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Washington Football Team signs hoops-to-TE hopeful Sammis Reyes Washington signed Reyes, who had been training at IMG Academy in Florida as part of the International Pathway Program, on Tuesday. Participants in this program get assigned to a random division, and those teams could then pick one player from a pool of 11 ...
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Georgia's Valdosta HS players ineligible, wins forfeited The Georgia High School Association has levied a $7,500 fine against Valdosta High School, ordered the Wildcats to forfeit seven victories from the 2020 football season, banned the team from playing in the postseason in 2021, and declared a handful of ...
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says NBA's play-in tournament plan is 'an enormous mistake' "I get why the NBA is doing it," Cuban said in a series of messages to ESPN. "But if we are going to be creative because of COVID, we should go straight up 1-20 and let the bottom 4 play in. This is the year particularly to do it since the 10 games cut [from the ...
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For Charli Collier, projected No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, determination is a family trait "I knew basketball, so you weren't just gonna go shoot the basketball any kind of way," said her mother, Ponda, who had played at Southwestern University and later coached Collier's first team. "She was learning at 5 how to shoot.".
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Tennessee State Tigers call hiring Eddie George 'right choice and investment' "All I have done has prepared me for this moment, whether that's my football career, my entrepreneurial endeavors, my acting career," George said in a university statement. "Coaching is a full ...
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Vanderbilt hires Shea Ralph from UConn as new women's coach FILE - Connecticut assistant coach Shea Ralph reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Temple in Philadelphia, in this Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, file photo. Vanderbilt has hired Shea Ralph away from UConn to help revive ...
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NHL On Tap: Hall debuts for Bruins against Sabres after trade Welcome to the NHL On Tap. Three NHL.com writers will share what they are most looking forward to on the schedule each day. Today, their choices from the six games Tuesday. Taylor-made trade. Taylor Hall was traded to the Boston Bruins by the Buffalo ...
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NFC East roster reset: Cowboys the favorites with Dak Prescott back in the saddle? Our Roster Reset series takes a division-by-division look at where things stand across the league heading into the 2021 NFL Draft. Nick Shook examines the current makeup of the NFC East below. Dallas Cowboys. 2020 record: 6-10. BIGGEST ADDITION: ...
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2021 NFL Draft: Josh Allen sends message to Trey Lance about 'doubters' and how to ignore them Allen shed any hint of a "bust" label by his third season with the Bills, taking them to the AFC Championship Game for the first time in 27 years. This year's biggest wild card among ...
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Power Rankings: See where your team lands before the 2021 MLS season Agree? Disagree? Here's where all 27 teams rank in the first Power Rankings of 2021. Hi. First things first: This is not my fault. I promise.
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Free-agent DT Gerald McCoy has no plans to retire: 'I can play this game at a high level' I just know what my mindset was going into last season and I don't want an injury or what the NFL deems 'age' to be a derailment and finish like that. I know I can still be an asset to a team, whether it's sparingly, as a starter, in the locker room, whatever it is. In ...
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NBA Draft Big Board 2021: Davion Mitchell, Johnny Juzang among big risers during the NCAA Tournament For Gonzaga and Baylor specifically, both of their best prospects -- Jalen Suggs of the Bulldogs and Davion Mitchell of the Bears -- showcased why they are no-doubt-about-it first-rounders en route to a title game clash.
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Seattle Mariners LHP James Paxton to have season-ending elbow surgery Servais said Paxton will have surgery on his left elbow, but did not say Tommy John. Paxton went on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a forearm strain in his pitching arm after leaving his ...
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Falcons GM Terry Fontenot: Atlanta in prime position to 'stack good quarterbacks' With quarterbacks expected to go with each of the first three picks in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons sit as the first big question of this year's draft process. New general manager Terry Fontenot has a major decision to make on how he'll build his roster.
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Bruce Arians 'wouldn't be against' Buccaneers drafting a QB While most of the attention heading toward the 2021 NFL Draft resides at the top of the first round, where a handful of quarterbacks could come off the board, intrigue at the end of Day 1 sits with the Super Bowl champions. With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ...
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MLS Commissioner Don Garber talks state of the league ahead of 2021 season After a longer offseason than normal, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, MLS is finally (almost) back. The league schedule kicks off this weekend, after MLS clubs began competing in the Concacaf Champions League last week. To kick off the first ...
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PGA Tour won't require vaccinated players and caddies to test weekly The PGA Tour will no longer require players and caddies who are fully vaccinated to take weekly COVID-19 tests at tournament sites as a condition of competition. The tour sent a memo to players that was obtained by ESPN that lays out the broad details, with ...
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MLB Power Rankings: Week 2 Welcome to the NBC Sports EDGE MLB Power Rankings, a weekly feature that will run every Tuesday through the end of the 2021 regular season. These rankings are not fantasy-driven in any way, though I do tend to sprinkle in fantasy-relevant nuggets here ...
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'Toughest teammate' Julian Edelman gets show of love from friends, fans after announcing retirement From guys like Devin McCourty and David Andrews, who spent their entire NFL careers playing alongside Edelman to iconic celebrity chef Guy Fieri, there was no shortage of love for Jules. Check out what ...
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Cardinals Add James Conner To Running Back Mix Conner, 6-foot-1 and 233 pounds, had spent his entire four-year career in Pittsburgh, even reaching a Pro Bowl for the Steelers in 2018. That was his best season, collecting 973 yards and 12 touchdowns rushing and adding 55 catches for 497 yards and ...
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North Carolina Tar Heels' 5-year deal with men's hoops coach Hubert Davis averages $2M annually The school has released terms for Davis, a former Tar Heels player under Dean Smith who had spent the past nine seasons as an assistant to Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams before becoming his successor. Davis, who played a dozen years in the NBA, is a ...
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Kevin Durant calls out Shannon Sharpe for using fake quote: 'Gullible fans will believe it' Sharpe told fellow take-haver Skip Bayless that Durant only feels this way now because he placed a premium on rings when he joined the Warriors in 2016.
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NBA power rankings: Portland Trail Blazers slide after losing week Things don't get any easier for the Blazers (31-22) this week as they host three more teams with winning records: the Boston Celtics (Tuesday), San Antonio Spurs (Friday) and Charlotte Hornets (Sunday).
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NASCAR Crash Course: The second coming of the sport's Big 3 Martin Truex Jr., the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion, knows all about the Big 3. From 2017 to 2019, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Truex combined to win 51 of 108 NASCAR Cup Series races. The trio peaked in 2018, posting a 56% win percentage ...
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Late for Work 4/13: Pundit Makes the Case Against Signing Jadeveon Clowney and Antonio Brown The possibility of the Ravens signing one or both of the former All-Pros is intriguing for obvious reasons, as Baltimore is in the market for a veteran edge rusher and wants to boost its passing game.
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14 center prospects Packers could target to replace C Corey Linsley The Green Bay Packers may not feel an urgent need to replace All-Pro center Corey Linsley with a draft pick, especially with potential internal replacements such as Lucas Patrick and Elgton Jenkins on the roster, but the 2021 draft sure looks like a good one ...
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How does Anthony Mantha fit into the Capitals' lineup? With just 14 games to play, Mantha was traded — for the first time in his entire hockey career — from the Red Wings to the Capitals after a massive move sent Jakub Vrana, Richard Panik and two draft picks for the 6-foot-5 winger's services.
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Rams reach for South Carolina LB Ernest Jones in Mel Kiper's 2-round mock draft Here's what Kiper wrote about the pick, acknowledging the team's needs at center, cornerback and wideout. This makes back-to-back teams that don't have a first-round pick ...
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NHL Power Rankings: Where things stand after NHL trade deadline In this week's edition of the NHL Power Rankings we will be taking a look at where things stand in the league after the NHL Trade Deadline on Monday. Try to look at it as a mixture of where teams are in the standings, how they are currently playing, and what ...
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Sixers' Doc Rivers, Ben Simmons Praise Furkan Korkmaz After Win vs. Mavericks Last year, Korkmaz averaged 21 minutes in 72 games off the bench for the Sixers in the regular season, but when the playoffs rolled around, he averaged just 10 minutes.
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Who analysts project Bears will pick at No. 52 Eichenberg doesn't have the same athletic ability that made Mike McGlinchey, Ronnie Stanley and Zach Martin first-round picks, but [draft analyst Dane] Brugler described him as a "fundamentally minded blocker." Playing for Notre Dame and starting 38 games ...
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DeMar DeRozan Compares Kobe Bryant's Final Lakers Game to an 'Avengers' Movie Kobe Bryant's final NBA game belonged on the silver screen in the view of San Antonio Spurs star DeMar DeRozan. Bryant dropped 60 points on the Utah Jazz and hit the go-ahead bucket in a 101-96 victory for the Los Angeles Lakers on April 13, 2016.
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NFL insists on COVID-19 vaccines unless medical or religious reasons; Broncos to boycott offseason April 13, 2021 at 11:37 a.m.. Levi's Stadium has been a COVID-19 vaccination hub the past two months. Soon, 49ers' players and staff better have ...
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Anthony Mantha details 'hard' trade from Detroit Red Wings; originally missed Yzerman's call Anthony Mantha woke up, checked his phone, and knew what he had to do. The new member of the Washington Capitals detailed a tumultuous trade deadline, reflected on his time with the Detroit Red Wings, and revealed, unsurprisingly, that when one ...
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Masters 2021: Sunday's TV ratings outpace last November but down from April telecasts Hideki Matsuyama's Masters triumph has the potential to transcends its initial moment, given the likely long-term impact internationally of a Japanese male golfer winning a major championship for the first time. This remains true even if the early TV returns in ...
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Mel Kiper mock draft has the Eagles double-dipping on defense with with their first two picks They could also miss out on the top wide receivers; I suspect they would jump at Waddle if he made it here. Just looking at this roster, though, corner should be a priority, and they'd have their pick of all of them if the board shakes out this way. Surtain is the most ...
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Why Yankees' Kyle Higashioka Deserves More Playing Time Although Yankees manager Aaron Boone won't say it, Higashioka has pretty much become ace pitcher Gerrit Cole's personal catcher. The success the battery has had together, dating back to last season, has carried into 2021 thanks to Higashioka's solid ...
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Timberwolves vs. Nets game rescheduled for 4 ET Tuesday after postponement following police shooting Wright, 20, died after he was shot at a traffic stop by a Minnesota police officer. The shooting was labeled as accidental by the Brooklyn Center police chief, who said that the officer was trying to shoot Wright with a taser, as opposed to a gun.
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Game 10: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes The Red Sox are coming off back to back three-game sweeps over the Rays and Orioles to run their winning streak to six games. The Sox own MLB's longest active win streak, tied with the Reds for the longest by any team in 2021. During the streak, they have a ...
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Mariners' Sam Haggerty: Benched in second straight Haggerty is out of the lineup for the first half of Tuesday's doubleheader with the Orioles. Seattle will have top catcher Luis Torrens serve as its designated hitter for a second straight game, creating a domino effect that leaves no room in the lineup for Haggerty.
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Marlins' Yimi Garcia: Nabs win Monday Garcia (1-1) picked up the win Monday in the Marlins' 5-3 extra-inning victory over Atlanta, walking one and striking out one in 1.1 scoreless innings of relief. The right-hander entered the game with two outs and two runners on in the ninth inning and, after ...
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ESPN's FPI rankings favor Penn State to challenge Ohio State, take dim view of Pitt's chances Ohio State, the national runner-up to Alabama in 2020, remains a heavy favorite with a 71.3% chance to win the East, a 53.7% chance to win the conference and a 45% chance to make the College Football Playoff.
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Fields, Lance will use drills from 49ers' practices during second pro days The San Francisco 49ers will get an up-close and personal look at two quarterback prospects in the coming days. Both head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch will attend Justin Fields and Trey Lance's second pro days. Fields will throw ...
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Boston College Inks Apparel Deal With New Balance The company also will offer two internships per year for BC athletes. New Balance has pledged to work closely with the Eagles' men's and women's basketball programs on design and product enhancement. For its hockey programs, ...
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After sluggish start, White Sox reel in World Series chatter The White Sox are struggling with runners in scoring position, their highly touted bullpen has four blown saves and they are tied for first in the American League with nine errors. Other than that, everything was fine through their first nine games heading into a ...
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Zion Williamson presents a one-of-a-kind challenge for Julius Randle, Knicks The Julius Randle "Remember Me?" tour continues Wednesday, rolling into New Orleans after his convincing reminder Monday to the Los Angeles Lakers that maybe they should have made a better effort to hold onto him. The Lakers had renounced his rights ...
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Kansas freshman Bryce Thompson the latest Jayhawk to enter transfer portal A former five-star prospect out of Tulsa, Okla., Thompson was the gem of KU's 2020 recruiting class. But his freshman season at Kansas was plagued by injuries and he never found the kind of rhythm that Kansas coach Bill Self said he believed he would have ...
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Six More Games Scheduled In Rocky Mountain Showdown Series BOULDER – The Rocky Mountain Showdown might be on temporary hiatus for the next two years, but the series will go on as the University of Colorado and Colorado State University jointly announced Tuesday a six-game series that will have the schools ...
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After latest impressive results, where is Will Zalatoris in the Official World Golf Ranking? Zalatoris, with his solo second-place finish, jumped 19 spots to 27th. He was ranked 487th in the world in his final event before golf's coronavirus hiatus last year. Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama is ...
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Ex-student sues U of Evansville, ex-coach, alleging rape EVANSVILLE. Ind. (AP) — A former student is suing the University of Evansville and its former basketball coach, Walter McCarty, accusing him of rape and the school of not protecting students from him, allegations that both deny. The Title IX lawsuit filed ...
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