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Hurricanes head coach surprises five football players with scholarships at University of Miami

Hurricanes head coach surprises five football players with scholarships at University of Miami

33ft/iStock(MIAMI) — Five walk-on football players at the University of Miami got a surprise by Hurricanes head coach Manny Diaz. As the first full week of Spring football workouts came to a close, Coach Diaz made an unexpected announcement last Friday. Diaz called up Michael Scibelli, Suleman Burrows, Camden Price, […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 3/8/20

Scoreboard roundup — 3/8/20

iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONBrooklyn 110, Chicago 107New Orleans 120, Minnesota 107L.A. Lakers 112, L.A. Clippers 103Phoenix 140, Milwaukee 131Oklahoma City, 105 Boston 104Orlando 126, Houston 106Indiana 112, Dallas 109Miami 100, Washington 89New York 96, Detroit 84Cleveland 132, San Antonio 129 […]

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Simone Biles talks image expectations and ignoring the trolls

Simone Biles talks image expectations and ignoring the trolls

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Simone Biles, a vocal advocate for many women’s issues, frequently calls out injustice and continually uses her platform to educate and inspire. The latest cause she is dedicating herself to is championing individuality and eradicating competition in a realm where the perfect score doesn’t exist — […]

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First openly transgender woman set to perform at NBA halftime show

First openly transgender woman set to perform at NBA halftime show

Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Republic Records(WASHINGTON) — With her soft, golden curls moving left to right in harmony with one another, Riley Knoxx, 38, channels her inner Beyoncé. At first glance, the Beyoncé lookalike is the spitting image of Queen Bey herself; Knoxx says she constantly gets mistaken for the […]

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Scorecard roundup — 3/5/20

Scorecard roundup — 3/5/20

iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONDenver 114, Charlotte 112L.A. Clippers 120,Houston 105Philadelphia 125, Sacramento 108Toronto 121, Golden State 113NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEPhiladelphia 4, Carolina 1Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 2Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 0NY Rangers 6, Washington 5 — OTOttawa 4, NY Islanders 3Boston 2, Florida […]

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Sports League’s Planning For Coronavirus

Sports League’s Planning For Coronavirus

primeimages/iStock(NEW YORK) – Novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, is sweeping around the world with new cases popping up daily in the US and not even sports are immune with league’s across the country and world taking steps to stem the outbreak. While no player or coach in the US […]

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Report: Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale not expected to undergo Tommy John surgery

Report: Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale not expected to undergo Tommy John surgery

Scott Clarke / ESPN Images(NEW YORK) — While it’s still unknown exactly when Chris Sale will be able to take the mound again, the Boston Red Sox have reportedly received some good news on their starting pitcher. A source told ESPN Wednesday that Sale is not expected to have Tommy […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 3/4/20

Scoreboard roundup — 3/4/20

iStock(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONMilwaukee 119, Indiana 100Oklahoma City 114, Detroit 107Boston 112, Cleveland 106Memphis 118, Brooklyn 79Utah 112, New York 104Miami 116, Orlando 113Minnesota 115, Chicago 108Dallas 127, New Orleans 123 (OT)Portland 125, Washington 104 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEPhiladelphia 5, Washington […]

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Arizona state House passes bill banning transgender female athletes from school sports

Arizona state House passes bill banning transgender female athletes from school sports

FatCamera/iStock(PHOENIX) — The Arizona House of Representatives passed a new bill that if signed into law would ban transgender female athletes from participating in school sports. The “Save Women’s Sports Act,” introduced by Republican Rep. Nancy Barto, would require interscholastic and intramural sports sponsored by educational institutions to explicitly designate […]

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Five years after traumatic brain injury, Vermont’s Josh Speidel scores first college points

Five years after traumatic brain injury, Vermont’s Josh Speidel scores first college points

cmannphoto/iStock(BURLINGTON, Vt.) — Five years after a car accident left University of Vermont basketball player Josh Speidel with a traumatic brain injury, the senior started his first Division I college basketball game. The Vermont Catamounts honored Speidel by including him in the team’s starting lineup on Senior Night against Albany. […]

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