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Legendary Mets Pitcher Tom Seaver Dies At 75

In a statement released on Wednesday, family of legendary pitcher Tom Seaver confirmed that the great MLB pitcher died on Monday. Seaver pitched for 20 seasons and is considered one of the finest pitchers to…

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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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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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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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Patriots Re-Sign Kicker Nick Folk To Compete With Rookie Justin Rohrwasser

As a Patriots fan one of my most vivid memories of watching them play for the past 15 years (besides the three Super Bowls) is when Stephen Gostkowski went from an incredibly consistent kicker to mediocre almost…

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WATCH: Luka Doncic Hit Game Winner For Mavericks Against Clippers

In a legend-making performance that caused Twitter to nearly self combust, 21-year-old Dallas Mavericks superstar guard, Luka Doncic had his coming out party by dropping a 43-17-13 on the two seed and presumptive Western Conference Finals…

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Minnesota Timberwolves Win Number One Pick In Draft Lottery

On what has been a dark couple decades for the Timberwolves, having not made the playoffs since the days of Keving Garnett in Minnesota, you cannot ascribe those struggle to lack of draft luck with the…

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Astros Rocky Start Continues With Alex Bregman Injury

While the MLB restart has not been the smoothest operation that has ever been executed in sports, the Houston Astros have had a particularly rocky start – they are only behind the two teams which…

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Hornets Suspend Announcer John Focke For Use Of Racial Slur In Tweet

While tweeting about Monday’s game between the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets announcer John Focke tweeted about his excitement for the game except, in what seemed like a typo, he used the N-word in…

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Kristaps Porzingis Ejected As Mavericks Drop Game One To Clippers

In what was a tight, back and forth game between the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night, a scuffle between Clippers forward Marcus Morris and Mavericks’ star guard Luka Doncic broke out that led to…

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Marco Andretti Wins Pole For Indy 500

NASCAR driver Marco Andretti is a second-generation racer – his grandfather Mario Andretti notably having issues with the Indy 500 when he won the race only once in 1969 then never again, going 1-29 at the Indy…

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Chiefs Resign Travis Kelce, Bills Re-Up Dion Dawkins In Preparation For Super Bowl Runs

On Thursday, two AFC contenders the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills announced contract extensions for one of their young stars – the Chiefs said that they were signing star tight-end Travis Kelce to…

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Giannis Antetokounmpo Suspended For Last Seeding Game For Headbutting Moritz Wagner

During Tuesday’s game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Washington Wizards Bucks’ star Giannis Antetokounmpo clearly incensed by something hauled off and headbutted Wizards forward Moritz Wagner. Antetokounmo was immediately ejected for this and will now be suspended for…

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