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NFL and Kaepernick still at odds on failed workout
A week after Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout fell apart, disagreements and distrust about it remain on issues such as its timing, who was invited and who could film the quarterback. In conversations with The Associated…
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Snowboarding visionary Jake Burton Carpenter dies at 65
Whether you had a gold medal hanging from your neck, were just learning how to stand on a snowboard, or were one of those flustered skiers wondering where all the kids in the baggy pants…
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Raptors reward sports science guru with VP role, extension
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Raptors sports science guru Alex McKechnie has been given a promotion and contract extension. The Scotsman has earned a reputation for his innovative treatments for injured players. The NBA champions said…
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Essay: What is America’s game? 3 sports, 3 American eras
What is America’s game? Is it the quirky and cerebral sport that, in its highest form, is unfolding this week in the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals? Baseball is, after…
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Clemson’s dominance provides lift for struggling ACC
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson is once again sitting atop the Atlantic Coast Conference — and the third-ranked Tigers are putting the struggling league on their back and bringing the ACC along for the championship…
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Rags to riches: MLB to open NYC retail store at new offices
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s new office will have a rags-to-riches component. The commissioner’s office said Monday it will open its first permanent retail location in the U.S., the MLB Flagship Store, next…
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ESPN reports Angels PR employee supplied Skaggs with opioids
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels say they don’t know whether a longtime public relations official had been providing drugs to late pitcher Tyler Skaggs, as detailed in a report Saturday on ESPN’s…
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The Lakers-Nets series in China ends _ quietly, again
The Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets are heading home from China, their roles as unwitting participants in a geopolitical drama that neither team had any role in starting or escalating now over. The Nets…
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Amid rift with China, will the NBA be forced to apologize?
When major corporations have done something to anger Chinese authorities in recent years, the playbook has called for one thing: an apology. Marriott issued one. So did Delta. Mercedes-Benz, too. The NBA, embroiled in a…
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Logo a go-go: Gardy bat tantrum on Yankees’ T-shirts
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge showed up at his news conference wearing a T-shirt with a Major League Baseball logo. Just not the logo that’s been familiar for the past half-century. On closer inspection,…
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