If major college football games are being played, The Associated Press intends to rank teams. Initial poll will include teams from conferences that have decided to not play this fall. If a spring season is also played, the AP plans to rank teams then as well.
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Yankees top Red Sox as Gerrit Cole posts 20th straight regular season win
Cole becomes the sixth pitcher to win 20 consecutive regular season games by throwing seven sharp innings to lead New York over Boston 10-3.
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Navy football counting on built-in bubble, players’ discipline to keep team safe
Natural barriers and restrictions make Navy one of the safest football programs in the country as universities and conferences attempt to navigate the challenge of playing during a global pandemic
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Celtics sign coach Brad Stevens to contract extension
The Boston Celtics have signed coach Brad Stevens to a contract extension
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Rays pounce on Red Sox, hold on for 9-5 win
Blake Snell pitched five shutout innings and the Tampa Bay Rays backed him with a trio of 400-foot homers to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-5 and earn their fifth straight victory
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Isiah Thomas’ Olympic hopes were denied, not once but twice
Isiah Thomas loved to play road games, and the ones he could have been part of in 1980 might have been unlike any other in his career.
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Sports on TV: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Wednesday (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL 5 a.m. FS1 — AFL: Essendon at Gold Coast AUTO RACING 8 a.m. FS2 — Formula E: Qualifying, Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin 1 p.m. FS2 — Formula E: The Berlin E-Prix, Round 10, Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, Berlin GOLF 2 p.m. […]
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Mike Brosseau’s leadoff homer sparks Rays’ rout of Red Sox
Yandy Díaz and Hunter Renfroe each add two RBIs as Tampa Bay continued its offensive onslaught against Boston in an 8-2 win Tuesday.
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Bruins’, Hurricanes’ Game 1 matchup postponed after hours of waiting for ice
The playoff opener between the Boston Bruins and Carolina Hurricanes was postponed to Wednesday at 11 a.m. because the previous game in the same building went into a fifth overtime.
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Lightning outlast Blue Jackets 3-2 in five-overtime thriller
Brayden Point scored 10:27 into the fifth overtime, and Tampa Bay beat Columbus 3-2 in the fourth-longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history — causing the postponement of Boston’s and Carolina’s series opener.