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As-it-happens update August 5, 2020
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Bleacher Report
With the start of the NFL season just over a month away, teams have largely established what they're going to be in 2020. Coaching staffs have been assembled, the bulk of free agency is over, and the draft is in the distant rearview. While there is still time for a ...
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ESPN
West Virginia safety Kerry Martin Jr. said he will sit out the football season because of health concerns, he announced via social media on Wednesday. Martin, who ranked sixth on the team in tackles as a freshman last season, said he has Sickle Cell and ...
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NFL.com
What's more surprising to read in this space: An NFL player is playing the game at 157 pounds, or that an NFL player has put on 23 pounds of quality weight in one offseason? Twenty-three pounds is a lot of weight to add to anyone's frame, and especially one ...
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Yahoo Sports
The race for the Western Conference's second seed in the postseason grew tighter Tuesday after Phoenix's Devin Booker made a game-winning shot in the final seconds to beat the Clippers 117-115. The Clippers (45-22) are now one game ahead of ...
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ESPN
Michigan State defensive end Jacub Panasiuk announced on Wednesday that he will redshirt the upcoming season due to coronavirus concerns. Panasiuk has started the last two seasons for the Spartans. Last season, he finished with 34 tackles and five ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ---. Eastern Kentucky kicker Landon White has quit the football team in a social media post that accuses the FCS program of being lax in coronavirus testing and following ...
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CBSSports.com
Now that the Lakers have locked up the No. 1 seed in the West playoffs, the rest of their seeding games will serve as a tuneup for the postseason. We may see less of LeBron James and Anthony Davis in order to save them for what Los Angeles hopes to be a ...
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Los Angeles Times
If baseball crowns a World Series champion in this truncated season, the players will have endured three months like no other. In order to navigate a season through a pandemic, the players will have to make accommodations: frequent testing, mask wearing ...
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Patriots.com
The Patriots made three more veterans available for video conferences on Wednesday, as the team continues to ease their was into a very different training camp schedule. Most notable was veteran guard Joe Thuney, making his first appearance with the ...
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Sporting News
"Why are they not making the OSU/Mich game last game of the season?" That's the text I received from a thread with my three best friends seconds after the Big Ten schedule was released Wednesday morning. Michigan will play at Ohio State on Oct. 24 this ...
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Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
The 49ers will almost certainly be in the market for another speedy wide receiver after Travis Benjamin announced his decision Tuesday night to opt-out of the upcoming season. Benjamin's exit marks the fourth 49ers receiver from the player-organized ...
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Cyclingnews.com
The first stage of Tour de Pologne concluded with a high-speed crash as Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) and Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) battled in the final meters of a downhill finish in Katowice. The two were contesting a close sprint on ...
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Newsweek
Hey everyone, hope you are safe and sane. • Last week's podcast guest: a two-fer. Sam Querrey and Eric Hutchinson, whose new album Class of 1998 is available here. Cover for Beyond The Baseline: SI's Tennis Podcast with Jon Wertheim. Play. Beyond ...
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nj.com
Hopefully, Giants offensive lineman Nick Gates is in full-football shape now that he's checked into training camp. That's because Gates, fresh off signing a two-year contract extension Saturday, will likely be practicing at three positions during camp along the ...
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MLSsoccer.com
Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin has made it clear: Like the rest of his squad, rising stars Brenden Aaronson and Mark McKenzie are firmly focused on winning the MLS is Back Tournament. Unlike the rest of his squad, though, the young Americans ...
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Yahoo Sports
By Rory Carroll. SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In one of the most anticipated sporting events since the COVID-19 pandemic sent sports into a deep freeze in March, the PGA Championship comes to San Francisco this week with several top players out to make ...
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BBC News
This is the sixth and final piece in a series assessing Premier League teams and their transfer priorities for the summer. Read more on Arsenal and its progression under Mikel Arteta, how Tottenham must rebuild on a budget under Jose Mourinho, why ...
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Yahoo Sports
NASCAR's Cup Series doubles up this weekend at Michigan International Speedway with a packed schedule that includes a Saturday-Sunday twin bill. The Cup tour gets going Saturday with the FireKeepers Casino 400 (4 p.m. ET) and caps the weekend ...
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Seattle Times
Carmelo Anthony leaving the game on his own terms will make it that much better when he eventually enters the Hall of Fame. And while it notably took Melo a long time to find a role, he is rolling with Portland, having hit clutch bucket after clutch bucket in the ...
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Raleigh News & Observer
Call it a sign of the times. Unprecedented times. The Carolina Hurricanes finished up a sweep of the New York Rangers on Tuesday in their best-of-five postseason series with a 4-1 victory. There were no cheering fans, only a silent building. There were no ...
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Boston.com
After an inconclusive COVID-19 test result came back on Sunday, Red Sox third-base coach Carlos Febles was sent home and did not travel with the team to Florida. Following their losses to the Yankees, the Red Sox traveled to Florida on their off day on ...
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Forbes
The NBA's return to action in Disney World has been going swimmingly so far. The games are competitive, there have been no positive coronavirus tests, and the broadcast product has been high quality. But for teams not in the bubble, including the Golden ...
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Slate Magazine
The NBA's summer restart has exposed some truths about the current American experience. Daily coronavirus testing, contact tracing, incentivized isolation, and all the other features of a competent pandemic response are indeed possible; it's just that they ...
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detroitlions.com
Matt Prater turns 36 years old next week and is entering his 14th NFL season, but the Lions veteran kicker says his leg feels as good as ever entering training camp. So good, in fact, he's confident he can still boom it 65 yards if given the opportunity.
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Bleacher Report
Given the uncertainty around the college football season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Pac-12 conference is reportedly prepared to provide schools with loan packages. Per Jon Wilner of the Bay Area News Group, schools would receive "a maximum ...
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Lexington Herald Leader
The University of Louisville has suspended workouts for four fall sports programs after 29 athletes tested positive for COVID-19. All team-related activities for men's and women's soccer, field hockey and volleyball were halted on Monday following the positive ...
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Sacramento Bee
José Altuve and Carlos Correa hit solo homers, George Springer added a two-run double and the Houston Astros roughed up Madison Bumgarner in an 8-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night. Altuve hit his homer in the first inning and ...
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The Morning Sun
Detroit franchise quarterback Matthew Stafford being placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list last week put a scare into a multitude of Lions fans. It led to a similar reaction from his teammates, including veteran kicker Matt Prater. "It definitely hits home," Prater ...
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Southside Showdown
Carlos Rodon has had a very up and down career so far with the Chicago White Sox. When he was first coming up, he looked like he was going to be a great number three behind Chris Sale and Jose Quintana. Well, things fell apart quickly for the team and ...
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Charlotte Observer
A look at what's happening around European soccer on Wednesday with the resumption of the Europa League's round of 16: COPENHAGEN (0) VS. ISTANBUL BASAKSEHIR (1). Since these teams last met, Basaksehir won the Turkish Super League for the ...
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Daily Journal Online
A whole series is a different matter. "I think in baseball, it's very routine-oriented, and you start interrupting routines, it gets a little hairy," Detroit manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We'll just ad-lib and do the best we can with it. Can't control it, so no sense in ...
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hoopsrumors.com
When the NBA's restart got underway last Thursday, the Grizzlies were in the driver's seat for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference, with at least a 3.5-game cushion on each of their five potential challengers. However, a slow start from the Grizzlies – who ...
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KFH
Did Allen Iverson just change his mind and call LeBron James the GOAT over Michael Jordan? The Sixers' Hall Of Famer joined Fat Joe on his Instagram show this week and made headlines with this quote. "I'm not gonna fight it," Iverson said. "As much as I ...
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