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Ron Rivera misses first Washington practice as cancer treatment begins Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera missed his first practice Tuesday as he underwent a first round of cancer treatment. Rivera, who has squamous cell carcinoma, went through his first round of chemo and proton radiation therapy treatments.
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Browns sign Pro Bowl running back Kareem Hunt to two-year, $13.25M extension through the 2022 season The Cleveland Browns have one of the top young running backs in the NFL in reigning Pro Bowler Nick Chubb, but they spent the days ahead of their 2020 season opener locking up the man behind him on the depth chart. On Tuesday, the team signed No.
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Seahawks 'were in it whole time' for Jadeveon Clowney Seahawks 'were in it whole time' for Jadeveon Clowney originally appeared on NBC Sports Northwest. Like the Tennessee Titans and New Orleans Saints, the Seattle Seahawks had their shot at bringing Jadeveon Clowney back to Seattle. Seahawks coach ...
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Gene Budig, academic who ran the American League during the late 1990s, dies at 81 NEW YORK (AP) — Gene Budig, the self-effacing educator and baseball fan from small-town Nebraska who became the head of three major universities and the last president of the American League, died Tuesday. He was 81. His death was announced by ...
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Boston Celtics committing $25 million to address racial injustice BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics and their charitable arm, the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, are committing $25 million over the next 10 years for initiatives to address racial injustice and social inequities in the greater Boston area. The commitment will ...
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Los Angeles Chargers 2020 season preview: Start of a new era at quarterback The Los Angeles Chargers are ranked No. 20 in ESPN's Football Power Index ahead of the 2020 NFL season. With no preseason games this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, Week 1 is the first time we'll see new acquisitions and rookies for every team.
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Plesac solid for 7, Indians hand Royals seventh loss in row CLEVELAND (AP) — Zach Plesac's return has been just what he wanted, and exactly what the Indians needed. Plesac won his second straight start since returning to Cleveland's rotation after a demotion for breaking team COVID-19 protocols, leading the ...
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Cardinals, WR Hopkins agree to 2-year extension through 2024 TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Cardinals have agreed to a two-year contract extension with star receiver DeAndre Hopkins that will keep the three-time All-Pro in Arizona through the 2024 season. The team announced the deal on Tuesday but didn't disclose terms ...
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Celtics look to knock out champion Raptors in Game 6 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Kyle Lowry is obviously aware that the Toronto Raptors must win the next two games to get back to the Eastern Conference finals. He doesn't want the Raptors thinking past Wednesday, however. The season is on the line for ...
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Fantasy football rankings: NFL Week 1 It's finally here: Week 1 of the NFL season, and our experts are back with their fantasy football rankings for the first week of action. Below you will find individual and composite rankings for each position for PPR and non-PPR formats. Click a link and get ready ...
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Jared Goff on 2019: "Sometimes you need . . . a punch in the face" Just before the start of last season, the Rams signed quarterback Jared Goff to a four-year, $134 million contract. Then, 2019 happened. The buzz of a Super Bowl run the year before quickly subsided, the Rams backslid to 9-7, and Goff's own play wasn't to ...
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Buccaneers' Leonard Fournette on Tom Brady: 'For the first time ... I really have a quarterback' Leonard Fournette may have only moved from Jacksonville to Tampa this offseason, but for him, the distance is light years away. The Buccaneers running back seems to be enjoying his new surroundings, even if his role in the backfield isn't as certain as it ...
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Safeway Open odds to win: Phil Mickelson, Si Woo Kim the favorites The long PGA Tour offseason is finally over, and the 2020-21 season officially kicks off this week at the Safeway Open. Phil Mickelson makes his return to the Tour after a successful debut on the Champions Tour, and he does so as the favorite at 20/1 odds, ...
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Man City Star Kevin De Bruyne Wins PFA Player of the Year LONDON (AP) — Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne was voted English football's player of the year on Tuesday, denying Liverpool a third straight winner of the prestigious award. De Bruyne became the first City player to capture the Professional ...
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NFL power rankings: Buccaneers, Seahawks, Patriots rise; Bills, Packers slide into Week 1 The NFL in 2020 has so far been a wild, strange offseason with no preseason. After all that it's finally time for real games in the regular season. Despite how the 32 teams look on paper no one will know how good or bad they all really are until everyone sees ...
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Washington Football Team Depth Chart - Week 1 Away we go! The NFL is officially back! The first depth chart of the season that we would normally get in early August, is here on September 8th. There's five days until the season opener at FedExField for the Washington Football Team against the ...
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Broken bones for Formolo and Bewley – Tour de France news shorts Stage 10 of the Tour de France may have looked like a plain old sprint stage on paper, but there was plenty of action on the road from Île d'Oléron to Île de Ré. Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) triumphed in the sprint to take his first Tour stage win, taking ...
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Paul Zeise: Steelers took a good first step toward defensive stability by signing Cam Heyward Cam Heyward was the first step for the Steelers' front office in the quest to lock up their defensive stars long term for the next few years. It was key for the Steelers to get Heyward under contract because he is such an important piece of their puzzle. Heyward ...
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Bears place kicker Pineiro on IR because of groin injury LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears kicker Eddy Pineiro will miss at least the first three games of the season because of a groin injury after the team placed him on injured reserve on Tuesday. Pineiro made 23 of 28 field goals for Chicago last year ...
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Florida State begins another restart vs. Georgia Tech The Mike Norvell era at Florida State begins this Saturday when the Seminoles play host to Georgia Tech in the first game of the 2020 season for both teams. Florida State played in the Sun Bowl last Dec. 31 after firing head coach Willie Taggart a month ...
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Hybrid running back/receiver role could get Alvin Kamara in range of $14 million per year With Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey at $16 million per year and Bengals running back Joe Mixon at $12 million per year, where will Saints running back Alvin Kamara land if/when he works out a new contract? Here's the range to watch: Five years ...
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Jennifer Brady answers each question we—and she—asked at the US Open jennifer brady yulia putintseva 2020 us The 22-year-old American has now won five consecutive straight-set matches, and will compete in her first Grand Slam semifinal. By Joel Drucker. September 08, 2020 ...
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Sluggish England held scoreless in Denmark England were lucky to escape with a 0-0 draw away to Denmark on Tuesday after the hosts wasted the best chances in Copenhagen. Gareth Southgate's preparation for the game was thrown into turmoil when Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood were sent ...
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Politicians urge Big Ten to 'reconsider' postponement of football season Ten Midwestern politicians signed a letter addressed to Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren on Tuesday asking the conference to "reconsider" its decision to postpone the fall football season. The letter, addressed to Warren and also sent to the Big Ten's ...
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Colin Kaepernick returns to Madden NFL video game for first time since 2016 Colin Kaepernick is back — not in the NFL, but in the sport's prominent video game. EA Sports announced Tuesday that Kaepernick will be included in this year's edition of Madden NFL for the first time since 2016, the last year he played in the NFL.
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First Lions depth chart: Kerryon Johnson is starting running back, D'Andre Swift fourth string ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions' first depth chart of the season is out. Since it's been a year since we've done this, and nobody had a chance to see these guys in the preseason, allow me to refresh you on the caveats. This depth chart is unofficial. It isn't ...
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49ers' soft underbelly may be the absence of defensive line depth The 49ers' defensive line is bookended by Nick Bosa and Dee Ford, who could form the NFL's best pass-rushing tandem in 2020. Beyond those two Pro Bowlers? Their defensive-end depth suggests there could be a steep drop-off when one of those two ...
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Golden Knights discover they need to find new ways to win vs. Stars It didn't take long for the Golden Knights to find themselves on their heels. John Klingberg took the first Dallas shot 2:36 into the game and it beat Marc-Andre Fleury for a lead that the Stars would not surrender. From the 1-0 advantage on, Dallas controlled the ...
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Football Team's Antonio Gibson: Behind McKissic on depth chart Washington listed Gibson as the No. 2 running back on the unofficial depth chart the team released Tuesday, Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post reports. J.D. McKissic sits atop the depth chart heading into Week 1, but his presence there doesn't ...
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One NFL player has positive COVID-19 result during latest testing period Only one NFL player produced a confirmed positive coronavirus test during the league's most recent testing period, another encouraging report as the league prepares this week to open its 2020 regular season. According to data released Tuesday, the ...
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OU football: Three takeaways from Lincoln Riley's news conference Lincoln Riley held his first game-week news conference Tuesday afternoon. The Sooners will open the season against visiting Missouri State on Saturday. Kickoff for the pay-per-view game is 6 p.m.. Here are three takeaways from the fourth-year coach's ...
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Red Sox shut down Andrew Benintendi (right rib cage) for rest of 2020 Andrew Benintendi has been transferred to the 45-day injured list and will not play again in 2020. The Red Sox left fielder was placed on the 10-day IL with a right rib cage strain on Aug. 12. Benintendi has yet to resume baseball activities and still feels pain ...
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COVID-19 induced time crunch hampered Nick Foles' ability to win Chicago QB job The winner of the Chicago Bears quarterback competition was ambiguous enough that neither Mitch Trubisky nor Nick Foles knew what coach Matt Nagy was going to say when he called each one into his office. Foles said he thought their performances ...
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The NFL returns this week. Here's how many games it might play The NFL returns for its next season on Thursday — but the season might not last 16 games if the novel coronavirus makes its way into the league. What's going on? Goodell said medical decisions could decide whether or not changes to the schedule would ...
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Reds' Brian Goodwin: Heads to bench Goodwin is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cubs, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic reports. For the first time since he joined the Reds at the deadline, Goodwin will hit the bench against a righty (Alec Mills). Shogo Akiyama starts in center ...
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Report: Blackhawks Offer Corey Crawford a One-Year Deal Corey Crawford, a two-time Stanley Cup champion goalie with the Blackhawks, is a pending unrestricted free agent. Local. Corey Crawford 3 mins ago. Report: Blackhawks Extend Contract Offer to Goaltender... Gio Gonzalez 44 mins ago. White Sox Reinstate ...
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Lightning Romp to 8-2 Win Over Isles to Open East Finals EDMONTON, Alberta — Braydon Point and the well-rested Tampa Bay Lightning resembled a refreshed team eager to come off an extended break after switching cities in the NHL playoff bubble. The New York Islanders, on the other hand, looked predictably ...
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SoFi And Los Angeles Rams Do "Good For Good" To Kick Off Inaugural Season At SoFi Stadium LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Rams and stadium naming rights partner SoFi, the digital personal finance company, are launching a 20-year partnership between the two organizations, with activations rooted in giving back to ...
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Sean McVay's stance on rotating Rams running backs is the worst news for fantasy football owners It seemed, at first glance, that there was some clarity coming to the Los Angeles Rams' running back situation as Week 1 approached. Rookie Cam Akers would get a lot of work — head coach Sean McVay recently said the team is "going to ask a lot of him" ...
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ACC reaffirms decision to proceed with fall seasons Two days from the start of ACC football, the league on Tuesday reaffirmed its decision to kick it off as scheduled. The season begins at 8 p.m. Thursday with Miami hosting UAB in the Hurricanes' non-conference game. Saturday's schedule has No. 1 Clemson ...
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Penn State Football: Nittany Lions Land Another Four-Star Commit for 2022 Class The run of four-star commitments continued for Penn State football as linebacker/defensive end Ken Talley out of Philadelphia's Northeast High School verbally committed on Tuesday afternoon. Talley announced his decision on Twitter. Talley is a notable ...
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LB Sam Williams Returns to Field After Sexual Battery Charge Against Him is Dropped By Adam Brown Sports Editor adam.brown@hottytoddy.com. Senior linebacker/defensive end Sam Williams returned to the Ole Miss football practice field after a long absence on Monday. Williams has not been with the team since being suspended from all ...
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Ralph Hudson, record-holding motorcycle racer, dead at 69 after 252-mph crash Ralph Hudson, a 69-year old veteran motorcycle racer, died on Sunday due to complications to injuries he suffered in August when he crashed his bike while driving 252 mph. At the time of the crash on Aug. 14, Hudson was attempting to set a speed record ...
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Caster Semenya loses appeal over testosterone rule Caster Semenya lost her latest appeal to be allowed to defend her Olympic 800m title without taking testosterone-suppressing measures, the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland announced Tuesday. "I am very disappointed by this ruling, but refuse to let ...
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North Carolina changes high school sports playoff plans for 2020-21 season The N.C. High School Athletic Association announced changes to its 2020-21 sports season plan Tuesday, including that all team sports will have 32-team playoff brackets. Football, it said, will be subdivided into two 16-team brackets for each classification.
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Carlos Bocanegra lone inductee to Soccer Hall for 2020 Former U.S. national team defender Carlos Bocanegra will be the lone inductee to the National Soccer Hall of Fame for 2020. Bocanegra, currently technical director for Atlanta United, will be enshrined in a ceremony with the 2021 class next year at Toyota ...
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NASCAR Aims to Reconfigure Auto Club Speedway into Half-Mile Short Track In a development first reported by The Athletic, NASCAR has submitted a proposal that would reconfigure 2-mile Auto Club Speedway into a half-mile short track. NASCAR confirmed the story. "We are still very early in the process, but we are excited about ...
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Did Odell Beckham issue subtle response to wild rumor about him? Odell Beckham Jr. became the subject of an incredibly bizarre rumor this week, and the star wide receiver may have responded on social media. An Instagram model known as Slim Danger went on the "No Jumper" podcast this week and claimed she had an ...
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Deshaun Watson, Houston Texans agree to 4-year, $160M extension HOUSTON — Houston Texans fans: Deshaun Watson is here to stay with us a little while longer. The quarterback has agreed to extend his contract with the Texans, signing a four-year deal for $160 million, according to NFL.com. NFL Network Insider Ian ...
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San Diego Padres: Mitch Moreland acquisition pays additional dividends Eric Hosmer's injury underscores how important Mitch Moreland's acquisition was for the San Diego Padres. When the San Diego Padres acquired Mitch Moreland from the Boston Red Sox, he was expected to take over as their primary designated hitter.
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