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Sources: Doc Rivers agrees to five-year deal to coach Philadelphia 76ers Sources: Doc Rivers agrees to five-year deal to coach Philadelphia 76ers. play. How does Doc fit with Embiid and Simmons? (1:35). Richard Jefferson breaks down how Doc Rivers' coaching style fits with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons and how he can get the ...
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New York Yankees' focus remains on World Series after sweeping Cleveland Indians CLEVELAND -- In this coronavirus-shortened season, dubbed by many a 60-game sprint, the New York Yankees are playing the long game. The mantra of the Yankees has been very clear: World Series or bust. Therefore, when asked why all celebrations ...
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Derek Carr, Josh Allen meet again when Raiders host Bills Derek Carr and Josh Allen first crossed paths seven years ago at a summer camp at Fresno State. Carr was the star quarterback for the Bulldogs at the time, while Allen was a scrawny high school kid hoping to get a scholarship offer from his local college and ...
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Coutinho, Fati both 8/10 as 10-man Barca show their grit at Vigo Ansu Fati scored again as Barcelona made it two wins from two in La Liga with a 3-0 win away at Celta Vigo on Thursday, despite playing the second half with 10 men. Fati, 17, followed up his brace against Villarreal at the weekend with the opener in the 11th ...
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Chiefs prepared for run-heavy Patriots in Sunday showdown KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have struggled over the years to stop the run, regardless of who was directing their defense. But they showed in last week's win over the Baltimore Ravens that they could rise to the challenge. They have ...
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No. 2 Alabama hosts No. 13 Texas A&M in home opener It's not like Nick Saban's former assistants-turned-head coaches haven't heard all the numbers before. They've taken 19 shots at No. 2 Alabama's head coach and their onetime boss, and still have a goose egg. Next up Saturday: No. 13 Texas A&M and Jimbo ...
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Reds' offensive meltdown in playoffs suggests curse of being Cincinnati sports fan might never relent In advance of the 2020 MLB playoffs, which would see the Reds enter the postseason for the first time in seven seasons, first baseman Joey Votto issued a statement all but designed to assure maximum exposure through traditional and social media.
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Supporting cast's diversity has kept Packers' offense rolling GREEN BAY – The diversity of the highly productive Packers' offense goes beyond having a different individual standout in the first three games. It's the complimentary pieces that have changed each week as well. While Davante Adams, Aaron Jones and ...
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Meet Trey Lance, the Small-School Prospect Who Could Be QB1 in the 2021 Draft Trey Lance's season will be one game. Not seven games or 10, like players in most major conferences will attempt to play this fall. One. It's not the 2020 the North Dakota State quarterback anticipated. Not after finishing the 2019 season with a perfect 16-0 ...
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Cardinals-Panthers Preview CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Matt Rhule and Kliff Kingsbury are set to match coaching strategies again - only this time at the NFL level when the Carolina Panthers host the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The two former high-profile college coaches met twice in ...
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Vince Carter honored with NBA Sportsmanship Award Vince Carter picked up some more hardware on his way out of the NBA. Carter was named the winner of the NBA Sportsmanship Award on Thursday, honored in the final season of his record-setting, 22-year career. Carter, now an ESPN analyst, earned 143 ...
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NFL Week 4 Predictions: Schedule, Odds And Expert Picks Against The Spread The first quarter of the 2020 NFL season is nearly in the books with Week 4 coming up soon. A single snap has yet to be played and it is already shaping up to be an interesting one, as the league was forced to postpone a matchup due to the coronavirus ...
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Winless Falcons may not get chance to blow lead at Green Bay The next challenge for the winless Atlanta Falcons is imposing enough that it might not afford them an opportunity for another fourth-quarter collapse. After blowing two-touchdown leads in the final period each of the last two weeks, the Falcons could have ...
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NHL Draft 2020: What is the draft order for Rounds 1-7? With the Stanley Cup handed off to its new caretakers in Tampa, the hockey world now sets its sights on the next generation of NHL talent. From Oct. 6-7, more than 200 players will be selected by the 31 NHL teams looking for the next great player to fill their ...
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Packers Add Former Broncos Draft Pick Winfree to Practice Squad GREEN BAY, Wis. – Caleb Scott wasn't the only receiver the Green Bay Packers have added to their practice squad. Juwann Winfree was on the field for Thursday's practice. The Denver Broncos moved up in the sixth round of the 2019 draft to select Winfree, ...
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Taking Aim at the King? NBA All-Star Kyrie Irving is back in the news, for reasons not related to basketball. Irving appeared on The ETCs, a podcast hosted by his Brooklyn Nets teammate Kevin Durant, to discuss a myriad of topics. But one Irving quote stood out more than the rest.
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Browns Sign Former Tar Heel Ryan Switzer Former Tar Heel Ryan Switzer has found a new home in the NFL. Announced early Thursday morning, the Cleveland Browns signed Switzer to their practice squad. The Pittsburgh Steelers cut Switzer early September. After placing JoJo Natson on the injured ...
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The college football fan's guide to Week 5 games Expect more SEC fun this weekend, as the conference has two showcase games that have ranked vs. ranked meetings. The big one should be No. 4 Georgia vs. No. 7 Auburn. But it's not just about the SEC. Here's a look at what Week 5 of the college football ...
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Carolyn Swords was working in the Las Vegas Aces' front office. Now, she's on the roster for the WNBA Finals It's not because of some underdog status — Las Vegas, which boasts league MVP A'ja Wilson as well as sixth woman of the year Dearica Hamby, has one of the best records in the league — but because she wasn't supposed to play at all. Swords, 31, was a ...
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White Sox lose Jiménez, Crochet to injury in Game 3 vs A's OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The White Sox lost slugging outfielder Eloy Jimenez and hard-throwing left-hander Garrett Crochet to injury during a deciding Game 3 of a wild-card series against the Athletics on Thursday. Jimenez returned to Chicago's lineup for the ...
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Suburban judge rejects attempt to revive high school football during pandemic A DuPage County judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order that might have helped high school football and other contact sports return this fall, saying the Illinois High School Association is within its rights to delay the sports for safety reasons.
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Just get it to Game 3, Cubs — old pro Jon Lester will be ready for the moment The Cubs' "two aces" narrative went out the window Wednesday when Kyle Hendricks lost to the Marlins in the opener of the teams' best-of-three playoff series at Wrigley Field. Hendricks and Yu Darvish won't be enough no matter how well the latter pitcher ...
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Carabao Cup: Arsenal host Manchester City, Manchester United drawn with Everton Arsenal will face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup, while Everton host Manchester United following the quarterfinal draw on Thursday night. In the other two quarterfinal ties, Championship side Brentford were drawn against Newcastle United and Stoke ...
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Mark Craig's Week 4 NFL picks against the spread Week 4 should be easier to pick than Week 3. Of course, that's not saying much. (See: last week's 7-8-1 record, for gosh sakes!) Six of this week's games have spreads of 6½ or more points. Two games — Giants at Rams and Ravens at Washington — have ...
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MWC releases UH schedule: Warriors open with road trip The wait lasted nearly a week, but it's finally here: Hawaii's abbreviated 2020 football schedule has been released. ➡️ Time to work and time to prepare!#HawaiiFB | #WinEveryDay pic.twitter.com/yh2XGWb1PL. — Hawaii Football (@HawaiiFootball) ...
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Appalachian State postpones home football game against Louisiana because of COVID-19 cases The primetime football matchup between Appalachian State and Louisiana set for next week in Boone has been put on hold. The game, originally set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN, has been postponed by App State because of active COVID-19 cases ...
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Minnesota visits Houston Sunday in matchup of winless teams MINNESOTA (0-3) at HOUSTON (0-3). Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox. OPENING LINE - Texans by 3 ½. RECORD VS. SPREAD - Vikings 1-2; Texans 0-3. SERIES RECORD - Vikings lead 4-0. LAST MEETING - Vikings beat Texans 31-13 on Oct. 9, 2016 in ...
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Even with transfer of five-star freshman, Clemson's running game is on solid ground Highly touted Clemson freshman running back Demarkcus Bowman is in the transfer portal, it was learned Thursday, but his departure would not exactly leave the Tigers bare at the position. Clemson has a five-star running back as well as a four-star ...
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NHL trade rumors: Vancouver Canucks interested in Oliver Ekman-Larsson According to the latest NHL trade rumors, Arizona Coyotes captain Oliver Ekman-Larsson could be headed to the Vancouver Canucks. The trade market is starting to heat up. According to the latest NHL trade rumors, Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver ...
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49ers' Kyle Shanahan dispels any quarterback controversy: 'This is Jimmy's team' Having two good quarterbacks is better than having one and it certainly beats having none. San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan has found himself with two solid signal-callers after Nick Mullens was forced to take over from starter Jimmy ...
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Art Collector move might prove priceless at Preakness Tommy Drury has been training horses for close to 30 years. He's a Kentucky guy, through and through, and it looked like he was going to have a horse in this year's Kentucky Derby all the way up until the week of the race. Then that evil, fickle finger of fate ...
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Renfroe slam helps Rays sweep young Blue Jays in 1st round ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays gathered in front of their dugout and posed for a celebratory team picture they're hoping will not be the last they take this postseason. Hunter Renfroe hit a grand slam and the top-seeded Rays won a ...
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Minnesota United trades Mason Toye to Montreal Nearly two weeks after it acquired veteran striker Kei Kamara, Minnesota United on Thursday sent young forward Mason Toye to Montreal. The Loons get $600,000 in allocation money, a 2021 second-round draft pick and a percentage of any future transfer ...
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Winter high school sports seasons are a go; fall sports will end with section champions They won't feature their traditional start times, but there indeed will be high school hockey, basketball, gymnastics, skiing and wrestling this winter. The MSHSL Board of Directors approved a plan Thursday to hold each of the winter seasons, albeit with 30 ...
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Landon Donovan and his USL team fight against homophobia and racism by forfeiting matches The San Diego Loyal, a team in the USL that's coached by USMNT legend Landon Donovan, is in the middle of a playoff race. But that didn't matter to them when it came to fighting racism and homophobia that they've had to deal with in their past two games.
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Bengals Booth Podcast: Opportunity It's the "Opportunity" edition of the Bengals Booth Podcast as Dave Lapham joins Dan Hoard to discuss the right guard situation, the importance of wide receiver A.J. Green, and protecting quarterback Joe Burrow. Podcast highlights include: 1:58 – Podcast ...
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NASCAR Cup Series will run first dirt race since 1970; other 2021 changes made CHARLOTTE — After two decades of the same left turns at the same tracks over and over again, NASCAR finally upended its stagnant calendar with a 2021 schedule that is as radical as the sport has ever seen. Three new venues. A dirt race for the first time ...
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Football Preview: Virginia at Clemson CLEMSON, S.C. (WSPA) – After a week off Clemson gets ready for its return to action as they take on Virginia Saturday in Death Valley. Through two games Clemson has been pretty spectacular, although that was expected. After routs of Wake Forest and The ...
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Cyclist Quinn Simmons suspended by team after making pro-Trump comments on social media American cyclist Quinn Simmons was suspended by Trek-Segafredo on Wednesday after making what his team referred to as "incendiary" controversial comments on social media regarding President Donald Trump during a conversation with a Dutch ...
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High school football playoff pairings set The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday the regional brackets for the football playoffs, which currently include 648 schools that will take part in the 2020 postseason. The schools that chose to play this postseason were placed in new ...
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PHOTOS: Bryant-Denny Stadium Renovations The construction fences are gone and the new player entrance at the end of the Walk of Champions is clearly visible at Bryant-Denny Stadium Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. [Staff Photo/Gary Cosby Jr.] Gary Cosby Jr., Tuscaloosa News. The construction fences are ...
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GARRIOCH: Lot will happen around draft for Senators, but it's anybody's guess when they'll play Once the NHL draft and free agency have been held next week, hockey fans could be in for a long wait before they see any action on the ice. In a biweekly call with the league's board of governors held Monday, the 31 owners were told they likely shouldn't ...
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Winless Giants make first LA trip since 1994 to face Rams NEW YORK GIANTS (0-3) at LOS ANGELES RAMS (2-1). Sunday, 4:05 p.m. ET, Fox. Opening line – Rams by 11 1/2. RECORD VS. SPREAD – Giants 1-2; Rams 2-1. SERIES RECORD – Rams lead 27-17. LAST MEETING – Rams beat Giants 51-17 on Nov.
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Matt Lubick and Husker players talk streamlined schemes, offensive line gains LINCOLN - Nebraska offensive coordinator Matt Lubick is pretty clearly a glass-half-full guy. A sunny-side-up kind of coach. Lubick conceded the coronavirus pandemic has been "crazy" and also hard on him in part because he hasn't able to see his parents in ...
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Julio Jones trending up toward return vs. Packers for Monday Night Football Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones is looking likely to play on Monday night against the Green Bay Packers. 3 Times Kobe Bryant was nearly traded. 00:00. /. 00:00. LIVE. 00:00. Loading Ad. Next Video. The Basketball That Ruined The NBA (For 3 ...
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