(SportsNetwork.com) – Aiming to win three in a row for the first time this season, the Houston Astros may catch a break on Friday night. That’s because the Chicago White Sox are expected to rest slugger Jose Abreu in the opener of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park. Abreu, …
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MIAMI – Dolphins safety Don Jones has completed educational training arranged by the team after he sent a negative tweet about Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be selected in the NFL draft. Shortly after the St. Louis Rams drafted Sam, Jones tweeted “OMG” and “Horrible.” Jones subsequently …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Days after losing LeBron James to free agency, the Miami Heat have apparently began trying to replace him by signing Luol Deng. Deng, a two-time All-Star, reportedly signed a two-year, $20 million deal with the Heat, according to the Miami Herald. Deng also has the right to opt …
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NEW YORK – The NFL will limit the number of underclassmen who can receive evaluations for the draft to five from a single school, although special exceptions will be allowed. Concerned about the record 107 underclassmen who applied for this year’s draft, and with 37 of them not selected, the …
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DAVIE, Fla. – Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey and running back Knowshon Moreno are starting training camp on the physically unable to perform list. The moves were expected as camp began Friday. Pouncey is expected to miss at least a couple of games and perhaps more while he recovers from …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – One of the major reasons the Philadelphia Eagles went from worst to first in the NFC East a year ago was their impressive offensive line. The Eagles’ blockers were one of just two O-Lines in the NFL in which all five starters were there for all 16 games, …
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Frisco, TX – Frisco, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – FC Dallas got its 2014 campaign off to a good start on Saturday as Blas Perez scored a goal and assisted on another in a 3-2 Dallas win over the Montreal Impact at Toyota Stadium. The Impact got off to a quick start …
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METAIRIE, La. – The New Orleans Saints have relinquished their short-term injured reserve designation for this season by cutting rookie linebacker Khairi Fortt on Monday, one week before he would have been eligible to return to practice. The short-term injured reserve rule was created by the NFL in 2012 to …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – REPORT DATE: July 24 SITE: Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL CAMP CONFIDENTIAL: Bears general manager Phil Emery spent his offseason trying to upgrade a defense which collapsed in 2013, focusing largely on the front four. Chicago bid adieu to veterans Julius Peppers, Henry Melton and Corey Wootton and …
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Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) – Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado left Monday night’s game against the Yankees after suffering an apparent knee injury. Machado collapsed at the plate and clutched his right knee after hitting a broken-bat grounder to shortstop in the third inning. He needed help walking off the …
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