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2019 is full-on Year Zero for Walt Bell and UMass
Bell has been seen as an up-and-coming coach for years. At UMass, he’ll need to harness every bit of his potential.Bill C’s annual preview series of every FBS team in college football continues. Catch...
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15 QB duels we’re dreaming about during the long NFL offseason
Veteran vs. veteran. Rookie vs. rookie. Clashes between the new and old generation. The 2019 season has the QB matchups we can’t wait for.We need the offseason to hurry up already. It’s a long wait...
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James Harden makes us question what beauty is
James Harden is incredible. The reason people don’t like him is the nature of beauty.Is James Harden beautiful? This is not a question about the beard. (The answer to that one is maybe, with the beard;...
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Couldn’t be me: Preferential treatment doesn’t last forever
This week’s advice column tackles the shock of benefiting from preferential treatment all year, then running into the Warriors. Welcome to “Couldn’t be me”, a weekly advice column where I solicit your...
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There is no answer for Joel Embiid
The Raptors saw this coming, and there was still nothing they could do to stop it.It was almost as if the Raptors could see the future. Within hours of Philadelphia completing a trade deadline deal for...
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Inside Chiney Ogwumike’s chaotic first 5 days with the LA Sparks
Ogwumike is a WNBA All-Star, and a full-time NBA analyst for ESPN. Her latest task? Moving out of her apartment and across the country without missing a beat. Chiney Ogwumike walked off her noon...
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The Stanley Cup playoffs tracker
The 2019 NHL playoffs are here, and right away the team with the best record was eliminated. The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Presidents Cup with 128 points, tying an NHL record with 62 wins. They owned...
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What to expect and how to watch Canelo vs. Jacobs
The biggest fight of the year is set for Saturday, featuring Canelo Alvarez vs. Daniel Jacobs.Saul “Canelo” Álvarez will once again headline a DAZN fight card, this time against an opponent who is a...
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Game Winner, Roadster lead 2019 Kentucky Derby odds
Game Winner and Roadster lead a talented field of horses on the betting lines at sportsbooks heading into the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.Former morning line favorite Omaha Beach has been scratched from...
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The Kentucky Derby is cosplay for rich people
The Kentucky Derby is a sport for rich people -- and for us to laugh at them.It was about five years ago when I first realized that I was too poor to even think about the Kentucky Derby. There was a...
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Warriors underdogs on NBA odds for Game 3 at Rockets
The Golden State Warriors visit the Houston Rockets on Saturday night with a 2-0 series lead as small road underdogs for this Game 3 matchup.The Golden State Warriors are 22-6 straight up and 15-13...
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Brett Hull’s controversial Stanley Cup-winning goal deserves a deep rewind
Yes, he was in the crease. Yes, the NHL disallowed similar goals. Yes, it was a good goal.In game six of the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals, the Buffalo Sabres hosted the Dallas Stars. No one was aware how...
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5 wildest things from the Blazers’ bonkers 4OT win over Nuggets
We have that and more in Saturday’s NBA newsletter.Wow. For the first time since 1953, when basketball was played with dinosaur eggs and players wore huaraches woven from local ferns, an NBA playoff...
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What’s the latest on Ryan Shazier?
Shazier is making incredible progress after a terrifying spinal injury he suffered in December 2017 against the Bengals. Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier suffered a spinal injury in December 2017 and...
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Kentucky Derby payout went from 4/1 to 65/1 after historic replay...
The thrill of victory immediately followed by the agony of defeat.The most exciting two minutes in sports turned into 25 minutes as controversy resulted in a huge upset at the 2019 Kentucky Derby....
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Stephen Curry had one of the worst games of his career and the Warriors STILL...
Houston should be encouraged by its play in Game 3, but what happens if Curry is merely bad instead of terrible?Stephen Curry dribbled the ball behind his back and split through traffic with less than...
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Giannis and the Bucks are growing up
BOSTON — After losing Game 1 of his Eastern Conference playoff series with the Celtics and turning in one of the worst performances of his MVP-caliber season, Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked how hungry...
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Are we living in a ‘Thunderstruck’ sequel starring Stephen Curry?
We have that and more in Sunday’s NBA newsletter.Golden State shouldn’t lose games in which Kevin Durant scores 46, Draymond Green has an efficient triple double, and Andre Iguodala shoots well. But...
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The Kentucky Derby is Louisville’s 2-week bender
What it’s like to live in Louisville for two weeks before one of the biggest parties in the world. Fifty weeks a year, Louisville, Kentucky behaves like a normal mid-sized American city. There’s a...
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The only explanation for Steph Curry missing that layup is the ghost orphans...
Their motive is clear.Some things in sports are impossible to explain away with logic or reason — like this.OH NO, STEPH pic.twitter.com/cn0VZ6vK8v— ESPN (@espn) May 5, 2019How does Steph Curry miss a...
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