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Barnwell's 2019 midseason NFL awards: Picking MVP, All-Pro teams, best rookies, more We are officially past the halfway point of the 2019 NFL season. After Sunday, teams have played 134 of the 267 games on the annual NFL calendar, which comes out to 50.2%. The last game of the first half was one of its most entertaining, with Baltimore ...
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Jon Gruden pinpoints where Raiders' Derek Carr has made greatest strides ALAMEDA – Derek Carr clearly is comfortable operating the Raiders' offensive scheme. Jon Gruden's system can be complex and hard on a quarterback, but Carr is achieving a level of mastery in his second season within it. He isn't just executing play calls.
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Raiders injury report: Arden Key to miss significant time with broken foot ALAMEDA -- The Raiders are banged up without much time to recover before Thursday night's game against the L.A. Chargers. Raiders coach Jon Gruden said three players were set for MRIs on Monday, and a source said the results were mixed.
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Giants vs. Cowboys score: Dallas starts slow, pulls away in second half to rout New York The Dallas Cowboys were able to move to 5-3 and stay in the driver's seat of the NFC East after defeating the New York Giants (2-7) Monday at MetLife Stadium, 37-18. While Dallas was able to walk away with the victory, they didn't exactly put their best foot ...
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Miami's Bubba Bolden, hurt in celebration, out for season CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- The celebratory hit that Miami safety Bubba Bolden took from a teammate during the win over Florida State was a costly one for the Hurricanes. Bolden will miss the remainder of the Hurricanes' season because of an injury that ...
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Pelicans' Brandon Ingram has career-high 40 in loss despite head injury NEW YORK -- Less than two days after a head injury caused Brandon Ingram to exit a game early, the New Orleans Pelicans forward exploded for a career-high 40 points on Monday night in a 135-125 loss to the Brooklyn Nets. "I'm a tough cookie," Ingram ...
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Vikings' offensive rhythm goes missing in Kansas City EAGAN, Minn. — Facing the 30th-ranked run defense in the NFL and featuring the league's top rusher in Dalvin Cook, the Minnesota Vikings opened Sunday's game at Kansas City with three straight passes. Kirk Cousins overthrew Cook on a first-down ...
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Bears Keep Getting Caught Behind the Chains Successful play calls seemed to come so naturally to Bears coach Matt Nagy last season. It always seems this way when your team is executing. Whether it's play calling, lack of execution, or just better defenses, the Bears offense has spun its wheels and the ...
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JD Martinez doesn't opt out of contract with Red Sox J.D. Martinez did not opt out of his contract with the Boston Red Sox. By remaining with the Red Sox, Martinez can earn $62.5 million over the next three years: $23.75 million for 2020 and $19,375,000 for both 2021 and 2022. He also has the option to opt out ...
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Flores and rebuilding Dolphins have something to build on DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Brian Flores celebrated his first victory as a head coach by taking his wife to dinner, and their postgame party was subdued. No standing ovations in the restaurant. No requests for autographs. No slap on the back from the waiter. "Nah," the ...
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Dolphins' Mark Walton suspended four games for violating NFL's substance abuse policy Miami Dolphins running back Mark Walton has been suspended for the next four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, the league announced on Tuesday. Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network reports that this issue stems from incidents that ...
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5 Offensive Changes Rich Scangarello Made That Paid Dividends in Week 9 Over the first eight weeks of the season, there were definitely issues with the Denver Broncos' play-calling. It wasn't just the calls, but game-planning and aggression. These are issues that caused players like Phillip Lindsay, Emmanuel Sanders, and Joe ...
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How the 5 biggest NFL playoff races will unfold this season I'm SO fired up, folks! This was a wild Week 9 in the NFL, and there's so much to discuss. This time of the season is moving month, when teams go up and down and the playoff picture starts to shape up. I'll spend time here going over the five most competitive ...
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Falcons make several coaching changes, none involving Dan Quinn, in wake of 1-7 start The Atlanta Falcons stayed true to their word of evaluating their coaching staff during the bye week. In a last-ditch effort to save head coach Dan Quinn's job, the Falcons announced three coaching changes to Quinn's staff. Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers ...
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Mets-Carlos Beltran reunion hinged on this other meeting Of the dozens of meetings that took place over the past month regarding the Mets' managerial opening, you could argue the most important one concerned a reunion and a reassurance. "We had a very nice conversation," Jessica Beltran told The Post of her ...
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Dwight Howard and the Lakers' support cast are a shocking success An off-season that saw the Los Angeles Lakers miss signing a third superstar, then lose DeMarcus Cousins for the year, gave little hope that the franchise would be much more than a two-man band. The Lakers had to do what every team with LeBron James ...
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Alabama's Nick Saban says Tua Tagovailoa remains game-time decision for LSU TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa remains a game-time decision for this Saturday's game against LSU after practicing twice last week, coach Nick Saban told reporters on Monday. Tagovailoa had surgery to repair a high ...
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2021 Chosen 25 wing AJ Griffin commits to Duke Last week, Archbishop Stepinac High School (White Plains, N.Y.) wing A.J. Griffin hinted to USA TODAY High School Sports that he isn't the player that's going to let things linger well into the 11th hour of his senior year. "When I know, I won't waste time," ...
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Packers examining everything that led up to loss GREEN BAY – Monday was a day of self-reflection for the Packers. Not just about Sunday and the team's worst performance of the season, but about Saturday and Friday as well, and everything that led up to the humbling loss to the Chargers. Head Coach ...
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Tippett to face Coyotes for first time with Oilers EDMONTON -- Dave Tippett will coach his current team, the Edmonton Oilers, against his former one, the Arizona Coyotes, for the first time Monday at Rogers Place (9 p.m. ET; ESPN+, SNW, FSA-PLUS, NHL.TV). Tippett, who was 282-257-83 as coach of the ...
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10 new features we want to see if NCAA Football returns Everyone's favorite college football video game moved one step closer to a return Oct. 29 when the NCAA announced its Board of Governors voted unanimously "to permit students participating in athletics the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, ...
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CFP rankings debut Tuesday: Where will UGA rate among one-loss teams? Other folks have been ranking college football teams since August. The people whose rankings ultimately matter will do so Tuesday night. The College Football Playoff selection committee is scheduled to release its first Top 25 rankings of the season shortly ...
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Deshaun Watson Credits a Group of Offensive Minds for the Evolving Houston Texans Offense Since the start of the season, the Houston Texans offense has continued to evolve and build around Deshaun Watson. With new offensive players in Kenny Stills, Duke Johnson, Carlos Hyde, Darren Fells, and Laremy Tunsil, the offense has been a work in ...
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Bucs-Seahawks AfterMath: Bruce Arians didn't go for 2. Here's why he was right. When Tampa Bay cut Seattle's lead to 34-33 late in the fourth quarter Sunday, the Bucs made the controversial call to settle for the extra point. They had a powerful ally: Math. Bucs coach Bruce Arians on whether he considered attempting a go-ahead ...
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Lakers' Anthony Davis Earns Western Conference Player of the Week The past week has been kind to the Lakers, seeing them go 3-0 to move their record up to 5-1 on the season. Anthony Davis, in particular, has been a dominant two-way force for the Lakers. With big performances in each of the Lakers' three wins, Davis was ...
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Getting his due? Tigers great Lou Whitaker among 10 on Hall of Fame ballot Detroit — Better late than never, right? Lou Whitaker finally has a legitimate shot at joining his longtime Tigers' double-play partner Alan Trammell in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Whitaker, who played second base for the Tigers for 19 seasons, from 1977 ...
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Gophers' Fleck, Penn State's Franklin formed lasting friendship 1. P.J. Fleck. (This one's pretty clear, and let's be honest, if it wasn't him, there's probably trouble at home in Edina.) 2. James Franklin. And along with P.J., that actually means two Flecks are big fans of Penn State's head coach going into Saturday's marquee ...
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FC Barcelona's Ernesto Valverde And Nelson Semedo Speak On Slavia Prague, Levante Loss, Suarez Injury And Puig ... FC Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde and defender Nelson Semedo have spoken on a wide range of topics prior to their team's hosting of Slavia Prague in the Champions League on Tuesday. Addressing the press first, in-form Portuguese star Semedo said ...
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England snatch defeat from jaws of victory in third New Zealand T20 England were left to reflect on a shoddy collapse as New Zealand claimed a 14-run victory in Nelson to go 2-1 up in this Twenty20 series with two to play. After the Black Caps had posted 180 for six, powered by a typically brawny 35-ball 55 from Colin de ...
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Bills coach Sean McDermott on 6-2 critics: 'We don't make the schedule' The Buffalo Bills are off to their best start since 1993, but that hasn't convinced some pundits that their 6-2 start is anything more than a byproduct of an easy schedule. On Fox NFL Sunday after the Bills' win Sunday against Washington, Terry Bradshaw ...
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Postgame analysis: NY Rangers flustered by Senators despite two points from Kaapo Kakko NEW YORK — After beating three of the better teams in the NHL over the course of 10 days, the Rangers laid an egg against one of the worst on Monday. The lowly Ottawa Senators came to Madison Square Garden sitting in last place in the Atlantic Division, ...
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Orioles' Chris Davis and wife Jill make record donation to Maryland Children's Hospital Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis and his wife Jill donated $3 million to the University of Maryland Children's Hospital on Monday, the largest gift the hospital has received from a Baltimore sports figure. The money will be spent on building a ...
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Rankings Winners & Losers: Rafa returns to No. 1; Barty extends lead With results coming in from a Masters 1000 on the men's side and two weeks of season-ending events on the women's side, there was plenty of movement on both the ATP and WTA rankings this week. But no move was more significant than Rafael Nadal ...
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Frank Lampard: Has Chelsea boss restored 'soul' of club? Chelsea might be one of the most successful teams in the Premier League era, but there have been times when they have been hard to warm to for neutral observers. Funded by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, they won the club's first league ...
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Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson just announced the birth of her first baby (CNN) First, let's take a moment to marvel over the tiny, wide-eyed wonder that former US Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and her husband, Andrew East, just brought into the world. theeastbaby · Nashville, Tennessee · View Profile · theeastbaby. 23 posts ...
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Raiders' Renfrow Is Earning Reputation as a Clutch Receiver At Clemson, Hunter Renfrow proved time and again he was a clutch receiver as the Tigers won a national championship. The wide receiver simply had a way of getting open and making plays when it counted most, on third downs and late in close games.
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Troy Parrott: Tottenham teenager will make Republic squad cut for Denmark game Mick McCarthy says uncapped Tottenham teenager Troy Parrott will stay in his Republic of Ireland squad for the vital Euro 2020 qualifier against Denmark. The 17-year-old, who has played only one competitive game for Tottenham, was named in an extended ...
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Kieran Read getting ready for next chapter of life as All Blacks days end All Blacks captain Kieran Read admits it's going to take him a while to move on from the events of the Rugby World Cup. Read and his team-mates arrived back in New Zealand on Tuesday and he'll have time to briefly live a normal life again, before returning ...
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Five talking points from the weekend in La Liga BARCELONA (Reuters) - Champions Barcelona fell to an unexpected 3-1 defeat at Levante, while Real Madrid drew 0-0 at home against Real Betis. Here are five talking points from the action in La Liga. Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Levante v FC ...
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Game Day: Arizona at Calgary TUESDAY Arizona Coyotes (8-4-1*) at Calgary Flames (8-7-2) 7 p.m. MT, Scotiabank Saddledome, Sportsnet West, Sportsnet 960 The Fan *before Monday's game at Edmonton. THE BIG MATCHUP Flames G David Rittich vs. Coyotes RW Phil Kessel
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Former Celtics forward Marcus Morris: 'I refuse to do anything with Boston' Marcus Morris provided steadiness amid a chaotic Celtics season. His reward? A turbulent summer that included deals with the Spurs (reneged upon) and Knicks (signed) – but, according to Morris, no contact from Boston. Morris, via Jay King of The Athletic:.
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Alberto Salazar's former athletes to be investigated by Wada after former coach is banned for doping violations All athletes trained by Mo Farah's disgraced former coach are to be investigated by the World Anti-Doping Agency for potential drug offences, its president has announced. Sir Craig Reedie confirmed the move a month after the International Olympic ...
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