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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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ACC Sets Schedule Of 11 Games For Fall Football

While it is highly unlikely that there will be any more college football played in 2020, the ACC board of directors voted on Wednesday on reducing the number of games for the conference to 11,…

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Giants Play ‘Black National Anthem,’ “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” Prior To Home Opener

The San Francisco Giants, who were the first team to show solidarity with the BLM movement in calling for racial justice for systematic racism and police brutality in America when the MLB season resumed last…

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Mike Trout Put On Paternity Leave

On Thursday, the Anaheim Angels announced that they had placed three-time MVP, Mike Trout, on paternity leave. Trout who was expected to leave the team for the birth of his first child in early August, so…

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Aaron Judge Three-Run Homer Leads Yankees To 8-6 Win Over Orioles

In what seemed like a blown lead for the Yankees when the Orioles roared back against them after their five-run first inning, the Orioles were three outs away from stealing a 6-5 win when Aaron…

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LeBron James, Anthony Davies & Other NBA Players Kneel For Anthem As NBA Returns

With the NBA restarting it’s season Thursday night for eight seeding games before they start the playoffs, every player and member of the coaching staff involved in the night’s festivities locked arms and kneeled during…

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Chiefs RB Damien Wiliams Opts Out Of 2020 Season

The Kansas City Chiefs, who will look to defend their Super Bowl this upcoming season, will now be without two offensive starters in their repeat campaign. Starting RB Damien Williams announced on Wednesday that he…

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Mets Shortstop Jose Reyes Retires At 37

On his Twitter account on Wednesday, four-time All-Star Jose Reyes shortstop for the New York Mets announced that after a 16-year career that he would be stepping away from the game. “A young boy growing…

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Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr. Spoken To By Exec After Saying COVID Was ‘Population Control’ Conspiracy

During a Snapchat Q&A, Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. claimed that COVID-19 was a conspiracy meant to control the world’s population. “Personally, I think the coronavirus is being used obviously for a bigger agenda,” Porter, 22,…

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Twins & Cardinals Take Moment Of Silence At 8:46 In Honor Of George Floyd

The Minnesota Twins honored George Floyd’s memory, Minneapolis being the city where Geroge Floyd was killed, at 8:46, eight minutes, and 46 seconds being the time that an officer had his knee on Floyd’s neck,…

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Arizona Coyotes Blast GM John Chayka Who Quit A Week Before First Playoff Birth Since 2012

The Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo and former General Manager John Chayka‘s reportedly contentious relationship showed in a statement that the team released after Chayka’s resignation, which came just before the Coyotes were about to…

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