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What does adding Leonard Fournette mean to Tom Brady and the Bucs' offense? TAMPA. Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers continue to turn heads with a flurry of moves -- first signing Tom Brady in free agency, then trading for Rob Gronkowski, then signing LeSean McCoy last month and on Wednesday, signing Leonard Fournette to a ...
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Cam Newton named Patriots' starting QB, team captain, source says FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Cam Newton wasn't just named the New England Patriots' starting quarterback on Thursday. He has also been elected a team captain, filling the void created by 18-time captain Tom Brady. Coach Bill Belichick told players that ...
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Ex-Washington Football Team employees want owner Dan Snyder removed An attorney for 20 former Washington Football Team employees said her clients want the organization to have "accountability and change" and said that won't happen until owner Dan Snyder has been removed. Lisa Banks told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap on ...
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Vincent Viola Named to NHL's Executive Inclusion Council NEW YORK/TORONTO - At this moment, which calls on all of us not only to be clear about our engagement on social issues, but to take action, the National Hockey League announced a series of significant initiatives focused on the fight against racism and ...
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Chara says he is committed to Bruins, wants to return next season Zdeno Chara made it clear Thursday that he wants to return to the Boston Bruins. The defenseman, who can be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the this season, said he is committed to coming back to the Bruins, who were eliminated from the Stanley ...
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Red Sox slugger JD Martinez -- Too much 'up in the air' for free agency BOSTON -- Given the chaotic nature of a shortened 60-game season, many across baseball don't know what to expect when free agency starts in the lead-up to the 2021 season. Boston Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez, who has an opt out in his ...
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Contract talks between Eagles, TE Zach Ertz break off Zach Ertz is the next star tight end in line to get paid. It appears those talks aren't going swimmingly. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that negotiations between the Philadelphia Eagles and Ertz came to an abrupt halt when Philly made an offer that ...
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Long shots in NFL face even longer odds during pandemic Pro days scuttled. Rookie minicamps wiped out. The NFL's traditional offseason, obliterated. The coronavirus pandemic has made it harder this year for long shots to make their mark and earn an NFL roster spot. "Honestly, I probably wouldn't be in the NFL if ...
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B/R Staff Fantasy Roundtable: Tips for the Final Big Weekend of Draft Season The big day is almost here. In just one week, the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs will kick off the 2020 NFL season—and with it another season of fantasy football. Many fantasy managers have already drafted their teams. But the really smart ones ...
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Tom Seaver, Pitcher Who Led 'Miracle Mets' to Glory, Dies at 75 Tom Seaver, one of baseball's greatest right-handed power pitchers, a Hall of Famer who won 311 games for four major league teams, most notably the Mets, whom he led from last place to a surprise world championship in his first three seasons, died on ...
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Justin Turner Named Dodger Nominee for 2020 Roberto Clemente Award The following is from Major League Baseball via the Los Angeles Dodgers: Major League Baseball today announced that Justin Turner was named the Dodger 2020 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, baseball's most prestigious individual honor for ...
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49ers place WR Tavon Austin on injured reserve The 49ers have been in need at wide receiver. That's what brought them to signing Tavon Austin last month. They might be back to the free-agent board after his injury. San Francisco announced Thursday it placed the veteran on injured reserve with a knee ...
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PGA Tour aims to allow spectators to return in early 2021 ATLANTA -- The PGA Tour has gone five straight weeks without a player or caddy testing positive for the coronavirus and has made it to the end of its 2019-2020 season with a relatively low number of cases since returning from the pandemic shutdown in ...
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Texas State vs. SMU live stream info, TV channel: How to watch NCAA Football on TV, stream online SMU @ Texas State. Last Season Records: Texas State 3-9; SMU 10-3. What to Know. The Texas State Bobcats and the SMU Mustangs are opening their 2020 seasons against one another at 4:30 p.m. ET on Saturday at Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium.
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Steve Nash signs four-year contract to become coach of Brooklyn Nets; Jacque Vaughn will stay as assistant Nash will get a four-year contract from Brooklyn while Jacque Vaughn, the interim coach who led the Nets through the Orlando bubble, will stay on as Nash's top assistant, and will be the highest-paid assistant in the NBA, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reports.
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John Mara says he will support Giants players who kneel for national anthem Giants co-owner John Mara said Thursday that he will support players who kneel during the national anthem in protest this season. "Yes," Mara said. "I'll say the same thing to the players that I said to the group in 2017: my preference is that everybody stand, ...
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At US Open, Naomi Osaka leads charge for change: 'I don't feel like I'm being brave' NEW YORK — A man named Elijah McClain got prime-time exposure Wednesday night. Not that he would've wanted it. Not that Naomi Osaka wanted any part of providing it for him. But this is where we are at the 2020 U.S. Open, where powerful messages ...
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Hornets fire radio broadcaster John Focke after he tweeted racial slur "The Charlotte Hornets announced today that John Focke will not return as the team's radio broadcaster due to a violation of the organization's social media policy," the statement reads. "Since this is a personnel matter, the organization will not comment any ...
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Parris Campbell Clears Concussion Protocol; Trey Burton Expected To Miss At Least First Couple Weeks Of Season Indianapolis Colts head coach Frank Reich spoke to local reporters today via video conference. What is the latest on wide receiver Parris Campbell, injured tight end Trey Burton, rookie offensive lineman Danny Pinter's versatility, the new injured reserve rules ...
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Sean Payton: Fake crowd noise will be set at 70 decibels for Week One Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, said earlier this week the league was working with the Competition Committee to determine the final rules for artificial noise. PFT previously reported that the fake crowd noise was ...
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Rory McIlroy would love to celebrate new baby with Tour Championship victory Rory McIlroy admits it will be the "icing on the cake" if he can retain his Tour Championship title just days after becoming a father for the first time. McIlroy revealed on social media that his wife Erica had given birth to Poppy Kennedy McIlroy on Monday and ...
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The Heat may be better than the Bucks, but the refs shouldn't decide that The ending of Tuesday's Heat-Bucks game on Tuesday night was the embodiment of basketball's biggest issue. In the waning seconds of the fourth quarter and the game tied 114-apiece, Heat All-Star Jimmy Butler swiped through, then rose up for a step-back ...
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Van der Sar backs Van de Beek to flourish at Man Utd in emotional open letter Edwin van der Sar says Donny van de Beek has no better place to flourish than at Manchester United and asked fans to take good care of the midfielder in an emotional open letter. Netherlands international Van de Beek completed his move from Ajax to Old ...
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Denver Nuggets To Face Los Angeles Clippers After Historic Comeback Win In First Round After the Denver Nuggets fell to a deficit of one game to three following a heartbreaking loss in a closely-contested Game 4 battle with the Utah Jazz, to suggest the odds were stacked against them winning their first-round playoff series would be an ...
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Three years after having a child, Pironkova wins for moms everywhere Tsvetana Pironkova left tennis in 2017 to start a family, but the WTA's new rules for returning moms helped lure her back. As she showed in her second-round win over Garbiñe Muguruza, the sport is better off with her unique and creative style in it. By Steve ...
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Sean Payton pleased with Jameis Winston's training camp performance Jameis Winston signed a one-year "prove it" contract with the Saints this offseason, and coach Sean Payton says Winston is proving it. Payton said Winston has done everything asked of him in training camp. "He's doing real well. I've been pleased. He's in ...
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Kirk Cousins says he's taking the 'If I die, I die' approach on coronavirus Kirk Cousins says he's taking the 'If I die, I die' approach on coronavirus originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington. Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins drew plenty of headlines on Wednesday when the 32-year-old was asked his thoughts ...
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NFL to imprint 'End Racism' and 'It Takes All Of Us' in end zones during 2020 season The NFL will expand its support of social justice issues by imprinting "It Takes All Of Us" and "End Racism" in the end zones of all its stadiums during the 2020 season. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made the announcement Tuesday, saying the league ...
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Cubs announce plans to add a sportsbook at historic Wrigley Field One of the most historic venues in American sports is adding a sportsbook. The Chicago Cubs announced plans to "pursue" adding a sportsbook at Wrigley Field, which opened in 1914. The announcement was in conjunction with the team entering in a ...
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White Sox's Bernardo Flores: Recalled from satellite camp Flores was recalled from Chicago's alternate training site Thursday. He takes the roster spot of Reynaldo Lopez, who was bumped from the rotation, but Flores is expected to simply offer length out of the bullpen in the short term. He had a 3.33 ERA, 1.14 WHIP ...
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Mariners' Phillip Ervin: Claimed by Mariners Ervin was claimed off waivers by the Mariners on Thursday. He was designated for assignment by the Reds last week. Ervin is known as versatile defensive outfielder who struggles against righties (career 75 wRC+, .228/.300/.372 line) but excels against ...
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Detroit Tigers' Ron Gardenhire: 'I was fortunate' to play with the late Tom Seaver A crowd of 46,687 fans crammed into Shea Stadium on April 5, 1983, for Tom Seaver's return to the New York Mets on Opening Day. Spending six years with the Cincinnati Reds, the Hall of Famer was finally back where it all began. Ron Gardenhire was an ...
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CELTICS JOURNAL: Tatum among NBA's Most Improved Players The last time a member of the Celtics finished in the top four in voting for the Most Improved Player award was 1991. Kevin Gamble was the runner-up to Scott Skiles of the Orlando Magic that year after tripling his scoring average to 15.6 points per game.
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Chess Brings Cardinals Together During Training Camp Why it became such a big thing is up for interpretation -- the story changes if you ask different players -- but there is little argument that chess was an important part of the Cardinals' training camp this year. The world first noticed when Kyler Murray -- who has ...
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The continuing education of Washington Nationals' rookie Luis GarcÃa... Luis GarcÃa connected for one of the two hits Philadelphia Phillies' right-hander Aaron Nola gave up in Nola's eight innings of work on Tuesday night in Citizens Bank Park, with one out in the top of the second. "We talk to him a lot about hitting with two strikes, ...
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Where will runners be running the Boston Marathon Virtual Experience? It's up to them When the 2020 Boston Marathon was initially postponed to Sept. 14 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, runners had to adapt to the idea of a new race date, a different season, different weather, and a new training plan that extended another five months.
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Lakers News: Rajon Rondo Progressing Toward Being In Rotation For Game 1 Against Rockets Rajon Rondo — after missing the entirety of the seeding games and first round of the playoffs — may make his bubble debut in Los Angeles Lakers head coach Frank Vogel's rotation on Friday for Game 1 of their Western Conference Semifinals series against ...
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ESPN's Bill Barnwell calls Cowboys '13-win team' and 'best offense in football' ESPN football writer Bill Barnwell has huge expectations for the Dallas Cowboys. On Scott Van Pelt's podcast SVPod this week, Barnwell made the bold statement that the Cowboys will have the best offense in football – better than the explosive Kansas City ...
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AFC West over/unders: Can anybody stop the Chiefs? Yes, it's the Chiefs and then everyone else, but the fight for second place in the AFC West will be fascinating to watch. The Broncos are young and talented, the Chargers lost Philip Rivers but look like fringe playoff contenders and the Raiders are poised for a ...
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Worcester's Isaac Yiadom traded to New York Giants from Denver Broncos Isaac Yiadom, a Worcester native who graduated from Doherty High School in 2013, will make his way to the New York Giants pending a physical and COVID-19 protocols. Yiadom, who also graduated from Boston College, was selected in the third round of ...
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Kevin Harvick on why some 500-mile NASCAR races should be shortened Kevin Harvick is fine with Sunday's Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway being 500 miles in length and staying that way. It is, after all, one of NASCAR's paramount "crown jewel" races, along with the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Brickyard 400.
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Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation Holds Virtual Groundbreaking for New Field at Reedbird Park in Cherry Hill Share. The Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation held a virtual groundbreaking today for BGE Field presented by KELLY, which is a new synthetic surface field coming to Reedbird Park in Cherry Hill. The 83,000 sq. ft. field is part of the larger redevelopment of Reedbird ...
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American Family unveils new logo for Brewers stadium American Family Insurance revealed the logo that will brand the home of the Milwaukee Brewers once it takes on a new name next year. The Madison-based company in 2019 purchased the rights to name the stadium American Family Field, beginning Jan.
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Scottie Pippen roasted Richard Jefferson for his silly Giannis Antetokounmpo comparison The art of spewing the hot take has unfortunately become a staple in NBA analysis these days. Whatever gets people to react is the "analysis" the audience gets. Just look at Paul Pierce's personal crusade against LeBron James. Unfortunately for former NBA ...
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Jamie Newman – a Potential First-Round QB – is Opting Out to Prep for the NFL Draft One of college football's most intriguing quarterback prospects won't get a chance to prove himself on the gridiron in 2020. Instead, Jamie Newman's preparation for the pro game will begin, in earnest, away from the playing field: ...
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Report: Philadelphia Eagles expected to waive WR Marcus Green The Philadelphia Eagles are set to start their first wave of cuts as the team works to get down to a 53 man roster and 16 man practice squad. Mike Kaye of NJ.com is reporting that wide receiver Marcus Green is expected to be one of the first cuts.
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'Ozil is a millstone around Arsenal's neck' – Arteta needs to sell out of favour midfielder, says Campbell The former Gunners striker wants to see players on the fringes of the first team squad at Emirates Stadium moved out in the current transfer window. Mesut Ozil is "the elephant in the room" at Arsenal and a "millstone" around the club's neck, claims Kevin ...
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