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	Sports As-it-happens update ⋅ August 28, 2020
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	CBSSports.com NFL insider notes: 2020 offers experiment for what truly drives home-field advantage, beat-writer ban and more CBSSports.com The NFL doesn't care whether you think it's unfair that some teams will have fans in the stands this season and others won't. I don't care either. In the past two weeks I've gotten more questions about the perceived unfairness of the league's lack of a uniform ... Flag as irrelevant
	ESPN Sources: Thanksgiving weekend start an option for Big Ten football ESPN The Big Ten is discussing Thanksgiving weekend as one of several options to start its football season, sources tell ESPN. An early January start with an eight- or nine-game schedule at indoor venues has generated the most discussion so far, but pushing the ... Flag as irrelevant
	NHL.com Chara's role declining for Bruins entering Game 4 against Lightning NHL.com Zdeno Chara remains a proud man. The Boston Bruins defenseman has always taken pride in getting the most difficult assignments, in defending with the lead and without, in playing on the power play and on the penalty kill and being the strongest and the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Yahoo Sports What to monitor at Patriots scrimmage: Long-term evaluation of Jarrett Stidham still matters Yahoo Sports FOXBORO - The Patriots will hold what the team is calling a "game simulation" on Friday afternoon inside Gillette Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.. What that simulation looks like is still to be determined. Will it be a team scrimmage, with players in full ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sports Illustrated Will Seahawks Be More Aggressive on Fourth Down in 2020? Sports Illustrated Football is a game that is constantly evolving and always in motion. From the Wing-T offense, to the introduction to the forward pass, to the spread offense, things change and sometimes never look back. One of the modern strategies in football is to be more ... Flag as irrelevant
	al.com With no games to postpone, NFL reacts to Jacob Blake shooting in other ways al.com The reaction of athletes in the United States to the Sunday night shooting of Jacob Blake by police brought pro sports largely to a halt in the United States over the past two days. Because of the unwillingness of players to participate, the NBA postponed its ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bleacher Report Report: 'A Few Prominent' Black NFL Players Want to Sit Out a Game in Protest Bleacher Report Following recent player protests in various sports leagues, including the NBA, WNBA, MLS, MLB and NHL, multiple NFL players are reportedly considering sitting out a game when the regular season begins. Per NFL.com's Jim Trotter, "a few prominent Black ... Flag as irrelevant
	NBCSports.com Jusuf Nurkic, Mario Hezonja break bread with Balkan boys inside NBA Bubble NBCSports.com The starting unit for Team Balkan would be something. While NBA play was postponed Friday following the boycott over the shooting of Jacob Blake, some of the best European talents got together for dinner at the Walt Disney World campus. As shared out by ... Flag as irrelevant
	Comcast SportsNet Bay Area 49ers' Raheem Mostert understands Fred Warner's tactics are necessary Comcast SportsNet Bay Area SANTA CLARA -- Fred Warner and Raheem Mostert's intense interactions at practice are what the running back says are necessary in the absence of preseason matchups. There were several scuffles at 49ers practice on Wednesday, and Warner seemed to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sporting News Are there NBA games today? Playoff boycott forces postponed schedule Sporting News The NBA saw games on Wednesday and Thursday ultimately get postponed as a result of players and teams boycotting. The boycotts started with the Milwaukee Bucks not exiting their locker room for Wednesday's game against the Magic. The other teams ... Flag as irrelevant
	nj.com Yankees' Aaron Judge heading back to IL | What it means nj.com It was just a matter of time. On Thursday, in a Zoom call with fans, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said that right fielder Aaron Judge's right calf would land him back on the injured list. Introducing Yankees Insider: Get exclusive news, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sports Illustrated Indiana Basketball Ranked 24 in CBS Sports Preseason Top 25 Sports Illustrated BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Hoosiers are garnering some preseason attention as the college basketball season approaches. In the CBS Sports preseason top 25 poll, Indiana is ranked at 24. The description under their name reads, "The addition of five-star ... Flag as irrelevant
	Yahoo Sports Mets, Marlins walk off field in social injustice protest Yahoo Sports NEW YORK — The New York Mets and Miami Marlins jointly walked off the field after a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play Thursday night. After other games around baseball were postponed to ... Flag as irrelevant
	Yahoo Sports Predicting Eagles 53-man roster after 10 days of training camp Yahoo Sports The Eagles have made it through 10 practices since the pads came on at training camp. No, it's not really long enough to evaluate their entire 80-man roster but that's the challenge facing the coaching staff, especially without preseason games. Here's my ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Column: Extraordinary day hopefully leads US to better place Washington Post The day was extraordinary, unleashing a movement that played out in real time, stretching across racial and gender lines, sweeping up one sport after another until it seemed as though every professional athlete was screaming in unison. Support our ... Flag as irrelevant
	Forbes Pittsburgh Pirates Don't Have Much To Offer At Trade Deadline Forbes Ben Cherington made a remark last week that was surprising. The Pittsburgh Pirates first-year general manager was talking with reporters about his team's slow start and Major League Baseball's impending trade deadline when he said: "I really do believe ... Flag as irrelevant
	Bleacher Report Dolphins' Brian Flores Says He's Had Police Point Guns at Him: 'I've Lived This' Bleacher Report Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores used part of his media availability Friday to speak about his experiences with racial injustice and police officers. Flores told reporters he's "lived this" and has had "guns pointed at me by police officers." This article will ... Flag as irrelevant
	mlive.com Detroit superintendent pleads for MHSAA to reinstate fall football in letter mlive.com Detroit Public Schools Community District superintendent Nikolai Vitti wants football reinstated to the fall and he pleaded his case in an open letter to the Michigan High School Athletic Association on Friday morning. In a letter just over two pages long, Vitti ... Flag as irrelevant
	Sports Illustrated Ravens cancel practice for 'team unifying session' for social justice reform Sports Illustrated WINGS MILLS, Md. — The Ravens canceled practice Aug. 28 " to perform a team unifying session surrounding social justice reform." The Ravens also canceled all afternoon meetings and media obligations following a morning practice the previous day. Flag as irrelevant
	al.com Historic week for sports in America anything but 'absurd and silly' al.com It's absurd and silly. Those were the words spoken by a member of the White House on the morning after the greatest show of support for Black Americans by professional athletes in the history of this country. And people still seem confused by what's ... Flag as irrelevant
	Toronto Sun Buccaneers' Ronald Jones: Banged up in practice CBSSports.com Jones hurt his left foot during Friday's practice, but coach Bruce Arians doesn't think it's anything serious, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports. James Palmer of NFL Network reports that Jones was walking around after practice, albeit with ice and a ... Flag as irrelevant
	Comcast SportsNet Chicago Reds' Joey Votto: Sitting again Friday CBSSports.com Votto is not in Friday's lineup against the Cubs. He has not played since Tuesday and is hitless in his last 18 at-bats. Bobby Nightengale of The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Thursday that manager David Bell says Votto is fine physically, but it seems that ... Flag as irrelevant
	Yahoo Sports Roger Penske, IndyCar meet with proposed Nashville race organizers Yahoo Sports Series owner Roger Penske and IndyCar officials met Thursday at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, with organizers for a proposed street race in the NTT IndyCar Series. In a statement Friday, the promoters and organizers said they are working on ... Flag as irrelevant
	Field Gulls Century Links 8/28: How Well Off are the Seahawks at Safety? Field Gulls Clayton: Seahawks have fixed their safety position -- without Earl Thomas A year after Earl Thomas walked in free agency, the Seahawks may again have the best safety duo in the NFL. John Clayton breaks down how it happened. Breaking Down the Mock ... Flag as irrelevant
	PhillyVoice.com Sixers mailbag: What's the best possible team to surround Joel Embiid & Ben Simmons with? PhillyVoice.com If you thought the Sixers flaming out in spectacular fashion would stop fans from having a billion questions about the team, clearly you have never talked to a Sixers fan before. It was time for a mailbag. Thankfully, there were minimal attempts to trade Ben ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBSSports.com UFC Fight Night DFS: Best DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy MMA picks, advice for Smith vs. Rakic CBSSports.com After moving to light heavyweight in the middle of 2018, Anthony Smith made himself a household name almost immediately with first-round knockouts of legends Rashad Evans and Mauricio Rua. That'd eventually lead to a title shot against Jon Jones at UFC ... Flag as irrelevant
	247Sports Takeaways from week two of Chicago Bears training camp 247Sports With week two of training camp officially wrapped up at Halas Hall, the picture of what the 2020 Chicago Bears look like is starting get clearer. Last week, with the NFL allowing all teams to finally begin practicing in pads, the Bears took full advantage. Flag as irrelevant
	Raleigh News & Observer Twelve NC State athletics programs can resume activities, but not football Raleigh News & Observer N.C. State athletics will resume activities. Most of them anyway. Boo Corrigan, director of athletics, released an update Friday morning. Wolfpack athletics paused on Monday and Corrigan said every team was tested. Corrigan added that activities will resume ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Black MLB players donate salaries to racial justice initiatives for Jackie Robinson Day CNN (CNN) Dozens of Black baseball players will donate their salaries from Thursday and Friday to support racial justice initiatives, in honor of Jackie Robinson Day and in protest of Jacob Blake's shooting by police. Participating Major League Baseball players ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBSSports.com 2020 Forego Stakes odds, contenders: Horse racing insider reveals surprising picks, predictions CBSSports.com Some of the country's best sprinters will square off on Saturday when the gates open in the 2020 Forego Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The wide-open race features a well balanced combination of established runners and ... Flag as irrelevant
	Jackson Clarion Ledger Ole Miss football players march to The Square in protest against police brutality Jackson Clarion Ledger OXFORD — The Ole Miss football team has joined in on the wave of activism that has spread across college and professional sports this week. Instead of their regularly scheduled practice on Friday morning, Ole Miss football players marched and gathered on ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Post How Brodie Van Wagenen-Rob Manfred video went viral New York Post The already infamous Brodie Van Wagenen-Rob Manfred video was public when diehard Mets fan and aspiring sports journalist Nick Albicocco stumbled across it on the team's website as he searched for the status of Thursday's game. "I found the video on ... Flag as irrelevant
	New York Daily News Doubleheader begins Mets-Yankees 5-game series Sports Illustrated Since the introduction of interleague play in 1997, the New York Yankees and New York Mets have produced numerous notable moments during 122 regular-season games and for five games in the 2000 World Series. The teams are about to embark on an ... Flag as irrelevant
	Motorsport.com, Edition: Global Bubba Wallace: NASCAR not ignoring 'evil acts' by racing Motorsport.com, Edition: Global Bubba Wallace defended NASCAR's decision to race this weekend as numerous NBA, WNBA, MLB, MLS and NHL teams called off games following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Darrell Wallace Jr., Richard Petty Motorsports, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Goshen News TOUR de FRance: Uncertainty shrouds Tour de France racing against COVID-19 Goshen News PARIS (AP) — Already delayed, the Tour de France sets off Saturday shrouded in uncertainty, flying in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and the imponderable question of how many of the 176 riders will avoid infection and endure three exceptionally ... Flag as irrelevant
	Fox News Clippers' Patrick Beverley has tense exchange with union director Michele Roberts: report Fox News The NBA players' meeting about whether to resume the playoffs amid a protest against police brutality stemming from the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin reportedly included a tense moment between Los Angeles Clippers guard Patrick Beverley and ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBSSports.com 2020 Kentucky Derby: Every horse to win the Run for the Roses CBSSports.com In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 horse racing schedule has been completely altered. Back in June, the Triple Crown chase began with the Belmont Stakes, which is normally the final leg of the Triple Crown rather than the first. Now the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Tampa Bay Business Journal Rays, Lightning postpone games to protest racial injustice Tampa Bay Business Journal The Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay Lightning have both postponed games this week to protest racial injustice in America. The Rays postponed their Thursday game against the Baltimore Orioles in response. The game will be rescheduled for a later date. Flag as irrelevant
	Charlotte Observer Reds sweep Brewers as teams resume play following protest Charlotte Observer Wade Miley allowed one hit over four scoreless innings to help the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-0 victory and doubleheader sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday night, one day after both teams opted not to play to protest racial injustice. The reactions by ... Flag as irrelevant
	National Post NHL puts off 2 days of playoff games amid injustice protests FOXSports.com Vegas forward Ryan Reaves was struggling with the decision of whether to sit out the Golden Knights' playoff game to protest racial injustice, when he discovered the players around the NHL had his back. Reaves woke up Thursday to find a text from Tampa ... Flag as irrelevant
	247Sports Day 8 report: Steelers training camp 247Sports The preamble, I fear, is becoming bothersome. How many of you want me to write one today? No one? OK, how many prefer I get right to the practice report? Everyone? Oh, you don't have to clap. No, please, not a standing ovation. That's just -- sigh. OK, well ... Flag as irrelevant
	masslive.com Boston Red Sox plan to play on Jackie Robinson Day; 'It's probably important for all those guys to be out there' masslive.com Bradley is the only African American player on the Red Sox's roster. "Last year with Mookie (Betts) and David (Price), they were probably more vocal than Jackie," Roenicke ... Flag as irrelevant
	Irish Examiner It's lonely at the top, says Lewis Hamilton Irish Examiner Lewis Hamilton has admitted he is battling loneliness in his pursuit of Michael Schumacher's seven world titles. The Mercedes driver remains on course to equal the great German's record haul, heading into Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix 37 points clear of Red ... Flag as irrelevant
	Washington Post Thiago Silva becomes latest big-name signing at Chelsea Washington Post LONDON — Brazil center back Thiago Silva joined Chelsea on a one-year deal on Friday after his contract expired at Paris Saint-Germain, becoming the latest big-name signing for the English club ahead of the new season. Support our journalism. Subscribe ... Flag as irrelevant
	RADIO.COM Multi-position players boost options in pandemic season RADIO.COM College football teams set to play this fall are trying to help their depth amid the coronavirus pandemic by finding players capable of playing multiple positions. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley says it's "something every coach in the country is thinking about right ... Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Boston Tom Brady Throws Shade At Colts When Asked About Fake Crowd Noise At Buccaneers Practice CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — Tom Brady has been a little more open down in Tampa Bay compared to his buttoned-up days in New England. So when the opportunity to zing his former rivals presented itself on Friday, Brady wasn't going to pass it up. Tom Brady may ... Flag as irrelevant
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