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As-it-happens update March 16, 2020
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FRISCO, Texas -- The Dallas Cowboys have placed the exclusive franchise tag on Dak Prescott, the team announced Monday, although the ultimate goal remains to have the quarterback signed to a long-term contract. With the move, the Cowboys have until ...
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Bleacher Report
The NFL league year is moving forward as planned with free agency set to kick off Wednesday, March 18. The 2020 NFL draft has yet to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but expectations are that the league will, in some way, adjust the plans to ...
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Bleacher Report
The New York Jets could once again be big players in the free-agent market. The Jets spent a ton of money on Le'Veon Bell, C.J. Mosley, Jamison Crowder and others in an offseason that defined the direction of the team last year. They could be in for another ...
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ESPN
The Arizona Cardinals placed the transition tag on running back Kenyan Drake, the team announced Monday. The tag gives the Cardinals the right to match any offer Drake receives in free agency. Drake, who turned 26 in January, made an immediate impact ...
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Bleacher Report
The 2020 free-agency period figures to be the only thing that can drastically shuffle how NFL teams will approach filling their needs once the draft is scheduled to begin on April 23. ESPN's Adam Schefter was told by "multiple team officials" that there is ...
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Bleacher Report
Last offseason, the Green Bay Packers spent $182 million on their top four free-agent signings, Za'Darius Smith, Preston Smith, Adrian Amos and Billy Turner. General manager Brian Gutekunst's aggressive open-market strategy worked out in the team's favor ...
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ESPN
The New England Patriots are placing the franchise tag on left guard Joe Thuney, according to his agent, Mike McCartney. Thuney was expected to generate significant free-agent interest because of his combination of age (he turned 27 in November), ...
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Yahoo Sports
The NFL's "legal tampering" period of free agency is about to begin and the news is coming fast, with multiple stars receiving the franchise tag ahead of Monday's deadline. It's going to be hard to keep track of the comings and goings once the market officially ...
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ESPN
The NFL says it still plans to hold the 2020 draft as scheduled from April 23 to 25, but public draft events in Las Vegas will not take place amid ongoing precautions being taken due to the coronavirus. "This decision reflects our foremost priority -- the health and ...
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Bleacher Report
All you have to do is watch film of Jadeveon Clowney's season with the Seattle Seahawks to see how much of an impact he can make on a new team. In his first season with the NFC West side, Clowney recorded 13 quarterback hits, seven tackles for loss and ...
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Sports Illustrated
The NFL legal tampering window ahead of the new league year opens Monday morning at 10 am MDT and the Denver Broncos figure to be active players. The Broncos are facing an exodus of homegrown talent poised to depart via free agency. There are a ...
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NFL.com
The New York Giants will keep Leonard Williams around for at least one more year. The team will use the franchise tag on the defensive lineman, the Giants announced Monday. LATEST ANALYSIS › 8 takeaways from Sunday's FA moves › CBA approved: ...
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Yahoo Sports
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Titans are keeping the quarterback that led them within a victory of the Super Bowl, agreeing to a four-year, $118 million extension with Ryan Tannehill. The Titans announced the deal Sunday, hours after the NFL ...
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nj.com
The Eagles decided to take care of one of their own ahead of free agency. The team agreed to terms on a one-year deal with defensive tackle Hassan Ridgeway on Monday. Ridgeway was supposed to hit the free-agent market on Wednesday along with 13 ...
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SB Nation
NFL players approved the new collective bargaining proposal from the owners by a narrow margin of 1,019-959 votes. Approximately 500 NFL players did not vote. Nonetheless, the CBA, which will go through the 2030 season, was passed by the voting ...
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Charlotte Observer
It's going to be a busy week in the NFL. Despite uncertainty that the league year may be postponed to growing concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, things are proceeding as normal. Starting Monday at ...
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Bleacher Report
When baseball returns after its current delay, it will still take time for players to get ready for regular-season action. Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer explained that a "three-to-four week range would be absolute minimum in my mind" to get into playing ...
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Sports Illustrated
Miami Heat forward Meyers Leonard has always claimed he is more than just a basketball player. It says so at the top of Twitter profile. "Basketball is what I do," it reads. "It's not who I am." So without basketball, Leonard has had no problem keeping busy.
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Sports Illustrated
Virginia Tech star Landers Nolley will enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per a tweet from Stadium's Jeff Goodman. It was an up-and-down redshirt-freshman campaign for Nolley in his first collegiate action this season. But despite the trials and tribulations that he ...
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Forbes
Rick Pitino wants Iona to schedule Kentucky, but not Louisville. "I spoke to Cal [Sunday], he was nice enough to call me. I would love to schedule Kentucky in the Garden in the Jimmy V Classic," Pitino said Monday on the Dan Patrick Show. "I think that would ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Buccaneers' first deal in free agency this year is no bank buster, but it does shore up their tight end depth. Tampa Bay signed TE Antony Auclair to a one-year deal rather than tender him as a restricted free agent (via the Athletic's Greg Auman):.
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Former Falcons wide receiver Justin Hardy will not re-sign with the team and will become an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday, his agent Christian Kranz told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday. Hardy, who was drafted in the fourth round (107th ...
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cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The NFL is full steam ahead this week. A new collective bargaining agreement was approved over the weekend. Now the league year is about to begin on Wednesday afternoon. The league's legal tampering period gets underway on ...
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Bleeding Green Nation
After some speculation that it wouldn't start on time, one of the busiest periods during the offseason calendar has arrived. That's right, folks, the start of free agency is finally here. It's going to be a very interesting week for the entire NFL landscape. Of course ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Latest on the coronavirus outbreak's effect on sports around the world (all times local):. 10:55 p.m.. Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns has announced he'll donate $100,000 to the Mayo Clinic for testing for the COVID-19 virus.
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USA TODAY
The IOC and Tokyo 2020 organizing committee have maintained that the Summer Olympics will go on as scheduled despite the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus. But recent polls show the Japanese public isn't so sure. Nearly 70% of people in Japan ...
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MLB Trade Rumors
The Blue Jays placed Diaz on the 60-day injured list Sunday due to an unspecified injury, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports. Diaz made a Grapefruit League appearance as recently as March 9, and no reports surfaced in the week that followed ...
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The State News
Michigan State has canceled all sports activities as our community deals with the COVID-19 crisis. In a time when sports have ceased, The State News is looking back at great moments in Michigan State sports history. Soon, we'll be back to a world with sports ...
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Bleacher Report
TMZ Sports has released new footage of boxer Gervonta Davis' physical altercation with his ex-girlfriend in February. Davis was arrested and charged with simple battery/domestic violence after allegedly assaulting her at a charity basketball game in Florida ...
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Baltimore Sun
The Ravens have given restricted-free-agent center Matt Skura a right-of-first-refusal tender, according to NFL Network. The one-year offer is worth a projected $2.1 million and would allow the Ravens to match any offer sheet Skura signs with another team.
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Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
In a joint released from the Iowa High School Athletic Association, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union and the Iowa High School Music Association, all spring sports and activities have been suspended for the next four weeks. The associations made the ...
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syracuse.com
Syracuse guard Brycen Goodine (0) drives on Boston College forward Kamari Williams (14) during a game on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. (Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com). By Mike Waters | mwaters@syracuse.com.
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Jays Journal
Baseball players are going to need some time to ramp things back up once baseball resumes, which means that June might be the best case scenario for the beginning of the MLB season. Since there isn't a lot to talk about when it comes to baseball, one of ...
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Fox News
LeBron James on Sunday joked he was "headed to Wakanda" as the coronavirus outbreak forced the state of California to call on bars, clubs, and wineries to shut down while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that events with 50 ...
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ESPN
ATHENS, Greece -- The Olympic flame handover ceremony for the Tokyo Games will take place without spectators in an effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the Greek Olympic committee said Monday. The committee said the accreditation cards that had ...
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CBSSports.com
The majority of sporting events in the United States have been suspended or canceled in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. However, the famous Iditarod dog sled race is still going forward as scheduled in Alaska as the festivities got underway on Sunday.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Buffalo Bills fans may be licking their chops, anxious to see how much of Terry and Kim Pegula's money general manager Brandon Beane will be spending starting this week when the NFL free agency signing period opens. However, Bills fans should ...
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Buffalo News
Eric Spina was 9 when the Buffalo Braves played their first NBA game, in 1970. They beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 107-92, at Memorial Auditorium. Their leading scorer, with 24 points, was Don May. Spina, who grew up in Buffalo's University District, loved ...
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Vacaville Reporter
As usual, Warriors guard Stephen Curry is ahead of the curve. In fact, he wants to flatten it altogether. In a tweet published Sunday, Curry urged people "to take responsibility for ourselves and do whatever it takes to #stopthespread of coronavirus. "There's a ...
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Arrowhead Addict
The Kansas City Chiefs have officially placed the franchise tag on defensive tackle Chris Jones, to no one's surprise, shortly before the NFL's deadline. Just hours before the official deadline expired for NFL franchises to use a roster tag designation of any kind ...
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The Guardian
A member of Pirelli's Formula One team has tested positive for coronavirus in Australia. It is the second confirmed Covid-19 infection within F1. Former F1 world champion Alan Jones 'hugely disappointed' about cancellation. Read more. A McLaren mechanic ...
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Niners Nation
Kyle's update 3:10: CB Bradley Roby re-signed with the Texans for three years, $36 million. That's more than I expected. These early deals are already a good indication that the 49ers will be sitting out of the first wave of free agency. Now that the CBA has ...
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Hot Springs Sentinel
Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort said late Sunday it will voluntarily close its casino effective Monday for two weeks, but continue live horse racing without spectators during that time. "With the unfortunate announcement Sunday afternoon that two people have ...
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BBC News
Chelsea have reminded Mason Mount of his responsibilities after he was pictured having a kickabout despite being told to self-isolate for 14 days. Midfielder Mount's Blues team-mate Callum Hudson-Odoi tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday. Chelsea ...
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Vikings Wire
The Vikings terminated the contracts of Linval Joseph and Xavier Rhodes, freeing up cap space as free agency approaches. That means Minnesota can somewhat be buyers, starting March 18 when free agency hits. They have just under $20 million in space ...
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WCYB
BRISTOL, Tenn. — The Birthplace of Country Music Museum announced Sunday that it will temporarily close in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also on Sunday, a Bristol Motor Speedway official announced that the venue's April races are still scheduled ...
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