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As-it-happens update April 30, 2021
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ESPN
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Joe Horn was disappointed Friday morning, not as a former Pro Bowl wide receiver who once was fined for hiding a cellphone in a goalpost pad, but as the parent of one of the 32 players selected in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft.
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ESPN
Without the benefit of the scouting combine or in-person visits to team complexes, most NFL teams made concerted efforts to gather as much information as possible on prospects they were considering. But Paton purposely went ...
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NFL.com
Sometime during an alternately interminable and entertaining build-up to the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft on Thursday, it started to feel a lot like 2005. That was back when Aaron Rodgers' potential desire to play in San Francisco was dominating the NFL.
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The Tennessean
The 2021 NFL Draft had a relatively expected first round on Thursday night, save for a big trade by the Chicago Bears. The Bears moved up nine spots, trading away a future first-round pick in the process, to get to No. 11 and draft Ohio State quarterback Justin ...
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Sports Illustrated
One of the nation's most intriguing quarterbacks has come off the board in Braden Davis. The Delaware native, who prepped in Florida briefly in 2020 before an ankle injury and move back to the Northeast, narrowed his scholarship offer list of near 30 down to ...
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FOXSports.com
The Baltimore Ravens have exercised the fifth-year option for quarterback Lamar Jackson. The team announced the decision Friday, a few hours before the second and third rounds of the NFL draft. Jackson will make $23 million as part of a tiered system ...
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GolfDigest.com
As the Ryder Cup has transformed from a three-day exhibition into an event consumed year-round, one of the upshots is a running bit where a player enjoying any semblance of a hot streak is placed into team discussion. Admittedly it can be a fun debate, but ...
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Sports Illustrated
Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence has long been tabbed as one of the—if not the most—exciting prospects of a generation. While Lawrence has yet to play a down of football in the NFL and has been a Jaguar for less than 24 hours, the ...
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CBSSports.com
Davis is going for $9,100 on DraftKings and $9,500 on FanDuel for Friday's NBA DFS lineups. Those are some steep prices for an injury-prone player who may not play the full game if the Lakers build big lead.
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FOXSports.com
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department confirmed Lammons' identity. An autopsy was ordered. In its statement, MLF said San Augustine County Game Warden Travis Fountain responded to a call about an angler who had fallen ...
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Sports Illustrated
With every draft comes evaluations of just how did these teams do. Here we're going to take a crack at a draft grade for each and every pick of the first round. Players will be graded on a A-F scale with some entail into exactly why.
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Palm Beach Post
The 2021 NFL Draft is here, and the Miami Dolphins once again have a boatload of draft picks, including two first-round selections and three Day 2 picks. After picking quarterback Tua Tagovailoa in the 2020 NFL Draft, Dolphins coach Brian Flores and ...
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Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Tigers are waiting for a full diagnosis, but manager AJ Hinch said he feels cautiously optimistic that left-hander Matthew Boyd — who departed from Thursday's start in the second inning with left knee tendinitis — won't miss a significant amount of ...
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FOXSports.com
Chubb earned a Pro Bowl berth last season after bouncing back from a torn ACL with 7½ sacks and more than 60 quarterback knockdowns and hits. The fifth overall pick in 2018, Chubb signed a four- ...
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Sports Illustrated
If Joe Tryon's NFL career turns out the way Chandler Jones' did from a production standpoint, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 32nd overall pick in the NFL Draft could be reflected upon as one of the best in this year's first round. The reasons to compare Tryon to ...
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Yahoo Sports
Was Brady actually joking? You can be the judge. While on the call, Deion Sanders teases Brady by asking how Brady could let Edelman retire and not join the Buccaneers first. Edelman, who is also on the call, listens in as Brady says, "We know Julian didn't ...
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ESPN
In fact, in an offensive opus where Porter either scored or assisted on 77 of Houston's whopping 143 points, he became the youngest player NBA history to have 50 points and 10 assists in the same game. The previous youngest to do so was James at the "ripe ...
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Sports Illustrated
For the second consecutive year the New Orleans Saints have made a head scratching move in the opening round of the NFL Draft. Last season, many were blindsided by the selection of Michigan Interior Offensive Lineman Cesar Ruiz. However, last night ...
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Yahoo Sports
Lakers: LeBron James (right ankle sprain) has been upgraded to questionable for tonight's game vs. Sacramento. Though he's technically just questionable and it'll depend how his ankle ...
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Sports Illustrated
Guerrier started the year strong and finished averaging 13.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 0.8 steals in 32.9 minutes per game. He was a key to the Orange's success this past season, and head coach Jim Boeheim believes he is just scratching the ...
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Sports Illustrated
In a two-sentence post on Instagram, Emoni Bates became the most sought after high school prospect in the country, regardless of class. Bates, an SI All-American First Teamer, decommitted from Michigan State on Friday and said this time around he was ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Cleveland Indians (11-12) will be taking on the Chicago White Sox (14-10) for a three-game series in the Windy City starting Friday night. The series begins with another anticipated matchup between the two clubs with Cleveland's ace Shane Bieber and ...
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nj.com
Yankees first baseman Luke Voit doesn't just hit a bunch of home runs, provide leadership, bring a ton of energy and post some amazing selfie weightlifting videos when he's not on the injured list recovering from knee surgery. He's a funny guy, too.
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Sporting News
Former Alabama running back Najee Harris enjoyed a large gathering to celebrate his first-round selection in the 2021 NFL Draft on Thursday. That's because Harris, who went 24th overall to the Steelers, hosted it at the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program, ...
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Sports Illustrated
Someone must have informed Mike Hopkins that he was going to have to look under every rock to fix his broken University of Washington basketball team. Give him this much, Hopkins has turned extra creative in his talent search. A lot of stones have been ...
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Yahoo Sports
But Smith, like many other Mets, is confident that this rough stretch will end soon. "Baseball's a funny ...
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Sports Illustrated
On Monday night, the Los Angeles Lakers had a rare win in their recent slump on the season. They beat the Orlando Magic, who entered full-on rebuilding mode this season. The Lakers have lost four out of their last five games and only won one game since ...
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FOXSports.com
Leipold signed a six-year contract and takes over for Les Miles, who won a national championship at LSU. Miles parted with Kansas after two losing seasons and amid sexual harassment allegations dating to his time with the Tigers.
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CBSSports.com
Washington @ Cleveland. Current Records: Washington 28-34; Cleveland 21-41. What to Know. The Cleveland Cavaliers' homestand continues as they prepare to take on the Washington Wizards at 7:30 p.m. ET April 30 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
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Sports Illustrated
Cincinnati picked the 21-year-old with the fifth overall pick on Thursday night. Winning the award is one of the many goals he has for the 2021-22 season. "I want to win rookie of the year," Chase said after being drafted. "I want to have 10 touchdowns and at ...
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Bucs Nation
After the Buccaneers selected EDGE Joe Tryon with the 32nd overall pick Thursday, they'll look ahead to Day 2 of the NFL Draft with picks 64 and 95. How teams drafted on Day 1 will drastically affect expectations tonight, so let's run through some possibilities ...
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New York Daily News
Zach Wilson is still on cloud nine. The achievement of becoming the Jets quarterback hasn't fully sunk in. Advertisement. "My girlfriend actually said to me last night, 'I feel like we're going to wake up and all of this is going to be a dream,'" he said during his ...
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syracuse.com
The Syracuse women's lacrosse team scored 19 goals en route to a wild semifinal victory over Boston College in the ACC tournament on Friday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. "What a shootout. Just an amazing game, back and forth, up and down," said coach ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
The Braves' three-game series against Toronto, which began Friday night, is being played at the Blue Jays' spring home, TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla., because of Canada's strict COVID-19 regulations.
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al.com
Arizona LHP Madison Bumgarner (2-2, 6.31) starts against Colorado in his first appearance since pitching a seven-inning no-hitter against Atlanta last Sunday, a game that Major League Baseball does not consider to be a no-hitter.
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Washington Post
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernández returned to the starting lineup Friday night against Atlanta after missing three weeks because of a positive test for the coronavirus. Hernández went on the injured list April 9 after he was ...
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Detroit Free Press
The school in a statement Friday afternoon said Tucker has told cornerback Steffan Johnson he "will not be a member of the Spartan program." The 18-year-old was charged with extortion and directing or ...
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bleachernation.com
India was scratched from the lineup ahead of Friday's game against the Cubs for undisclosed reasons and placed on the injured list, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports. The Reds have yet to specify the reason for the move. Nick Senzel will start at second ...
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Colts.com
While the NFL Combine did not take place in a central location in 2021, prospects took part in athletic testing evaluations at pro days across the country. And few, if any, players in this year's draft had a more impressive athletic testing profile than Kwity Paye.
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ESPN
Pham (calf) will sit for the third straight game Friday against the Giants, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Pham left Sunday's game against the Dodgers with calf tightness and hasn't started since, though he did appear off the bench ...
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Cincy Jungle
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport believes there is "serious consideration" for the star to retire. By NathanBeighle Apr 30, 2021, 5:16pm EDT.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
The 30-year-old will take a seat after starting the past two games with Ben Rortvedt called up to make his major-league debut Friday. Garver has a chance to secure his starting spot following the demotion of Ryan Jeffers, but Rortvedt should receive some ...
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Sacramento Bee
Uceta will serve as the opener for what's expected to be a bullpen game Friday against the Brewers, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports. The Dodgers entered the season with enviable rotation depth, but injuries to David Price (hamstring) and Tony ...
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A Sea of Blue
So, what exactly led to this? Why is Hickman choosing to back off his commitment so late in the 2021 recruiting cycle? Apparently, losing his lead recruiter, Tony Barbee, played a big part ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
As it turns out, it was a little of both: Vikings GM Rick Spielman did trade down in the first round — nine spots with the Jets, while still being able to select offensive tackle Christian Darrisaw — but he wasn't able to convert that trade into a second round pick yet.
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True Blue LA
"We found some cysts," Kelly explained. "My shoulder hasn't been good since the end of 2019. But during my suspension after the thing with the Astros (early August) my arm was super weak. If I was laying on a table I couldn't lift my arm past gravity. They asked ...
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Seattle Times
SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Leicester's bid for Champions League soccer suffered a minor setback when it had to settle for a 1-1 draw with 10-man Southampton in the English Premier League on Friday. Jonny Evans' 68th-minute header earned ...
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Defending Big D
The Stars are that team for whom nothing is a surprise, whether good or bad. Wes and Mark ponder this truth as the Victory Green Gang prepares to face the music, again. By ...
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WDRB
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The infield crowd at Churchill Downs was smaller than usual for Friday's Kentucky Oaks, but those who were in attendance found ways to keep the party alive. Churchill Downs limited infield attendance to 30% to accommodate for ...
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Da Windy City
The Chicago White Sox got two big victories yesterday against the Detroit Tigers. A rain delay forced the White Sox to play their second doubleheader of the season, and for the second time, they walked away from the day with a pair of victories.
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