up a home run to gthe Cubs' Kris Bryant during the first inning Thursday, April 8, 2021, at PNC Park.
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Madison.com
Nate Reuvers has decided to start his professional career rather than play one more season in college. Reuvers, who last month completed a four-year career with the University of Wisconsin men's basketball program, had entered his name in the NCAA ...
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WGN-TV
CHICAGO – For the record, it will be 35 years and one day since he was in the dugout on the home side for opening day on the south side. Tony La Russa was across the street at the old Comiskey Park on April 7, 1986 when the White Sox opened that ...
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White Cleat Beat
On Wednesday afternoon, the Oakland A's did something that they had yet to do during the 2021 regular season – win a baseball game. They staged a ninth inning comeback against Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen to tie the game, setting up Mitch Moreland to ...
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Litter Box Cats
The Florida Panthers have traded Brett Connolly, Riley Stillman, Henrik Borgstrom and a seventh-round pick in 2021 to the Chicago Blackhawks for forward Lucas Wallmark and defenseman Lucas Carlsson,. The 25-year-old Wallmark returns to Sunrise after ...
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Golf.com
Patrick Reed hits his tee shot on the 11th hole at Augusta National during his Wednesday Masters practice round. Getty Images. Check in each day of this week's Masters for the unfiltered opinions of ...
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WTSP.com
TAMPA, Fla. — You know things are going well for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when the offseason has been nearly as entertaining and eventful as the actual season was. Of course, nothing will top the excitement of actually winning a Super Bowl. But boat ...
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NorthJersey.com
The 2021 version of the heated Yankees-Rays rivalry is about to begin. The teams will play a three-game series at Tropicana Field, starting with the Rays' home opener on Friday afternoon. This will be the first time these teams have played since the Rays ...
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Yahoo Sports
On Aug. 6, 2012, three months into the tenure of the Dodgers' new owners, the team made three transactions. The Dodgers cut outfielder Tony Gwynn Jr., called up outfielder Jerry Sands and signed executive Janet Marie Smith. Gwynn never again played a ...
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CBSSports.com
The 2021 Kentucky Derby is less than a month away and six horses have already topped the 100-point mark in the Road to the Kentucky Derby Standings. The 147th Run for the Roses will take place on Saturday, May 1, moved back to its traditional spot on ...
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CBSSports.com
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A bad start briefly got worse for Rory McIlroy in Round 1 of the 2021 Masters when he an iron shot ricocheted off his own father to the right of the 7th green. Even though there are not a significant number of of patrons in attendance this year, ...
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Seattle Times
HOUSTON (AP) — John Wall had 31 points and seven assists in his return from injury, and the Houston Rockets snapped a five-game skid with a 102-93 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night. "We didn't stop fighting," Wall said. "We made some ...
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WANE
(KTLA) – Sakura Kokumai, a 28-year-old U.S. Olympic karate athlete, was at Grijalva Park in Orange, California last Thursday when a stranger started aggressively yelling at her out of nowhere. Kokumai said it started off as a normal day at the park, where she ...
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CBSSports.com
Phoenix Suns (36-14, second in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (34-18, third in the Western Conference) Los Angeles; Thursday, 10 p.m. EDT. LINE: Clippers -5; over/under is 224. BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix will try to keep its three-game ...
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bleachernation.com
Taylor Swift dropping "Mr. Perfectly Fine," a song originally written in 2008 that didn't make the original "Fearless" cut got me feeling things. Friday's release of "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" is gonna be a thing. • After digging into mock drafts that are trending ...
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Driving
After initially saying they would not be addressing the matter any further, California authorities have subsequently released information early April saying Tiger Woods was driving 136 to 140 km/h (84 to 87 mph) when he crashed his vehicle late February.
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The Boston Globe
During his weekly coronavirus press conference, the governor said he hopes 70 percent of all Rhode Island residents will be fully vaccinated by mid-June. By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 8, 2021, in 18 hours. Rhode Island Lt. Governor Daniel J.
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