Report: USA Basketball invited more than 50 players to World Cup training camp before settling on 15

Team USA will lack its usual star power in the upcoming FIBA World Cup.

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Cooper Kupp “felt great” taking hit in practice

Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp spent the back half of last season recovering from a torn ACL, which meant he had to get used to watching plays rather than taking part in them. That wasn’t where Kupp wanted to be, but he said that there were benefits. Kupp said standing behind quarterback Jared Goff offered [more]

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Sean Lee says latest injury is a minor one

If Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee starts doing a comparative analysis of injuries, you know he has plenty of data points from which to consider. So when he thinks about his latest knee problem, it seems minor. Via Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Lee said his recent MCL sprain — suffered the first day [more]

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Texans sign Gimel President

The Texans cut running back D'Onta Foreman on Sunday and they filled his roster spot with a former member of the team. The Texans announced that they have signed linebacker Gimel President. It’s President’s second term with the Texans. He signed with Houston as an undrafted free agent in 2017 and spent most of the [more]

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Deshaun Watson has more on his plate this year

Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson said recently that he’s learned the importance of “keeping plays alive” by watching video of Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, but there may be other things he can glean from the way Rodgers has played the game. Rodgers is expected to have less freedom to make changes at the line of scrimmage [more]

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Kyrgios and Gauff land titles in Washington

Australian Nick Kyrgios enjoyed one of the "favorite weeks of my life" after winning his sixth ATP title at the Citi Open Sunday.

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Hall of Fame’s decision to treat 15 candidates as 1 may kill the expanded class

The Pro Football Hall of Fame has decided, for the first time ever, to pool a group of candidates for next year’s class and have the selection committee vote either for all of them or none of them. This idea may torpedo the Hall of Fame’s plans to elect an expanded class to highlight the [more]

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