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NBA All-Star reserves announced New Orleans forward Zion Williamson now can be called an NBA All-Star, and only three others in the game's 70-year history have gotten there at a younger age. Williamson is one of four first-time All-Stars, all revealed Tuesday night when the league ...
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Kevin Durant expected back for Brooklyn Nets before break, Steve Nash says "We definitely have kind of slowed things down in that respect: not putting any pressure on him, not trying to rush him back in any capacity and just make sure that we give him the right amount of time to be more than healed, to be strong and conditioned to come ...
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Chiefs HC Andy Reid's hat, face shield displayed in Hall of Fame It ended up working out well enough, as Reid piloted his Chiefs to a second-straight Super Bowl berth, though Kansas City came up short against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV.
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2021 NFL free agency: Four quarterbacks Eagles could sign to compete with Jalen Hurts in 2021 Whether Philadelphia wants to give Hurts the starting quarterback job or not, the franchise has to upgrade at quarterback this offseason. The Eagles are eating a dead cap hit of $33.8 million with the Wentz trade, but the team has no other quarterbacks currently ...
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Playing tag is no kids' game for NFL teams FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020 file photo, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott drops back to pass in the first half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Arlington, Texas. Applying franchise and even transition tags to players can ...
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Texans have unnecessarily complicated the starting quarterback situation After giving up two first-round picks and mortgaging their 2018 NFL draft stash to take Deshaun Watson in Round 1 of the 2017 NFL draft, the Texans could be finding a new signal caller. Never mind they signed Watson to an extension in September of 2020 that ...
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Ben Roethlisberger's agent 'happy' to adjust contract, says Steelers 'want Ben back' next season "They want Ben back and will contact me soon to address his cap situation," Tollner said, per Kinkhabwala. "As we've shared since the season ended, we are happy to creatively adjust his contract to help them build the best team possible." ...
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Bryce Harper begins Year 3 healthy, hungry and strong One of the challenges a new manager faces when he takes over a ballclub is learning the personalities of his new players, what drives them as athletes and competitors. It didn't take Joe Girardi long ...
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Cubs' Ian Happ: Ex-Mariners CEO Kevin Mather revealed 'underbelly' of MLB He became an everyday outfielder. He claimed the leadoff spot in the batting order. But most apparent on Tuesday was the way he'd settled into his role as team representative for the MLB Players Association.
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Shorthanded Louisville Holds Off Notre Dame (Photo of Malik Williams, Juwan Durham: Jeremy Brevard/USA TODAY Sports). LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Playing their first home game in 22 days and hoping to bounce back from their worst loss since before World War II, the Louisville men's basketball program ...
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Phoenix Suns waive Damian Jones The 6-foot-11 Jones also has played for the Warriors and Hawks during his five-year career. His most productive season came last year with the Hawks, when he averaged 5.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.
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Donovan Mitchell Named to 2021 NBA All-Star Game The fourth-year player for the Utah Jazz is averaging 24.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, all of which are good for career-highs. He is also shooting 43.0% from the field and a career-best 38.9% on three-point attempts. This is his second time ...
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Full 2021 NBA All-Star rosters exclude Devin Booker, Russell Westbrook A few surprises come from the West, including two members of the Jazz making the roster and Zion Williamson making his first All-Star game in just his second year in the league. Anthony Davis may not ...
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Blazers vs. Nuggets odds, line: 2021 NBA picks, Feb. 23 predictions from proven computer model A Northwest Division battle is on tap between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Denver Nuggets at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Ball Arena. Denver is 16-14 overall and 8-6 at home, while Portland is 18-12 overall and 10-6 on the road. The Nuggets won three of ...
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Cleveland Indians' players can't wait to have fans in the stands for 2021 Ohio Governor Mike DeWine said Monday that the Indians and Reds, along with Ohio's minor league teams, could fill their ballparks to a projected 30% of capacity if proper safety protocols such as masking and social distancing were practiced. State and city ...
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UW Signee Jackson Grant Named McDonald's All-American The University of Washington basketball team badly lacks frontline scoring, which puts undue pressure on its guard-oriented lineup to compensate and has outsiders wondering how the Huskies intend to fix this. If nothing else, Jackson Grant has burgeoning ...
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Zach LaVine's First All-Star Game Helps Make Case For Max Deal Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine was officially announced as a 2021 Eastern Conference All-Star reserve on Tuesday night. It's LaVine's first All-Star selection after he missed the cut last season with the festivities in Chicago, and he's the Bulls' first ...
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Collin Sexton focused on 'must-win game' against Atlanta Hawks, not All-Star announcement CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The remainder of the 2021 NBA All-Star Game roster will be revealed Tuesday night, around the same time the Cleveland Cavaliers host the Atlanta Hawks. Third-year guard Collin Sexton, who finished 10th among Eastern Conference ...
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It's been a miserable stretch for the Celtics, but it's not time to give up As far as I can tell, it's just optimistic me, a couple of other accused "Green Teamers," and a well-worn official NBA basketball we've named Spalding, who sometimes talks hoops with us and might be an upgrade on Brian Scalabrine on NBC Sports Boston's ...
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LPGA's biggest hitter stuck on sidelines as tour uses 2020 priority rankings ORLANDO, Fla. – The LPGA Tour's first full-field event of the season begins Thursday at the Gainbridge LPGA, but it could be several more weeks before the tour's longest hitter returns to action. Bianca Pagdanganan, who as a rookie led the tour in driving ...
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PGA DFS, WGC-Workday Championship 2021: Best DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy golf picks, advice The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. was designed by Jack Nicklaus in 2006 and has never previously hosted a PGA Tour event, but it has previously hosted the 2015 NCAA Championships. Now it will be home to the 2021 WGC-Workday ...
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Former Auburn running back Mark-Antony Richards transferring to UCF Richards is the first commitment for UCF under Malzahn. Richards, a former four-star recruit, redshirted at Auburn in 2019 after sustaining a preseason knee injury. He appeared in just four games last season ...
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Trae Young snubbed from 2021 NBA All-Star roster Bradley Beal and Kyrie Irving were announced as the starting guards for the Eastern Conference last week, with James Harden, Jaylen Brown and Zach LaVine selected as reserves in the backcourt. Atlanta's lead guard was not the ...
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Knicks' Julius Randle Named to His First All-Star Team Randle is the first Knick to be an All-Star since Kristaps Porzingis in the 2017-18 season. He is averaging a team-leading 23.1 points per game.
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Domingo German meets with Yankees teammates after returning from suspension TAMPA, Fla. – Domingo German pushed back his news conference Sunday so he could first address his teammates. Those meetings – first with pitchers and catchers at the Yankees' minor league complex, where they're working out because of COVID-19 ...
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Cubs' Adbert Alzolay Has Big Plans: 'I Know What I Can Do in This Game' MESA, Arizona — Call him the Cubs' X factor this year. Call him the kid with the stuff to become this team's best starter. Call him the only hope for the farm system to avoid a full decade of futility in producing a bona fide starting pitcher.
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Auburn men kick off SECs with two strong relays COLUMBIA, Mo. – Auburn opened the SEC Men's Championships on Tuesday with a pair of NCAA B-cut times in the 200 medley relay and the 800 freestyle relay. The Tigers finished seventh in the 200 medley relay, and with the seventh-fastest time in the ...
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OORHEES, NJ — Claude Giroux exuded the energy of a youngster just happy to be on the ice with his friends. He was one of the first skaters to take the practice ice Tuesday at Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone. He missed it. "He certainly looked pumped up to be back out there with us," James van Riemsdyk said. Giroux was out an NHL-mandated 14 days after he ...
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Heroic but star-crossed, whether Tiger Woods golfs again seems unimportant now A few years ago, the author of the most dominant 11-year stretch in golf history even suffered from the chipping yips, causing the ultimate power hitter to occasionally squirt the ball five feet sideways like a weekend hacker.
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JD Martinez hopes to stay with Red Sox beyond contract: 'This is a special organization' Martinez, who signed a five-year, $110 million deal during spring training in 2018, has enjoyed great success during his first three years in Boston despite a horrendous 2020 campaign, and it doesn't sound like he prefers to be anywhere else.
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Mets' Edwin Diaz's confidence high after impressive 2020: 'My mindset is to be the closer' After a miserable 2019, where he racked up a 5.59 ERA and allowed 15 home runs in 58 innings and blew seven saves, Diaz rebounding immensely. He had his best ERA (1.75) and K/9 ratio (17.5) of his career.
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Miami Herald: Mutual interest between Aaron Jones and Miami Dolphins The start of free agency is still three weeks away, but the rumor mill is already in full-swing. The latest gossip includes running back Aaron Jones and the Miami Dolphins. The NFL new year begins at 4 p.m. on March 17 — when teams can acquire free agents ...
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#8 Maryland Dominates in 111-93 Win over Iowa Senior Katie Benzan broke the program record for three-pointers made in a game with nine, eight in the first half. Benzan led Maryland (17-2, 13-1 B1G) to its sixth straight win with a career-high 29 points. Sophomore Ashley Owusu added 24 points and 12 ...
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Mariners CEO Kevin Mather resigns after derogatory remarks surface In one 45-minute conversation, Kevin Mather undermined the Seattle Mariners far beyond being the organization with the longest playoff drought in baseball. He took insensitive shots at a former All-Star from Japan and a top prospect from the Dominican ...
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Big 12 Announces New OU-Texas MBB Date NORMAN – The Big 12 Conference announced Tuesday that the Oklahoma men's basketball home game against Texas has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 4 at Lloyd Noble Center. The rivalry game was originally scheduled to be played on Tuesday, ...
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Warriors' Steph Curry, James Wiseman and Kevon Looney to return vs. Knicks The Warriors' Stephen Curry, James Wiseman and Kevon Looney will return for Tuesday night's game against the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Curry missed Saturday's loss in Charlotte because he was not feeling well. Wiseman (sprained left wrist) ...
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Will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Use the Franchise or Transition Tag? Currently, the Buccaneers are projected to own $28.2 million in salary cap space this offseason, according to Spotrac. A final cap number has not been set by the NFL, but the minimum will be $180 million per team.
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Thomas Tuchel delivers verdict on Chelsea's 1-0 win against Atletico Madrid It wasn't the prettiest of displays but Chelsea got the job done and extended their unbeaten start under Tuchel to eight games. fbl-eur-c1-atletico- ...
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No. 16 Hokies men's basketball loses to GT 69-53 BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - The No. 16 Virginia Tech Hokies fell to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 69-53 Tuesday in Blacksburg. Keve Aluma led the way on the boards with 14. The Hokies move to 14-5 on the year. Copyright 2021 WDBJ. All rights ...
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Surging No. 5 Illinois takes winning streak to Michigan State Illinois hasn't lost since Jan. 16 and has five games remaining before the conference tournament. The Fighting Illini (16-5, 12-3 Big Ten) trail only No. 3 Michigan in the league standings.
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Beach volleyball players cleared to wear bikinis in Qatar event Karla Borger and Julia Sude told German media at the weekend that they would skip the FIVB World Tour competition in Doha over an apparent bikini ban. Advertisement. Advertisement.
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Could Soto, Turner sign with Nats long term? The recent eye-popping 14-year, $340 million contract for 22-year-old Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. has sparked the questions: Who will be the next to ink such a monster deal, and which homegrown players will sign massive contracts to stay with their ...
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Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown officially named 2021 NBA All-Star reserves For Tatum, it's a dose of validation in a season where the impact of a bout with COVID-19 and team struggles may have taken a bit of the bloom off the rose of his rise to superstardom ever so slightly. For Brown, it is the recognition of his explosive growth into ...
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Henrik Lundqvist returns to ice after surgery Veteran NHL goaltender Henrik Lundqvist is back on the ice, less than two months after heart surgery. Lundqvist, soon to turn 39 on March 2, posted a video to social media on Tuesday that showed him in full uniform blocking shots on goal. "The best kind of ...
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