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As-it-happens update September 25, 2020
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Fantasy football is an emotional game and that's a large part in why we love it. But "love" isn't the only emotion that comes with this game ... the flip side is just as strong of an emotion. What if I told you that it was possible to take the emotion out of the decision ...
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ESPN
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Patrick Mahomes signed the highest valued contract in American professional sports in July, when he struck a 10-year, $450 million extension with the Kansas City Chiefs. Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Don "Wink" Martindale ...
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NFL.com
This is going to be a week where many fantasy football managers have to pick someone up off the waiver wire and slide them into their starting lineup. One of those players that you should feel comfortable starting straight off the waiver wire is Mike Davis ...
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ESPN
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - New England Patriots starting center David Andrews underwent surgery on the right thumb of his snapping hand this week, a source confirmed. Jay Glazer of Fox Sports first reported the surgery, which is expected to keep Andrews out ...
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ESPN
Week 4 features the largest slate of college football games we've had thus far. Here are some betting trends to know prior to kickoff. Odds listed are from Caesars Sportsbook by William Hill and subject to change.
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ESPN
In a surprising preseason development, Louisville and Kentucky don't agree on something. Kentucky coach John Calipari released a statement on Friday signaling that he will not budge on playing the Louisville-Kentucky rivalry game at Louisville during the ...
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NHL.com
Steven Stamkos will not be in the lineup for the Tampa Bay Lightning when they play the Dallas Stars in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Friday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS), but could return later in the series. "He's not ...
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ESPN
Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn said the team will take it "all the way up until our time on the day of the game" regarding star wide receiver Julio Jones' availability for Sunday's matchup with the Chicago Bears. Jones, who injured his left hamstring before the ...
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USA TODAY
MIAMI (AP) — Ryan Fitzpatrick emerged early Friday from the Miami Dolphins' first victorious locker room of the year wearing a tropical print shirt adorned with purple pineapples as a complement to his beachcomber beard. It was a Dad shirt, which is OK ...
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Yahoo Sports
Jamal Murray shot 4-for-18 in the Nuggets' Game 7 loss to the Trail Blazers last year. "I didn't have the game I was supposed to have," Murray said. Supposed to have. What a telling glimpse into Murray's mindset. He was raised to be an NBA star. Anything ...
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ESPN
NEW YORK -- Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts supplanted New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge on Friday for baseball's top-selling jersey in his first year on the West Coast. Judge's pinstriped No. 99 had been the most popular uniform in the ...
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CBSSports.com
The Denver Nuggets, down 3-1 to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference finals, do not, in fact, have them right where they want them. But they may, in the years ahead, look back at this series and see a critical catalyst in their leap forward from ...
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CBSSports.com
At age 44, Kevin Harvick is having one of the best seasons of his career. The driver of the No. 4 car has a career high nine wins with seven races left and just won two of the three races in the NASCAR Playoffs opening round. Harvick is a +160 favorite (Odds ...
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Yahoo Sports
We head into the final weekend of the regular season with 18 games on the schedule Friday. However, between early start times and doubleheaders, only nine of those games will make up the main slate on Yahoo. Let's examine the matchups and discuss ...
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Sports Illustrated
DALLAS - The Dallas Cowboys fly into Seattle as five-point underdogs vs. the undefeated Seahawks. Both the Cowboys (1-1) and Seahawks (2-0) are looking to build off of nail-biter, momentum-building week two victories. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has ...
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ESPN
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Members of the University of Iowa women's swimming and diving team filed a legal complaint against the school Friday, arguing that a decision to eliminate their program violates a landmark gender equity law. The complaint argues that ...
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Sports Illustrated
The University of Alabama football program currently sits at 21 verbal commitments in its 2021 recruiting class and the Early Signing Period is only a couple of months away, if it stays in December. Tight end Robbie Ouzts was the most recent pledge coming ...
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Sports Illustrated
NC State (1-0, 1-0 ACC) vs. Virginia Tech (0-0, 0-0 ACC). Lane Stadium (66,233). 8 p.m., ACC Network (PxP: Dave O'Brien; Analyst: Tim Hasselbeck, Sideline: Katie George). Streaming: WatchESPN; National radio: Sirius 105, XM 382; Live stats: GoPack.com.
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ESPN
Steven Stamkos will not play in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, coach Jon Cooper said, but the Tampa Bay Lightning captain has not been ruled out for the rest of the series. Cooper made the announcement Friday morning, saying that Stamkos is "unfit to ...
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CBSSports.com
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Syracuse Orange will face off in an ACC clash at noon ET on Saturday at the Carrier Dome. Syracuse is 0-2 while the Yellow Jackets are 1-1 on the season and both teams are 1-1 against the spread early in 2020.
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CBSSports.com
The San Francisco 49ers (1-1) look to win their second straight game at MetLife Stadium, this time taking on the New York Giants (0-2) in Week 3's matchup. Despite winning last Sunday, it felt like a loss to some degree given all the injuries. Yet it's a new ...
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Yahoo Sports
Welcome to the NFL GPP Pivots article, where we'll be looking to uncover some sneaky-good DFS plays away from the popular lifts. These recommendations are usually risk/reward commodities meant to be used in large-field tournaments. Typically, blending ...
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ESPN
Victoria Azarenka, a former world No. 1 in the midst of a career resurgence, said on Friday at the French Open that the tournament's policy of allowing 1,000 spectators to attend makes her "nervous." "Obviously, having spectators and playing in front of fans, ...
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Yahoo Sports
The Giants will have an eye on these games this weekend originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea. Gabe Kapler has, almost without fail, maintained an air of positivity this season. But even he had to admit that Thursday's loss stung quite a bit. "It was a ...
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Sports Illustrated
It's finally here. We are just a day away from Southeastern Conference football making its return to the mainstage as week one begins Saturday. There aren't too many highly anticipated matchups for Week 1. Auburn does play a solid Kentucky squad, and ...
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The New York Times
Curt Miller knew it was time for a family dinner. The Connecticut Sun coach and his team gathered in their meeting room in the W.N.B.A.'s bubble at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., a few weeks ago. They held a productive film session. Over a catered meal ...
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al.com
After certainty and a delay, Auburn's first game of 2020 is just a day away. The Tigers are going up against Kentucky, who was selected to finish fourth in the SEC East in the media's preseason SEC poll. It's also the school where former Auburn quarterback, ...
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nj.com
That was it? Former Yankees ace CC Sabathia gave his bizarre reason for hating — or, well, pretending to hate — Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. for all these years. "I made up a beef with Jackie Bradley Jr. just so I can hate y'all," Sabathia said on his ...
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Cyclingnews.com
Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) has long tended to treat triumph and disaster with the same lightness of touch, and it was no different after he placed just shy of the podium in frustrating circumstances at the World Championships time trial in Imola on Friday.
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STLtoday.com
Technically, college football returned to our lives a couple weeks ago, but with seven Southeastern Conference games set to kick off Saturday - pending any 11th-hour COVID snags - the sport's unofficial start comes this weekend. Four new SEC head ...
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Tampa Bay Times
TAMPA — Rob Gronkowski is as surprised as anyone that he has only two catches this season and has been targeted four times by Tom Brady, with one of those passes intercepted. A couple days after coach Bruce Arians said of Gronkowski, "I don't see him ...
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cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Denzel Ward, who was added to the Browns injury report on Thursday as limited with a groin issue, sat out Friday's practice and is listed as questionable for the Washington game on Sunday. To add insult to that injury, his fellow starting ...
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oregonlive.com
Dion Jordan is ready to show the San Francisco 49ers they made the right decision to promote him from the practice squad to the active roster. The defensive end and former Oregon Ducks' star will likely be on the field for defensive snaps when the 49ers take ...
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mlive.com
The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced the new modified plans for the high school state playoffs on Friday for both 11-man and 8-man football. While not every 8-man team will make the state tournament, every school with an 11-man team ...
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Mirror.co.uk
Jurgen Klopp has lauded Arsenal's Mikel Arteta as an "exceptional" manager as Liverpool look to make it 61 Premier League games unbeaten at Anfield. Liverpool have won their opening two matches of the Premier League campaign, overcoming Leeds ...
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Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — At one point, two of college football's Power Five conferences had decided against playing the 2020 season. In mid-August, only 76 of the 130 teams at the Football Bowl Subdivision level were set to play this fall. Oh, how quickly times ...
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Houston Chronicle
John McClain breaks down the matchups in Sunday's Texans-Steelers game at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. When the Steelers run. In victories over the Giants and Broncos, running backs James Conner and Bennie Snell Jr. combined for 44 carries and 233 ...
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Royals Review
Sunday will mark not just the finale of another baseball season for the Royals. It will be the end of an era. With the retirement of Alex Gordon, the Royals are losing one of their cornerstones. The quiet heart of the championship teams will exit in front of only his ...
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Forbes
"If you ain't first, you're last." That gem of a quote from fictitious racecar driver Ricky Bobby was a classic moment from the movie, Talladega Nights. Although grammatically incorrect, it is a snapshot of the competitive mindset that drives many in the sports and ...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In the Pat Narduzzi era, and really for the last decade, Pitt has utilized and relished the underdog role. The Panthers have three wins as nine-point underdogs or greater since 2016, including the improbable takedown of Clemson four years ago. They felt ...
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The Advocate
When LSU kicks off the 2020 football season at 2:30 p.m. Saturday against Mississippi State, coronavirus-inspired changes inside Tiger Stadium will be obvious to the national TV audience: only 25% the number of usual fans, a pared-down Golden Band from ...
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ESPN
INDIANAPOLIS -- James Hinchcliffe will return to Andretti Autosport for the final three races of the season to fill the seat left vacant this week by Zach Veach. Andretti Autosport on Friday said Hinchcliffe will drive the No. 26 at next week's doubleheader at ...
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Sports Illustrated
It seems like most NBA fans hate the LA Clippers, but Allen Iverson doesn't. Of all the teams AI wanted to win a title, the Hall of Famer wanted the Clippers to win. This wasn't because he was a huge fan of the Clippers, but because he wanted Lou Williams to ...
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Talking Chop
On August 31st, the Braves arrived in Boston to face the Red Sox for the first of two series the clubs had on their schedules this season. At the time, Atlanta had overcome a difficult schedule, a plethora of injuries, and struggles from several young arms.
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AZCentral.com
The Phoenix Suns have the No. 10 pick in the 2020 NBA draft. Will they keep it? A lot of speculation has surrounded the pick since the team landed it in the 2020 NBA draft lottery. That speculation continues to run rampant with many stories and social media ...
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ChicagoBears.com
The Bears travel to Atlanta to take on the Falcons Sunday at noon (CT). Here's how you can watch and listen to the contest. TELEVISION. The game will be televised on Fox, featuring Kenny Albert (play-by-play), Jonathan Vilma (analyst) and Shannon Spake ...
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CBSSports.com
The field for the 2020 NASCAR Playoffs has been whittled from 16 to 12, and now the NASCAR Cup Series will head to Las Vegas Motor Speedway to begin the next phase of its postseason with the 2020 South Point 400. The green flag drops at 7 p.m. ET on ...
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FiveThirtyEight
Josh Allen has had his share of doubters since entering the league. Perhaps his most outspoken critic — Jalen Ramsey — will be playing across the line of scrimmage from him this Sunday. Ramsey, a starting cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams, infamously ...
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Chicago Sun-Times
A free fall is no way to enter the postseason. Perhaps the White Sox can get well against the Cubs this weekend. It will take some doing after the latest loss to the Indians, a 5-4 crusher Thursday after the Sox had positioned themselves to avoid a four-game ...
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masslive.com
The Patriots offensive line got some bad news this week. David Andrews — a captain and the starting center — has a broken thumb, according to FOX's Jay Glazer. Big hit for Patriots and Cam as starting center David Andrews broke thumb on his snapping ...
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