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As-it-happens update March 16, 2020
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NBCSports.com
With America in desperate need of a fun diversion, the NFL will open up free agency this week. The legal tampering period opens Monday at noon, and that means teams can begin to negotiate and agree to deals with new players.
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SB Nation
If a team doesn't get a quarterback in the first round, there's still a possibility of landing a franchise quarterback beyond the top 32. That's the scenario explored in this week's mock draft. The 2020 NFL Draft features three sure-thing first-round quarterbacks: Joe ...
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Bleacher Report
The 2020 edition of NFL free agency has (unofficially) begun. While trades can't be completed and free agents cannot be officially signed until the new league year begins at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the "legal tampering" period is open. Extensions were ...
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Bleacher Report
The Tennessee Titans didn't wait for the start of free agency to secure their starting quarterback. According to ESPN's Jeff Darlington, the Titans have agreed to a four-year deal with Ryan Tannehill that will be worth up to $118 million. In 2019, Tannehill ...
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ESPN
The Minnesota Vikings are using their franchise tag on safety Anthony Harris, a source confirmed to ESPN. Harris, 28, tied for the NFL lead with six interceptions during his breakout campaign in 2019 and has totaled nine over the past two seasons. He also ...
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Bleacher Report
The Kansas City Chiefs enter the 2020 offseason as the Super Bowl champion, and their title defense gets started in earnest with the impending kickoff of free agency. Free agency was key in the Chiefs building a championship roster last season.
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CBSSports.com
Only eight days ago -- on Sunday, March 8 -- NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said on CBS that the NCAA was definitively intending to have a Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 14 cities with fans in attendance for every site, every ...
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Sporting News
The NFL free agency and trading period is here for 2020 with the new league year set to go into effect on Wednesday, Although several players are staying off the market, either re-signed or franchise-tagged by their teams, many others are set to change ...
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NFL.com
The Cincinnati Bengals made the expected move regarding star receiver A.J. Green. NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Monday that the Bengals informed Green they are placing the franchise tag on him, per a source informed of the decision. The team ...
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Sports Illustrated
CLEMSON—For the Clemson Tigers there are many sayings that head coach Dabo Swinney has made famous. Whether it is "all In", "best is the standard" or "the next game is the biggest game of the season", but the one that rings true for the Tigers this ...
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Sports Illustrated
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, sports betting options have become a rare commodity. Since the regular season still more than five months away - NFL props offers are the top bets available. With sports leagues on lockdown across the globe, ...
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NFL.com
The Cleveland Browns are planning to keep Kareem Hunt. The team announced Monday it placed a second-round tender on the running back. Hunt is a restricted free agent. He could sign a contract with another club, which would send a second-round pick ...
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CBSSports.com
After the NBA announced it would be suspending the season after Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus, league commissioner Adam Silver set a 30-day minimum hiatus for games to resume. That was always an optimistic outlook, given the decision ...
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CBSSports.com
When news broke that Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for coronavirus, it was the tipping point for the NBA that led to the season being postponed. Shortly after, Gobert's teammate Donovan Mitchell also tested positive for the virus and concern ...
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ESPN
Virginia Tech redshirt freshman Landers Nolley II is leaving the program, sources told ESPN. He entered his name in the transfer portal on Monday morning. Nolley, a 6-foot-7 forward, was named to the ACC All-Freshman team and earned honorable mention ...
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Yahoo Sports
On March 16, 1961 — 59 years ago today — the state of New York approved a bond issue for the construction of a 55,000-seat stadium on the site of the 1939-40 World's Fair in the Queens, in an area called Flushing Meadows. It was the same site that the city ...
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CBSSports.com
The Green Bay Packers continue their free agent shopping spree, signing right tackle Rick Wagner to a two-year contract. Per Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, Wagner will make $11 million over the two-year contract with $2.25 million in base salaries ...
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nj.com
The Eagles will have a lot of phone calls to make over the next few days. At noon on Monday, the Eagles and the rest of the league will begin negotiations with impending free agents on other teams. The open negotiating window will allow the Eagles the ...
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NFL.com
With the NFL's negotiating window officially open, teams can reach out to representatives of players set to become free agents when the new league year starts Wednesday afternoon. The biggest fish set to hit the open market is New England Patriots ...
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NFL.com
The Chiefs officially franchise tagged star defensive tackle Chris Jones. The team announced it used the non-exclusive tag on the 25-year-old Monday. The move was expected, as NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported last month the Chiefs planned to ...
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The Indianapolis Star
BLOOMINGTON – Indiana won what turned out to be the last Big Ten basketball game any of us will see for a while, an 89-64 rout of undermanned Nebraska that should have clinched the Hoosiers a place in the NCAA tournament for the first time in four years ...
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ESPN
The inquiry that led to the detention of former Brazil player Ronaldinho enters a new stage this week as prosecutors focus on what they believe is a money laundering scheme involving the businesswoman who invited him to Paraguay. Investigators will begin ...
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Seattle Times
By. Bob Condotta. Seattle Times staff reporter. It may be a time like no other. But NFL free agency is forging ahead with its new league year and free agent signing period, and we're here to cover it every step of the way. The "legal tampering" period — when ...
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Forbes
In what felt like an instant the sports world ground to an abrupt halt right as word came down that Utah Jazz center, Rudy Gobert tested positive for novel Coronavirus ("COVID-19"). That one piece of news set off a domino effect that resulted in the suspension ...
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syracuse.com
For months now the expectation within Buffalo Bills nation was that defensive tackle Jordan Phillips would leave in free agency after a career year in 2019. The hard truth is that after compiling 9.5 sacks in Buffalo on a one-year prove it deal last season, ...
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ESPN
With football matches cancelled across Europe to stop the spread of the coronavirus, La Liga players Borja Iglesias and Sergio Reguilon found a novel way to attract 60,000 online fans -- by battling out a thrilling Seville derby on the FIFA 20 video game.
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FiveThirtyEight
The coronavirus pandemic has begun to shake institutions in the United States to their cores, and perhaps the sports world most of all. Although several organizations initially planned to play games in front of empty arenas, by last Thursday nearly every major ...
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CNN
(CNN) The suspension of all major sport in the US as measures were implemented in an effort to contain the novel coronavirus has hit some of those working in the industry hard. With the NBA season indefinitely suspended, thousands of hourly employees at ...
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Bleacher Report
Austin Hooper is going to be a popular man in free agency. The latest team to reportedly target the star tight end is the Cleveland Browns, according to Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com. Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports also reported Monday that the Green Bay ...
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For The Win
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers made yet another telling gesture on Monday morning when they placed the franchise tag on pass-rusher Shaq Barrett. The move said just as much about quarterback Jameis Winston as it did about Barrett. And Winston shouldn't ...
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pennlive.com
PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles will not place a restricted free agent tender on running back Corey Clement, the team announced Monday, which will allow the Super Bowl LII hero to become an unrestricted free agent when the NFL's new league year begins 4 ...
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Sports Illustrated
In a typical college basketball season, only four Division I teams come out victorious in the final game they play, the winners of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT), College Basketball Invitational (CBI), National Invitation Tournament (NIT) ...
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
The Penn Relays will not occur in 2020, at least not to its full extent, according to a statement posted on the Relays website Monday morning. The annual event has run every year since 1895, marking its 125th anniversary last year with a special ...
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Yahoo Sports
Click here to read the full article. Christian Wood has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Detroit Piston is the third NBA player to test positive for the virus, joining Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz. More from Footwear News.
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Fox 59
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indianapolis Colts' roster reshaping has resulted in a deletion from the defense. Margus Hunt, one of Chris Ballard's first free-agent signing groups in 2017, has been released. NFL Network was among the first to report the ...
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Dayton Daily News
While the games and even practices have come to a halt, the off-field pursuit of talent continues for Ohio State. The Buckeyes' 2021 recruiting class grew Sunday with a verbal commitment from Jakailin Johnson, a four-star cornerback from St. Louis, Mo.
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The Denver Post
To help those affected by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) health crisis, the Denver Broncos have made a commitment to fund 100,000 meals for the community through a donation to the Food Bank of the Rockies, the team announced on Monday. Broncos kicker ...
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247Sports
There aren't any sports on right now, but that doesn't mean fans can't look ahead and place bets for games down the road. Notre Dam fans have the opportunity to do just that, thanks to some betting lines for the 2020 football season that were released on ...
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NBC Right Now
Even with on- and off-campus, in-person recruiting shut down in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, the University of Wisconsin football program added to its 2021 recruiting class on Sunday. Linebacker Jake Chaney, a three-star prospect from Lehigh ...
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Springfield News-Leader
This will be updated. MSHSAA announced Monday morning it has canceled the remainder of the Show-Me Showdown for Classes 4 and 5. The decision was made in consultation with local and state officials, as well as member schools, MSHSAA said in a ...
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mlive.com
New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends against holding any gatherings of greater than 50 people over the next eight weeks. Mass gatherings can include "conferences, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, ...
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KMAland
(KMAland) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union have announced all spring activities will be prohibited for the next four weeks. Following the recommendation of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds to close schools ...
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The Hockey Writers
Before the coronavirus outbreak put the sporting world in limbo, the Detroit Red Wings clinched last place in the NHL. With that, they're guaranteed a top-four pick in the upcoming draft and a 18.5 percent chance of landing the first-overall selection. However ...
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Redskins Wire
After the franchise tag was placed on right guard Brandon Scherff over the weekend, the Washington Redskins seemed to have a solid outlook on the future of their offensive line, with only the left tackle position in question. Now, that doesn't quite seem to be ...
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Ravens Wire
The Baltimore Ravens really liked what they got out of center Matt Skura last season. They're trying to bring him back for the 2020 season, handing the restricted free agent a low tender, according to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo. The original-round tender ...
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INSIDER
A Lisbon hotel owned by Cristiano Ronaldo has debunked a false claim that it would turn itself into a makeshift coronavirus hospital. MARCA reported on Sunday that Ronaldo was preparing to turn The Pestana CR7 Hotel, Lisbon, into an infirmary for people ...
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hoopsrumors.com
The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have reached an agreement to halt drug testing for players during the league's current coronavirus-related hiatus, reports Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Sources tell Haynes that the agreement is ...
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Atlanta Business Chronicle
Thanks to his skills at bringing in business, Bratton has been named Rookie of the Year by the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a paid subscriber? Sign in. Subscribe to get the full story. Already a paid subscriber?
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