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Sources: Nneka Ogwumike's petition to play for Nigeria denied by FIBA Former WNBA MVP Nneka Ogwumike was notified by FIBA that her petition to play for her native Nigeria in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics was denied due to "substantial involvement" of more than 10 years with Team USA, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
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Stamkos not asked to waive no-move clause by Lightning: report Steven Stamkos was not asked by the Tampa Bay Lightning to waive his no-move clause, meaning he won't be exposed to the Seattle Kraken in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft presented by Upper Deck, Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois told The ...
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What Kawhi Leonard's Injury Means for Other Clippers As previously mentioned, the Clippers played their final eight postseason games in 2021 without Kawhi Leonard. In that time span, they managed to reach their first Conference Finals in franchise history, while also silencing many of the narratives that had ...
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Around The Big 12: Iowa State Looks To Bring "Five Star Culture" Back To Ames In 2021 ARLINGTON -- Breece Hall said it best last season when Iowa State hoisted the Fiesta Bowl trophy over Oregon. Not five-star talent, but rather "Five-Star Culture." That culture will be on full view in 2021 as the Cyclones look to build off a season where they ...
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Scouting Malik Willis: Liberty QB offers Jalen Hurts-like skill set NFL.com analyst and former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah takes a "first look" at some of college football's top players for 2021. This is the eighth in a series of scouting reports that will run throughout the offseason. Jets first-round pick Zach Wilson wasn't the only ...
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San Diego State's Aztec Stadium topped-out less than 14 months before 1st game Construction crews performed a traditional topping-out ceremony at Aztec Stadium by hoisting the final steel beam into place at the top of one of the scoreboard frames. The beam was signed by guests and had a symbolic evergreen tree on it.
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Sports Illustrated's Best Photos from 2021 All-Star Game Mets first baseman Pete Alonso won his second consecutive Home Run Derby on Monday, beating Orioles slugger Trey Mancini 23–22 in the final round. Home Run Derby Juan Soto and Shohei Ohtani.
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Team USA's Bradley Beal enters health and safety protocols, sources say USA Basketball announced that a player had entered the protocols but didn't name the player. Beal, who played 30 minutes in Team USA's win over Argentina on Tuesday night, is expected to have more ...
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Anonymous NBA Scout Believes Sixers Should Keep Ben Simmons Over the last few seasons, many within the media -- national and local -- have suggested the Philadelphia 76ers should split up the Ben Simmons-Joel Embiid duo. While the conversations regarding the topic of trading one or the other became extremely ...
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Team Korda is back, with Nelly soaring on top of the world The Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Wednesday marked the official coronation of the new Rolex World Ranking No. 1 Nelly Korda. New LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan strode across the first tee and handed the emerald green World No.
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2021 WNBA All-Star Game: Top fits from the orange carpet There was everything from Dearica and Amaya Hamby's matching mother-daughter outfits -- it was the shes that really did it for us -- to the most impeccable suit from Courtney Williams. "That's my mom ...
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Report: Buccaneers, Chris Godwin Not Expected to Reach Long-Term Deal The contract extension deadline for players on the franchise tag across the NFL falls on Thursday, meaning each player who does not strike a new deal by 4 P.M. ET will play on a one-year contract throughout the 2021 season. That includes Tampa Bay ...
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Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger Outside Top 15 Quarterbacks Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was on the outside looking in, in USA Today's Top 15 quarterback rankings. The publication released their 15-best passers in the NFL, which ended with Las Vegas' Derek Carr. Not included was ...
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Suns vs. Bucks, NBA Finals score: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee try to even series at home in Game 4 The Milwaukee Bucks were in desperate need of a win entering Game 3 of the NBA Finals, and they got the job done with a 120-100 victory over the Phoenix Suns. They can even the series on Wednesday by taking care of business again at home, and in the ...
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Jaguars' Meyer and Baalke Subpoenaed In Suit Against Chris Doyle Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer and general manager Trent Baalke have been subpoenaed in a lawsuit brought against former Director of Sports Performance Chris Doyle. The suit is brought on behalf of Iowa players. Jacksonville Jaguars ...
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There's plenty of time left for Yankees to channel winning spirit Before we take a cautious look forward with the Yankees, let's take a quick look backwards. Set your watch for July 15, 1978, 43 years ago, another summer when the Yankees were pursuing the Red Sox. Things looked so glum then that Reggie Jackson, ...
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Nets expected to be active once NBA's free agency period begins NBA free agency is nearly here, and the Nets are a team expected to be active in hammering out some deals to build a championship roster around the trio of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving. The Nets have Knicks free agent center Nerlens Noel ...
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Lawsuit brought by Bowlen daughters against father's trustees dismissed The September 2019 lawsuit filed by the two oldest children of late Broncos owner Pat Bowlen against their father's appointed trustees was dismissed Wednesday. Lawyers for Amie Klemmer and Beth Bowlen Wallace made the request to Arapahoe County ...
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Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes explains his dig at Chargers' Justin Herbert: 'I have a ton of respect for him' In a recent interview, Mahomes clarified that a comment he made about the NFL's reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year at a celebrity golf event was all in the name of good fun. He was just "talking some trash" to some of the non-Chiefs AFC West fans who ...
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Penguins re-sign Teddy Blueger to two-year contract "He's a real driven kid," coach Mike Sullivan said earlier this year. "You can see his work ethic in how he applies himself every single day." Advertisement.
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British Open 2021: Team Brooks or Team Bryson? Dustin Johnson makes his extremely controversial selection Despite what any party-spoiler tries to tell you, the Brooks Koepka vs. Bryson DeChambeau saga remains the most polarizing story in golf. Who better to ask about such a topic than ... Dustin Johnson? RELATED: Brooks (finally) gets specific about his ...
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Swimming-Black swimmers still under-represented in the pool LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - When Alice Dearing earned her ticket to Tokyo 2020 as the first Black female swimmer to represent Britain at an Olympics, she spoke of "decades and decades of historical and cultural racism" in the sport. The 24-year-old student ...
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Judge Overturns Bob Baffert's Suspension in New York The New York Racing Association had sanctioned Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer, after his Kentucky Derby-winning horse failed a post-race drug test.
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British GP "designed to feel like 2019" F1 race - Silverstone boss After the 2020 British GP and the following 70th Anniversary GP were held behind closed doors when large-scale public events could not be held during the initial phases of the coronavirus pandemic, this weekend's race is expected to be a sell-out, with up ...
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NFL Network's Mike Silver breaks down the latest on Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Miami Dolphins 2021 training camp, the situation with All-Pro Cornerback Xavien Howard is still nowhere close to being resolved. Howard continues to post cryptic messages on social media, reminding the ...
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MLB hoping to ditch short doubleheaders, extra-inning runner Major League Baseball made some rule changes last season, as emergency measures amid the coronavirus pandemic. Among them, doubleheader games were shortened to seven innings apiece, and a free runner was placed on second base in extra ...
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Wolverine Confidential podcast: The most important questions facing Jim Harbaugh and Michigan football Jim Harbaugh and a few of his Michigan football players will field questions next week at the Big Ten football media days in Indianapolis. And there are plenty to ask as Harbaugh enters his seventh season as Michigan's head coach. We discuss the most ...
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As Hall of Fame beckons, Peyton paying attention to Broncos' ownership situation "Certainly living in Denver, I'm very much a Broncos ambassador, fan, season-ticket holder,'' Manning said Wednesday during a Pro Football Hall of Fame Zoom news conference. One of the NFL's all-time best quarterbacks, Manning will be formally inducted ...
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Los Angeles Angels sign outfielder Adam Eaton Eaton, 32, was in his second stint with the White Sox after signing a one-year, $8 million deal that included a team option for 2022. He was batting .201/.298/.344/.642 with five homers, 28 RBIs and 33 runs scored over 58 games this season.
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2021 Tokyo Olympics: Athletes will put on their own medals at the Games as part of COVID protocols In certain places in the world of sports, COVID protocols and mitigation strategies designed at preventing the transmission of illness are becoming a thing of the past. In others -- such as the Tokyo Olympics later this month -- such strategies are very much alive ...
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MLS notebook: FC Cincinnati will face CF Montreal in Canada at Stade Saputo CF Montreal will host its first home match in Montreal since March 2020 on Saturday against FC Cincinnati. After a prolonged wait to confirm and announce the location of the Cincinnati-Montreal match scheduled for Saturday (7:30 p.m.), MLS officials on ...
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Schauffele, Hatton lead list of possible first-time major winners at British Open Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau, Hideki Matsuyama and Jon Rahm have joined the major winner club in the last year. The course being played this week, Royal St. George, is also noted for having surprise winners like Ben Curtis and Darren Clarke.
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Home renovation leads to the discovery of over 150 bowling balls under a family's porch (CNN) A homeowner in Michigan found an unusual surprise when renovating his porch. David Olson, 33, said he uncovered over 150 bowling balls when he demolished the concrete slab of the porch at his home in Norton Shores. "Before I smashed anything ...
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Solich retires as Ohio's football coach; former Husker head coach cites cardiovascular issue Not a bad career. Not bad at all. Frank Solich, who spent more than 20 years as an assistant and head coach at Nebraska, is retiring after 16 seasons at Ohio University to ...
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American League 5, National League 2: Junior Circuit records eighth straight win When Major League Baseball announced that the All-Star Game would be played at Coors Field in Denver Colorado, fans salivated at the thought of monster home runs leading to a high-scoring affair. Instead, the American League pitching staff stifled the ...
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Quenneville Offers to Participate in Blackhawks Review Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville has offered to participate in the Chicago Blackhawks' review of allegations by a former player who says he was sexually assaulted by a then-assistant coach in 2010. Quenneville, 62, coached Chicago to three Stanley ...
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Lionel Messi to sign new five-year deal with Barcelona: reports Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYC. Lionel Messi is set to extend his stay at Barcelona by signing a new five-year deal, with the Argentine talisman set to ...
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Wednesday BP: Jimmie Sherfy claimed by the Dodgers A few days ago, the San Francisco Giants designated right-handed pitcher Jimmie Sherfy for assignment. Knowing the Giants, they certainly hoped he would slip through waivers so that they could re-assign him. This organization sure loves their MLB-caliber ...
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A Tour de France With a Twist: Only 1 Rider The cyclist Lachlan Morton completed a 3,400 mile journey alone and unsupported — and in the process returned the race to something like its roots.
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Habs unlikely to protect Weber in expansion draft, could miss next season with injuries The Montreal Canadiens are unlikely to protect Shea Weber in the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft later this month as the veteran defenceman could miss all of next season with knee, ankle and thumb injuries, according to multiple sources. Further to what ...
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Philadelphia High School Football Player Ivan Hicks Dies After Collapsing During Scrimmage PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Heartbreak at a local high school. A 16-year-old West Catholic Prep High School football player collapsed at a scrimmage game and died. His grieving family identified that student as 16-year-old Ivan Hicks. He was an incoming ...
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No. 1 tight end in the 2022 class puts Texas among top five schools Four-star tight end Jaleel Skinner has nearly every major Power Five program vying for his services. He's rated the No. 1 tight end prospect for the 2022 recruiting class and the No. 3 overall recruit from the state of South Carolina according to 247Sports ...
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