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As-it-happens update March 16, 2020
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Bleacher Report
The NFL's free-agency period is exciting because it is unpredictable. There's no way of knowing what rosters will look like even a few days after the market opens. With several star players set to enter free agency, this year's edition should be as exciting and ...
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ESPN
The NBA has suspended its season due to the spread of the coronavirus, and commissioner Adam Silver has stated the hiatus will last at least 30 days. On Sunday night, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported owners and executives are bracing for the ...
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NBCSports.com
After his year in exile, Howie Roseman was reinstated as Eagles general manager between Christmas and New Year's Day of 2015 and inherited a mess of a team that didn't have a quarterback or a coach, was stocked with Chip Kelly's overpaid veterans and ...
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Bleacher Report
The unofficial start of NFL free agency is just hours away. At 12 p.m. ET on Monday, teams can begin contacting players' agents and negotiating deals that can take effect at the official start of the new league year—4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. This means that ...
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ESPN (blog)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- For a large portion of the 2019 season, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan firmly believed that he was leading the NFL's best team. That belief nearly proved to be true, as Shanahan and the Niners surged to a 13-3 record, ...
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ESPN
The Kansas City Chiefs were unable to reach a long-term deal with Chris Jones before Monday's deadline to use the franchise tag, so they placed the tag on their star defensive lineman, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Tag numbers have not been ...
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Bleacher Report
Philip Rivers has been one of the most talked-about players in the NFL offseason. After 13 years in San Diego and three in Los Angeles, Rivers is destined to leave the Chargers and sign elsewhere as a free agent. There's been plenty of speculation about ...
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Bleacher Report
LOS ANGELES — While the future is uncertain for the entire NBA, the Milwaukee Bucks were already facing one of the most crucial tests in franchise history. Atop the league with a 53-12 record before the current suspension of play due to the coronavirus ...
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Sporting News
NFL free agency is virtually here for 2020. The new league year officially opens for the business of transactions on Wednesday, March 18 at 4 p.m. ET, but with the legal tampering period kicking off at noon on Monday, March 16, news of unrestricted ...
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ESPN
Former Cleveland Browns linebacker Christian Kirksey has agreed to a 2-year, $16 million deal with the Green Bay Packers, according to his agency Sportstars. The Browns tried to renegotiate Kirksey's contract but released him last week after the sides ...
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BaltimoreRavens.com
During a time where the current state of sports seems uncertain, Late for Work is a constant you can continue to count on. With that in mind, we've got plenty of free agency talk to get into. Who Will Stay and Who Will Go? The NFL's new league year will start ...
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Bleacher Report
Without a top-50 pick in either of the next two drafts, the Houston Texans could reportedly consider dealing away receiver DeAndre Hopkins. According to Peter King of Football Morning in America, two teams mentioned the Texans potentially trading away the ...
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New York Post
The football world has been abuzz about one topic ever since the New England Patriots' playoff campaign ended unceremoniously in January: Where will Tom Brady play in 2020? For the first time, the answer to that question is far from obvious amid a ...
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Golf.com
In these uncertain times, several of golf's top stars have gotten clarity on at least one thing: they're choosing the PGA Tour over the proposed Premier Golf League. Rory McIlroy was the first to speak out, first stating his position at the Genesis Invitational and ...
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The Denver Post
Even though the Broncos had completed their fourth consecutive season out of the playoffs less than 24 hours before, general manager John Elway was riding a wave of optimism at the end of 2019. "I think, with the youth that we have on this team and with ...
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Sports Illustrated
Now that the NFL Players Association has ratified the new collective bargaining agreement, we have a number for the league's salary cap provided by Adam Schefter. $198.2 million is lower than the projected $200 million that the great website ...
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Bleacher Report
Linebacker Shaquil Barrett is staying with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Bucs used their franchise tag on the league leader in sacks in 2019 . Barrett was the bright spot for an otherwise porous defense in Tampa. After betting on ...
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Forbes
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the sports world to an abrupt halt. Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday, leading the NBA to immediately suspend the 2019-20 season. This hiatus will have a huge financial impact on ...
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Los Angeles Times
Talk swirling around the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in recent weeks, some people suggesting the coronavirus outbreak will force a postponement, might seem reasonable. Professional sports leagues around the globe have suspended play. The NCAA canceled ...
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Bleacher Report
Whether the NHL will resume the 2019-20 season remains unknown, but free agency is looming no matter what happens. With no games being played, most updates emerging from the hockey world will be focused on offseason topics. Among the standouts ...
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ESPN
Players from Brazilian club Gremio took to the field wearing masks on Sunday in protest at having to play a football match as fears over coronavirus grow. Led by manager Renato Portaluppi, the players walked out of the tunnel to face Sao Luiz and lined up ...
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Bleacher Report
Devin McCourty is staying in New England. The safety and the Patriots reportedly reached an agreement Sunday on a two-year, $23 million deal, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network: Ian Rapoport @RapSheet. The #Patriots are giving safety and team leader ...
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TribLIVE
About a minute ago. The coronavirus sports shutdown may be worse than originally thought. On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control recommended "that for the next 8 weeks, organizers … cancel or postpone in-person events that consist of 50 people or ...
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cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The legal tampering is set to begin which means NFL free agency is right around the corner. The Browns have a chance to be major players and have several roster holes that could benefit if GM Andrew Berry makes a few opportunistic ...
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NFL.com
Anthony Castonzo decided after serious consideration to return to play football in 2020, and the Colts are paying him accordingly. Indianapolis and Castonzo have agreed to terms on a new contract, the team announced Sunday. NFL Network's Tom Pelissero ...
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WWLTV.com
NEW ORLEANS — I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I've never needed NFL free agency more in my entire life. The world is in the middle of maybe the biggest crisis of our lifetime, but with sports entirely shut down from playing actual games ...
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CNN International
(CNN) Simon Crow is not a professional athlete. But he has spent the last three months running six times a week, clocking in between 40 and 60 miles. Feeling great, Crow was hoping for a new personal best in the Paris marathon next month. And then the ...
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SPEED SPORT
Indianapolis Motor Speedway has addressed the Centers for Disease Control's March 15 recommendation that crowds larger than 50 be limited for eight weeks. In a statement early Monday morning, the track said it's aware of the CDC guideline and is ...
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Forbes
The WTA Tour announced it is suspended until May 2 due to the coronavirus outbreak. "Due to the ongoing global coronavirus outbreak, the WTA tournaments in Stuttgart, Istanbul and Prague will not be held as scheduled," the Tour announced. "We regret ...
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MLive.com
The Saginaw Heritage and Midland Dow hockey seasons ended in limbo, but both Saginaw Valley League teams enjoyed plenty of representation on the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association All-State teams. Heritage played three players on ...
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Elite Sports NY
Published: Saturday, March 14, 2020 @ 4:54 PM Updated: Saturday, March 14, 2020 @ 4:53 PM By: The Associated Press. FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2018, file photo, former Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino appears during a news conference in New York.
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Turf Show Times
It was reported on Sunday that the NFL would move forward with free agency and the tampering window as scheduled. That means that the tampering window opens at noon eastern, which is when teams can start negotiating contracts with players.
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WPLG Local 10
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Chris Harris Jr. has been looking forward to this week for what seems like forever. "Oh yeah, I didn't get recruited in high school. I didn't have a lot of teams coming at me out of college. I didn't get drafted. Now, to have multiple teams hit ...
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Mavs Moneyball
Deron Williams ranks 22nd all time with 6,819 assists, but perhaps his biggest assist came in retirement to the NBA's sixth all-time leading scorer, and former teammate, Dirk Nowitzki. Sunday, in the midst of a global pandemic, Williams posted to Instagram ...
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BBC News
Getting your live football fix is virtually impossible at the moment, but Leyton Orient are determined to rectify that and bring some much-needed light relief during dark times. The coronavirus outbreak has wiped out almost all top-level sport but the League Two ...
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Montana Standard
BOZEMAN – Finding the sports silence too deafening already? Reaching for the TV remote only to realize all you've got to alleviate your March Sadness is hand-wringing ESPN talking heads and replays of ancient Final Fours? Still smarting from coronavirus ...
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Metro
Liverpool great Robbie Fowler says the rest of the 2019/20 Premier League campaign must be played out in its entirety even if it disrupts the start of next season. The Merseyside giants have an enormous 25-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the ...
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247Sports
The Ohio State staff is working on finishing off their 2021 recruiting class with between 12 and 15 outstanding prospects. Ryan Day, Mark Pantoni and the staff currently have a class of 10 commitments that is ranked No. 1 in the country in the 247Sports ...
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Metro
Bruno Fernandes is adamant that he can improve at Manchester United after winning the Premier League Player of the Month award for February. The Portugal international has made an excellent start at Old Trafford with two goals and three assists in five ...
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autosport.com
The Circuit of the Americas' temporary closure and trimmed workforce will have 'no impact on its ability' to host this year's Formula 1 United States GP. The Austin venue has been badly hit by coronavirus precautions, including tightened restrictions on public ...
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Regina Leader-Post
By Sammy Hudes and Wes Gilbertson. Following intense public pressure, the ownership group of the Calgary Flames has reversed course and will pay part-time and hourly employees during the sporting shutdown due to the global outbreak of the novel ...
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