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No. 82 recruit Jaydon Blue to skip senior season of high school football to prepare for commitment to Texas Longhorns "This has been a very difficult decision for my family & I," Blue said in his Twitter post. "Football is a brutal sport, and the wear and tear associated with the RB position is undeniable. I plan to take this time to focus on my academics while enhancing my off the field ...
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AFC West burning questions: Aaron Rodgers to Denver? How will Chiefs respond to Super Bowl loss? As we move forward through the dog days of the NFL offseason, now seems like as good of a time as ever to check the pulse of these four teams and identify the most burning questions centering around them as we inch closer to the regular season. Ready?
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Stanley Cup Playoffs Buzz: Avalanche can take 3-0 series lead vs. Blues Winnipeg Jets at Edmonton Oilers (9 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS): Oilers center Connor McDavid was scoreless in Game 1 after scoring 105 points this season to lead the NHL, including 22 points (seven goals 15 assists) against the Jets. He had two ...
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Jaguars signed TE Tim Tebow for one-year, minimum $920K deal Tebow signed a one-year deal worth $920,000, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source informed of the situation. The contract does not include any guaranteed money, Rapoport added.
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The NL West is baseball's best division. And Giants-Dodgers may finally get its October run As the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers meet for the first of 19 games on Friday night, there's far more to embrace than the mere renewal of one of baseball's greatest rivalries. In this season of unprecedented inaction and cheapened no-hitters, ...
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NBA DFS: Stephen Curry and top DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy basketball picks for May 21, 2021 The 2020 Rookie of the Year has been the team's best player all season and his ability to go off in any game gives him great value in NBA DFS lineups. He'll try to keep up with Stephen Curry, who is the NBA's leading scorer averaging 32.0 points per game.
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eahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is always hard at work training during the offseason. Wilson is known for his viral workouts. In his latest one, a familiar face was heard behind the camera checking in on Seattle's franchise quarterback. That voice was newly retired Saints quarterback Drew Brees.
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Late for Work 5/21: Ravens An Unlikely Suitor for Julio Jones, But 'Don't Rule Them Out Completely' Julio Jones being on the trade block is making headlines again. And, yes, the Ravens are still being mentioned as a potential trade partner. The Athletic's Jeff Schultz reported that the Atlanta Falcons ...
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Sean Lee on what makes Cowboys QB Dak Prescott a great leader, the toughest player he ever faced and more Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee recently joined The Herd with Colin Cowherd on FS1 to talk about his former team and reflect on his career. Here are some of the highlights: When when was the buy in [on Dak Prescott] for you? Was it practice ...
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Source: Iowa State coach Matt Campbell never was offered Detroit Lions head coaching job But a Lions source with knowledge of the team's search process said Friday no formal offer was made to Campbell, and that the Lions got the No. 1 candidate on their list: Former New Orleans Saints assistant head coach Dan Campbell.
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Clippers vs Mavericks 5/22/2021Moneyline, Total, Stats, & Betting Odds The Los Angeles Clippers (47-25) take the court against the Dallas Mavericks (42-30) in on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 4:30 PM ET on ESPN. Clippers vs Mavericks betting odds. Clippers vs Mavericks (-6.5, 223). Clippers betting trends. The Clippers fell ...
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Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares released from hospital, out indefinitely The Maple Leafs said Tavares was "thoroughly examined and assessed" by the St. Michael's Hospital neurosurgical team and the team's medical director. He was "conscious and communicating well" overnight. Tavares is back at home resting under the care ...
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Beyond the season series: Why New York's regular season sweep may mislead After 72 grueling games, the 2020-21 regular season is in the books. The Atlanta Hawks — despite all of their injuries — finished the season with a 41-31 record, securing themselves the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, just shy of homecourt advantage ...
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Chelsea's Thomas Tuchel wants top four secured before Champions League final The London side will contest this season's Champions League final against Manchester City on May 29 and asked how important it would be for Chelsea to go into that game with qualification already assured, Tuchel said: "We don't need to talk around it, for ...
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Kansas defensive end transfer, Montgomery native commits to Auburn Auburn continued to address some areas of need for Derek Mason's defense through the transfer portal on Friday. The Tigers added a commitment from former Kansas defensive lineman Marcus Harris, a former three-star prospect out of Park Crossing in ...
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Ask Sam mailbag: Playoff predictions, reviewing Patrick Williams' season, and more If I were the Celtics I would rather have faced Sixers over Nets. Sam Smith: But you couldn't risk that second game. Especially the way the Celtics lost nine of their last 13, the four wins over teams not in the playoffs. I'm also assuming the Warriors win, though I ...
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7 reasons White Sox-Yankees is an ALCS preview Lucky for baseball fans, headlines and hype will be matched by excellent play that could be a preview of mid-October in the American League. Here are seven ...
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Falcons showing how to be the worst NFL franchise The player is receiver Julio Jones, and he is, without question, the best Falcon to ever wear black and red. There isn't a close second. Quarterback Matt Ryan is just a guy who gets paid waaaaay too much money. Julio Jones is the franchise, a living legend and ...
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Peyton Manning has confidence in Aaron Rodgers amid feud with Packers: 'He'll make a good decision' Peyton Manning doesn't think that Aaron Rodgers needs advice from him about his future. While the Colts-turned-Broncos legend knows what it's like to exit an organization after 14 years as its star, he's confident that Rodgers will make the right decision as ...
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The 2021 Mariners have a contact problem The good news about Mariners hitters is they don't expand the zone much, nor have they. Their O-swing of 28.9% is 6th-best in baseball, and the third-best in the AL.
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Ronald Koeman: I don't know if I'll be Barcelona coach next season Ronald Koeman has said he still doesn't know if he will be Barcelona coach next season and bemoaned a lack of support from the club in recent weeks as the team's title hopes fell apart. Koeman, 58, still has one year to run on his contract at Camp Nou but ...
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Twins' quick trip to California results in doubleheader split with Angels ANAHEIM, CALIF. – One of the most persistent symptoms of COVID-19 is exhaustion. Now the Twins will find out for themselves. Minnesota flew four hours on Wednesday night to reach Southern California, and hurried off to make a five-hour flight to ...
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Donovan Mitchell expects to return for Game 1 of Utah's playoff series The Jazz could get a huge boost in their first game of the 2021 postseason. According to the team's website, star guard Donovan Mitchell said that, "barring any setbacks," he hopes to be on the court Sunday when his team faces off against either the Warriors ...
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Jed Hoyer: 'Disappointing' that Cubs have not reached 85% vaccination threshold The Cubs' president said the team is at a competitive disadvantage by not being able to take advantage of relaxed restrictions for teams that have 85% of their players and coaches vaccinated. "We are not a player away from 85%," he said.
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2021 Series Preview: Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers The Rangers have been in free fall lately, having lost 9 of their last 10 games, including a sweep at the hands of the Astros in Houston just last week. Their offense has really hit rock bottom after being no-hit on Wednesday and following it up with a shutout in ...
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Newman, Frazier push Pirates past Braves 6-4 in 10 innings Whatever he's doing has worked thus far as the Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman leads the NL with 58 hits and has hit .386 in 83 at-bats with eight doubles in his last 20 games since April 28.
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IOC VP says Tokyo Olympics to take place even if state of emergency in place because of COVID-19 TOKYO -- The IOC vice president in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics said Friday that the Games would open in just over two months even if the city and other parts of Japan were under a state of emergency because of rising COVID-19 cases.
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Avs and Blues First-Round Series Shifts to St. Louis for Game 3 Nathan MacKinnon registered his first career postseason hat trick and added an assist, while Joonas Donskoi notched three points (two goals, one assist) in the contest. Mike Hoffman, Brayden Schenn and Sammy Blais all found the back of the net for the Blues, ...
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Rutgers without a QB controversy? The wonders never cease! | Politi In a scene that would have felt like a complete fantasy just a few months ago, actual human beings gathered in SHI Stadium to watch college football on Thursday night in Piscataway. True, there were only a few thousand of them, but for two glorious hours ...
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Eight things to know about NASCAR's first race weekend at Austin's Circuit of The Americas road course The Austin road course famously has hosted Formula 1, IndyCar Series and MotoGP events, but this year, the track was added to the NASCAR schedule with a full weekend's worth of competition lined up, culminating with the Cup Series' EchoPark Texas Grand ...
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UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma signs contract extension through 2025 Geno Auriemma isn't going anywhere. The 11-time national championship-winning head coach of the UConn women's basketball team signed a five-year contract extension, retroactive for 2020-21, that's worth at least $15 million — suggesting the ...
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Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic ready to justify likely MVP award against the Blazers in playoff series Denver Nuggets' center Nikola Jokic was selected as one of three finalists for the NBA's Most Valuable Player award, the league announced Thursday. Jokic was named along with Golden State Warriors' guard Stephen Curry and Philadelphia 76ers' center ...
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COVID-19 Patient Leaves Family Sports Card Collection Worth $20 Million A neurologist from Florida left his family a sports card collection potentially worth over $20 million after he died following complications from COVID-19. Dr. Thomas Newman amassed quite the collection over his four decades of collecting cards dating back to ...
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Reds take 4-game skid into matchup with Brewers The Reds are 9-6 against opponents from the NL Central. The Cincinnati offense has compiled a .249 batting average as a team this season, good for sixth in the National League. Nick Castellanos leads the team with a mark of .347.
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Why the Detroit Lions are 'really impressed' with third-year LB Jahlani Tavai Jahlani Tavai's future with the Detroit Lions seems murky as a scheme-specific linebacker who has struggled in his first two NFL seasons. But new Lions linebackers coach Mark DeLeone insisted Thursday that he's excited about Tavai and what he can do for ...
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All-NBA Voting to Boost Lillard's Claim to "Greatest Blazers Player Ever" Title Barring a completely unforeseen voting outcome, Lillard is a virtual lock to earn a spot on one of the All-NBA teams this year. Once all the votes and ballots are revealed, Lillard will establish a clear-cut lead over Clyde Drexler when it comes to All-NBA ...
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Michigan football adds 358-pound DL Jordan Whittley, a grad transfer from Oregon State Michigan football just added some depth to the defensive line. Graduate transfer defensive lineman Jordan Whittley committed to the Wolverines on Friday morning, announcing his decision via Twitter. Whittley, who previously played at Oregon State, was ...
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'I'm playing well enough to do it:' Phil Mickelson blisters back nine at PGA Phil Mickelson watches a drive during the first round of the PGA Championship. Getty Images. Phil Mickelson, his ball pegged into the ground on the 1st hole on the Ocean Course at Kiawah ...
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What you need to know about Kiawah Island Golf Resort's *other* 4 courses Not all the rounds this week at Kiawah Island Golf Resort will be played with the Wanamaker Trophy on the line. In addition to the Pete Dye-designed Ocean Course, host of the 2021 PGA Championship, the luxe Lowcountry resort is home to four other ...
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Orioles take 3-game slide into matchup with Nationals Baltimore Orioles (17-26, fifth in the AL East) vs. Washington Nationals (17-23, fifth in the NL East). Washington; Friday, 7:05 p.m. EDT. PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Jorge Lopez (1-4, 6.35 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 34 strikeouts) Nationals: Stephen Strasburg (0-1 ...
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Corey Kluber's no-hitter was for everyone else Torres was the shortstop for the no-hitter in his first game back from the COVID list, but the rest of the Yankees who tested positive are still isolating in Tampa. Boone said he was communicating with the quarantined coaches from afar, including pitching coach ...
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Syracuse women's lacrosse faces familiar foe Florida in NCAA quarterfinals Syracuse, N.Y. -- In a typical season, coach Gary Gait would have scheduled his Syracuse women's lacrosse team to play the University of Florida during the regular season. Gait takes pride in putting together one of the toughest schedules in college lacrosse, ...
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Red Bull adds serrations to F1 diffuser for Monaco GP The design, which only appeared on Max Verstappen's car during FP1, features a revised outer section, whereby a serrated edge has been applied to the two innermost Gurney-like extensions that run around the periphery of the diffuser.
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Patrick Mahomes discusses learning from Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter It turns out the National Football League owes serious credit to some of Major League Baseball's greatest players of the '90s and '00s. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes says he learned so much about the proper approach to being a ...
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LSU football schedule: Who will hand Ed Orgeron's Tigers their first loss in 2021? The 2019 Bayou Bengals went 15-0 en route to a perfect College Football Playoff National Championship-winning season. They were on top of the world. Had it not been for a rogue shoe in Gainesville, there is a great chance LSU would have been a sub-.500 ...
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With no plan for winning, Rockies turn to filling seats in 2022 When I was 15 years old, I was unbelievably lucky to be able to go to the Home Run Derby at Coors Field. Somehow, my dad was given tickets a few rows behind the first base dugout and my mom and I got to go. After caving to the boos he received when he ...
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Overtime Elite basketball league begins building roster, inks twin high school juniors from Florida Matt and Ryan Bewley, twin power forwards from Florida who are both ranked among the top 20 high school juniors in the country, inked two-year deals with Overtime on Friday, marking a significant milestone for a league that plans to compete with the NCAA ...
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Patriots DL Lawrence Guy explains hidden benefit of team's big offseason It's not the old faces that excite Lawrence Guy so much as the old heads. The Patriots' co-captain and defensive tackle told reporters Thursday he's particularly happy former teammates Kyle Van Noy and Dont'a Hightower have returned this offseason, among ...
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Sixers have ideal path to the Eastern Conference Finals We now know the Sixers' first-round opponent will be the Washington Wizards. The Sixers swept the season series. Perhaps the best news to come out of the end of the season — other than ending injury-free — was how the bracket shaped out.
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Why Steve Kerr Thinks Warriors' Loss to Lakers Will Help Vs. Grizzlies With the loss at Staples Center, the Warriors now have to face the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday at Chase Center with the winner earning the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference and the loser going home.
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