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As-it-happens update March 20, 2020
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NBCSports.com
With Tom Brady leaving the New England Patriots after 20 years, it's time to shift the focus to who will replace the six-time Super Bowl champion under center. Several names have been thrown around as potential fill-ins for Brady, including veterans Cam ...
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NBCSports.com
Howie Roseman and Jake Rosenberg have gone back to their old bag of tricks with the Javon Hargrave contract. Earlier this week, I took an in-depth look at the contract but the numbers have since changed. The Eagles added a couple dummy years to the ...
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ESPN
With the Chinese Basketball Association preparing to end a nearly three-month hiatus, the league is welcoming back some of its foreign players, with perhaps the biggest splash of all coming from Jeremy Lin. "Safely landed back in Beijing to finish out the ...
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Sports Illustrated
With the sports world largely on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL offseason marches on. Despite some speculation that the start of the NFL league year could have been pushed back, it has begun pretty much as planned. With free agency still ...
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ESPN
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge told reporters Friday that his fractured rib is improving, and he also disclosed that he suffered a partially collapsed lung. Two weeks ago, manager Aaron Boone said a fractured rib revealed by a CT scan was why ...
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FOXSports.com
PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger is getting a little help. The defensive line is getting a little depth. And the offensive line a little veteran experience, all in the name of helping the Pittsburgh Steelers make some headway in the new-look AFC North.
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Sports Illustrated
The New Orleans Saints had little player activity in Day 4 of free agency on Thursday. The team announced that they had picked up the 5th year options for cornerback Marshon Lattimore and offensive tackle Ryan Ramczyk, locking them down until 2022.
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The Boston Globe
With Tommy John surgery now on the docket for Chris Sale, what kind of pitcher can the Red Sox expect beyond the now-lost 2020 season? Is it possible that the lefthander will return to dominance, or given that he's turning 31 this month, will the Red Sox ...
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FOXSports.com
ENGLEWOOD, Colorado (AP) — The Denver Broncos continued an impressive offseason haul Friday by agreeing to a two-year deal with former Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon. A person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated ...
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Bleacher Report
Auburn Tigers wing Isaac Okoro will test the 2020 NBA draft waters, according to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Okoro spent one season at Auburn, averaging 12.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game, shooting 51.4 percent from the field and 29.0 ...
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Bleacher Report
The Miami Heat's run with the big three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh may have come to an end two years before the group eventually broke up in the summer of 2014. In an Instagram Live chat with fans (h/t ESPN's Brian Windhorst), ...
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Sports Illustrated
Whether you're at the end of your coffee, your day, your week or even your rope, welcome to Whitt's End 3.20.20 … *Christmas Eve, 1993. Dallas Cowboys' quarterback Troy Aikman – age 27 and on the cusp of leading his team to a second consecutive Super ...
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Sports Illustrated
Dayton star Obi Toppin is the lone unanimous first-team choice to The Associated Press college basketball All-America team announced Friday. Toppin was joined on the first team announced by Iowa's Luka Garza, Marquette's Markus Howard, Myles Powell ...
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Bengals.com
What is your take on our big FA moves on Tuesday? IMO we learned our lesson from Sam Adams, and got back to what works for us with players on the upswing. These are also positions of strength on paper, that looked like weakness on film. Kris Ewing ...
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Bleacher Report
The New England Patriots added offensive depth Friday, agreeing to terms with fullback Danny Vitale. Vitale's agent, Chris Cabott, confirmed the deal with NFL Network's Tom Pelissero. Tom Pelissero @TomPelissero. Former #Packers FB Danny Vitale has ...
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Bleacher Report
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski expects Tre Jones will declare for the 2020 NBA draft. Appearing on The 247Sports College Basketball Show podcast with Evan Daniels, Krzyzewski brought up Jones when asked if he's had a chance to sit down with any of ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Houston Texans have signed free agent defensive back Jaylen Watkins with a two-year $3 million deal. The NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported the signing by the Texans. Watkins can play either cornerback or safety and he will fit into the Texans ...
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NPR
The head of USA Swimming is calling for the upcoming Tokyo Summer Olympics to be postponed until next year, citing disruptions the COVID-19 global pandemic has forced onto athletes' lives as well as their training and competition schedules.
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ESPN
Football's European Championship is now being played in 2021 though it's not yet clear what it will be officially called. "The tournament will still be known as UEFA Euro 2020,'' the governing body said, three days after deciding to postpone the month-long ...
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Yahoo Sports
Technology and the booming eSports industry is helping to fill the void created by the shutdown in sports over the COVID-19 virus outbreak. On Friday, IndyCar announced it is teaming up with iRacing to stage six virtual race events featuring current NTT ...
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U.S. News & World Report
Horse racing is quickly learning it is not totally immune to the effects the coronavirus pandemic has had on other sports, and now it's grappling with the risks of continuing operations. The Louisiana Derby for now is still set for Saturday, the world's richest day of ...
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Tacoma News Tribune
The Seahawks' chances to sign a star free-agent edge rusher just went up. Maybe to sign two of them, even. Everson Griffen said goodbye to Minnesota, his NFL home for the last decade, in an online letter the 32-year-old defensive end posted on Friday.
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Hoops Habit
The Sacramento Kings and the rest of the NBA are on hiatus, but NBA League Pass is free for a month. What games should Kings fans go back and watch? There's no way to know when the NBA will resume the season. With this amount of time on ...
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Arizona Sports
Former Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson posted a cryptic tweet Friday morning shortly after a trade sending him to the Houston Texans was officially announced. "When the grass is cut the snakes will show," he wrote, adding a snake emoji to ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
When Drew O'Connor decided to sign with the Penguins last Tuesday, the Dartmouth standout expected to soon head to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to get his first taste of pro hockey on an amateur tryout agreement. For O'Connor, part of the allure of picking the ...
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Inside The Star
Goodwin signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Cowboys on Friday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. Goodwin is now set to spend a third straight season playing a depth role in the Cowboys' secondary. He'll also provide Dallas with experience on ...
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Hoops Habit
The Philadelphia 76ers have been plagued with injuries. Could the NBA season being put on pause benefit Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons? The results that we saw from the Philadelphia 76ers in their time without both Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons was bad ...
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The Florida Times-Union
Lerentee McCray ended last season on injured reserve with a hamstring injury that he sustained in Week 11 against the Indianapolis Colts. The Jaguars are re-signing defensive end/special teams player Lerentee McCray, his agent David Canter and DEC ...
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metsmerizedonline.com
Bashlor was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse on Friday. Bashlor was competing for a bullpen job in camp but wasn't necessarily a favorite to win one even before he posted an 11.57 ERA in 4.2 spring innings. In 22 big-league innings last season, he posted a ...
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Yahoo Sports
Dana White can't keep his mouth shut about the criticism regarding his slow reaction to the coronavirus pandemic. The UFC was one of the slowest sports organizations to act as the pandemic became reality across the globe and White does not like people ...
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NOLA.com
The New Orleans Saints have agreed to 1-year teams with cornerback Justin Hardee and fullback Michael Burton, the team announced on Friday. Hardee was a restricted free agent before the Saints declined to tender him on Wednesday. Burton was an ...
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Sports Illustrated
With no March Madness due to concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic, ESPN decided to run a BPI-projected NCAA Tournament simulation earlier this year. It crowned Wisconsin as its champion. Yes, it may not be real, but fans and the athletic department ...
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Fox News
UFC President Dana White is adamant that the heavily anticipated fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson will take place on April 18 regardless of how harshly he's criticized by the media. White took to Instagram shortly after the ...
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Larry Brown Sports
Quinn Cook is providing an encouraging update on the Kevin Durant front. Appearing Friday on NBC Sports Washington's "Wizards Talk" podcast, the Los Angeles Lakers guard said his former Golden State Warriors teammate Durant is "doing great" in the ...
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oregonlive.com
The National Women's Soccer League announced Friday that it would delay the start of its regular season due to the coronavirus outbreak. The league announced last week that it was canceling all preseason games and instituting a training moratorium due ...
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Bring Me The News
We knew we'd find a way to connect Tom Brady to Minnesota sooner or later. Behold, one of Brady's new bodyguards on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive line is Minnesota native Joel Haeg. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the 6'6'', 300-pound ...
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KTVA
Three mushers competing in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race activated their emergency beacons asking to be picked up from the trail Friday morning. Alaska State Troopers say they got report of the three teams asking for a rescue east of the mouth of the ...
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Detroit Sports Nation
According to a report from Aaron Wilson, the Detroit Lions are signing another free agent cornerback. After trading Pro Bowl CB Darius Slay to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday, the Lions are reportedly signing former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback, Tony ...
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Norman Transcript
Baker Mayfield included Meals on Wheels of Norman into his charity efforts in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The former Oklahoma quarterback and 2017 Heisman Trophy winner said Friday he will donate more than 3,500 meals to the program, ...
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Yahoo Sports
Craig Fitzgerald is leaving the University of Tennessee to take a job as the Giants' strength and conditioning coach, he announced on social media. He replaces Aaron Wellman, who left for Indiana University. Fitzgerald served as the director of football sports ...
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News On 6
The Oklahoma City Thunder announced in a statement that they will offer financial assistance to its game-night staff. According to the statement, the Thunder will financially assist the part-time staff who directly work for the Thunder and the part-time staff ...
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Boston Hockey Now
The Boston Bruins are now the only NHL team to not provide their non-salary and game-day employees compensation after the NHL season was paused March 12 due to the Coronavirus. As criticism from the media and fans grew louder this week, ...
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NWAOnline
SEATTLE -- The Seattle Mariners have shut down their spring training facility in Arizona because of the virus and told their players to view the coming weeks as though they're in offseason mode. Seattle General Manager Jerry Dipoto said on a conference call ...
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The Sun
HOTEL prices in Augusta, Georgia in October have skyrocketed and led to speculation that the Masters could be played then. The annual golf showpiece at the Augusta National was set to take place on April 9-12 but was postponed due to the coronavirus ...
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The Sun
RACING continues apace in the US behind closed doors against the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak. The action will be live every evening on Sky Sports Racing, so here are our top tips for the racing at Santa Anita on Friday. 1. Credit: AP:Associated ...
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