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As-it-happens update July 31, 2020
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ESPN
A win over the New York Mets in a game started by Jacob deGrom could be the jumpstart the Boston Red Sox need to get out of their early-season funk. The Mets hope another disappointing night by their late-inning relievers doesn't snowball into something ...
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CBSSports.com
After an almost five-month hiatus, the 2019-20 NBA season is set to resume from the Disney World bubble on Thursday. The first game back will be the Pelicans vs. the Jazz at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the Lakers and Clippers at 9 p.m. There will be six more ...
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Washington Post
CLEVELAND — Instead of a whistle dangling from his neck, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski wears a sensor that blinks and beeps whenever he's within 6 feet of someone in the team's facility. Nothing could have prepared him for his first training camp in ...
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Yahoo Sports
The New England Patriots find themselves in a unique situation as they prepare for the 2020 NFL season. Several players, including key veterans Patrick Chung and Dont'a Hightower, chose to opt out of the season due to concerns over the coronavirus ...
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Yahoo Sports
Let's go back to Mar. 10 -- the Portland Trail Blazers had defeated the Phoenix Suns at home, 121-105, in a revenge game of sorts after Suns big man Aron Baynes went off from deep against the Blazers just four days prior in Portland's loss to Phoenix on their ...
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USA TODAY
A look at what's happening around the majors on Friday: SLOW STARTS. Two-time defending NL batting champion Christian Yelich has a long way to go if he wants a three-peat. The Milwaukee star is 1 for 27 to start the season, an .037 average that's worst ...
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Yahoo Sports
With NFL training camps beginning across the league this week, the Raiders have embarked on a new journey in Las Vegas. A new city, a new stadium, and potentially a new quarterback? There will be quite the quarterback battle in Sin City this upcoming ...
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MLSsoccer.com
The Philadelphia Union are into the MLS is Back Tournament semifinals thanks to a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City on Thursday night that included a Sergio Santos brace. Head coach Jim Curtin's group will face either the Portland Timbers or NYCFC next ...
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ESPN
Mike Trout, whose wife is scheduled to give birth to the couple's first child this summer, was placed on the paternity leave list by the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. Trout's wife, Jessica, was originally scheduled to deliver sometime in August. The limit for a ...
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Yahoo Sports
After not coming to terms with the Cowboys on a long-term deal before the July 15 deadline, Dak Prescott told Jori Epstein of USA Today: "I'm a Cowboy and couldn't be happier." He surely would have been happier with a long-term deal. But neither side ...
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ESPN
MINNEAPOLIS -- Cleveland's Shane Bieber tied the major league record for strikeouts in a pitcher's first two starts of the season, punching out 13 Minnesota Twins over eight innings in the Indians' 2-0 victory on Thursday night. Bieber (2-0) fanned 14 over six ...
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The Advocate
Scott McDonald didn't feel shocked when the Southeastern Conference altered its 2020 schedule. McDonald, the athletic director at UL-Monroe, had tracked rumors about limited scheduling models earlier this week, and with influential leagues across the ...
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Bleacher Report
The NCAA's board of governors reportedly will discuss on Tuesday the possibility of either canceling the fall championships amid the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing them back into the spring or holding them in the fall but limiting the venues and the teams ...
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GolfDigest.com
If Bryson DeChambeau wasn't already familiar with the members of the PGA Tour rules staff, he's getting more so by the week. During Thursday's opening round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, the 26-year-old five-time PGA Tour winner found himself ...
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al.com
Former Alabama standout Donta Hall probably had the longest 10-day contract in the history of the NBA. He can only hope his new deal lasts as long. Hall signed a 10-day contract with the Detroit Pistons on March 3. But when the NBA suspended its season ...
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ESPN
After a new agreement between the National Basketball Players Association and NBA, players will receive a $2.5 million insurance benefit in the event of a career-ending injury, sources told ESPN. The NBPA had been pushing for a raise in the permanent ...
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BlueJackets.com
The Blue Jackets earned a 4-1 victory in an exhibition game vs. Boston on Thursday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. Game in a Paragraph. Columbus got off to a flying start, utilizing its forecheck and some opportunistic scoring to take a 3-0 lead in the ...
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Madison.com
GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers rookie class finally got to see their nameplates above their cherry wood lockers on Thursday. Of course, they waited longer than any other rookie class in recent history thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, and their ...
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Los Angeles Times
AJ Pollock will return to the Dodgers' lineup for Thursday's series opener at the Arizona Diamondbacks, looking to continue his hot start to the season against his former team. Pollock, who will play left field on Thursday at Chase Field, hit a team-best .500 over ...
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NFL.com
The Falcons have made a move to add some needed experience to their secondary. Atlanta and former Bengals cornerback Darqueze Dennard have agreed to terms on a one-year deal, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reported Thursday. Dennard, 28 ...
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Yahoo Sports
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A coronavirus outbreak on another team has left the Philadelphia Phillies idle for five days, aiming to return to play a doubleheader that could entail 7-inning games and scheduling a new opponent next week. One employee who ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Boston Celtics have a plan for Kemba Walker, and he's committed to following it. But that doesn't mean it will be easy for the Celtics star. Walker has played just nine minutes total in the NBA bubble as he ramps up from a left knee injury he's dealt with ...
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Yahoo Sports
The race for the 2020 NBA championship officially resumes this week. Are the Boston Celtics in the running? The Celtics enter the "seeding round" in Orlando as the No. 3 seed in Eastern Conference and are looking up at the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Lakers had been playing their best basketball of the season — and perhaps the best of any team in the NBA — having won 11 of their last 13 games before the league was shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. They had defeated two of the ...
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Comcast SportsNet Chicago
The Bears have placed a second player on the team's COVID-19 reserves. The NFL's Ian Rapoport first reported that on Thursday, nose tackle John Jenkins has been placed on the list: Among those added to the COVID reserve list: #Bears NT John Jenkins, ...
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KABC-TV
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- The Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers are scheduled to resume their coronavirus-interrupted seasons Thursday night, facing each other at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. The game will be the second of what ...
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The Mercury News
Dave Edlund was born for the water. The Giants superfan spends his summer nights in a kayak in McCovey Cove and his days at the bottom of golf course ponds. In both instances his goal is to retrieve as as many balls as possible. There was one ball the ...
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nj.com
Torres has been diagnosed with a right elbow contusion after being hit by a pitch in the first inning of Thursday's game against the Orioles. Torres stayed in the game after being checked on by trainers, but was later replaced by Tyler Wade in the fourth inning.
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DallasCowboys.com
FRISCO, Texas – It's hard to realize the NFL dream without a support system of some kind, but Trevon Diggs' might be better than most. Yes, it's been well-covered that Diggs is an NFL legacy. His older brother, Stefon, has been a wide receiver in the league ...
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Tacoma News Tribune
The past week has been a whirlwind for Mariners catcher Joe Odom. He was back home, continuing to stay prepared, when he learned he would join Seattle's three-man traveling taxi squad for Opening Day. Odom spent the past two seasons splitting time ...
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The Advocate
LSU offered season-ticket holders alternative options for the 2020 season after the Southeastern Conference announced a 10-game, league-only schedule Thursday. In an email to season-ticket holders, athletic director Scott Woodward said they can hold ...
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Bucks County Courier Times
During testing period at training camp. the Eagles' franchise QB realizes 'you never know how this is going to unfold'. Carson Wentz knows there are going to be challenges this season and those extend far beyond the usual ones that he faces as the Eagles ...
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BBC Sport
SILVERSTONE, England — The pandemic-enforced break from Formula One could prolong Lewis Hamilton's career. "The COVID-19 lockdown, whilst it was a negative, in some ways it gave a lot of life, a lot of energy to focus on some other things," Hamilton ...
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Lincoln Journal Star
Washington Mystics forward Myisha Hines-Allen (2) goes up for a shot over Seattle Storm forward Breanna Stewart (30) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. Chris O'Meara. Atkins scores 22 points, ...
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Sportstar
Williamson could face a minutes restriction if he's cleared to play Thursday against Utah, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports reports. The Pelicans still have not made an official ruling on Williamson's status, but Haynes noted that he expect the rookie to be cleared ...
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Tampa Bay Times
Two weeks of training camp don't offer a lot of preparation. Judging by the small sample size that is one exhibition game, the Lightning made it count. They took the ice in midseason form, rather than preseason. The Panthers were on the other end of that ...
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Yahoo Sports
Aric Almirola will start first for the third time this season in the NASCAR Cup Series after drawing the pole position in the starting lineup for Sunday's race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (3 p.m. ET, NBCSN). Almirola, who finished third at New Hampshire ...
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Washington Post
MINNEAPOLIS — Coming off major surgery and currently the oldest pitcher in the major leagues, Rich Hill sure looked smooth and spry on the mound in his debut for Minnesota. His elbow? Support our journalism. Subscribe today. "It feels like it's 18 again," ...
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WNDU-TV
DETROIT (AP) - Trevor Rosenthal pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save since 2017 and the Kansas City Royals beat Detroit 5-3, overcoming Miguel Cabrera's first multihomer game since 2016. Once a standout closer for St. Louis, Rosenthal has ...
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WATE 6 On Your Side
KNOXVILLE – The SEC will stay in conference for its 2020 football season with each school playing a 10-game schedule comprised entirely of league opponents beginning on Sept. 26. Other than one midseason open date for each school, an open date for ...
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Los Angeles Times
A look at what's happening around the majors today: ROBERTS RETURNS. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will be back from a one-game suspension when the defending NL West champions visit Arizona for the Diamondbacks' home opener.
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WUSA9.com
WASHINGTON — Editor's note: The related video above was published earlier this month. Nike is out with a new ad addressing the issues of race, equality and the ongoing pandemic head-on. In the advertisement, titled "You Can't Stop Us," U.S. women's ...
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Sky Sports
FULHAM 0-0 CARDIFF (AGG 2-0). 2: SHOT! LikeReply. Dan Long 5ptsmoderatorFeatured 11:48. FULHAM 0-0 CARDIFF (AGG 2-0). 2: You'd expect a very fast start from the visitors here and Fulham need to be careful. Danny Ward is darting towards the ball ...
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247Sports
On Thursday, veteran players of the Jacksonville Jaguars reported to training camp for the first time in 2020. Yannick Ngakoue was not one of those players who showed up. Ngakoue, who has already asked to be traded, has not yet signed his franchise tag.
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talkSPORT.com
Eddie Hearn has not ruled out the possibility of working with UFC superstar Conor McGregor if he decides to end his retirement from combat sports. The former two-weight world champion arguably became the biggest star in the fight game in 2017 when he ...
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