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NBA playoffs 2021: Everything you need to know about the 17 teams in the mix The Celtics, Lakers and Wizards have survived the play-in, but there are 17 teams still vying for an NBA championship. Here's everything you need to know about each of them, including the most concerning challenges, stats to watch and the biggest matchups ...
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Beal, Westbrook lead Wiz past Pacers 142-115 for East 8 seed WASHINGTON -- — Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal did what they do — a near triple-double for one, 25 points in just 29 minutes for the other — and the Washington Wizards reached the NBA playoffs as the Eastern Conference's No. 8 seed by ...
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New York Mets' Jacob deGrom strikes out 8 in 3 shutout innings in rehab start The only batter for the Palm Beach Cardinals to reach base against deGrom was 19-year-old shortstop Masyn Winn, who was safe on a fielding error as the first Palm Beach hitter to face the star righty.
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Will Deontay Wilder solve Tyson Fury in the trilogy fight? Where does Anthony Joshua go from here? So will this third fight be different? Can Wilder's change in trainers be enough to help him solve Fury and take back his title? And what about Anthony Joshua's future? Is Oleksandr Usyk up next for him? And if so, can Joshua survive the former undisputed ...
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Kadri offered in-person hearing for actions in Avalanche game Nazem Kadri has been offered an in-person hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety at a date to be determined. The Colorado Avalanche forward is facing discipline for an illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues defenseman Justin Faulk.
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Twins split doubleheader with Angels on a long, brief trip ANAHEIM, Calif. — The day after a 1,900-mile flight and a few hours before another 2,400-mile flight, the Minnesota Twins managed to split a doubleheader out in Southern California. For the team with the worst record in the American League, a split under ...
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The Bulldog Box Score and More: MacLeod Pitches State Past Alabama When Christian MacLeod is living up to his billing as Mississippi State's ace and Landon Sims is his usual dominant self out of the Bulldog bullpen, that's just about an unbeatable recipe for MSU. That proved to be the case on Thursday night. MacLeod hurled ...
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LSU Baseball Offense Never Gets Going in 2-1 Loss to Texas A&M A lot can happen in a baseball game even when a combined three runs are scored and that's how LSU's game one loss against Texas A&M felt Thursday evening. Thanks to an eighth inning home run out of one of the conference's best hitters in Will Frizzell, ...
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PGA Championship 2021: Will Zalatoris continues to make the hard look easy When you're trading tweets with Happy Gilmore, you know you've made it. Zalatoris' rising celebrity was on display before the tournament began in earnest, playing a practice round with United States captain Steve Stricker, assistant captain Zach Johnson and, ...
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Ezekiel Elliott's dogs send two to hospital with injuries Three dogs owned by Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott were running loose in Frisco, Texas with one of them, a rottweiler, having bitten two people and sent them to the hospital with injuries. According to Tom Steele of the Dallas Morning News, ...
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Former MLB All-Star closer Felipe Vazquez found guilty of sexual assault of teen girl The grand jury in Westmoreland County late Thursday returned a guilty verdict on 15 of the charges facing Vazquez, including statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact or communication with a minor, indecent assault and corruption of a minor.
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Tanev scores late, Penguins beat Islanders 5-4 in Game 3 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Brandon Tanev scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:36 left and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 5-4 in Game 3 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in their first-round playoff.
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Luka or Steph? Who Would You Rather Guard? Would you rather be assigned with the task to guard Dallas star Luka Doncic or Golden State Warriors phenom Stephen Curry? DALLAS - As Dallas Mavericks await for their first-round playoff series to begin vs. the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday... I must ...
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What's keeping Antonio Brown from re-signing with the Buccaneers? NFL news roundup CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers made no secret about their offseason plans: they're keeping the band together. They kept all their top free agents after winning Super Bowl 55. But one name who's not officially back with the Buccaneers is ...
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Carey, Crabtree Lead Duke Past Clemson, 5-1 CLEMSON, S.C. – Senior Chris Crabtree 's two home runs and junior Jack Carey 's gem on the mound led the Duke baseball team to a 5-1 win in game one of the three-game ACC series against Clemson on Thursday night at Doug Kingsmore Stadium.
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Dan Snyder aiming to open new stadium for Washington Football Team by 2027 Projecting win totals for second-year QBs 'NFL Total Access'. According to the report, Snyder ...
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They're alive! Panthers rally from 2 down in third, win in OT to cut Tampa's lead to 2-1 The Panthers beat the star goaltender more often than anyone else in the regular season and scored four on him in Game 1 of their first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. A two-goal deficit to start the third period Thursday — with their ...
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Lively crowd, Clarke home run not enough to lift USC past Vols Tennessee took advantage in the fourth inning, highlighted by no-doubt, two-run home runs by first baseman Luc Lipcius and second baseman Max Ferguson. Jordan finished the game with seven runs allowed, ...
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Iconic Mint-Condition 1933 Babe Ruth Baseball Is Expected To Shatter Auction Records As a 10-year-old in the 1950s Thomas Newman did what other boys his age did: he collected baseball cards. Over a couple of years Newman assembled a treasured collection that was not equally prized by his mother, who thought of the cards as garbage ...
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Ron and Renee Vaughn honored as Lightning Community Heroes TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning honored Ron and Renee Vaughn as the 29th Lightning Community Heroes this season during the first period of tonight's Game 3 matchup against the Florida Panthers. The Vaughns, who received a ...
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Auburn launches program to help athletes with name, image, likeness and personal branding The college sports landscape is on the precipice of change, with several states -- including Alabama -- passing name, image and likeness legislation that will allow student-athletes to profit off their personal brands. With Alabama's law set to go into effect July ...
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Cubs' Joc Pederson: Gathers two more hits in win Pederson went 2-for-5 with an RBI in Thursday's win over the Nationals. For the second game in a row and sixth time in the last nine contests, Pederson recorded two or more hits. Perhaps more importantly, the outfielder has batted leadoff in consecutive ...
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Texans, Cowboys matchup date announced On Wednesday, the Houston Texans announced the details for the third and final preseason game. The Texans will face off against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Saturday, August 21 at 7:00 p.m.. This is 12th preseason contest between ...
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Storm finds way to rally past Lynx, continuing franchise-best win streak against club Dan Hughes will no doubt look back on Thursday's game at Minnesota and fondly remember the Storm's 90-78 improbable win after trailing by 19 points in the first half. On a night when Breanna Stewart was not at her best, the Storm received a brilliant outing ...
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Jaguars' Tim Tebow: Officially signs with Jags The Jaguars officially signed Tebow to a one-year contract Thursday, Ben Volin of The Boston Globe reports. Tebow, who will be 34 years old by the time Week 1 kicks off, is officially a member of the Jaguars' offseason roster. The ex-quarterback has ...
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NBA Awards 2021: Finalists for MVP, Rookie of the Year and Others Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. The NBA announced its award finalists for six major awards honoring the best performers from the 2020-21 regular season. Award winners will be ...
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Diamondbacks' Josh Reddick: Contract selected by Diamondbacks Reddick will start in right field and bat fifth against the Dodgers on Thursday during his debut with Arizona. Reddick appeared in 56 games for the Astros during the abbreviated 2020 campaign and signed a minor-league deal with the Diamondbacks in mid-April ...
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Washington Football Team releases longtime starting RT Morgan Moses Washington was seeking a trade involving Moses, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported earlier this week, giving the veteran tackle the ability to seek a deal. Moses' release would indicate such a deal never materialized, leading to his trip to the open ...
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Gophers land Stephen F. Austin big man transfer Charlie Daniels to add much-needed depth inside Gophers coach Ben Johnson received some timely news Thursday as the commitment from 6-foot-9 Stephen F. Austin transfer Charlie Daniels provides some much-needed depth in a thin frontcourt. Daniels, who played the last two seasons at SFA in Texas, ...
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Maple Leafs fan Conners puts business first as bed beckons Corey Conners has waited all his life to watch his beloved Toronto Maple Leafs meet their historic rivals in the National Hockey League playoffs, but the little matter of leading a major golf championship is getting in the way of his viewing pleasure. The Leafs ...
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Peyton Manning hopes Aaron Rodgers stays in Green Bay Manning told TMZ that he thought Rodgers could host Jeopardy! and continue his NFL career if given the opportunity. The former Colts and Broncos QB didn't wander further into offering his guidance for what he thinks Rodgers' next move should be this ...
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Cubs GM unhappy with team for not reaching vaccination threshold Chicago Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer publicly vented about the team's failure to reach the 85 percent vaccination threshold that would allow them to eliminate many health and safety protocols. The Cubs are among the roughly half of MLB teams that ...
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Phoenix Suns: A look back at some of the team's most memorable playoff moments But in Game 4 of the conference semifinals against the Spurs, with the Suns trailing 2-1, Robert Horry leveled an apparent hip check into Steve Nash as he brought the ball up court, sending Nash hard into the scorer's table. Players from both teams immediately ...
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Scott McLaughlin, working to be IndyCar force, as first Indianapolis 500 looms Scott McLaughlin has made the most of his opportunity to drive for legendary team owner Roger Penske, first becoming a three-time Supercars champion for Team Penske in Australia and now having a strong rookie season in the IndyCar series. No race is ...
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7 charged with involuntary manslaughter in Maradona death Prosecutors on Wednesday charged neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque and psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov, the two leaders of Maradona's medical team, and five other health professionals with involuntary manslaughter. A doctor, a psychologist, two nurses and a ...
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Report: State Champion Levi Haines Commits To Penn State Wrestling Haines is ranked the No. 12 overall recruit in the Class of 2022, according to InterMat's current rankings. The Biglerville, Pa., native is a three-time state finalist and captured his first title at 145 pounds just this year.
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Soccer-Colombia to request Copa America postponement-sports minister BOGOTA (Reuters) -Protest-hit Colombia will ask the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) to postpone the Copa America tournament until spectators can be present at stadiums, sports minister Ernesto Lucena said on Thursday. Soccer fans ...
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Braves' Will Smith: Picks up win Smith kept the game tied at 4-4 in the top of the ninth inning, and Ronald Acuna hit a walkoff home run in the bottom half of the frame. The 31-year-old Smith has now gone six outings without a save, although that's more from a lack of close games in Atlanta's ...
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Hunter Renfroe hitting seventh for Red Sox versus Blue Jays Renfroe will bat seventh and return to right field after being held out of Wednesday's lineup. Alex Verdugo will move to left field in place of Franchy Cordero and hit second. Verdugo went 2-for-5 with a homer against the Blue Jays in Wednesday's win.
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Gurriel drives in 4 runs as Astros thump Athletics 8-1 José Altuve homered on the first pitch of the game, Yuli Gurriel drove in four runs to back Greinke, and the Houston Astros won for the seventh time in eight games by beating the Oakland Athletics 8-1 on Wednesday night.
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Lions DL coach Todd Wash clarifies roles of Trey Flowers, Levi Onwuzurike in new scheme In the past, Detroit Lions coaches have been extremely scant on details when it comes to how players fit in their scheme. Sometimes they said it was in order to get a competitive edge. Sometimes they said their players were so versatile, it would be unfair to ...
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Arkansas Trying to Close Out Regular Season With Series Win Over Florida Florida (35-16, 17-10) was the preseason favorite to win it all, but stumbled some and Arkansas took advantage. Dave Van Horn has a lot of respect for the Gators and is also pleased his team controls its own destiny.
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