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Placeholder while article actions load The Washington Nationals won the first two games of their three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates with an unsustainable formula — leaving runners in scoring position early, only to get clutch hits late to narrowly escape. So the hosts went for a more conventional route Wednesday at Nationals Park, pounding …

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The NFL has informed Deshaun Watson and his camp, the NFL Players Association and Disciplinary Officer Sue L. Robinson that it recommends an indefinite suspension for Watson without pay for at least a year, sources confirmed for cleveland.com. Watson, 26, would be permitted to apply for reinstatement after the season. The indefinite …

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HOUSTON — Late last week, when details of the NFL’s suspension stance in the Deshaun Watson investigation began to privately circulate between parties involved in the case, a source in the middle of it all proposed that there was a single piece of information the league wanted publicly leaked. It was a nugget that would …

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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the UFC Vegas 57 mixed martial arts (MMA) event TONIGHT (Sat., June 25, 2022), streaming LIVE on both ESPN and ESPN+, headlined by the 155-pound showdown between top lightweight prospects Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot. Before that five-round clash of styles …

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Jeremy Brevard / USA TODAY Sports In one of the most surprising coaching hires in recent memory, the Charlotte Hornets are rehiring someone they let go of in 2018, Steve Clifford, to be their new head coach, the team announced friday. The Hornets had initially landed on Golden State Warriors assistant Kenny Atkinson as their …

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After a wild 2021-22 season, it’s time to shift our full attention to Thursday night’s 2022 NBA Draft. A number of exciting prospects will headline the league’s marquee offseason event, including Chet Holmgren (Gonzaga), Jabari Smith (Auburn), Paolo Banchero (Duke) and Jaden Ivey (Purdue). Who will be selected first overall remains anyone’s guess, but those …

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Placeholder while article actions load Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has reached settlement in 20 of the 24 active civil lawsuits filed against him by women who accused him of sexual misconduct, the attorney for the women announced Tuesday. Lawyer Anthony Buzbee called the settlement terms confidential and said he expects the remaining four lawsuits …

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Sports // Golden State Warriors Katie Dowd, Douglas Zimmerman, Charles Russo, SFGATE June 20, 2022Updated: June 20, 2022 3:37 pm Stephen Curry and Damion Lee celebrate during the Warriors championship parade in San Francisco on June 20, 2022. Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE Having four parades in eight years hasn’t gotten any less exciting for the Golden State …

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