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As-it-happens update August 10, 2020
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Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews, one of two current NFL players with Type 1 diabetes, was always committed to playing during the coronavirus pandemic. "Opting out never really crossed my mind," Andrews said Monday. "Obviously, I think safety is ...
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NHL.com
The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs features 16 teams in eight best-of-7 series, which start Tuesday. Today, NHL.com previews the series between the Dallas Stars and the Calgary Flames, which will be played at Rogers Place in Edmonton, the hub city ...
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NBCSports.com
Court documents were filed Monday in Loudoun County's General District Court that describe Derrius Guice's alleged domestic violence against his girlfriend, and the incidents that are chronicled in those filings are troubling. In one encounter, Guice allegedly ...
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NHL.com
For the first time in a decade, the Philadelphia Flyers will take on the Montreal Canadiens in a playoff series. This will be the seventh meeting between the teams in their franchise history. The Habs won the first two series, while the Flyers prevailed in three of ...
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NBCSports.com
With the 2020 college football season seemingly hanging on by a thread, players around the NCAA are ushering one final push in hopes of playing a season this fall. With the Big Ten and Pac-12 expected to cancel or postpone their seasons on Tuesday, the ...
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CBSSports.com
T.J. Warren appears to have been touched by the hand of the Basketball Gods. The scorchfest started with a 53-point tour de force in the Indiana Pacers' restart opener in Orlando, and it has continued almost unabated: Through five seeding games, Warren ...
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CBSSports.com
The NBA is more than halfway through its seeding slate, and with each passing day, the postseason picture becomes a bit clearer. In the East, it's only a matter of positioning, but in the West, the final spot is still up for grabs. Two teams were officially eliminated ...
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NHL.com
The New Jersey Devils today announced that defenseman Reilly Walsh has signed a three-year, entry-level contract. Walsh was New Jersey's fourth selection (third round), 81st overall, in the 2017 NHL Draft. The announcement was made by Devils' ...
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Yahoo Sports
Damian Lillard has a superstar profile and plenty of accolades to back it up. He's a five-time NBA All-Star, four-time All-NBA selection recipient, the 2012-13 Rookie of the Year and is coming off a 2019 season where he led the Trail Blazers to the Western ...
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Yahoo Sports
WASHINGTON -- The Nationals ventured to their chartered train Sunday for a first: They were leaving Nationals Park to play a regular-season game elsewhere in 2020. This is a new challenge in a year filled with randomization. The road is a bedeviling place ...
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CBSSports.com
The Utah Jazz will take on the Dallas Mavericks at 3 p.m. ET Monday at ESPN Wide World of Sports Arena in Orlando. The Mavericks are two games behind the Jazz for the fifth playoff seed in the Western Conference, Utah has lost four of its last five games in ...
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USA TODAY
One of the shrewdest moves in Dolphins history occurred when Don Shula brought aboard aging Earl Morrall for insurance in the event Bob Griese went down. History tells us that the 17-0 season in 1972 never would have been possible without such ...
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Sports Illustrated
Last week, Peter King dissected the New York Jets trade of Jamal Adams to the Seattle Seahawks. King did not start his analysis of the trade by merely looking at the value of the deal (though he did do that) for the respective teams involved. Instead, King, an ...
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ESPN
If the last two races at Silverstone have taught us anything, it's that the current breed of Formula One cars are incredibly sensitive machines. From one weekend to the next, we saw the same drivers in the same cars on the same circuit produce two very ...
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ESPN
UTEP has postponed the start of preseason football practice after four players tested positive for the coronavirus. School officials say all four players were asymptomatic and placed in a 14-day quarantine. School medical staff also recommended the entire ...
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Sports Illustrated
1. The college football season appears to be hanging in the balance, but I have a feeling the story about the sport's future will have a lot of twists and turns before we know the official outcome. But for the sake of me needing something to write about today, let's ...
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Seahawks.com
Innovative, Secure Biometric "Health Pass by CLEAR" Technology Will Help Manage Health Risk and Safer Return to the Field. HeadshotPlaceholder. Seahawks Communications. Twitter logo. 20200805_CLEAR-4_2. Renton, Washington - The Seattle ...
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The New York Times
Emboldened by the imperiling of the college football season and a summer of social activism, some of the sport's biggest stars pressured administrators on Monday to allow the games to go on under the right circumstances — and raised the prospect of more ...
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ESPN
SAN FRANCISCO -- The process Tiger Woods goes through to play competitive golf is not outlined in detail, but it understandably involves more than a few toe touches and casual swings on the driving range. Woods is typically awake hours before his tee ...
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CBSSports.com
The Los Angeles Lakers will take on the Denver Nuggets at 9 p.m. ET Monday at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando. The Lakers have clinched the No. 1 playoff seed in the Western Conference, but have lost four of six games inside the NBA bubble.
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Sports Illustrated
FRISCO - From the very top, the Dallas Cowboys as an organization continue to quietly discuss how to best handle the civil-rights movement, in sports and beyond. On Friday, in a virtual meeting with the media, new coach Mike McCarthy took a position of a ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Kings' 2018-19 season ended with optimism. Facing a meager over/under of 25.5 wins, Sacramento surged to 39 wins – its best record in 13 years. Under Dave Joerger, the Kings played a fast and fun style. De'Aaron Fox made historic improvements.
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ESPN
Joe Kelly, the Los Angeles Dodgers' hard-throwing reliever, has been placed on the injured list with inflammation in his right shoulder, adding to the mounting list of injuries suffered by pitchers at the onset of this shortened season. Kelly began the year with ...
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Packers.com
GREEN BAY – A year ago at this time, hardly anyone was trumpeting Allen Lazard as a name to watch in the Packers' receiver competition during training camp. A resident of the auxiliary portion of the team's locker room, the alcove reserved for the longest ...
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Yahoo Sports
Draymond Green created quite the stir on social media last Friday, because of his comments -- which resulted in a $50,000 fine -- about Phoenix Suns All-Star guard Devin Booker. "It's great to see Book playing well and Phoenix playing well, but get my man ...
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CBSSports.com
Old Dominion on Monday became the second individual FBS team to decide against playing college football or any fall sports in 2020 over health and safety concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Monarchs, who play in Conference USA, are the first ...
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CBS sports.com
The Cleveland Indians sent pitcher Zach Plesac back to Cleveland on Sunday after he violated team rules and Major League Baseball's COVID-19 protocols by going out in Chicago, following the team's win on Saturday against the White Sox.
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USA TODAY
The Florida Panthers will have a new general manager next season, making the announcement early Monday that Dale Tallon is leaving the franchise after 10 years. Tallon's contract as president of hockey operations and general manager expired July 1, and ...
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USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Collin Morikawa couldn't help but break into a smile, and not just because the shiny Wanamaker Trophy he won at Harding Park was positioned on a stand next to him. Just over 14 months ago, Morikawa went through ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Boston Celtics needed a few days to find their bearings in the NBA bubble. But now that they're on the right track, they could be staying Orlando for a while. The Celtics locked themselves into the Eastern Conference's No. 3 seed Sunday with a 122-119 ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Eagles had an unprecedented lack of experience at linebacker. Then their most experienced linebacker retired. Jatavis Brown's surprise retirement Sunday leaves the Eagles with just three linebackers that have played a single NFL defensive snap and ...
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ESPN
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Thomas Meunier has criticised the culture of former club Paris Saint-Germain and said the party culture is "outrageous." Meunier, 28, left the Ligue 1 champions to join Dortmund on a free transfer in June after four seasons in the ...
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Sports Illustrated
The Cleveland Browns announced the signing of undrafted rookie guard Jovahn Fair. Continuing to try to address the offensive guard position, Fair is the second guard signing in the past two days as the Browns signed Michael Dunn on Sunday. The team ...
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CBSSports.com
An exciting heavyweight championship trilogy sits atop the marquee on Saturday as UFC 252 sets up shop at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas. Former dual-champion Daniel Cormier squares off with reigning heavyweight king Stipe Miocic as their historic ...
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DRaysBay
Manager Ron Roenicke said that Brewer won't start Monday against the Rays, but the right-hander is still expected to see the heaviest workload out of the bullpen behind opener Ryan Brasier, Bill Koch of The Providence Journal reports. Brasier hasn't ...
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mlive.com
DETROIT -- NorHagen officially disbanded when Drew VerHagen signed a deal to play in Japan last winter. But it was fun -- and quite effective -- while it lasted. Daniel Norris, the opening half of the tandem, posted a 3.33 ERA while striking out 27 in 27 ...
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ESPN
Blaise Matuidi is set to sign for David Beckham's Inter Miami in Major League Soccer, sources have told ESPN. The France international is in Paris, where he will undergo his medical before signing a three-year contract with the club. Juventus wanted to keep ...
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Yardbarker
Dietrich signed a minor-league contract with the Rangers on MOnday. Dietrich's lopsided .187/.328/.462 slash line last season was good for a respectable 102 wRC+, but had a tough time cracking a roster this year, as he's already been released by the Reds ...
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Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
The Warriors are not an NBA playoff team, but they'll have representation in the bubble. TNT selected Emmy award-winning Warriors play-by-play announcer Bob Fitzgerald to call playoff games in Orlando, Fla. "It's really an honor, it's something I'm thrilled ...
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Forbes
Defense, turnovers and clutch play. These are the woes that have plagued the Milwaukee Bucks to the tune of a 2-3 start in the NBA's return to play in the bubble. It's only five games, a tiny sample size to be sure, and it comes in an environment unlike any ...
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USA TODAY
LISBON (AP) — UEFA President Aleksander ÄŒeferin will undergo testing for the coronavirus that will allow him to present the Champions League trophy to the winners. Ceferin and general secretary Theodore Theodoridis will be tested two days before the ...
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Yahoo Sports
Atletico Madrid have revealed Angel Correa and Sime Vrsaljko returned positive coronavirus tests and will play no part in the Champions League quarter-final with RB Leipzig. The Spanish side announced two COVID-19 cases on Sunday but did not disclose ...
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Niners Nation
Last week, Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford had a "false positive" COVID test that resulted in Stafford being removed from the COVID-19 list. Due to the false positive, the NFL and NFLPA agreed on Friday to a rules change in the testing that will ...
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Canes Country
In case you hasn't heard, the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins are matching up in the playoffs. Again. For the third consecutive Canes postseason run (2009, 2019, 2020), they will have to get through the Bruins if they want to make a Stanley Cup run ...
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The Advocate
Former LSU quarterback and reigning Heisman winner Joe Burrow took to Twitter Monday morning to offer words of encouragement to college athletes after the Big Ten reportedly canceled their 2020 football season. "I feel for all college athletes right now," ...
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Houston Chronicle
Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISD canceled its football and volleyball seasons Monday, making it the first school district in Texas to do so amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School, located 60 miles southwest of Corpus Christi, competes in ...
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Kansas City Star
Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks, Brandon Ingram of the New Orleans Pelicans and Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat on Saturday were chosen the three finalists for the NBA's Most Improved Player Award for the 2019-20 season. Doncic on Saturday night ...
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Brian Winters will probably be able to pass along some intel on his old team, the New York Jets, when they come to Buffalo for the season-opening game Sept. 13 against the Bills. "It's always good to be on a team for as long as I have and know the system," ...
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Toro Times
One part of the Houston Texans offense that is tough not to be excited for is the new running back duo of "Johnson and Johnson" with David Johnson and Duke Johnson leading the way for that part of the depth chart. The Texans allowed 1,000-yard rusher ...
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WKYC.com
As reports regarding a potential cancellation of the 2020 college football season made the rounds on Sunday night, several players took to social media to share the hashtag #IWantToPlay. RELATED: More Ohio State football coverage from WKYC.
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