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Texas Tech Women’s Basketball Coach Marlene Stollings Fired After Reports Of Abuse

Following a scathing report by the Star Tribune detailing many players’ accounts of abuse in the Texas Tech women’s basketball program, coach Marlene Stollings has been fired after an investigation. In the Tribune‘s report, there were…

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WATCH: Yankees Manager Aaron Boone Confront Philly Umpires Over ‘Fandemic Crew’ Using Airhorns Outside Stadium

In a world where sports have no fans, we should have known that Philadelphia fans would find a way to disrupt other teams even when they couldn’t be in the stadium. During Thursday’s game between…

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WATCH: A’s Coach Ryan Christenson Apologizes After Joking With Nazi Salute

Oakland Athletics bench coach Ryan Christenson was caught using a Nazi saute towards A’s player Liam Hendriks after the A’s 6-4 win over the Texas Rangers. “I made a mistake and will not deny it,”…

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Dutch Cyclist Fabio Jakobsen Put In A Medically Induced Coma After Crash During Tour de Pologne

Tragedy struck during a cycling race on the Tour de Pologne in Katowice, Poland on Wednesday. Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen was placed in a medically induced coma after suffering serious injuries at a crash during…

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MLS Commisioner Don Garber Says He Want Games With Fans ‘Where We Can’

During the MLS Is Back Tournament, the commissioner, Don Garber, said that teams will play in front of fans “where we can” and the regular season will resume soon. “Fifty-one games in 35 days and…

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Jon Gruden Faked COVID-19 Diagnosis To Scare Raiders’ Players

In what is perhaps the most Jon Gruden thing that Gruden has ever done, it has been reported that while the team was on a Zoom call the coach got the Raiders’ special teams’ coach to tell…

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Bruins Lose First Seed IN NHL Round Robin Tournament: ‘That Part Sucks!’

When the NHL season was suspended, the Bruins had the best record (44-14-12). But the team will not be the first or second seed when the 16 team playoff starts next week. This is because…

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Atlanta Dream Players Protest Co-Owner GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler By Wearing Shirts Supporting Opponent Rev. Raphael Warnock

Tensions continue to rise between Atlanta Dream players and co-owner, Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who is a vocal advocate for President Donald Trump and against the Black Lives Matter movement. Since her criticism, Dream players have…

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Rafael Nadal Announces Withdrawl From The U.S. Open

On his Twitter account Tuesday, tennis legend and four-time, reigning U.S. Open champion Rafael Nadal announced that he would not be playing in the open this year citing concerns about the coronavirus. “After many thoughts I…

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Memphis Grizzlies’ Forward Jaren Jackson Jr. Out Rest Of Season With Meniscus Tear

With the Memphis Grizzlies fumbling away the eight seed in the West by dropping their first three games in the bubble, their road just got a lot tougher with second-year forward and rising star Jaren…

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Nets Stun Bucks In Biggest Underdog Upset … In A Long Time

Going into Tuesday night’s game, the putrid and COVID ravaged Nets (31-35) who were missing all of their original, healthy starting five were 18.5 point underdogs to the juggernaut, Milwaukee Bucks (54-13). And, miraculously, behind…

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WATCH: Broncos Install Misting Sanitation Station

The Denver Broncos tweeted out a video of their players going through what seems to be a makeshift sanitation station made from a former spray tan contraption – a COVID-19-era sanitizer! “We want to…

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13 Members Of St. Louis Cardinals Test Positive For COVID-19

The St. Louis Cardinals are the newest MLB team to have a COVID-19 outbreak. Over the weekend, the league released a statement giving more specifics about the incident. “The Cardinals have had 13 members of…

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Shohei Ohtani Gets MRI On Pitching Arm After Disastrous Showing

Anaheim Angels’ DH/Pitcher Shohei Ohtani is going to get an MRI on his pitching arm after telling the team that he was experiencing discomfort. Ohtani, who got Tommy John surgery almost two years ago, returned to…

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NHL Announces Zero Positive COVID Tests For Traveling Teams

On Monday, the NHL announced that there were zero positive tests for COVID-19 of the 52 person traveling parties for each team that arrived at the two bubbles last week. The teams arrived at the…

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Detroit Tiger’s Relief Pitcher Tyler Alexander Ties Record With 9 Consecutive Strikeouts

In Game 1 of the Detroit Tigers series against the Reds, relief pitcher Tyler Alexander took the mound and struck out all nine batters that he faced. This ties the AL record and is one…

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Iowa Center Luka Garza Announces His Return To School

On Monday, Iowa Hawkeye’s center Luka Garza in a letter posted to the school’s website announced that he would be withdrawing from the NBA draft and returning to school. Garza, a national player of the year…

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Oklahoma State Rep. Sean Roberts Threatens Thunder Players With Tax Penalty If They Kneel During Anthem

The backlash to the NBA restart’s message of social justice and racial equality has begun with Oklahoma state Rep. Sean Roberts threatening Oklahoma City Thunder players that if they kneel it could have negative tax…

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Patriots’ Tight End Matt LaCosse Opts Out Of Season Adding To Teams Woes

The Patriots have, by far, the highest number of players who have opted out of the 2020 season with the deadline to do so looming. On Sunday, they added another name to a list: tight…

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Mets Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes No-Show At Braves Game, Opts Out Of Season

In what would usually be a case of classic Mets bad luck and ineptitude is now just another entry in what has been a disastrous restart by the MLB. When the New York Mets played…

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Veteran RB LeSean McCoy Signs With Tampa Bay Buccaneers

In a normal NBA season, there is a time after the All-Star Break and the trade deadline where a lot of veterans on bad teams asked to get released. Said bad teams usually acquiesce to…

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