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What experts say NBA players should do with this power Before the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association announced Friday that the postseason would resume with players and the league working collectively toward social justice goals, we reached out to more than a dozen leaders to ask how they ...
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Broncos RB Melvin Gordon emotional on native Kenosha Of all the Denver Broncos players and coaches who spoke during a day's worth of discussions about social justice, police shootings, and potential work the players and team could do in the community, running back Melvin Gordon's words may have ...
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Steelers' Mike Tomlin: 'It is our desire to be active participants in the formation of a more perfect union' On a day where a number of teams spoke out against social injustice, Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers made sure to be a part of the conversation. Prior to the start of Friday night's scrimmage, the longtime Steelers head coach -- flanked by his players ...
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Washington Football Team Practice Report - Friday Aug. 28 Ashburn, Virginia: The Washington Football Team players had two days off from the practice field. One a scheduled day off and one an unplanned day to reflect and join together. When a football team doesn't practice for a few days, you can get one of two ...
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Takeaways from Giants' Blue-White scrimmage, including Lorenzo Carter's dominance EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – As GM Dave Gettleman has rebuilt the Giants' defense, the one big thing he's been missing is a dominant pass rusher. Then again, maybe he already has one. There are high expectations in the Giants organization that Lorenzo ...
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Oakland Athletics, Houston Astros call off game HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics jointly walked off the field following a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play Friday night. The decision came on Jackie Robinson Day across ...
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From Jackie Robinson to Jacob Blake: MLB begins to grapple with work it must do To say MLB merely struggles with Jackie Robinson's legacy obscures the league's disdain for his activism. The league is fully culpable for its avoidance of Robinson's values, and there's no time to assume good faith. So we won't. Robinson integrated the ...
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Olympia Fields is playing like a beast, and the scores are showing it OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Rory McIlroy said it's playing six shots harder per round than last week. Brendon Todd said his two-under round on Friday was as good as a 63 at TPC Boston. Billy Horschel thinks one or two over is going to win it. A week after Dustin ...
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Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen takes leave amid probe into racist remarks Real Salt Lake owner Dell Loy Hansen will take a leave of absence from the Major League Soccer club's operations amid investigations into allegations he used racist language. Hansen, who also owns United Soccer League club Real Monarchs and ...
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Mets' Smith hits go-ahead HR in 1st game since tearful plea Dominic Smith followed powerful words with a powerful swing — and nothing could have prompted bigger cheers from the New York Mets. "It's an honor to be around him," teammate Michael Wacha said. Smith hit the go-ahead home run in his first game ...
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Rockies' aggression on the basepaths is paying dividends Third-base coach Stu Cole and first-base coach Ron Gideon are making sure the Rockies keep pushing the action on the basepaths, especially during this shortened 60-game season. "Ron has done a great job with the guys, going over video and studying ...
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Bruins speak up on social justice: 'It's bigger than hockey' A day after Zdeno Chara represented the Bruins in speaking about stepping away from the Stanley Cup Playoffs for two days to shine a light on social injustice and racial inequality across the United States, Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand took the ...
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2 Auburn alumni go on NFL waivers NFL teams released two Auburn alumni on Friday as the Carolina Panthers waived defensive end DaVonte Lambert and the New England Patriots waived wide receiver Will Hastings. Hastings already had been waived once by the Patriots. New England let ...
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The NBA Playoffs return Saturday; Players come to terms on three request After a three-day boycott of the NBA playoffs that was kicked off by Milwaukee Bucks players in response to the unjust shooting of Jacob Black in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the NBA will now resume its playoffs. Players and team owners have also have come to ...
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NHL players use pause to focus on racial injustice concerns Braydon Coburn was polite but stern in declining to answer the question. A day after NHL players showed a united front, prompting the league to , to focus on racial injustice concerns, the veteran Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman wasn't deviating from the ...
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Doc Rivers: Not NBA's Job to Change the World, but It Must Be a Part of It Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers said Friday it's important for the NBA, coaches and players to use their influence to create change while noting it's not their responsibility to do so: Taylor Rooks @TaylorRooks. "It isn't the NBA's job to change the ...
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Cardinals considering all avenues for protesting, fighting injustices The possibility of sitting out the 2020 opener in two weeks has come up in the Arizona Cardinals' locker room. Maybe that lies on the extreme end of how the Cardinals want to do more than condemn racism and police brutality, the latest case involving the ...
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Andre Iguodala: 'Capitalism and racism go hand in hand. And you can't have one without the other' Heat forward Andre Iguodala knows how NBA business works. As for economics on a larger scale… CNN: President Trump called the NBA a "political organization" when asked about protests against racial injustice. "It's not a political organization or a ...
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Greg Olsen reminded by DK Metcalf he is "not a spring chicken anymore" The Seahawks tight end played with Terrence Metcalf with the Bears. Metcalf was an offensive lineman who played from 2002-08. Olsen, 35, played in Chicago from 2007-10, overlapping with Metcalf for two seasons. Olsen now plays with Metcalf's son, DK, ...
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Pirates showcase Adam Frazier with surprise shift to the outfield Adam Frazier has been playing some outfield this season, as the Pirates have occasionally relied on extreme shifts to deploy four defenders on the grass. But nothing like this. As they started a four-game series in Milwaukee, Pirates manager Derek Shelton ...
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Dangerfield scores 20-plus again, Lynx top Dream 88-79 BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) -- Rookie Crystal Dangerfield scored 23 points, Napheesa Collier had 19 points and 12 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Atlanta Dream 88-79 on Friday night. The game was the first of three in the WNBA bubble Friday after ...
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LeBron James turned to Barack Obama after boycott meeting, report says Former President Barack Obama played a role in getting NBA players back on the court this weekend, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported Friday. Obama spoke with LeBron James, Chris Paul and several other players by phone Wednesday night as they ...
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Williams signed a contract with the Ravens on Friday, Jonas Shaffer of the Baltimore Sun reports. Williams is recovered from the torn ACL he suffered in his senior season at BYU. He was quite productive before being shut down for the year, rushing 49 times for 264 yards and three scores, and the Ravens need depth in the running-back room with Justice ...
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Novak Djokovic to face Milos Raonic in Western & Southern Open final NEW YORK -- Top-ranked Novak Djokovic overcame more neck problems and advanced to the final of the Western & Southern Open on Friday with a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (0) win over Roberto Bautista Agut, who won their previous three head-to-head matchups on ...
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KSHSAA adopts alternative fall season option An alternative fall sports season is now in place in Kansas. By a 45-29 vote Friday the Kansas State High School Activities Association's Board of Directors approved the creation of an alternative fall sports season to be played in the spring of 2021. "We've ...
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2020 BMW Championship leaderboard, takeaways: Rory McIlroy co-leads after Round 2, Tiger Woods struggles Once again, Olympia Fields showed off in Round 2 of the BMW Championship, just like it did in Round 1. The scoring average was a hair lower than it was on Thursday, but as co-leader Rory McIlroy (-1) noted in his post-round interview, the course seemed to ...
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The USC Daily: How Worried Is Pac-12 About Big Ten? In this video, I discuss how the Pac-12 feels about the possibility of the Big Ten playing football in November. And I talk about these USC liquor decanters, which were commissioned by Morrie Notrica, the owner of the 32nd Street Market. As you can see, the ...
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Vikings end stadium practice with statement for social justice The Minnesota Vikings won't have fans at their first two home games, if not for the entire year, the jarring result of the global pandemic that has turned 2020 upside down. Still, they'll try to keep U.S. Bank Stadium as much of an advantage for them as possible.
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RSL forging ahead with game Saturday; postponed match rescheduled SALT LAKE CITY — Three days after Real Salt Lake's home game against LAFC was postposed as part of a player-led movement in the wake of the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, RSL is set to face Portland on the road ...
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Mizzou cancels Friday football practice, addresses racial injustice COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Missouri football team did not practice on Friday as scheduled and instead released a statement addressing the racial justice issues that have captured the nation's attention once again this summer. The statement read: "On today, ...
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Ole Miss Football releases statement on Friday's protest The Ole Miss football program has released a statement following Friday morning's team protest that saw players decide not to practice and march from campus to the Oxford town square. The protest was to draw attention to police brutality issues in the wake ...
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Indiana Fever acquire former All-Star center Jantel Lavender for forward Stephanie Mavunga The Indiana Fever acquired former All-Star center Jantel Lavender from the Chicago Sky in exchange for former IndyStar Miss Basketball Stephanie Mavunga, a second-round pick and a third-round draft pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft. In a corresponding move, ...
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Loons' Luis Amarilla off lofty goal-scoring pace; United still glad he's here Luis Amarilla shouldn't be faulted for his ambition, nor his willingness to share it. When the Paraguayan forward arrived in snowy Minnesota in February, he shared an audacious objective at his introductory news conference at Allianz Field: score 25 goals, ...
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Crimson Tide should benefit from ongoing Leatherwood-Ray practice rivalry Alabama's 2017 signing class included quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, running back Najee Harris and a touted tandem that continues to vie on the Tuscaloosa practice fields. In the offensive corner is former-five star tackle Alex Leatherwood, a 6-foot-6, ...
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Penguins add a year onto Chad Ruhwedel's contract, extending him through 2021-22 The Penguins announced Friday that they had tacked another season onto the contract of Chad Ruhwedel, signing the defenseman through 2021-22. The final year of that deal will have an annual average value of $750,000. Ruhwedel played 41 games for ...
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Ryder Cup stars hit out at LPGA Tour's treatment of Troon hero Sophia Popov Europe's Ryder Cup heavyweights have lined up to criticise the LPGA Tour for its bizarre, if not disgraceful, treatment of Sophia Popov since the German won the AIG Women's Open last weekend. Ian Poulter, Tommy ...
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After joining other major sports leagues in the fight for equality, MLS resumes play this weekend The second week of the re-started MLS regular season, like all of professional sports at the moment, took an unexpected turn this week: after some teams were in action Tuesday night, five of the six scheduled games Wednesday night were postponed after ...
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How the sports boycott made America stop short for a moment Fear is powerful. It can motivate, instigate or manipulate. It can be friend or foe. Throughout history, America has clung proudly to her fears. And Wednesday night, Americans across the nation watched the divergent ways fear compels citizens to act. Take the ...
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Blue Jays' Brandon Drury: Optioned to alternate site Drury was optioned to the Blue Jay's alternate training site Friday. Drury was in the lineup for eight of the Blue Jays' last 13 games, but he picked up just five hits over 25 at-bats during that span, so the team decided to remove him from the roster to open up a ...
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5 things you may not know about new Chelsea defender Thiago Silva Chelsea have completed the signing of defender Thiago Silva on a free transfer from Paris St Germain. The 35-year-old has signed a one-year contract at Stamford Bridge, with the club holding the option of an additional 12 months. Here, the PA news agency ...
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Man Utd 'interested' in Chelsea target; Madrid happy to sell Manchester United are reportedly interested in Real Madrid star Sergio Reguilon, who could be available for a nominal fee this summer. The left-back – who has impressed on loan at Sevilla this season – was being targeted by Chelsea before the Blues ...
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