2019 draft pick hardly saw the field for the New England Patriots last year, but an injury to Sonny Michel leaves playing time up for grabs in 2020.
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Patriots’ Stephon Gilmore faces new, bigger challenge in 2020
The cornerback posted career numbers last season and earned NFL Defensive Player of the Year. New England will count on him even more in 2020 without some of the team’s more vocal presences.
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Jon Jones: “I’m vacating the light heavyweight championship”
Long-reigning UFC light heavyweight champion says he is vacating his title and likely moving up to heavyweight.
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Under old-school Joe Judge, Giants players run laps when they make mistakes
Wide receiver Sterling Shepard admitted that he hadn’t run penalty laps probably “since middle school.” But that’s what former Patriots assistant has players, position groups and even coaches do as punishment for miscues.
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Sports on TV: Monday, August 17, 2020
Monday (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL 5 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Gold Coast at Richmond GOLF 6 a.m. GOLF — EPGA Tour Golf: The Celtic Classic, Final Round, Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown, Republic of Ireland MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. NESN — Boston at New York Yankees 9 p.m. […]
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Sports on TV: Sunday, August 16, 2020
Sunday (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL 4 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Hawthorn at West Coast AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. NBCSN — FIM MotoGP: The Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 8 a.m. CBSSN — FIM: The MX2 of Kegums, Kegums, Latvia 9 a.m. CBSSN — FIM […]
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76ers limp into postseason without Ben Simmons against Celtics
Set to open the NBA playoffs against hobbled Philadelphia, Boston is in a better place that last year’s injury-riddled and disrupted squad. Jayson Tatum will be the key to the Celtics’ success, but Kemba Walker is slowly working his way back to full strength.
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Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask opts out of NHL playoffs over COVID-19
The Vezina Trophy finalist said in a statement Saturday morning before Game 3 of Boston’s playoff series against Carolina that “at this moment there are things more important than hockey in my life, and that is being with my family.”
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Sports on TV: Saturday, August 15, 2020
Saturday (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL 3 a.m. FS1 — AFL: Collingwood at Melbourne AUTO RACING 5:55 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula One: Practice 3, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 8:55 a.m. ESPN — Formula One: Qualifying, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 3 p.m. NBC — IndyCar: Qualifying, Indianapolis […]
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Commentary: Still time for college football to avoid a real mess and play only in the spring
Paul Newberry: If each side sticks to this ludicrous path, we’re going to have two seasons — fall and spring — that essentially mean nothing.