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Arizona Cardinals
Classy Larry Fitzgerald Finally Catches a Jerry Rice Record
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Since unrestricted free agency arrived in the NFL in 1993, rare indeed has been the player who has been associated with one team for his whole …
Charlie Brown
Leader of NFL’s Players Coalition Tells Replay Refs ‘Stay Off the Bottle’
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Malcolm Jenkins of the Philadelphia Eagles is no stranger to making inflammatory statements on and off the field. Jenkins, after all, is best known …
Christmas Decoration
Tebow Gives Rare Glimpse into Personal Life, Reveals 5 Favorite Things in His Home
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Saying that Tim Tebow is a busy man would be a vast understatement. When he's not doing charity work through his Tim Tebow Foundation, he's doing …
New Mexico
Familiar Face Takes Back the Throne in College Basketball Top 25
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Kansas is back where it started the season. The preseason No. 1, the Jayhawks are again the top-ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 despite …
Notre Dame
NCAA Football AP All-America Team Revealed: Was Your School Repped?
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The College Football Playoff semifinalists combined to place 10 players on The Associated Press All-America first team, including a high of four from …
Hall of Fame
Controversy in Baseball Hall of Fame? Harold Baines and Lee Smith Inducted
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Harold Baines was given a save as big as any Lee Smith ever posted. In a vote sure to spark renewed cries of cronyism at Cooperstown, Baines …
Kareem Hunt
KC Chiefs Owner: Team Knew of 3 Separate Incidents Involving Disgraced Kareem Hunt
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Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said he was shocked by security camera footage showing Kareem Hunt shoving and kicking a woman in a Cleveland hotel, and …
Green Bay Packers
Harbaugh Says He’s Staying at Michigan, Not Returning to NFL
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Jim Harbaugh insisted he is staying at Michigan. Responding to speculation he's returning to the NFL, the former San Francisco 49ers coach told ESPN …
Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy Winner Forced To Apologize over Tweets He Made as a Teenager
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Oklahoma star quarterback Kyler Murray became the second straight Sooners signal-caller to win the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night. Murray has been …
National Signing Day
Rich Get Richer: Alabama Flips 5-Star and 4-Star Recruits from Other Schools
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The Alabama Crimson Tide may have come up short in the Heisman race, but they still got some good news on Saturday that will no doubt better position …
Oklahoma City Thunder
Chicago Bulls Officially Hit Lowest Point Since MJ Retired, Lose in Historic Fashion
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The Chicago Bulls recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of their sixth and final NBA championship. Many of the players from that 1997-98 team are …
Michael Jordan
Watch: NBA Wunderkind Goes on Solo Scoring Spree, Personally Erases 8-Point Deficit
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Mavericks rookie sensation Luka Doncic showed shades of Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller on Saturday, scoring 11 straight points to help Dallas beat …
Max Holloway
Look: UFC 231 Ends in Brutal Fashion, Doc Stoppage After Fighter’s Eye Almost Swollen Shut
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Featherweight champion Max Holloway stopped top contender Brian Ortega by TKO at UFC 231 on Saturday night The fight was stopped by the doctor after …
Major League Soccer
Atlanta Wins First Pro Sports Title Since 1995, Captures MLS Cup
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The players bounced up and down on a hastily erected stage in the middle of the field, confetti falling all around as they hoisted the championship …
Trump Cheered as Army Beats Navy for 3rd Straight Year
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Army coach Jeff Monken hopped on top of a wall and pumped his fist toward stoked cadets set to belt out the alma mater. Monken brought the party to …
Hardy
ESPN Reportedly OK with UFC Event Featuring Alleged Domestic Abuser
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If there's one thing society loves, it's a double standard. Specifically, there are certain avenues in life where we simply hold the people …
Alex Rodriguez
Lance Armstrong Whines About Double Standard Compared with A-Rod
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Legendary baritone-voiced crooner Thurl Ravenscroft once sang of the Grinch that “you're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel” as his …
Anthem Protests
One of the Few Remaining NFL Anthem Kneelers Nominated for Major Award
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By any metric, national anthem protesting within the NFL is fading. Not since Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid first began kneeling for the anthem in …
South Carolina
Better Than the Football Team? No. 5 Michigan Stays Unbeaten
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South Carolina coach Frank Martin had a simple explanation for why Michigan's Jordan Poole is so tough to defend. "He makes the easy shots, and he …
NL East
After He Turns Down $300 Million Deal, Nats Appear To Give Up on Harper
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What many Washington Nationals fans feared was all but confirmed Friday when owner Mark Lerner admitted that All-Star slugger Bryce Harper is …
Los Angeles
Ex-NFL All-Pro Dies in Limo Crash
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Isiah Robertson, who was one of the stars for the Rams during their first stint in Los Angeles, died Thursday in a limousine crash at the age of 69. …
National Championship
Tim Rossovich, Actor and Former NFL Player, Dies at 72
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Tim Rossovich, a consensus All-America defensive end at Southern California who played in the NFL before going on to an acting career, has died. He …
College Football Playoff
SEC Commissioner Tells UCF To Stop Whining, Look ‘Inward’
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The Golden Knights of Central Florida were not seriously considered at any point for the College Football Playoff. This is despite the fact that UCF …
Drew Brees
NFL Legend Brett Favre Praises Drew Brees, But Says He’s Not the MVP
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Brett Favre may have grown up an hour from New Orleans and rooted for the Saints as a kid, but he just gave his opinion on who should be the NFL's …
XFL
XFL Plans To Speed Up Football With a Running Clock
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The NFL is infamous for making a game with 60 minutes of clock last forever. The league just gets slower and slower, especially since the running …
Mickey Callaway
Mets GM Gives Big Update on Tim Tebow’s Quest for MLB
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Between his inspirational visits to the USS Carl Vinson and his new gig hosting "Million Dollar Mile" on CBS, it'd be hard to blame you for …
Big 12
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Suspended After Assault Arrest
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Kansas running back Pooka Williams was suspended by the Jayhawks on Friday after his arrest on suspicion of domestic battery, the same day the star …
MLB World Mourns as 2 Recent Players Are Killed in Car Crash
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Former MLB players Luis Valbuena, 33, and Jose Castillo, 37, were killed in a car accident Thursday, according to a representative of their …
Trump To Handle Ceremonial Coin Toss for 119th Game Between Army and Navy
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President Donald Trump will officiate the coin toss before the Army-Navy game on Saturday. West Point made the announcement on Friday leading to the …