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Stanford running back Toby Gerhart sprinted around, blasted through and passed over Notre Dame’s defense in a performance so complete fans chanted “Heis-man, Heis-man” as he left his home stadium that November night in 2009. In the Big Ten’s first consensus No. 1 vs. No. 2 game in 1985, Iowa quarterback Chuck Long guided the…
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As a teenager, Charlie McAvoy used 100 flex on his right-shot sticks for one reason: Charlie McAvoy Sr. had a limit to how much he cared to spend. “When I got to senior sticks,” the younger McAvoy recalled with a smile, “he would get me 100 flex sticks so I wouldn’t break them. So that…
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We’re always tossing around dream Super Bowl matchups during the regular season, but this game might actually be the real deal. This past week, I spent a few days at the league meetings in Irving, Texas, where Roger Goodell, team owners and executives gathered to discuss league business. While a historic decision to allow NFL…
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It was an April’s day in an era when Manchester City were still playing at Maine Road and a visit from Manchester United was a lot more daunting than it has been in recent years. City were on the attack. The ball was swung over from the left into the penalty area. Gary Neville was…
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The NHL trade market has been a busy place over the past few weeks, and the rumor mill is churning. Once we get through the holiday roster freeze (Dec. 20-27), names of possible trade targets will begin swirling around teams with increased speed leading to the March 7 deadline — whether those names emerge from…
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All of the people involved in this Jimmy Butler business are prideful, and justifiably so. Pat Riley has been on — either as a player, assistant coach, head coach or top executive — nine NBA championship teams. And teams of which he has been a part have made 19 NBA finals. There have been only…
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — And in the end, after another postseason heartbreak, after an emotionally exhausting offseason, after the drama-filled holdouts and the gnarly wave of injuries and the personal tragedies, after a star player’s lash-out and, with a team’s hopes hanging in the balance, an infuriating and surreal tap-out, the San Francisco 49ers’ 2024…
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There were a lot of exciting tournaments, but LIV still looms over the sport. Source link
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By Chandler Rome, Ken Rosenthal, Sahadev Sharma and Patrick Mooney DALLAS — The Houston Astros traded outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs on Friday afternoon, completing a frenzied 72 hours for two clubs confronting a crossroads. The Astros will receive a package that includes infielder Isaac Paredes, right-hander Hayden Wesneski and infield prospect Cam…
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A day after refusing to enter San Francisco’s 12-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, the 49ers gave every indiction that they are planning to part ways with linebacker De’Vondre Campbell Sr. When asked on a conference call Friday if he anticipated Campbell would be on the team in Week 16 and beyond, coach Kyle…