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As-it-happens update January 19, 2020
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ESPN
Derrick Henry led the league in rushing this year and has powered the sixth-seeded Tennessee Titans to the AFC Championship Game, but he hasn't impressed one of the guys who will be charged with tackling him on Sunday. "He's not hard to hit," Kansas ...
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Bleacher Report
The East-West Shrine Game provides the opportunity for some under-the-radar NFL draft prospects to show off their skills ahead of the Senior Bowl. In some cases, the top performers from the showcase event in Tampa, Florida earn late invitations to the ...
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Bleacher Report
Predictions aren't always right. And that's part of what makes sports so exciting. Take the Tennessee Titans' NFL playoff run for example. Prior to the postseason, there weren't many people picking Tennessee to reach the AFC Championship Game. It faced a ...
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CBSSports.com
Just four teams remain in the 2020 NFL Playoffs, and Championship Week promises plenty of excitement as the Packers, 49ers, Chiefs and Titans battle for their tickets to the 2020 Super Bowl. The Chiefs will host the Titans in the 2020 AFC Championship ...
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Bleacher Report
Zinedine Zidane and Monchi both spoke out about the controversial VAR calls during Saturday's 2-1 win for Real Madrid against Sevilla in La Liga, disagreeing over both decisions. The video assistant intervened to take away Luuk de Jong's opener for a ...
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ESPN
Can anyone stop Novak Djokovic from an eighth Australian Open title? Will Serena Williams finally win her record-tying 24th career Grand Slam? And which players will emerge as the breakout stars in Melbourne? There are many compelling storylines going ...
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Sports Illustrated
Earlier this month, Tom Brady said that he and the Patriots have had no ongoing contract negotiations since the their season ended. That was a bit of a surprise, as one would think New England would try to do what they can to retain the 42-year-old QB before ...
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CBSSports.com
In a Sunday afternoon time slot, the Miami Heat (29-12) will travel to face the San Antonio Spurs (17-23). Jimmy Butler and company toppled the Spurs at home earlier in the week, while San Antonio will look to bounce back from a close-fought loss to the ...
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NBCSports.com
Friday reports claimed Bruno Fernandes may be in the stands as a Manchester United player as soon as Sunday's match with Liverpool. [ MORE: Premier League schedule ]. Then came claims that Sporting Lisbon had waffled on either price of payment plan ...
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Bleacher Report
Washington Capitals winger Alexander Ovechkin continued to move up the NHL scoring chart Saturday, when his hat-trick against the New York Islanders sent him into joint-ninth place on the league's all-time goals list. The 34-year-old, who has 692 goals in ...
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Bleacher Report
It's been more than four months since the Oakland Raiders parted ways with Antonio Brown, but general manager Mike Mayock is not over the fallout from the situation—particularly his team's loss of draft picks. He told Vic Tafur of The Athletic: "I put that on me.
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Chicago Tribune
The Bulls were rescued by Zach LaVine on Saturday night as he lit up the United Center for 42 points with a 21-point fourth quarter to lead an unlikely 118-116 comeback victory against the Cavaliers. LaVine's heroics saved the Bulls from a frustrating loss, but ...
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Sports Illustrated
The deeper a team advances into the postseason, the less room there is for error, particularly when such an error might jeopardize a team's chance at scoring in a critical situation. But for the New York Giants, a penalty they endured on what ended up their ...
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Forbes
It has been a renaissance season for the San Francisco 49ers, who improbably sit one game away from Super Bowl LIV in Miami. While the football world didn't anticipate that the 49ers would be in this position this season, after finishing the 2018 NFL season ...
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Sports Illustrated
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Purdue gave it a shot Saturday in trying to get a Big Ten road win. But, much like stretches of the game against Maryland, the Boilers couldn't hit it. Maryland won 59-50, getting off to a hot start and then shutting down Purdue down the ...
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USA TODAY
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Coach Bruce Boudreau altered Minnesota's practice plans with a snowstorm hitting the state, having his team come in early for a Friday practice and canceling Saturday's morning skate before the evening game against the Dallas ...
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Forbes
The Knicks lost again on Saturday night. That shouldn't be surprising, considering New York has lost more games this century than any other team in the league. It was the Knicks' third straight loss and their 32nd this season, dropping them 21 games under ...
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Bleacher Report
Conor McGregor is back, fight fans. In the main event of UFC 246 on Saturday, the Irish superstar decimated Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone with a series of unconventional shoulder strikers, a head kick and volley of follow-up punches. And it took him just 40 ...
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USA TODAY
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Although foul trouble kept him on the bench for nearly 20 minutes on Saturday, Penn State forward Lamar Stevens channeled his frustration to play efficient minutes. Stevens scored 14 of his 24 points in the second half and ...
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Miami Herald
SAN DIEGO — San Diego State home basketball games are starting to feel like they did back in the Kawhi Leonard era, when a packed Viejas Arena rocked and the Aztecs reached the Sweet 16 for the first time. This time, it's a trio of transfers leading the No.
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NHL.com
VANCOUVER -- Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist for the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-1 win against the San Jose Sharks at Rogers Arena on Saturday. Adam Gaudette and Jake Virtanen each had two assists, and Thatcher Demko made 17 saves for ...
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CBSSports.com
Conor McGregor fights are a different atmosphere from any other in the UFC. For proof, one needs look no further than the celebrities littering the front rows of Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena ahead of McGregor's return to the Octagon at UFC 246 after more than a ...
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Charlotte Observer
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — LSU guard Skylar Mays is not surprised the Tigers are the only unbeaten team in Southeastern Conference play. "I'm not surprised because of the work we put in and the way we've executed at the end of games," the senior guard said ...
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Golf.com
Lee Westwood claimed the 25th European Tour title of his impressive career with style, fending off Sunday charges from Tommy Fleetwood and Victor Perez to win the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship by two shots, at 19 under par overall. Westwood drained ...
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USA TODAY
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lee Westwood secured his 25th European Tour win with victory at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Sunday. Westwood, who had a one-shot overnight lead, has now won in four different decades starting in ...
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Courier Journal
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Can a team's weakness also end up being its strength? Because Kentucky basketball's win at Arkansas offered another example of the Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of this team. For the third consecutive game, Kentucky blew a second-half ...
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Peachtree Hoops
Maybe this was as much of a schedule loss as the Atlanta Hawks have had coming all season. And maybe that should have been obvious. After all, the Hawks secured an emotional win in San Antonio on Friday evening and a win like that can leave a team ...
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Bleacher Report
Joe Burrow wants to be a Cincinnati Bengal. As long as the check clears. The presumed No. 1 overall pick was asked about returning to his home state during LSU's visit to the White House and said he's more than happy going anywhere next season, ...
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Washington Post
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton admits he was worried when his team trailed Miami by nine points with five minutes to go Saturday. His players: not so much. "We hated to put that stress on coach," M.J. Walker said. "But it's the ...
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Yahoo Sports
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- It took a second-half spurt to build a 19-point lead and then tough defense during an eight-minute scoring drought for Indiana to collect a rarity on Saturday night, an 82-74 Big Ten Conference road win over Nebraska.
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Washington Post
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Justinian Jessup forced a turnover and scored with 1.9 seconds left to send the game into overtime as Boise State rallied from 19-points down in the second half and beat Utah State 88-83 on Saturday night. Utah State (14-6, 3-4 ...
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FOXSports.com
BOSTON (AP) — Devin Booker had 39 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Phoenix Suns overcame a franchise-record 11 3-pointers by Boston's Marcus Smart and beat the Celtics 123-119 on Saturday night. Deandre Ayton had 26 points and 15 ...
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ESPN
Forward Ante Rebic broke his AC Milan duck by scoring two second-half goals including a stoppage-time winner to give them a thrilling 3-2 win over Udinese in Serie A on Sunday. Milan, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic starting for the first time since returning to the ...
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USA TODAY
Stephen A. Smith isn't usually a part of ESPN's UFC coverage, but Saturday's event was different. UFC 246 featured the return of Conor McGregor, so Smith, one of ESPN's heavy hitters, was brought in for the special occasion. After McGregor (22-4 MMA, 10-2 ...
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ESPN
The warrant out against Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has been recalled, his lawyer said Saturday. The news comes after an officer signed an affidavit saying he did not want to pursue charges, Beckham's lawyer, Daniel Davillier, said in ...
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247Sports
It was a strange situation for Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, a player less than two months removed from an injury many feared could be career-threatening. Does he risk playing another season for the Crimson Tide and potentially torpedoing his draft ...
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NBCSports.com
The Chicago Bears underachieved in almost every way a football team can in 2019, but one player stood out as an elite performer among his NFL peers for his efforts on special teams: Kick returner, Cordarrelle Patterson. Patterson signed with the Bears as ...
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Dunking With Wolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves dropped their fifth consecutive game, this time falling to the defending champion Toronto Raptors. Timberwolves logo Timberwolves. 112. Final. Raptors logo Raptors. 122. The Minnesota Timberwolves have generally played ...
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Yahoo Sports
Ah, yes, the blowout loss right before the mass migration south toward warmer weather. This wasn't the first time. The Toronto Maple Leafs will enter their bye week on a sour note after being soundly walloped 6-2 by the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night ...
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Live 5 News WCSC
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) -- Jair Bolden scored 19 points and South Carolina defeated Texas A&M 81-67 on Saturday afternoon. The Gamecocks made 16-of-30 of their 3-point attempts (53.3%), in keeping the Aggies at arms' length for most of the ...
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NBCSports.com
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points and the Los Angeles Clippers rallied to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 133-130 on Saturday. Lou Williams scored 14 of his 32 points during a dominant fourth quarter for Los Angeles, which outscored ...
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The Athletic
Conley (hamstring) is expected to come off the bench and be on a minutes restriction for Saturday's game against the Kings, Shams Charania of WatchStadium.com reports. Conley has been sidelined since Dec. 19 due to a strained left hamstring. The Jazz ...
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Big Cat Country
The Jaguars and head coach Doug Marrone are still searching for a replacement offensive coordinator after mutually parting ways with John DeFilippo earlier in the week. According to a report form NFL Network's Mike Garafolo, the Jaguars will be ...
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CBSSports.com
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Second-ranked Baylor came back from 12 down in the second half to beat Oklahoma State, 75-68. Jared Butler scored 19 points and had six assists, while Freddie Gillespie added 17 points in Baylor's 15th consecutive victory.
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GolfDigest.com
KA'UPULEHI-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez made a 12-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff Saturday with senior newcomer Ernie Els to win the PGA Tour Champions' season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Fred Couples ...
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Arizona Sports
TEMPE, Ariz. — Guard U engaged. The Arizona State Sun Devils put an end to their two-game losing skid, unloading on the Utah Utes, 83-64, behind the play of guards Rob Edwards and Remy Martin on Saturday night. The senior-junior combo accounted for ...
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Yahoo Sports
Roxanne Modafferi handed Maycee Barber her first career loss on Saturday at UFC 246 and ended the rapid rise of the young flyweight. Barber entered the bout with an 8-0 record with finishes over all of her previous UFC opponents. The 21-year old aspired ...
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OCRegister
ANAHEIM – By now, Zach Osborne was supposed to be an elite Supercross champion, a shining star in the series competing for a victory every weekend. At 11 years old, he landed his first factory ride and quickly became the guy to beat during his decorated ...
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Washington Post
New York Islanders (28-15-4, third in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Carolina Hurricanes (27-18-3, sixth in the Metropolitan Division). Raleigh, North Carolina; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST. BOTTOM LINE: Carolina aims to break its three-game losing streak with a ...
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The Michigan Daily
Michigan announced the hire of Brian Jean-Mary as linebackers coach Saturday, filling out the Wolverines' coaching staff for 2020 after the departures of Chris Partridge and Anthony Campanile in the offseason. Jean-Mary has 21 years of coaching ...
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