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NFL moves to 17-game regular season in 2021: What it means for teams, players, revenue and fans The preseason will shrink. The CBA mandates that the combined number of games per team in a season shall not exceed 20 (with an exception made for the two teams that play in the annual "Hall of Fame" preseason kickoff game).
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Fantasy football rankings: Top 80 rookies for dynasty leagues Here is a look at the impact of incoming rookies in fantasy football. Below, you will find my 2021 fantasy football rankings for the top 80 rookies. For detailed player profiles of each notable fantasy rookie, click a position: ...
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Quarterback Justin Fields runs 4.44 in 40-yard dash at Ohio State Buckeyes' pro day Quarterback Justin Fields ran the 40-yard dash in an unofficial time of 4.44 seconds at the Ohio State Buckeyes' pro day Tuesday. The 6-foot-3, 228-pound player, widely expected to be a first-round selection in next month's NFL draft, is working out and will ...
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Toronto Blue Jays to play 3rd homestand at Florida ballpark DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Toronto Blue Jays will play their third homestand of the season at their spring training ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, because of COVID-19 restrictions. Toronto announced Feb. 18 that its first two homestands will be at TD Ballpark, and on ...
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NFL informs clubs Phase One of offseason workouts can begin April 19 In a typical, pre-pandemic offseason, offseason workouts would begin near the current date of April 19 or slightly earlier, followed by a voluntary minicamp, then a rookie minicamp for the new drafted and undrafted additions, then OTAs, closing with mandatory ...
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2021 MLB season predictions: Division races, playoff picks, award winners and more Baseball is upon us — and not the 60-game version but a full, 162-game season. It's refreshing. It's a sense of normalcy. We're heading into the season without having to worry if we will get to Opening Day before it all gets shut down.
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DeVonta Smith decides to catch pro day passes from Mac Jones Former Alabama quarterback Mac Jones participated in the school's second and final pro day Tuesday, tossing about an additional 60 passes in front of a large group of NFL scouts, coaches and executives. Unlike the school's first pro day last week, Jones ...
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Former Browns coach Hue Jackson claims Cleveland's front office 'lied' about rebuilding plans Hue Jackson wants to set the record straight on his time in Cleveland. During an interview with ESPN 850 on Monday, the former Browns head coach claimed that he was "lied to by ownership and by the executive team." Jackson, who served as the Bengals' ...
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Bruce Arians gets Super Bowl LV tattoo Based on the positioning of the tattoo, it looks like there's space for a symmetrical companion on the right side of his upper back — if the Bucs win it again. The ultimate boss move, of ...
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Steve Nash on Nets adding Blake Griffin, LaMarcus Aldridge, James Harden: 'Not like we did anything illegal' Most of the dislike of the Nets building a superteam has come from fans who think it dilutes the competitiveness in the league, and to that the team is just giving everyone one big unbothered shrug. After the ...
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NCAA Tournament 2021 odds, picks, Elite Eight predictions: This 3-way college basketball parlay returns 6-1 The Pac-12 continues to leave a massive imprint on the 2021 NCAA Tournament, and that is once again on full display with Tuesday's Elite Eight matchups. The No. 6 seed USC Trojans will attempt to knock off the No. 1 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs at 7:15 p.m. ...
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Insider Rebuts Report That Broncos Pursued QB Mitchell Trubisky Before Signing With Bills Volin reported his "surprise" that Trubisky signed with the Buffalo Bills because the Broncos had "showed interest" — the implication being a rather serious one at that. However, back in the Mile High ...
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Yankee Stadium fan protocols: Testing or vaccination proof is a must; Parking, concessions, social distancing info New York State and New York City pandemic protocols are only allowing 20% capacity, but 10,850 fans in a ballpark that has a 54,250 capacity are 10,850 more than the Yankees played in front during the shortened 60-game 2020 regular season.
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The Eagles' extra game in 2021 will be on the road against the Jets. The extra game across the league will pin AFC vs. NFC, so the AFC East vs. the NFC East. And since the Eagles and Jets finished in last place in 2020, they are scheduled to face off in that extra game. The AFC will host in 2021. Beginning in 2021, the NFL is ...
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Top moments in Mets Opening Day history 2) The Franchise Returns: Mets 2, Phillies 0. April 5, 1983, Shea Stadium. Six years after the Mets infuriated their fan base by trading Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds, their ...
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Predicting the MLB season with 7 big questions Kris: Between Fernando Tatis Jr and Juan Soto, it feels like everyone is forgetting about Ronald Acuña Jr. He will give the Braves their second straight MVP Award winner in 2021 and put up a 40-40 season in the process while reentering the conversation of ...
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Giants Opening Day roster: Surprises, omissions, everything to know Opening day always brings optimism, and on Thursday, the Giants will be playing in front of fans for the start of what should be a normal 162-game season. They'll be doing so with a lot of familiar faces, some important newcomers, and Buster Posey, who is ...
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MLB futures odds: Will the Dodgers win the World Series again? How about a pitcher for MVP this season? With that, it's time for Yahoo Sports' Frank Schwab and Scott Pianowski to look at some future bets using odds from BetMGM: team win totals, MVP and other awards, player props, and our best bet for the World Series winner.
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Ex-Yankees, Mets, Rutgers star Todd Frazier returns to Pirates on minor-league deal (UPDATE) UPDATE (1:31 p.m.): The Athletic's Rob Biertempfel reports "Todd Frazier has signed a minor-league contract to rejoin the Pirates." Read more about that here. Two days before MLB's Opening Day, N.J. native Todd Frazier is out of work. Frazier, a non-roster ...
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PGA DFS, Valero Texas Open 2021: Best DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy golf picks, advice Spieth, who's among the highest priced players on both DraftKings and FanDuel this week, has finished inside the top-15 in five of his last six starts on the PGA Tour. However, Spieth enters this week's event ranked 204th in driving accuracy percentage (50.00) ...
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Need to Know: Bruins vs. Devils BOSTON - The Bruins will look a bit more like themselves on Tuesday night against the New Jersey Devils as they welcome Brad Marchand and Brandon Carlo back to the lineup. Boston hopes the returns of both players provide a boost to the team following ...
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Valero Texas Open DFS picks 2021: Is Jordan Spieth now a must-play? That makes sense considering that there are 64 bunkers on the course and plenty of areas designed to imitate the closely mown collection areas around the greens at Augusta National. This ...
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Flyers place Shayne Gostisbehere on waivers The caveat is a lot of teams are having difficulty adding money in the NHL's current flat-cap world. Gostisbehere's contract has two more years on it with a cap hit of $4.5 million. Gostisbehere has heard his name pop up in rumors over the past two NHL trade ...
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Nearly 30 years after Bruins fell to Michigan, Tyus Edney wants UCLA to take its best shot UCLA teammates gave guard Tyus Edney a ride after he made the game-winning shot to beat Missouri in the second round of the 1995 NCAA tournament. (Bill Haber / Associated Press).
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Jameis Winston prepared to give up gunslinger mentality, embrace 'game-manager' role For Winston to win the Saints' starting quarterback job and stick around in New Orleans, he's going to have to embrace a role he never thought he would envision. "I never wanted to be deemed ...
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Lynch on Dee Ford's restructure: I think both sides won Lynch was asked how big of a domino was the Dee Ford restructure for the team to be able to fit both Jimmy Garoppolo and the No. 3 pick into the 2021 cap and how Ford was doing right now. Lynch side-stepped the Jimmy question.
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Why Cubs' Ian Happ can't envision Anthony Rizzo with another team Rizzo talked to media via Zoom on Monday and shut down talks with the Cubs after it was believed the club offered an extension in the four-year range for a little more average annual value than the $16.5 million his contract pays in 2021.
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Bayern Munich's Lewandowski out a month with right knee injury "Robert Lewandowski has strained a ligament in his right knee. The FC Bayern striker will be out for around four weeks," a brief statement on the club's official website read. - Stream Bundesliga on ...
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Boston College F Mike Hardman Signs With Chicago Blackhawks Hardman, who played forward for the Eagles in 49 games, scoring 20 goals, and 18 assists. He was part of the sophomore line that included Alex Newhook and Matt Boldy (who both could also head to the NHL after the season). This trio was explosive and ...
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NCAA Tournament 2021: Elite Eight odds, gambling recap, trends Eight was the magic number Monday – yes, because it was the start of the Elite Eight in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, but also because both games featured 8-point spreads. In classic March Madness fashion, both games came right down to the wire in terms ...
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4 big 2022 lineup questions for Rutgers wrestling: Will Sebastian Rivera go back to 133 pounds? Head coach Scott Goodale and his staff have built the depth necessary to be in the top half of the Big Ten, but now it all needs to sort itself out. Here are four big lineup questions facing the Scarlet Knights as the offseason begins:.
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2021 NFL Draft: Is EDGE prospect Joe Tryon's stock about to explode? The reality is we don't really know who's going to pan out. History repeats itself over and over again as players who were heavily overlooked turn into NFL stars. Perhaps the most fitting example remains the Patriots' sixth-round draft pick in the 2000 draft, Tom ...
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Ending Losing Streak Against New York Knicks Provides Some Relief for Miami Heat It provided a sense of temporary relief for the Miami Heat. That's what ending a six-game losing streak will do for any team. And that's exactly what the Heat did when they defeated the New York Knicks 98-88 Monday at Madison Square Garden. "It's a great ...
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New mock NFL draft predicts 2 Penn State players going in top 10 Parsons, who opted out of the 2020 season with the Nittany Lions, is projected as the sixth overall pick, going to the Miami Dolphins. "There are whispers of a potential draft-day slide ...
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New York Yankees season preview The Yankees are projected to win the AL pennant, but to achieve their first World Series in over a decade, they're going to need their high-risk / high-reward starters to hit their potential.
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Wizards' Bradley Beal: Questionable for Tuesday Beal (hip) is listed as questionable for Tuesday's game against Charlotte. Beal was absent from Monday's win over Indiana due to a bruised hip, and he remains questionable for the team's second half of a back-to-back. Jerome Robinson received a start in ...
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Rizzo returning to MLB Network as contributor on 'High Heat' Alanna Rizzo is returning to MLB Network, where she will be a regular contributor on Christopher Russo's "High Heat" show. Rizzo spent two seasons with MLB Network before going to SportsNet LA, where she spent seven seasons as a reporter and host for ...
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Hill-Murray boys' hockey players file suit to keep state tournament hopes alive The Hill-Murray boys' hockey team, beset with a COVID-19 exposure from a recent game,is suing to keep it from having to forfeit its appearance in the boys' hockey state tournament. A lawsuit filed Tuesday on behalf of nine players seeks to prevent the ...
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Clippers' Luke Kennard: Scores season-high 21 points Kennard delivered 21 points (8-11 FG, 5-6 3Pt), five rebounds and two assists across 32 minutes in Monday's win over the Bucks. Kennard started just for the eighth time this season, as he drew the start over Paul George (foot), but he made the most of the ...
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Scoreboard Watching: Playoff Progress Report Stars fans all understand the situation. Mired in injury madness, subjected to weather and virus delays, the defending Western Conference Champion Dallas Stars have their work cut out for them to even make this year's playoffs. Each week we are going to do ...
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Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell will be commencement speaker at University of Utah "Donovan Mitchell is a favorite of basketball fans and our community because of his commitment to excellence, education and social justice," outgoing university president Ruth Watkins said in a statement. "He shows by example ...
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'This nightmare is over': Ex-Steeler Ryan Switzer's infant son doing well after Boston surgery The infant son of former Steeler Ryan Switzer is on the road to recovery after undergoing more surgery, this time at a Boston hospital. Our sweet baby boy is stable and out of surgery. This nightmare is over with. These wonderful people in Boston fixed our son.
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Nebraska's volleyball matches against Penn State canceled; up next is NCAA Tournament The Nebraska volleyball team takes on Iowa on March 20 at the Devaney Sports Center. FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star file photo.
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Eight members of Red Sox in COVID protocol Manager Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox looks on against the Minnesota Twins during a Grapefruit League spring training game at Hammond Stadium on March 14. Michael Reaves / Getty Images.
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The Daily Chop: Loss to Red Sox, Soroka return, TC staff predictions, and more The Braves have been aggressive in their pursuit of rotation depth this offseason, but they won't have to look very far for their latest addition, as Mike Soroka is expected to make his spring debut on Tuesday. The right-hander ruptured his Achilles last season, ...
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Texas Rangers cutting ties with Rougned Odor As he was just 22 years old that season, and had the potential to be a key part of the future core, the Rangers handed Odor a six year, $49.5 million extension with a team option for 2023 prior to the 2017 season. At the time, it seemed to be a worthwhile gamble.
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Logano takes the checkered flag in a haze of Bristol dirt BRISTOL, Tenn. — Somewhere under the thick red haze floating over Bristol Motor Speedway, Joey Logano took the checkered flag for NASCAR's first Cup Series race at a dirt track in 50 years. He couldn't see much — visibility was next to nothing during this ...
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ECU football activities on hold after increase in coronavirus cases GREENVILLE, Pitt County — The East Carolina football team will not practice or hold any other team activities effective immediately after an increase in COVID-19 cases. Anyone that tested positive for the virus will be isolated and those who have been in ...
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UEFA delays new Champions League format decisions to April A decision on the new Champions League format has been delayed until next month after hitting a late stumbling block over how the commercial and broadcasting rights will be sold to European football's elite competition. UEFA hoped to use an executive ...
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NBA MVP Update: James Harden makes big jump up board With the second half of the 2020-21 NBA regular season already underway, it is a great time to look at where the NBA MVP odds stand heading into April. Before the NBA All-Star break, it seemed as if Joel Embiid and LeBron James were top-two candidates ...
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