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1 year ago
Nick Saban is back at SEC Media Days, six months after retiring and asking the questions now

Nick Saban is at SEC Media Days again, six months after retiring as Alabama coach. This time he’s asking the questions as part of ESPN’s SEC Network coverage of the four-day event.

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1 year ago
Stephen Curry strong in US men’s basketball team’s 105-79 win over Serbia in Olympic warmup

Stephen Curry scored 24 points, Bam Adebayo added 17 and the U.S. beat Serbia 105-79 to improve to 3-0 in its five-game slate of exhibitions in advance of the Paris Olympics.

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1 year ago
Mavericks star Kyrie Irving breaks left hand in offseason workout, has surgery

Kyrie Irving broke his left hand during an offseason workout and had surgery, and the Dallas Mavericks didn’t provide a timeline for his recovery in an announcement of the injury Tuesday night.

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1 year ago
Jarren Duran’s 2-run HR gives AL a 5-3 win over NL in All-Star Game started by rookie pitcher Skenes

Speedy Jarren Duran describes himself as a player who keeps his head down, works hard and never thinks of himself as being better than anybody else.

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1 year ago
Brandon Aiyuk requests trade from 49ers, AP source says

Brandon Aiyuk has requested a trade from the San Francisco 49ers because the two sides haven’t made progress on a new contract, a person familiar with the star wide receiver’s decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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1 year ago
Scottie Scheffler is adjusting to links golf and his role as best player in the world

The first stage of Scottie Scheffler’s rise to the top of golf felt like warp speed. He went from No. 15 in the world to No. 1 in the span of five tournaments, and that was before he won the Masters for the first time.

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1 year ago
Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant, the father of Kobe Bryant, dies at 69

Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, the father of the late Basketball Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, has died, his alma mater announced Tuesday.

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1 year ago
Baltimore’s Corbin Burnes to start against Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes in All-Star Game

A 29-year-old right-hander, Corbin Burnes is 9-4 with a 2.93 ERA in his first season with the Orioles, who acquired him from Milwaukee just before spring training.

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1 year ago
NFL training camps get underway as rookies start reporting this week

The short summer vacation is over for NFL players. It’s time to begin the journey to Super Bowl 59.

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1 year ago
Carlos Alcaraz wants a seat at the adult table after his second Wimbledon and fourth Slam trophy

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic did not manage to collect four Grand Slam titles before turning 22, the way Carlos Alcaraz has.