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As-it-happens update July 28, 2020
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ESPN
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said he will coach on the field in the 2020 season and will wear a mask and a face shield due to the threat of the coronavirus. Arians is 67 and has survived multiple bouts of cancer which puts him in a higher risk ...
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NHL.com
David Pastrnak said he's feeling better than expected and did not rule out playing for the Boston Bruins in an exhibition game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Toronto, the Eastern Conference hub city, Thursday (7 p.m. ET; NHLN, TVAS, FS-O, NESN, ...
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ESPN
The Los Angeles Lakers don't know how they'll look in Thursday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers just yet because they're waiting to find out just how well Anthony Davis can see. Davis, who was inadvertently poked in the right eye by Michael ...
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ESPN
Patrick Mahomes, the star quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefs and reigning Super Bowl MVP, has become a member of the new ownership group of the Kansas City Royals. The Royals announced Mahomes' partial ownership Tuesday, noting that he ...
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ESPN
CLEVELAND -- Chicago White Sox manager Rick Renteria has not been medically cleared to return to the team after experiencing some coronavirus symptoms. Renteria woke up Monday with a "slight cough and nasal congestion." As a precautionary ...
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NFL.com
Tennessee Titans first-round offensive tackle Isaiah Wilson was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list, coach Mike Vrabel announced Tuesday. Wilson was selected No. 29 overall out of Georgia. The team has yet to announce the signing of his rookie contract.
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Yahoo Sports
The 49ers are bracing for wide receiver Deebo Samuel to miss games at the beginning of the season due to a broken left foot sustained in an offseason workout last month, general manager John Lynch said Tuesday. "(We're) not going to put an exact ...
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ESPN
Ohio State will limit home crowds to about 20,000 and prohibit tailgating if the football season is played this fall. Fans inside Ohio Stadium will be required to wear masks and observe social distancing to help stem the spread of the coronavirus. Concessions ...
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New York Post
Every weekday, SI's Chris Mannix will check-in with his Bubble Bits, a quick hit on something notable from inside the NBA's campus. LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Lou Williams is serving his NBA-mandated ten-day quarantine after getting caught popping into ...
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Yahoo Sports
The reigning champion Washington Nationals signaled on Tuesday that there's growing dissension among the player ranks over MLB's handling of safety during the coronavirus pandemic. And with the health situation in the country unlikely to stabilize in the ...
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al.com
Former Samford standout Michael Pierce signed a three-year, $27 million contract to join the Minnesota Vikings in free agency in March. But that contract won't start until next season now after the defensive tackle decided not to play during the 2020 campaign ...
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Toronto Sun
A few hours before the Nationals lost to the Blue Jays on Monday night, they may have scored the most important win of the pandemic-shortened season: They realized they had a voice, and they used it. As of Tuesday morning, 15 Marlins players and two ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Ravens have a veteran-laden roster that generally knows the ins and outs of training camp. However, nothing could prepare them for the changes this year because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Players have dealt with a later start to camp, ...
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Yahoo Sports
FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2020, file photo, Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Seth Jones, left, chases the puck in front of Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen, of Finland, during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio. The Blue ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Miami Marlins will put their 2020 MLB season on paused as the team deals with a coronavirus outbreak, Major League Baseball announced in a statement on Tuesday. MLB makes it official: Marlins postponed through Sunday, Yankees to play at Orioles ...
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Yahoo Sports
NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Mets have agreed to a minor league contract with catcher Bruce Maxwell, the first major league player to kneel during the national anthem to protest racial injustice, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ---. The Latest: A women's professional tennis tournament that was supposed to be played in Tokyo in November has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the ...
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Yahoo Sports
Jadeveon Clowney is an absolute terror on the field and everyone, including his NFL peers, knows it. It's why the former Seattle Seahawks pass-rusher and current free agent landed at No. 41 on the NFL's Top 100 list, as voted by the players. After a great ...
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News18
Manchester City obstructed the investigation into its finances that led to the club being fined €10 million ($12 million), the Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a ruling published Tuesday. In the initial judgment two weeks ago, CAS highlighted the club's "failure ...
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The Dallas Morning News
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – When Willie Cauley-Stein decided against being part of the NBA season restart, the Mavericks organization realized the team was depleted at center, but evaluated the challenge from a glass-half-full perspective. Kristaps Porzingis ...
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Hoops Habit
Phoenix Suns big man Deandre Ayton was suspended 25 games at the start of the season. Now back and fully healthy, he has a huge chip on his shoulders. Existing as a 6'11, 250-pound behemoth of a man will instantaneously set you apart from most of the ...
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syracuse.com
Syracuse, N.Y. -- While Brittney Sykes' Los Angeles Sparks teammates were understandably ooohing and aaahing after she blocked the shot of Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner in a WNBA game Saturday, Sykes was thinking one step ahead.
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nj.com
On Thursday, July 23, before the Opening Day game between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals, President Donald Trump announced he would be throwing out the first pitch at a Yankees-Red Sox game at Yankee Stadium in August.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In a way, doing playoff games this summer won't be all that different than what Steve Mears did as an adolescent in Murrysville, calling games on the family Sega Genesis as his two little brothers tried to tune out his high-pitched play-by-play. Hey, he had to ...
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Aaron Rodgers came aboard the maiden voyage Tuesday of Kyle Brandt's new podcast for The Ringer, "10 Questions with Kyle Brandt," and discussed the Packers' decision to draft Jordan Love. The podcast arrives on Spotify on Aug. 12, but The Ringer ...
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CBSSports.com
You'll notice Mike Foltynewicz isn't on this list. He was, but the Braves took care of him for us, designating for assignment after the Rays knocked him around Monday. As is true for many of the pitchers of this list, his velocity was down — considerably so — and ...
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Boston.com
NFL end zones will bear the words "End Racism" and "It Takes All of Us" in small letters just above team names in the season's kickoff games and home openers. It's part of the "Inspire Change" initiative that includes players wearing helmet decals featuring ...
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Sports Illustrated
Training camp is officially underway! Sort of. In normal years, we would be in Richmond, Virginia right now kicking off the long grind of the NFL season in searing heat and humidity. As we know, 2020 is anything but normal and the Washington Football Team ...
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Sports Illustrated
Chance Warmack is not willing to take the risk. The veteran guard who was the Tennessee Titans' first-round draft pick in 2013 is one of a handful of NFL players who has elected to opt out of the 2020 season due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Yahoo Sports
UFC president Dana White on Tuesday confirmed to CNN that lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov would unify his belt with that of interim titleholder Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 on Oct. 24. A location for the event has not yet been specified.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Jeff Samardzija, the 35-year-old pitcher who along with Johnny Cueto was targeted to lead the Giants' rotation, will start Tuesday night's home opener at Oracle Park. It's the Giants' fifth game, but it doesn't mean Samardzija is classified as the No. 5 starter.
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HardballTalk
Morin was claimed off waivers by the Marlins on Tuesday, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports. Morin is expected to join Miami's big-league roster ahead of their next game, the date of which remains uncertain given the team's coronavirus outbreak. Morin ...
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Seattle Times
Forget hitting a rookie wall or stumbling into the playoffs exhausted and banged-up. The NBA's break because of the coronavirus pandemic gave rookies an offseason within a season. They've had the chance to heal up, study film and gain some ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Meet Dr. Anthony Fauci, king of the baseball cards. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, threw out a terrible pitch to kick off the 2020 MLB season. But on Monday, Topps reported Fauci's baseball card has set an ...
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Yahoo Sports
Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) - West Indies captain Jason Holder hopes England will tour the Caribbean before the end of the year in response to his side braving the coronavirus pandemic by coming to Britain. The West Indies left their relatively ...
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Gwinnettdailypost.com
The Atlanta Braves, after five road games to begin the season, finally play their home opener Wednesday, July 29 against the Tampa Bay Rays. It marks the first regular-season game since the Braves' home park was rebranded as Truist Park. Here are the ...
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INFORUM
MOORHEAD — The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is moving most of its fall sports to the spring season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the NCAA Division III conference announced Tuesday, July 28. "All of our campuses are really striving for ...
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Yahoo Sports
Another undrafted rookie has chosen to opt out this season, but they apparently aren't able to receive the same stipend as veterans. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Titans offensive lineman Anthony McKinney has opted out of the 2020 season.
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The Falcoholic
As Atlanta Falcons veterans slowly trickle in to team headquarters in Flowery Branch, the franchise begins to peel back the layers of the 2020 season. Starting today, the team will conduct required COVID testing and virtual meetings for everyone on the squad.
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NASCAR
Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson finally got to try his hand in a NTT IndyCar Series car Tuesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Johnson, who will retire from full-time NASCAR racing at the end of the 2020 season, turned laps on ...
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TribLIVE
20 minutes ago. The Indianapolis Indians, the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, are forming a committee to explore the appropriateness of their nickname. The team added that it will also gather community input. Professional sports teams have ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Hard at work in Santa Barbara preparing for this year's NBA Draft, ex-Gophers star Daniel Oturu has spent the month of July honing his skills and building up his body for the next level. Oturu hasn't started the process of talking with NBA teams. But the ...
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Patch.com
The New Jersey Athletic Conference has canceled its fall sports season. They may be played in the spring. By Anthony Bellano, Patch Staff Patch Staff Badge. Jul 28, 2020 12:15 pm ET. Reply. 0. The New Jersey Athletic Conference has canceled its fall sports ...
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CNN International
(CNN) For some reason, once 'Project Restart' was given the go ahead, the thought occurred: wouldn't it make for a fascinating experiment to watch all the remaining 92 fixtures in the English Premier League play out at different times of the day and document ...
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Boston.com
The wry and once-popular sports-centric website Deadspin has been a shell of itself since its entire staff of writers and editors quit in protest last October after its management issued a stick-to-sports mandate. The writers who departed have been scattered at ...
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Times Herald-Record
The Colorado Rockies (2-1) continue their season-opening road trip against the AL West with the first of two games against the Oakland Athletics (3-1) Tuesday night at Ring Central Coliseum with first pitch at 9:40 p.m. ET. We analyze the Rockies-Athletics ...
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Arizona Sports
The Phoenix Suns will not have starting power forward Dario Saric available for a final scrimmage tune-up opportunity Tuesday against the Toronto Raptors, head coach Monty Williams said before the game. Saric left Sunday's scrimmage game against the ...
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Chron.com
We've all seen the regular championship parade. The victors ride through downtown on tops of fire trucks or in convertibles and wave to their adoring fans, who have picked out a spot on the sidewalk to cheer for their heroes. That's not going to work during a ...
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The Canuck Way
With all of the differences in the 2019-20 NHL postseason, there is no reason to worry about how the Vancouver Canucks perform in the return-to-play. The Vancouver Canucks are about to begin their first real Stanley Cup chase since 2015, however, it's not ...
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Independent Tribune
CONCORD – The N.C. High School Athletic Association announced today its transition into the second phase of the reopening plan for high school sports. The NCHSAA's Board of Directors voted July 23 to make this transition. It will officially take place Aug. 3.
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