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As-it-happens update June 23, 2021
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ESPN
"I did an Ozzie Smith somersault when we got that last out," manager Tony La Russa joked. "You take it too serious, because this what you do for a living, but you know, it's been kind of miserable. Five straight days, so we'd have taken a win anytime in there to ...
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ESPN
It was the equivalent of pulling your goalie off the ice in hockey, or sending out five receivers and chucking a Hail Mary in American football: keep substituting defensive players for attacking players and pray that someone does something.
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The New York Times
Major League Baseball's crisis of the moment will be worth the short-term distraction, Commissioner Rob Manfred said on Wednesday, if the league's effort restores balance to the product on the field. The league's enhanced enforcement of foreign-substance ...
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The New York Times
With a couple of minutes to play in Budapest, the French midfielder Adrien Rabiot looked squarely at Sergio Oliveira, his Portuguese opponent, and advised him to back away. Like everyone else in the stadium, Rabiot had heard the news. The group stage of ...
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ESPN
Udoka becomes just the third Boston coach in the past 17 years. The Celtics won a title under Doc Rivers and reached the Eastern Conference finals three times in Stevens' eight seasons as head coach, most recently less than a year ago.
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The Washington Post
Starlin Castro hit a go-ahead, two-run single off closer Hector Neris in the ninth inning, Espino got the final three outs and the Washington Nationals rallied three times to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 13-12 Wednesday.
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Seattle Times
A day is coming when this will not make headlines. Former Husky Dave Kopay, now 78, was the first major team athlete in North America to publicly come out as gay. He did it in 1975, shortly after retiring from the NFL, through a newspaper article. Then he ...
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nj.com
Yankees third baseman Gio Urshela's shin is just sore and reliever Zack Britton sore elbow was just a one-day deal last weekend. Could be worse. Urshela was hit by a pitch in the right shin during the seventh inning of Tuesday night's 6-5 loss to the Kansas ...
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Sports Illustrated
Jacksonville Trinity Christian five-star running back Treyaun Webb included Ohio State in his top three on Wednesday afternoon alongside Georgia and Oklahoma and announced that he will make his college decision sometime in August. The abbreviated list ...
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The Mane Land
The only differences in the back were Erin McLeod in goal and Gunny Jonsdottir moving to right back, replacing Ali Riley. Marta was placed on the bench, while Alex Morgan and Ashlyn Harris were left out of the team altogether.
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DRaysBay
Rays Your Voice: Wander Franco called up, Guest Alex Murphy. 51 min. Play button for Who's on Worst: The Sandlot 2. Who's on Worst: The Sandlot 2. 1 hr 46 min. Play button for Rays Your Voice: Guest RJ Anderson talks Rays performance and potential ...
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The Washington Post
LEESBURG, Va. — Four misdemeanor charges have been dropped against former Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice after he reached an agreement with his accuser. Guice was charged last year in Loudoun County with three counts of ...
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The New York Times
Students at Coronado High School, near San Diego, threw the tortillas at players from the predominantly Latino Orange Glen High School on Saturday.
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al.com
There's more than a berth in the NBA Finals at stake when the Bucks and Hawks square off for the Eastern Conference championship. The winner of the series that starts Wednesday also will end decades of ...
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The Washington Post
CLEVELAND — Indians pitcher Aaron Civale will miss more than one month with a sprained right finger, the latest blow to Cleveland's injury-ravaged rotation. Civale, who is tied for the major league lead with 10 wins, injured his middle finger in a start against ...
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syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack came to Kayla Treanor's introductory press conference armed for the question he knew he'd get, his mic drop already plotted out on a sheet of white paper. Treanor, 27, became the youngest head ...
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New York Daily News
Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani and Alonso are the only two sluggers to announce their participation so far in the Derby. Other potential contestants include Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who was a finalist in the 2019 Derby alongside Alonso, Ronald Acuna Jr. and ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team will be lead into the 2021 season by its new head coach Chris Beard, with a fully revamped roster, and high expectations. Beard's first year in Austin will not be an easy one, however, with a tough schedule already ...
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The Fayetteville Observer
UNC basketball and head coach Hubert Davis have landed their second verbal commit of the month. Four-star 2022 point guard Seth Trimble – the No. 54 overall recruit in the country and younger brother of ...
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The Detroit News
"He's the best player. He's got size and length. He's a good athlete and he's not going to LeBron you to death with his athleticism; he's got tremendous skill and feel," ESPN analyst Jay Bilas told The Detroit News. "He's an excellent shooter; he can get his own ( ...
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A Sea of Blue
Booker recently drew a comparison to a young Kobe Bryant. How accurate is that? By NathanBeighle Jun 23, 2021, 3:14pm EDT ...
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Pounding The Rock
If it wasn't obvious before, Trae Young made sure everyone knows now: The league is overflowing with young talent that is ready to lead their team in the playoffs. It's exciting to see how many players still on their rookie contracts have become obvious ...
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247Sports
Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield is entering the fourth year of his rookie contract in 2021. The Browns also exercised the fifth-year option on Mayfield's contract, which will keep in under contract through the 2022 season. With just two years ...
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Hollywood Reporter
The National Football League is exploring its options for its media holdings, seeking an outside buyer for a stake in properties that include the NFL Network cable channel, NFL Digital, and NFL RedZone. "As the media industry continues to evolve, the NFL is ...
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PistonPowered
Jerami Grant, who has only started in 223 of the 508 games he's played in his seven-year NBA career, will be a teammate with the likes of Kevin Durant, Michigan State grad Draymond Green and Damian Lillard.
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Newsday
Shams Charania of The Athletic was first to report that Harden has withdrawn from his spot on the U.S. Men's National Team ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in order to give the Grade 2 right hamstring strain he suffered in the second round of the playoffs three ...
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TSN
Bubic struck out two over 2.1 perfect innings in relief Tuesday in the Royals' 6-5 win over the Yankees. When starter Brady Singer was pulled midway through the bottom of the fourth after racking up 96 pitches, Bubic stepped in to get the Royals through the ...
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Chicago Sun-Times
Past Olympic gatherings have seen super teams formed in the aftermath, whether it was the Big Three in Miami with LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade or the attempted teaming up Jimmy Butler and Kyrie Irving tried three seasons ago.
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Bucky's 5th Quarter
The lack of fans at games was brutal to watch for all of us. Now that teams and stadiums have started to trickle back from 10% to full capacity we've grown to appreciate just how awesome a full stadium is and how impactful it can be on a game.
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Sporting News
Two years removed from a feud with Nike and just days after qualifying for her fifth trip to the Olympics, track star Allyson Felix is adding the title of "entrepreneur" to her list of accomplishments. Felix announced on Instagram on Wednesday that she is ...
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Arrowhead Addict
A global pandemic due to COVID-19 was responsible for shutting down last year's training camp, at least in any typical sense for Chiefs Kingdom, which meant that the team's agreement to use the Missouri Western State University campus in St. Joe was ...
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Maize n Brew
The Michigan Wolverines have found their quarterback for the 2022 recruiting class in the form of four-star passer Jayden Denegal, as he committed to the program on Wednesday afternoon. Denegal's recruitment came together extremely quickly, as he was ...
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Tampa Bay Times
Vasilevskiy is on track to start between the pipes on the road in Wednesday's Game 6 versus the Islanders, NHL.com's Brian Compton reports. Vasilevskiy wasn't tested much in Monday's Game 5, but he was sharp when he needed to be, stopping all 21 shots ...
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Reuters
June 23 (Reuters) - Five basketball players to watch out for at the Tokyo Olympics: RUDY GOBERT (FRANCE). Dubbed sport's 'Patient Zero' after he tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020 and triggered a shutdown of the entire NBA, Utah Jazz centre ...
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WJXT News4JAX
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former University Christian running back Otis Anderson Jr. signed a contract with the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday afternoon. Anderson, a 2017 UC graduate, played four seasons of college football at UCF and scored 27 career ...
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mlive.com
Shields, a three-division world boxing champion, made her MMA debut June 10 in Atlantic City. She stopped Brittney Elkin in the third round of a Professional Fighters League bout. No opponent ...
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NBC4 Washington
Virginia baseball is once again facing elimination, a scenario that has become familiar territory for the program throughout their improbable postseason run. NBC Sports. 1 hour ...
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TSN
The alleged sexual assault of two former Chicago Blackhawks players was "an open secret" among staff both within and outside the team's hockey department, a former team marketing official said in an interview with TSN.
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Sportsnet.ca
The Euro 2020 group stage is in the books and the matchups for the first round of the knockout stage are set. The #EURO2020 group stage is complete! What surprised you the most? pic.twitter.com/F0TpTVkN2q. — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 23, 2021.
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Colts Wire
Since 1987, the Indianapolis Colts and Lucas Oil Stadium have been the host of the NFL draft combine, putting the best incoming athletes on the national stage for NFL teams. However, it may not be the host of the combine for long. The league has opened ...
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