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Mac Jones not worth a first-round pick; Rashod Bateman the next Justin Jefferson? Former NFL player and scout Bucky Brooks knows the ins and outs of this league, providing keen insight in his notebook. The topics of this edition include: -- His No. 1 edge rusher in the 2021 NFL Draft. -- One receiver prospect who could be the next Justin ...
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Trevor Keels commits to Duke, becoming Blue Devils' third five-star commit in 2021 class "Me and Coach K have a great relationship," Keels told ESPN. "He was always the same during the process. Straightforward guy. He told me what I needed to hear. He told me to change my body. I did, and now I'm lighter and more explosive.
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Brooklyn Nets' Kevin Durant fined $50000 for 'offensive and derogatory language' Earlier this week, actor and comedian Michael Rapaport posted private messages that he said Durant had sent him -- which included threatening language and anti-gay and misogynistic slurs. Editor's Picks ...
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What is the best Bill Belichick meme of all time? Bill Belichick has served as inspiration for some memorable memes.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe.
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Sixers' Dwight Howard Says It's 'Lights Out' When Joel Embiid Returns Through the first half of the 2020-2021 NBA season, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid established himself as one of the most dominant players in the game this year. As the big man notched his fourth-straight NBA All-Star nod, Embiid was viewed as a ...
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Jaguars Add Linebacker Depth With Super Bowl Champion Damien Wilson The Jacksonville Jaguars have taken another shot on a veteran defender. The team officially signed linebacker Damien Wilson, the club announced on Friday. The former Kansas City Chiefs linebacker started spent the last two seasons with the AFC team and ...
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Keys to 2021 Mets surpassing their over/under win total Former Mets manager Terry Collins explains how he feels about the massive contract extension Francisco Lindor just signed and how it takes a bit of pressure off the organization as a whole in this clip from Baseball Night in NY.
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Deshaun Trade Talk - And QB Alex Smith As Texans Idea? The Washington Football Team said goodbye to Alex Smith at QB. The Houston Texans have said hello to Tyrod Taylor at QB. And stuck somewhere in hello-goodbye limbo is Deshaun Watson. Could the game of NFL Musical Chairs have that threesome ...
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Bulls' Coby White questionable vs. Jazz with nagging neck pain "I didn't miss a high school game. I missed one college game. And that was it, my whole life," White said after the team's Friday morning shootaround.
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The coach who wins the 2021 NCAA Tournament will be a first-time champ Is this a random blip or a sign of a major shakeup in college basketball? One thing is certain: Whichever of the four remaining coaches ends up cutting down the nets after winning the national championship, he'll be doing so for the first time.
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Greinke, Astros shut down rival A's to win opener 8-1 OAKLAND, Calif. — Astros manager Dusty Baker hoped to get five strong innings from Zack Greinke on opening day. The veteran righty gave Houston a little more. "He was kind of in midseason form," Baker said. Greinke pitched six shutout innings, Michael ...
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Need to Know: Bruins vs. Penguins Carlo Misses Practice. A night after exiting in the first period with an upper-body injury, Brandon Carlo was absent from Friday's practice at Warrior Ice Arena. He is considered day-to-day, per Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy. Kevan Miller did skate with the group but ...
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Mika Zibanejad, Rangers out to foil Sabres again Zibanejad is not the only Ranger on a significant hot streak. Ryan Strome set up a goal by Colin Blackwell to extend his points streak to a career-high 11 games. During the streak, he has two goals and 14 assists.
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Mariners rally late to stun Giants 8-7 in 10 innings Seattle was the first team to trail by five-plus runs in the eighth inning or later and win on opening day since the Montreal Expos in 2002. "I'm a strong believer in this ...
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Celtics vs Rockets 4/2/2021 Moneyline, Total, Stats, & Betting Odds Celtics betting trends · In their last game, the Celtics got a team-high 25 points from Jayson Tatum in a 113-108 loss to the Mavericks on Wednesday. · Boston is under .500 against the spread this season with a record of 22-25 · 25 of 47 Boston games this season ...
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Orioles' Means means business in opener, beats Red Sox 3-0 BOSTON (AP) — John Means pitched seven innings of one-hit ball, allowing a single to lead off the game and retiring the last 18 batters he faced on Friday to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox in their rain-delayed opener.
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Detroit Lions CB Jeff Okudah 'energized' by coaching change heading into Year 2 But if recent months are any indication, Okudah is a prime candidate for a break out in Year Two. Detroit Lions president Rod Wood said Okudah has been a regular in the team's Allen Park practice facility ...
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Yankees Couldn't Have Asked For a Better Opening Day From Gary Sánchez NEW YORK — Gary Sánchez kicked off his 2021 regular season, and bid toward resurgence in pinstripes, with a bang on Thursday afternoon. Not only did the Yankees catcher mash a booming two-run home run in his very first at-bat of the year, Sánchez ...
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Will Redmond implies that he has re-signed with Packers The latter caption likely refers to the fact that 2021 will be Redmond's sixth NFL season, as he spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons on injured reserve after being a third-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft.
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Isaiah Thomas to reportedly sign 10-day contract with Pelicans The two-time All-Star is eligible to make his Pelicans debut on Sunday against the Houston Rockets, according to Charania. The guard position in New Orleans is comprised of Lonzo Ball, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Kira Lewis Jr., Eric Bledsoe and Josh Hart.
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MLB postpones rest of Nationals-Mets series due to COVID-19 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball (MLB) postponed the remainder of a series between the Washington Nationals and New York Mets on Friday due to COVID-19, an early sign of trouble as the league navigates a new season amid the pandemic.
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Who is Bills' Jamil Douglas? 4 things to know about new OL The Buffalo Bills continued to add depth to their roster ahead of the 2021 NFL Draft on Friday when they announced that they had signed offensive lineman Jamil Douglas to a one-year deal. Douglas, most recently with the Titans, will compete for a depth role ...
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Macario out of USWNT friendly matches against Sweden and France Macario, a former standout at Stanford who won back-to-back MAC Hermann trophies as the nation's best college player, was not among those who have contracted the virus, U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said.
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NCAA women's Final Four: UConn vs. Arizona and South Carolina vs. Stanford Points: Paige Bueckers, 20.1; Rebounds: Olivia Nelson-Ododa, 7.9; Assists: Bueckers, 5.9. Arizona. The Wildcats are the newcomers of the foursome as Adia Barnes has her alma mater ...
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Red Wings waive Evgeny Svechnikov for second time Detroit Red Wings left wing Evgeny Svechnikov greets teammates after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, Sunday, March 28, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio). Facebook Share. Twitter Share.
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Marlins vs. Rays: Start time, how to watch, game thread and Fish Picks—April 2, 2021 Welcome to Friday's Marlins (0-1) vs. Rays (1-0) game thread. Fish Picks has indeed returned for a third season! After receiving picks from 200-plus unique users in 2020 on fishstripes.com and the @fishstripes Twitter account, we are aiming for even more ...
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amian Lillard has a real chance to win MVP. If Portland can finish ahead of Denver on the final Western Conference standings, Lillard could become just the second Trail Blazer to be voted MVP by the media. But, if it was up to Derek Carr ...
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Top American wrestler J'den Cox misses weight at trials, ending Olympic hopes J'den Cox, a bronze medalist from the 2016 Olympics and one of the United States' top wrestlers, missed weight on the opening day of the U.S. Olympic wrestling team trials Friday, ending any hope for him to go to this summer's Tokyo Games. Support our ...
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Austin Peay names ex-Duke associate James to coach Governors Austin Peay has named former Duke associate coach Nate James to his first head coaching job with the Governors. The school announced James' hiring on its web site Friday and will formally introduce him on Tuesday. James, 43, has spent much of the past ...
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Gophers men's basketball adds a third transfer commit in EJ Stephens Stephens joins William & Mary guard Luke Loewe and George Washington forward Jamison Battle as players to commit to Minnesota this week. Stephens, a 6-foot-3 senior guard, averaged 16.4 points ...
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Warriors' Steph Curry for MVP? And what's the deal with that silly LeBron James recruiting rumor? Welcome to SFGATE's inaugural Bay Area sports media column, which I should probably come up with a name for in the near future. The purpose of this column is to collect Bay Area sports analysis and commentary from both national and local media and ...
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Favorite Pirates Opening Day memory On April 1, Opening Day finally arrived in Major League Baseball. It was as close to a normal day of baseball as we've seen in quite some time. The Pirates were in Chicago to take on a Cubs team which doesn't seem quite as daunting as it once did. Baseball ...
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Baseball: Buckeyes host conference leader Indiana in crucial homestand The calendar may only read April, but time is running out for the Buckeyes to turn around their season. Ohio State (8-7) will have a prime opportunity to chase down Big Ten-leading Indiana (11-3) in a four-game series Friday through Sunday at Bill Davis ...
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Five months later, measure of normalcy at Masters in April It will be 144 days from when Tiger Woods helped Johnson into his green jacket until Johnson tees off in the opening round in his bid to join Woods, Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus as the only repeat winners at Augusta.
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Former ETSU basketball players fear fallout for university, team after Shay resignation JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Now-former East Tennessee State University Men's Basketball Coach Jason Shay faced backlash after the team was captured on camera kneeling during the national anthem at an away game against Chattanooga in ...
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Porter Moser leaving Loyola after 10 seasons to coach at Oklahoma Moser, 52, earned the biggest opportunity of his career by turning Loyola into a Missouri Valley powerhouse and — twice in the last four years — a national story. The Ramblers reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018.
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Late-game blunders, Donaldson's early injury make for sour Twins loss to Brewers in opener MILWAUKEE – The Twins' season began at 1:14 p.m., and by 1:20, Josh Donaldson was injured. But the real pain for the Twins didn't arrive until around 5. That's when new late-inning reliever Alex Colome and some shaky Twins defense turned a three-run, ...
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These 49ers team records could be at risk thanks to NFL's new 17-game season The Super Bowl will also be pushed back one week, into mid-February, rather than moving the regular season schedule up or removing the post-conference championship bye week. Next season, that means Super Bowl LVI at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium will be ...
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Hosmer, Padres beat Diamondbacks 8-7 in wild opener SAN DIEGO — Fans were back at Petco Park and so was the San Diego Padres' never-say-die attitude. Eric Hosmer had a homer among his three hits and drove in three runs, newcomer Victor Caratini also had three RBIs and the Padres gave up four long ...
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Raiders CB Nevin Lawson suspended two games for violating PED policy LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Nevin Lawson will miss the first two games of the 2021 season as he serves a suspension. Lawson has been suspended for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing substance policy, according to ...
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Morning Coffee: Blue Jays score upset as underdogs thrive on MLB Opening Day The 2021 MLB season officially got underway on Thursday. Underdogs went 7-5 with the Houston Astros beating up on the Oakland Athletics 8-1 as a pick'em. They went an incredible 11-1 on the run line and there was a total of eight one-run games.
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Felony Charges Against Luis Campusano Dropped Padres catcher Luis Campusano was arrested in Georgia last October on charges of felony marijuana possession, but the matter has been dropped. State prosecutors have elected against pursuing it further, citing an "issue of probable cause for the traffic ...
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