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This Week in Sports Internet: Damian Lillard's dagger, NHL's Game 7s, NFL Draft madness Even though there two postseasons running concurrently right now, it was a relatively quiet week in the internet world. Maybe everyone was preparing for the major battle on "Game of Thrones" or they counting down the days until "Endgame." However, that a ...
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Jerry Jones knows Cowboys can't take a second-round risk in 2019 NFL draft FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones loves winning the deal. And over the years, Jones has viewed the second round of the NFL draft as the best chance to win a deal. Jones can point to second-round gambles -- just ...
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Child abuse investigation into Chiefs' Tyreek Hill re-opened after audio clip emerges Two days after a district attorney announced he would not press charges against Kansas City Chiefs receiver Tyreek Hill in a child abuse case, the investigation into Hill has been re-opened, Chiefs coach Andy Reid confirmed Friday. This comes after Kansas ...
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Titans sign ex-Ravens defensive lineman Brent Urban With the Day 2 of the draft about to commence in Nashville, veteran defensive end Brent Urban is heading to Tennessee. The Titans announced Friday they have signed the unrestricted free agent. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition comes ...
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NBA Playoffs 2019: Warriors vs. Clippers odds, picks, Game 6 predictions from advanced model on 84-57 roll The Golden State Warriors had their sights set on a second-round matchup in the 2019 NBA Playoffs with the Houston Rockets. However, the Los Angeles Clippers spoiled those plans, and they will attempt to do so again on Friday in Game 6 of their ...
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How the Miami Dolphins' Wilkins has turned a childhood tragedy into a life of service What to know why Kenny Stills kneels? For people like Eurie Stamps, and Stamps' grandson, Christian Wilkins — Stills' newest teammate and a great big breath of fresh air in a sports town that needs it. Eight years before the Dolphins made the gregarious ...
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'I'm so (expletive) happy': NFL dream comes true for ex-Husky Kaleb McGary after years of heartbreak Adam Jude. Seattle Times staff reporter. Just before 8 Thursday night, Kaleb McGary got up from his faux leather recliner and, without saying a word, disappeared into the front bedroom of his third-story apartment. The 6-foot-7, 320-pound offensive lineman ...
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Tiger Woods will not play Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow next week Tiger Woods will not tee it up on the PGA Tour next week, after all. Woods was expected to make his next start at the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship. The tournament begins May 2 at Quail Hollow Golf Club in Charlotte, N.C. But according to the Wells Fargo ...
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Clemson coach Dabo Swinney signs 10 year, $92 million contract — that includes an Alabama penalty Two national titles in three years have helped earn Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney the biggest contract in college football history. University trustees approved the 10 year, $92 million deal Friday. It runs through 2028 and includes two new clauses to ...
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What the teams said - Friday in Azerbaijan With the Ferrari pair the only drivers to set a time in the brief first practice session, the representative FP2 was the one to watch and it was Leclerc who came out on top, three-tenths ahead of his team mate. The Monegasque driver was scrappy at times, riding ...
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2019 NFL Draft: LSU cornerback Greedy Williams among the best available in Round 2 As fitting as it would've been for a lockdown cornerback like Williams, Greedy is not his real name. Officially, his name is Andreaz Williams, but growing up, his aunt called him "Greedy-Deedee." That nickname was later shortened to just "Greedy," as he's ...
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After getting 'beat up pretty early,' Marlins' offense showing life during the past week For a moment, Citizens Bank Park fell silent. The four-game series opener between the Miami Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies had just gone into extra innings Thursday night. Marlins second baseman Starlin Castro made sure the game didn't extend past ...
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Churchill Downs' Spring Meet opens Saturday – one week before the Kentucky Derby With a week to go before the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs' 38-day Spring Meet will open Saturday with a mix of thoroughbred racing and arts performances. Churchill Downs is billing Opening Night as a "Dress to Impress" occasion, ...
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An Emotional Jeffery Simmons Vows To Reward Titans After Hearing Words of Support from Owner Amy Adams Strunk NASHVILLE – The introductory press conference for Jeffery Simmons got emotional on Friday after Titans controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk pledged her support and trust in the team's first-round pick. Simmons, sitting two seats down from Strunk, tucked ...
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Cut Line: Anthony Kim sighting and time to see a new Zurich course In this week's edition Tiger Woods expands his global reach by adding a fall event in Japan to his schedule, a few Presidents Cup International team stars look to add accountability to their team room and Zurich Classic officials fail to see the added value of a ...
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Seven Possible Day Two Draft Targets for the Buccaneers Big men dominated the first night of the 2019 NFL Draft. In a completely unsurprising development, an early and sustained run on defensive linemen defined Round One, along with a later rush for the top offensive linemen. Nineteen of the 32 selections on ...
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Jay-Z Recruited Lakers' LeBron James to Nets Using This Song Sample Think back: 2008 NBA Playoffs, Stevenson, a member of the Washington Wizards at the time, said that James, who was serving his first stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers was an overrated basketball player. James, seemingly unfazed and chasing his first NBA ...
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Report: Pretty Much Everyone Is Sure Kevin Durant Is Heading To The Knicks ESPN's Ian Begley published a story today about the state of the New York Knicks on the eve of a potentially pivotal summer for the franchise. The Knicks, of course, spent last season as a big sad joke, and even though recent Knicks history has been a ...
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Sharks' Joe Pavelski, Joonas Donskoi out for Game 1 vs. Avalanche SAN JOSE — Both Joe Pavelski and Joonas Donskoi will be out of the lineup Friday when the Sharks open their second round playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche at SAP Center, coach Pete DeBoer said. Pavelski, who hasn't missed a playoff ...
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Leclerc leads Ferrari practice one-two after drain drama BAKU (Reuters) - Charles Leclerc set a scorching pace on an incident-packed Azerbaijan Grand Prix Friday with Ferrari top of the practice timesheets after an early drain drama that wrecked George Russell's Williams. Formula One F1 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix ...
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Blue Jackets: Brad Marchand sticks it to Cam Atkinson before faceoff BOSTON — It took only one game for Brad Marchand to reach into his bag of playoff tricks to troll the Blue Jackets. Before a faceoff 3:33 into overtime of Game 1 between the Jackets and Boston Bruins on Thursday, Marchand stomped on Cam Atkinson's stick ...
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Montenegro to play three matches with no fans for racially abusing England players UEFA has ordered Montenegro to play their next home game behind closed doors after England players were racially abused in a European Championship qualifier last month. As an additional part of the punishment, the Montenegro FA has been ordered to ...
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Rested? Rusty? Only the result will tell for Canes-Isles It's one of those things that all depends on perspective and you can make the case either way – and when Game 1 of the Carolina Hurricanes' second-round series against the New York Islanders is over, broad ex post facto conclusions will be drawn based ...
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Kurt Busch leads first practice at Talladega with new rules package Kurt Busch led five Chevrolets in the top 10 when he paced the leaderboard in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series' first look at Talladega Superspeedway with the 2019 rules package in Friday afternoon's first practice. RELATED: First practice results.
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Americans David Lipsky, Sean Crocker share lead in Morocco Americans David Lipsky and Sean Crocker share a one-shot lead after the second round of the Trophee Hassan II on Friday. On a day of strong winds that led to some high scoring in Morocco, Crocker recovered from making four bogeys in his first six holes to ...
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Seattle Mariners: What to expect from Justus Sheffield's debut When Yusei Kikuchi signed with the Mariners on New Year's Eve, there was already a plan set in place for him. Jerry Dipoto and the powers that be set out a path for Kikuchi to limit his innings in a way that allows him to finish the entire regular season ...
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D'Angelo Russell: 'Hell Yeah, I Definitely Want to Be Here' D'Angelo Russell will be a restricted free agent this summer, and says he wants to remain in Brooklyn. The 23-year-old NBA All-Star, however, knows his future with the Nets isn't entirely in his hands. D'Angelo Russell not sweating his uncertain future.
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IndyCar brings forward cockpit protection debut IndyCar's new cockpit protection system, dubbed the 'Advanced Frontal Protection' (AFP), will be in use starting from next month's Indianapolis road course race, the series has announced. Renders of the AFP were released in February, and IndyCar stated its ...
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Here's a hole-by-hole look at Detroit Golf Club's setup for PGA Tour tournament Detroit — With a little bit of hole rerouting and the construction of several new tee boxes, Detroit Golf Club is preparing to play at 7,309 yards, and a par 72, when some of the game's elite players come to town for the city's inaugural PGA Tour tournament.
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'It came out of nowhere' – Russell on FP1 drain incident A Formula 1 car running at around 320km/h generates so much road lift, the front wing alone is capable of easily raising a 110kg object. That's a scientific fact that George Russell found out to his cost in FP1 in Azerbaijan, with the Williams rookie sustaining ...
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NFL Draft local TV ratings double last year Local television ratings for the first round of the NFL Draft were nearly twice as high Thursday as they were last year. The combined rating for WKRN-2, ESPN and the NFL Network was 18.0, according to WTVF-5 senior programming director Mark Binda.
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What the Stars proved in their Game 1 loss to the Blues The St. Louis Blues took game one of their second-round series from the Dallas Stars. Ben Bishop gave up a soft goal early. The penalty kill finally allowed a goal. Miro Heiskanen got posterized by Vladimir Tarasenko. All of this happened, and yet the Stars ...
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Toronto Raptors mailbag: Philadelphia 76ers playoff questions As the Toronto Raptors prepare for their round-two matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers, we went to Facebook and Twitter and answered your best questions. The real NBA playoffs are here. No, not that phony first-round series we were forced to call the ...
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Half marathon record holder Kiptum suspended in doping case LONDON — Half marathon world record holder Abraham Kiptum has been provisionally suspended for doping two days before he was due to run the London Marathon. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which handles doping cases in track and field, says Kiptum ...
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Detroit Pistons: 5 takeaways from the 2018-19 NBA season The Detroit Pistons' first Dwane Casey-led season is over, and it's time to look back at what we learned in 2018-19 and how we can use it moving forward. The Detroit Pistons' 2018-19 NBA season is over. They finished the regular season 41-41 before being ...
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Penguins' Joseph Cramarossa: Secures extension Cramarossa agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract extension with Pittsburgh on Friday, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports. Cramarossa spent the entire season in the minors with AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, in which he tallied four goals, ...
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British Athletics steps in to back Mo Farah in Gebrselassie dispute British Athletics satisfied Farah has not met Aden since 2016 • Ethiopian athlete Sisay Tsegaye says he was 'kicked in the neck'. Sean Ingle · @seaningle. Fri 26 Apr 2019 14.09 EDT Last modified on Fri 26 Apr 2019 16.20 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on ...
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Jazz will focus on adding offensive punch in offseason Few teams could match the Utah Jazz in their ability to dominate on defense this season. An inability to generate consistent offense, however, ultimately doomed Utah in the postseason. After getting knocked out of the first-round of the postseason by the ...
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Pep Guardiola: Man City boss thanks Liverpool for help in setting new standard Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes his side have created a new standard in the Premier League - and has thanked title rivals Liverpool for their help in raising the bar. City triumphed with a record 100-point haul last season and, with three ...
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Caster completes rare double with 1 500m win Cape Town - Caster Semenya wrapped up a rare double, cruising to another national title on Friday as she closed out a thrilling second day of action at the ASA Senior Championships at Germiston Athletics Stadium. Taking the lead at the gun, Semenya ...
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Hockey heros: 67's help fill sandbags in Constance Bay The Ottawa 67's exchanged their sticks for shovels and their skates for rubber boots Friday, pitching in to help the community they say has "had our backs" for years. As the rain poured down, the 67's were hard at work filling sandbags along Armitage Avenue ...
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Late blitz secures Cape Town City win in PE Cape Town - Cape Town City left it late but were able to secure a 2-0 win over Chippa United at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in the Premiership on Friday night. As it happened: Chippa United v Cape Town City. The first half provided plenty of entertainment, ...
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2019 NFL Draft tracker: Florida Gators draft picks, full analysis, history Welcome to OnlyGators.com's live coverage of the 2019 NFL Draft. Thanks for visiting and be sure to stop by throughout the event. Check out the Florida Gators' entire 2019 draft class below — as it is selected — and be sure to click off the individual links for ...
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Zimmermann on injured list with UCL sprain DETROIT -- The Tigers have lost a third starting pitcher to the injured list. This time, it's right-hander Jordan Zimmermann, who was placed on the 10-day IL on Friday with what the team is classifying as a sprain of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
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Derry City 1-0 Cork City Derry squander the chance to double their lead on 80 minutes as Jamie McDonagh sees his penalty saved by Mark McNulty. The spot-kick is awarded for a foul on Barry McNamee by Conor McCormick, who is sent-off for two yellow cards. Eoin Toal put the ...
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Rangers v Aberdeen: Derek McInnes denies Steven Gerrard claim that side 'lift game' Rangers "shouldn't flatter themselves" by thinking Aberdeen only raise their game against the Old Firm, says Pittodrie manager Derek McInnes. Ibrox boss Steven Gerrard said on Friday he believes Aberdeen "try harder" against his side, who they face in the ...
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Is this the best NBA second round ever? First the bad news. If you take away Dame Lillard's epic, historically incredible three-pointer from today's game, the first round has been such a waste of our time. Milwaukee equaled the record for total winning margin across a four-game series (95 points); ...
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