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New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara now advising NASCAR on growing fan base LEBANON, Tenn. -- New Orleans Saints All-Pro running back Alvin Kamara has gone beyond being just a fan of NASCAR and sponsoring a car. He's now advising NASCAR on how to add more fans as its first "Growth and Engagement Advisor." "I'm excited ...
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State of the 2021 San Francisco 49ers: Super Bowl or bust in Kyle Shanahan's fifth season Where does your franchise stand heading into 2021? Adam Rank sets the table by providing a State of the Franchise look at all 32 teams, zeroing in on the key figures to watch and setting the stakes for the season to come. Members of the 49ers organization, ...
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NBA playoffs 2021: Which superstar was the MVP of the conference semifinals? The NBA's conference semifinals had a bit of everything. We were treated to two thrilling Game 7s, with the Milwaukee Bucks outlasting the Brooklyn Nets in overtime and the Atlanta Hawks stunning the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers at home to advance.
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2021 Chicago Bears Fantasy Team Outlook: End the Madness! It's Justin Fields' Time! Chicago brought in Matt Nagy to be the head coach after a successful 2017 season as the offensive coordinator for the Chiefs. Nagy had 10 seasons of NFL experience working under Andy Reid. He went 28-20 over his three years as head coaching with two ...
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Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi picked for fifth US Olympic women's basketball team The 12-member U.S. team announced Monday morning will compete in the Tokyo Olympics -- to be held July 23-Aug. 8 -- in pursuit of the Americans' seventh consecutive gold medal in the sport.
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College baseball: Vote for the best College World Series team of all time In the '73 semifinals against Minnesota, pitcher and CWS Most Outstanding Player Dave Winfield struck out 15 Trojans through eight innings and his Gophers held a 7-0 lead. But USC rallied in the ninth to ...
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Sticky stuff 101: Everything you need to know as MLB's foreign-substance crackdown begins To help get you up to speed for the start of a new chapter for baseball, we asked ESPN MLB experts Alden Gonzalez and Jesse Rogers to provide an FAQ-style breakdown of how the foreign-substance crackdown will play out across MLB.
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Sean McVay: Rams are 'not gonna run away from the expectations' The Los Angeles Rams have become kings of playing to win now. Trading away first-round picks for seven years will have that effect on roster-building. The Matthew Stafford trade is viewed as the puzzle piece that could put the Rams back into Super Bowl ...
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Why it's a big deal that Jeff Stoutland returned to Eagles in 2021 "Tell ya what," Mailata said this spring. "I almost had a heart attack when those rumors came out." Of course, Stout didn't leave. He'll be back for the 2021 season, his ninth season as the Eagles' offensive line coach, making him the longest tenured position ...
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It's the City Edition of MLB Good Times, featuring San Diego, Omaha and Buffalo Welcome to Good Times. Every Monday, we focus on three things from the previous week in baseball — fans, managers, players, teams, cities, fan bases or mascots — for which the times ...
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Haskins and Rudolph Both Believe Their Future Resides in Pittsburgh, And That's a Good Thing For many fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been the only face of the franchise under center for a majority of their fandom. A team without a respectable quarterback is sure to fail, and failure has been avoided many times ...
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Late for Work 6/21: Lamar Jackson Extension Expected 'Sooner Than Later' Pundits Debate Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfield Extensions. Lamar Jackson said he's not focused on a contract extension, but that hasn't stopped pundits from continuing the conversation. This time, ESPN's "Get Up" asked its panelists whether they would ...
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US Open 2021: Jon Rahm's gutsy 72nd-hole decision and 17 other parting thoughts from Torrey Pines The 26-year-old birdied 17 and 18 to win his first major championship and become the first Spaniard to win the U.S. Open. He took over as World No. 1 in the process … at the same spot he proposed to his wife … on his first Father's Day as a dad …
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Buxton, Maeda, Twins win 4th in row; Texas skid hits 6 The Twins matched their longest winning streak of the season. Minnesota slugger Nelson Cruz exited with neck tightness after singling in the first inning and striking out on three pitches in the third. The Rangers have lost ...
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Rangers look to end 6-game losing streak against Athletics Oakland Athletics (44-29, second in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (25-46, fifth in the AL West). Arlington, Texas; Monday, 8:05 p.m. EDT. PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Frankie Montas (7-6, 4.21 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 81 strikeouts) Rangers: Kyle Gibson ...
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Rally Cycling plays numbers game to dominate race for men's USA road title They came away with the overall victory after a powerful ride by Joey Rosskopf, a third place with Kyle Murphy, a seventh from Gavin Mannion, and with five other riders finishing the race. Only 28 riders in total completed the event.
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MLB rumors: Yankees' long-term fix at 1st base is blockbuster offseason deal for ex-MVP The Yankees have a problem that was once looked at as an incredible strength. From 1984-2015, the first base position was primarily manned by four stars: Don Mattingly, Tino Martinez, Jason Giambi and Mark Teixeira. They were different, but incredible.
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Past, future collide for one Michigan football family as Dr. Anderson scandal reverberates Both agree the worst of it has been consigned to a bygone era and shouldn't affect the current team. But Deon and Will Johnson understand they can't ignore it even though they don' ...
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VGK@MTL: Game 4 Recap The big story entering the contest was Golden Knights' head coach Peter DeBoer's decision to start backup Robin Lehner in place of Marc-André Fleury. Fleury made a costly mistake late in the third period of ...
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'Baby Shark' returns, Kyle Schwarber hits three homers, and the Nationals are suddenly having fun again In the 20 months or so since Gerardo Parra last took an at-bat at Nationals Park, something was missing. At times, it was the fans themselves. More than 30,000 of them packed the stands Sunday, a number that hadn't been eclipsed since October 2019.
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Why Daz Cameron ignored his biggest fan to give Detroit Tigers a 5-3 win over Angels Normally, delivering a game-winning hit to end your team's three-game losing streak would leave an indelible imprint in the mind of a rookie ballplayer. When Daz Cameron looks back at the Detroit Tigers' 10-inning, 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on ...
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A leap of faith: How the Padres believed spending big would make San Diego a sports town again SAN DIEGO -- Peter Seidler was at Yankee Stadium on Oct. 18, 1977. He was 16, sitting alongside his uncle, longtime Los Angeles Dodgers president and owner Peter O'Malley, when Reggie Jackson belted three home runs to famously clinch another New ...
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Tokyo Olympics to allow limit of 10000 local fans in venues Organizers set a limit of 50% capacity -- up to a maximum of 10,000 fans -- for each Olympic venue, and officials said that if coronavirus cases rise again the rules could be changed and fans could still be barred all together.
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Giants' Saquon Barkley spotted golfing — and his knee looks like it's in better shape Barkley's status for training camp remains in question after he missed all of OTAs and minicamp rehabbing the knee he injured early last season. Barkley suffered the injury nine months ago, and ACL injury recovery can sometimes take up to a full year, though ...
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Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour positive for coronavirus GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour has tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss his team's final group match at the European Championship, the team said Monday. The Chelsea player will have to isolate for 10 days.
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Jon Rahm, looking, sounding, acting like a new man, is the newest major champion His talent has been glaringly obvious for more than a decade, ever since Tim Mickelson, then the head coach at Arizona State, perused the world amateur rankings, spotted the little-known Spaniard in the top 20 and emailed him a scholarship offer without ever ...
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All-Star credentials for Amed Rosario, the Cleveland Indians' sleeper candidate at shortstop CLEVELAND, Ohio — When the season began, Amed Rosario was essentially a man without a position who knew he'd be batting somewhere in the Cleveland Indians lineup more days than not. Now Rosario's at-bats are can't miss viewing as the No. 2 hitter ...
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Pre-Snap Reads 6/21: Cliff Avril on what the Seahawks need to get back to the Super Bowl Former Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril appeared on NFL Total Access along with former NFL running back Maurice Jones-Drew to discuss how the blue and green can make a championship run in 2021. No KJ Wright ...
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Buffalo Bills want a new stadium and Yankees will help make it happen The Associated Press reports the Bills are pursuing plans to build a new stadium to replace their aging facility, and have selected a company controlled by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and the New York Yankees to represent them in negotiations, per ...
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Cheese Curds, 6/21: The NFL's long, quiet summer begins Camp in Green Bay will be strange without bike rides, but it would be a lot stranger without Aaron Rodgers as well. The actual important date for his status is just over five weeks from now.
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State of Florida Recruiting HQ Weekend Recap: WR Smith commits to Florida The third weekend since the NCAA dead period lifted was a big one as several in-state players made commitments announcements. Here's a look at some of the biggest commitments. Bishop Moore WR CJ Smith commits to Florida. Bishop Moore rising ...
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Boston Celtics Mailbag: Lonzo Ball trade? Ben Simmons available in a deal? We're running a weekly mailbag during the Celtics offseason. If you have questions about the Celtics or NBA, email brobb@masslive.com or tweet @briantrobb. Now let's get to this week's questions! Any possible package that could be created for a Lonzo ball ...
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Pacers fans shouldn't get too worked up about the NBA Draft lottery The largest lottery upset came in 1993 when the Orlando Magic won the lottery with a 1.5% chance and selected Chris Webber (later traded for Penny Hardaway). Chicago in 2008 (Derrick Rose) and Cleveland in 2014 (Andrew Wiggins, traded for Kevin Love) ...
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KC Chiefs: What to expect from a Tyrann Mathieu contract extension This is music to Chiefs fans ears, as Mathieu has not only been a great player on the field, but one of the teams most outspoken leaders and the heart and soul of the defense. It would ...
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US Swim Team Will Take 11 Teenagers to Tokyo Olympics OMAHA — But for the pandemic, the teenager Lydia Jacoby was a lock to go to the 2020 Olympics — as a fan on a family vacation with her parents. Though she had surpassed the 100-meter breaststroke qualifying time for the U.S. Olympic trials two years ...
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Germany's Manuel Neuer won't face disciplinary action for rainbow armband UEFA were investigating whether this contravened their rules over athletes not being permitted to make political statements. But UEFA said Sunday in a statement Neuer was "promoting a good cause" and opted against pursuing any further action.
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France forward Ousmane Dembele ruled out of Euro 2020 with injury "The recovery time is incompatible with him staying in the squad. After discussing with the player and [team doctor] Franck le Gall, [coach] Didier Deschamps has acknowledged that Ousmane Dembele is ruled out for the rest of the tournament.".
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St. Louis Cardinals remain ugly in Atlanta against Braves Let's discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of it all. The Good. Going into the first of the doubleheader on Sunday, there was hope in the air that the Cardinals just ...
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Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard selected for Tokyo Olympics Laurel Hubbard hefted 628 pounds in two lifts on the way to qualifying in the women's super-heavyweight division for the Tokyo Olympics. She will be the first transgender athlete to compete at an Olympic Games. Hubbard was among five weightlifters ...
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In-State LB Recruit Omar Graham Jr. Commits to Florida State The biggest recruiting visit weekend of the month of June, as double-digit programs added multiple new recruits, wasn't just about the prospects hitting the road ahead of a potential decision. It also served as the final days and hours for those ready to wrap up ...
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Rays Your Voice: Wander Franco promoted, guest Alex Murphy from Rays The Roof I spent all weekend trying to find silver linings from a woeful week on the road for the week that saw them lose six games, four of them in walk-off fashion. Tyler Glasnow could miss a large majority of the regular season, and all of baseball seems to be in ...
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Our latest podcast examines the new battle among PGA Tour events When Travelers took over as title sponsor of the PGA Tour's Hartford event ahead of the 2007 edition, tournament director Nathan Grube vividly recalls a reporter asking him the following two questions at a press conference: "What are you going to do with one ...
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8 Cowboys that could be cut before taking a snap in 2021 That's assuming the top four spots on the wideout depth chart are already taken by Amari Cooper, Michael Gallup, CeeDee Lamb, and Cedrick Wilson Jr. For Brown, he'll have to outshine the rookie and any other standouts at camp to keep his role.
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The Crow's Nest: Brady addresses his playing age, offseason rankings, and a message to the president Marco Rubio has sent a letter to President Biden requesting a waiver that would allow Kinley to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Would Tom Brady play until he's 50? Bucs QB responds to GM's idea
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Allyson Felix, who overcame life-threatening pregnancy, qualifies for 5th Olympics "I thought about us fighting in the NICU, fighting for my life, fighting to get on this track," Felix said after qualifying. June 21, 2021, 5:29 AM PDT / Source: TODAY. By Scott Stump. Allyson Felix's legacy as one of the greatest Olympic athletes in history is already ...
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Taking a closer look at Auburn's wide receivers corps after Hal Presley's departure The Tigers' wide receiver corps lost a would-be summer addition in three-star signee Hal Presley, who entered the transfer portal on Thursday. Presley came to Auburn after a senior season at Mansfield Summit ...
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Dalbec's 3 hits, 3 RBIs lead Red Sox over Royals 7-1 (WJAR) — Light-hitting Bobby Dalbec had three RBIs and was a double short of a cycle, J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Saturday. Dalbec, Boston's No. 9 hitter, singled in the second, put Boston ...
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Polar Park evolves: WooSox fans love Coney Island, Bud Light, and what's that smell in triple decker area? WORCESTER — The Worcester Red Sox roster seems to change by the day, and so it is with their ballpark. Polar Park is open for baseball and has been extremely well received, but it is hardly finished. The team offices on the top floor are still just a dream, ...
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ON-Track cycling at the Tokyo Olympics June 21 (Reuters) - Focus on track cycling at the 2020 Tokyo Olmypics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS. * There will be six different track cycling disciplines at the Tokyo Games -- individual sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit, omnium and madison.
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Ohio State Swimmer Hunter Armstrong Officially Named Member Of United States Olympic Team Armstrong is the first Buckeye to make the U.S. Olympic swimming team since 1956, when Ford Kono, George Onekea, Yoshi Oyakawa and Albert Wiggins participated in the Melbourne Games. He is also program's first Olympian since Dustin Tynes, who ...
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