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As-it-happens update August 13, 2020
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As it typically does each summer, the College Football Playoff on Thursday announced its recusals for 10 of its 13 selection committee members. However, in a preseason that continues to be unlike any other, four of them have asterisks by their names ...
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ESPN
In Kelly's eyes, the Houston players, who received immunity from discipline in return for cooperating with a Major League Baseball investigation, sacrificed their managers, coaches and team executives, who took the hit for the players' transgressions.
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CBSSports.com
Eight games down, four rounds to go for the Los Angeles Lakers. With Thursday's regular-season finale against the Sacramento Kings in the books, the Western Conference's No. 1 seed turns its attention to the postseason. The next game that the Lakers play ...
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Sporting News
A 40-ish percent increase in the amount of money NFL teams pay top tight ends in 2020 would make no sense as an investment for the 49ers if George Kittle were like other top tight ends. He is not. Thus, arguably the most impactful offensive player in San ...
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ESPN
The Philadelphia Phillies announced Thursday they will retire Dick Allen's No. 15 in a ceremony on Sept. 3. The date will mark the 57th anniversary of Allen's major league debut with the team. This marks a change in policy for the Phillies, who have previously ...
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Yahoo Sports
Alec Bohm is here and he's going to play. The Phillies didn't call up Bohm, their top offensive prospect, to get him a few at-bats here and there. He'll be a regular in the lineup, Phillies GM Matt Klentak said Thursday shortly after Bohm was added to the roster.
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NBCSports.com
According to the Wall Street Journal the minority partners of Washington's NFL team are pressuring majority owner Daniel Snyder to sell his stake in the franchise. Sports Illustrated host Robin Lundberg spoke with Chris Russell, who covers the ...
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Yahoo Sports
Just hours after George Kittle reportedly reached an agreement on a record-breaking contract extension with the 49ers, the Kansas City Chiefs and tight end Travis Kelce reportedly agreed to a four-year extension, locking up the NFL's two best at their ...
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Los Angeles Times
TORONTO -- Shea Weber and Marc Bergevin spoke to the media via Zoom on Thursday after Bergevin's announcement that head coach Claude Julien had been hospitalized after experiencing chest pains during the night. Bergevin's full statement can be ...
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USA TODAY
Nick Bosa said he hasn't been able to watch the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl even once. Jimmie Ward needed to wait more than a month to pop in that tape and has watched it maybe 20 times. The Super Bowl loss that came after San Francisco blew a ...
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Sports Illustrated
CINCINNATI — The Bengals are hoping to sign Joe Mixon to an extension before the season starts. The fourth-year running back has yet to address the media since training camp began, but wide receiver Tyler Boyd says Mixon wants to be in Cincinnati ...
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ESPN
The Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens head into Friday's Game 2 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series with a sense of confidence. That might seem more logical for the Flyers, who posted a 2-1 win on Wednesday in the ...
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NFL.com
The Buffalo Bills locked down Josh Allen's blindside blocker. The Bills announced they've signed left tackle Dion Dawkins to a four-year contract extension. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported the deal is worth $60 million with $34 million guaranteed.
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CBSSports.com
For many teams, their final seeding game is merely a formality, as their position in the postseason picture is already solidified. The Dallas Mavericks are one of those teams, as they are already locked into the seventh seed in the West, and as such, they will ...
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USA TODAY
The series opener on Friday between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox has been postponed due to a positive coronavirus test among the Cardinals coaching staff. After finishing a 2-game series against the Minnesota Twins, St. Louis has not ...
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New York Daily News
The Mets brought a storm with them in their 8-2 win over the Nationals and catcher Tomas Nido was the thunder. In the bottom of the fourth inning with the bases loaded, Nido, who already had two strikes, stared down an 82 mph changeup, put the barrel of ...
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USA TODAY
LISBON (AP) — Through so many exasperating moments in front of goal — too many for the world's most expensive footballer — Neymar persevered, determined to rescue Paris Saint-Germain. Just when it seemed time was running out, the player signed to ...
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New York Post
Damian Lillard's dominance has the Portland Trail Blazers on the verge of officially clinching a postseason berth. While Lillard might not need to score 50 or 60 points again, a win would cement the Trail Blazers in the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
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Boston Herald
Watching paint dry is one activity you might enjoy more than tuning into the Red Sox' bridge year in 2020. Their disastrous rotation makes it easy to forget that the Red Sox actually do have an ace. His name is Chris Sale and he's in Florida, recovering from ...
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Montgomery Advertiser
TUSCALOOSA — Going into a sixth month of uncertainty in college athletics, University of Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne knows two things for certain: No matter what happens with football, financial losses will be challenging, and if there are football ...
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Washington Times
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Thomas Bryant had 26 points and nine rebounds to help the Washington Wizards beat the Boston Celtics 96-90 on Thursday for their lone win in the restart. Troy Brown Jr. added 17 points and eight rebounds for the Wizards, who ...
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Palm Beach Post
Nobody is promising when Xavien Howard will return from what clearly was not a minor knee surgery eight months ago. Howard is still physically unable to perform and we are drawing awfully close to a point where his availability for the season opener must ...
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Sports Illustrated
BYU added another game to their 2020 schedule this morning. Troy will travel to Provo to take on the Cougars on September 26th in Lavell Edwards Stadium. The Cougars will make a return trip to Troy in 2026. Tom Holmoe said the following in a BYU press ...
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Yahoo Sports
Blaise Matuidi has left Juventus ahead of an expected move to MLS side Inter Miami. Matuidi joined Juve from Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain in 2017, with the 2018 World Cup winner going on to help the Turin giants to three successive Serie A titles and ...
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Houston Chronicle
It immediately felt like a real-life TV documentary. A book, 15 chapters in, written in real time. And that was before the small-ball Rockets began preparing for Chris Paul's Oklahoma City Thunder without Russell Westbrook on the hardwood in a first-round ...
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The Boston Globe
The Patriots offensive line depth took an unexpected hit Thursday afternoon when rookie Dustin Woodard, 22, decided to retire, according to a league source. Additionally, the club released rookie defensive end Nick Coe, per a league source. The decision by ...
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BaltimoreRavens.com
The Ravens are a month away from kicking off against the Cleveland Browns at M&T Bank Stadium. They're more than two weeks into the "start" of training camp when players began reporting to the Under Armour Performance Center. There's still a long way ...
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Yahoo Sports
Though he apologized for his PGA Championship comments that were widely perceived as dismissive of his peers, Brooks Koepka said he had no plans to address the matter with the main target. In an interview with Golfweek that was published Wednesday, ...
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The Action Network
Braun isn't in the lineup Thursday against the Cubs. Braun went 0-for-8 with two strikeouts in his first two games since returning from the injured list, and he'll take a seat for the team's series opener at Wrigley Field. Keston Hiura will take over as the ...
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Chron.com
MIAMI (AP) — Marlins Park will have a new look for its 2020 season debut Friday, thanks to cozier dimensions and a switch to artificial turf. Also, there will be a first-place team in the home dugout. And that Marlins' roster looks a lot different than it did when ...
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CBSSports.com
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The newest Major League Soccer team will be called St. Louis SC when it debuts in 2023, team officials announced Thursday. The team's name and logo were unveiled nearly a year after the city was given an MLS franchise. St. Louis SC ...
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Yahoo Sports
Reigning US Open women's champion Bianca Andreescu said Thursday she will not defend her title, saying the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to an inability to prepare for the event. The 20-year-old Canadian, who defeated Serena Williams in last ...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Kevin Buisman called it one of the hardest days of his 30-year career in college athletics. Last March, the Minnesota State Mankato athletic director had to tell the men's hockey team — which was poised to contend for an NCAA championship — that its ...
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Raleigh News & Observer
A decision on if the ACC will play football this fall could be coming Thursday afternoon. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Florida State president John Thrasher told the university's board of trustees on Thursday that a meeting of school presidents and ...
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The Boston Globe
The state's office of Energy and Environmental Affairs released updated guidelines Thursday that recommend safety measures for youth sports that apply to K-12 schools, giving the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association guidance regarding which ...
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Yahoo Sports
LAFC forward Adama Diomande is leaving the club, the player announced on social media Thursday. There was no immediate response from the team. Diomande, who was born in Oslo and played for coach Bob Bradley at Norwegian club Stabaek, came to ...
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Arizona Sports
Those who are partial to the Phoenix Suns have lobbied for the team's star, Devin Booker, to get more national respect. Yes, Booker plays on a team that's had little success in the past decade, while the guard puts up gaudy numbers in the box score. Is he a ...
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WANE
INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) – Purdue Fort Wayne's fall sports season is over. The Horizon League announced Thursday that it will postpone fall 2020 sports. The decision impacts all Horizon League sports that compete in the fall. Championship season sports:.
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News3LV
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A worker was taken to a hospital after an incident involving a boom lift at Allegiant Stadium Thursday morning. Eric Grenz, vice president with construction partnership Mortenson McCarthy, said the worker was completing final ...
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Sportsnaut
The MLB trade deadline is fast approaching, with teams fighting for playoff positioning amid a shortened 60-game season with postseason spots up for grabs. In a year that has already been full of surprises, we could see some big names move at this year's ...
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Rams Wire
Everyone knew this season of "Hard Knocks" was going to be different; it had to be due to the pandemic. There were no padded practices to show, preseason preparation to highlight or camp fights to film. Instead, the season premiere on Tuesday night was ...
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Wall Street Journal
Minor league baseball players asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand a ruling certifying class claims that Major League Baseball and its affiliate clubs don't pay minimum wage or overtime. The Ninth Circuit got it right when it found the players established ...
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fox4kc.com
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A new local health order that goes into effect Friday in Wyandotte County is prohibiting certain non-professional fall sports events and activities that pose a significant COVID-19 risk in the county. The Unified Government of Wyandotte ...
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