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Despite Call With Trump, Big Ten Football’s Return Remains Unlikely

Much like Schrodinger’s Cat, the past few weeks it seems like Big Ten football both will and won’t be played with the league seeming to flip flop on its intentions regarding the fall season. While…

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WATCH: Giants’ Alex Dickerson Makes History With Three Home Runs Against Colorado

On Tuesday, the Giants’ Alex Dickerson joined very prestigious company by hitting three home runs and batting in six players in the Giants 23-6 routing over the Colorado Rockies. Dickerson finished with 16 total bases (three…

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Indians Trade Star Pitcher Mike Clevinger To Padres

Just a few days after it was reported that Indians’ star pitcher Mike Clevinger was slammed by his teammates during a team meeting for breaking the coronavirus code of conduct, he was traded to the San Diego…

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Nuggets Eliminate Jazz 80-78 In A Strange Game Seven

It is a common aspect of game sevens that players tend to tighten up, and there end up being rock fights. While, on the surface, one could guess that that would be the case again…

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Jags Waive RB & Former First-Round Pick Leonard Fournette

On Monday, the Jacksonville Jaguars announced that they were waiving running back and former number for overall pick Leonard Fournette after three disappointing season with the team. Jaguar’s coach Doug Marrone was blunt about the reason for the…

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Jon Rahm Beats Dustin Johnson At Socially Distanced BMW Championship

The BMW Championship ended in a thriller on Sunday with the tour’s hottest golfer Jon Rahm facing off against tour veteran Dustin Johnson in an exciting series of back nine holes. Johnson hit a 45-yard putt that would…

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Coco Gauff Has First Round Exit At U.S. Open

On Monday, 16-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff failed to reach the second round of a major, losing to Anastasija Sevastova in three sets. This was a shocking upset that some are attributing to the fact that…

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Bruins’ Season Over In Round Two After Game Five Double OT Loss

The Bruins were the best team in hockey when the season was suspended in March. They were not able to keep the ball rolling heading into the NHL restart. When play returned, there was a…

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Colby Covington Goes After NBA Players For Boycotting Games For Social Justice

UFC #2 Welterweight Contender and resident troll Colby Covington went after NBA players on Twitter for boycotting their games in the name of social justice. Everybody in the UFC community, except for Joe Rogan, has dismissed Covington since…

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Naomi Osaka Won’t Play In W&S Semi In Protest Of The Jacob Blake Shooting

On her Twitter account Wednesday, Naomi Osaka announced that she would be boycotting playing in the Western & Southern Tournament semi-finals to protest police brutality in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed…

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Legendary Georgetown Basketball Coach John Thompson Jr. Dies At 78

On Sunday, it was announced that legendary Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson Jr. died at the age of 78. Thompson led the school to a 1984 national championship, a team that featured NBA legend Patrick…

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Nugget’s Jamal Murray Drops 50 To Take Jazz To Game Seven

The first round series between the Jazz and Nuggets has been highlighted by gaudy stat lines and finals scores. There has not been as many highlights on the defensive end of the floor. The series…

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NFL Teams Cancel Practice On Friday And Ravens Release Powerful BLM Statement

Following a week of protests across all major sports, some NFL teams are canceling practice for the second day in a row to protest the shooting of unarmed black man, Jacob Blake. One team among…

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Michael Jordan Acts As Go-Between For Players & Owners

When the NBA shut down on Saturday the restart seemed to be up in the air for a 12-hour period. Players were understandably upset by the shooting of another unarmed black man by police and…

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NFL Teams Cancel Practice In Wake Of Jacob Blake Shooting

In what became a national boycott of sports on Wednesday, spurred on by the Milwaukee Bucks’ boycotting game five of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic, many NFL teams decided to cancel practices for…

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NBA Players Stage Powerful Boycotts In The Wake Of Jacob Blake Shooting

After some confusion before game five between the Orlando Magic and Milwaukee Bucks when the Bucks failed to come out to the court for a shootaround, it was rapidly reported that the team was mulling…

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WATCH: Clippers Coach Doc Rivers Makes Emotional Statement On Jacob Blake Shooting – ‘We’re The Ones Getting Killed’

After the Clippers game five blowout win over the Dallas Mavericks 154-111, Clippers coach Doc Rivers gave emotional post-game comments about the shooting of Jacob Blake that happened earlier this week. “What stands out to me is…

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Clippers’ Paul George Over His ‘Depression’ In Game 5 Against The Mavericks

Let me throw a stat line at you for a currently unnamed player: 19 points, six rebounds, three assists on 37 percent from the field and 27 percent from three. Now imagine that this player…

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Vikings LB Cameron Smith Has Open Heart Surgery After COVID Test Reveals Defect

Earlier this month, Vikings LB Cameron Smith revealed on his Instagram account that a COVID-19 test revealed a dangerous heart condition that caused one of his aortic valves to be very enlarged. This condition likely would…

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LeBron James Calls For Social Change In The Wake Of Jacob Blake Shooting

The NBA bubble has given the league and the players an opportunity to bring issues of social justice and racial discrimination to a national platform. Following the Lakers’ game four win over the Portland Trail…

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76ers Fire Coach Brett Brown Following Sweep

After game four between the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 78ers ended, it was apparent that changes were coming for Philly. Boston having just swept the Sixers, ended what was a disastrous season for Philly. Instead…

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