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As-it-happens update June 4, 2020
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NFL.com
When Drew Brees was asked Wednesday what he thought about the prospect of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality during the upcoming season, the future Hall of Fame quarterback added fuel to an already charged ...
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NBCSports.com
Richard Sherman always understood Colin Kaepernick's message, even if he didn't support the method in which Kaepernick delivered it. After the now-former 49ers quarterback sat during the playing of the national anthem before a preseason game in 2016, ...
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Bleacher Report
Houston Texans chairman and chief operating officer Cal McNair spoke Wednesday about the recent killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor and the ongoing issues of racial discrimination and police brutality that disproportionately affect ...
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Yahoo Sports
Now that the NBA is reportedly ready for the Board of Governors to vote on a proposed 22-team format to return to play in Orlando, it sounds like Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard and the Blazers, who are currently in a three-way tie for ninth place out West, ...
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Bleacher Report
The University of Missouri football team dedicated Wednesday to leading a peaceful protest and registering to vote in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing May 25. "Today we decided that action is what causes change," head coach Eliah Drinkwitz, who was ...
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Yahoo Sports
(Reuters) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott says he will donate $1 million to "improve police training and address systemic racism" in the United States through education and advocacy. Prescott made the pledge on Wednesday as protests continue ...
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oregonlive.com
Kilgore College (Texas) post Arielle Wilson has never met Oregon Ducks women's basketball coach Kelly Graves. The 6-foot-6 post has never visited the University of Oregon campus. But when Oregon called two weeks ago to express interest in quickly ...
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Los Angeles Times
The Galaxy were flooded with angry calls and messages demanding the team release midfielder Aleksandar Katai after this wife, Tea, made an inflammatory post on social media that appeared to make light of the protests and looting that occurred in the wake ...
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Yahoo Sports
The NBA is bringing 22 teams to the ESPN Wild World of Sports complex in Orlando to restart the season and head to the playoffs. That will start with eight regular-season games per team, potentially followed by a play-in between the eight and nine seeds (if ...
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Yahoo Sports
(Reuters) - Holding golf's Ryder Cup later this year without fans present due to the COVID-19 pandemic would almost make the event "a "yawner", U.S. captain Steve Stricker has said. Golf's calendar has been decimated by the novel coronavirus outbreak, ...
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Yahoo Sports
Toto Wolff will wait until the new Formula One season begins to discuss a new contract with Lewis Hamilton, but the Mercedes boss has admitted he could change his own role within the all-conquering Silver Arrows. With the delayed season due to begin in ...
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Niners Nation
On Wednesday morning, NFL Network's Jim Trotter and Steve Wyche spoke about the "stick to sports" mantra. They were joined by Chris Long and San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman. It's impossible to "stick to sports" when you see what's ...
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Colorado Springs Gazette
DENVER — With a proposed return date of July 31, the NBA is coming back. Question is, what the heck is taking so long? While the NBA, NHL and MLB dilly dally around with more committees, votes and requirements than a suburban school board, the ...
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Times Daily
TUSCALOOSA — A former University of Alabama gymnast said via social media Tuesday night that she had been involved in a "very disturbing" incident that included a racially inappropriate comment during a practice last season. Tia Kiaku, a walk-on ...
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Sporting News
UFC president Dana White said the first event on what he calls Fight Island will be held June 27. White has been working to set up a location to host international fights amid travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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LakersNation.com
A return to play for the NBA is beginning to become more imminent as team facilities have re-opened across the country and the league is on the verge of a vote Thursday on a 22-team plan for the Orlando bubble. Meanwhile, there has been a steady stream ...
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Hotspawn
Zachary "ZachaREEE" Lombardo parted ways with the Overwatch League's Dallas Fuel on Wednesday and announced that he will switch to playing Valorant. The 19-year-old from Florida posted his plan online hours after the Fuel revealed that he had left ...
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ESPN
Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has revealed he was approached by a major US sports franchise about the possibility of a club buyout, which would make the Magpies privately owned. International interest in the AFL spiked earlier this year after ...
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Disappointed. Disgusted. Ashamed. Those were the three words Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott used during a Zoom call with reporters Wednesday to describe his feelings on the way George Floyd died in Minneapolis, a tragic event that has thrown a ...
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Business Insider India
LeBron James sent a message of encouragement to former NBA player Stephen Jackson in light of George Floyd's killing. Jackson was close friends with Floyd and even went so far as to describe the 46-year-old as his "twin." The Los Angeles Lakers star ...
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TheSpec.com
NHL stars Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid have added their voices to the chorus of athletes condemning racial injustice. Crosby, captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins, released a statement through his charitable foundation's Twitter page Wednesday, ...
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ClutchPoints
The Detroit Pistons are in the midst of a wide-reaching search for the team's new General Manager, who will work alongside executive Ed Stefanski. One notable candidate is former Pistons legend (and NBA champion with Detroit) Tayshaun Prince.
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Yahoo Sport Australia
American rising tennis star Frances Tiafoe, 22, has spoken out about feeling as an 'outsider' following the death of George Floyd in the US. Protests have raged across the US in the wake of the death of Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, with several ...
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CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – All 32 teams in the National Football League have been told to conduct training camps at their own team facilities after the league banned joint team practices this summer. The announcement has little impact on the Chargers, who ...
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Touchdown Wire
The road seems to be heading from Bristol, Ct., to Los Angeles when it comes to sports analysts and broadcasting. SPORTS MEDIA NEWS : Jon Vilma is leaving ESPN to join Fox as an NFL game analyst, The Post has learned.https://t.co/vmJO22WIWe.
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DraftKings Nation
The Lotte Giants and KIA Tigers are will be the teams featured in Thursday's Showdown contests on DraftKings at 5:30 a.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2, and we break down the ideal lineup strategy below. You can play here.
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