How England's sleeping giants returned to the Premier League

"The Damned Utd" was the title of author David Peace's novel about Leeds United and Brian Clough, who managed the club for just 44 days in 1974.

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College football player Jamain Stephens dies at age 20 of COVID-19 complications

Jamain Stephens, a football player at California University of Pennsylvania and the son of a former Steelers first round-draft pick, has died at the age of 20 of COVID-19 complications. Stephens had played the last three seasons at California University, which canceled this football season because of the pandemic. “Jamain was such a wonderful student [more]

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Naomi Osaka nearly moved to tears by messages from families of Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin

After her win Tuesday night in the quarterfinal match of the US Open, tennis star Naomi Osaka was nearly brought to tears by video messages from the parents of Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery thanking her for honoring them during the tournament.

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Cristiano Ronaldo scores landmark 100th international goal

Portgual star Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 100th international goal on Tuesday, becoming just the second man in history to reach the milestone.

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Trent Williams on facing Chandler Jones: “He’s a rusher with it all”

Trent Williams hasn’t played a football game since December of 2018 after sitting out all of last year in a dispute with the Washington Football Team. In his first game back on the field with the San Francisco 49ers this weekend, Williams draws one of the league’s best pass rushers in Arizona’s Chandler Jones to [more]

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Raiders restructure Cory Littleton’s contract

The Las Vegas Raiders have restructured the contract of linebacker Cory Littleton to free up additional cap space for the 2020 season, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Littleton was previously set to earn $11.25 million in base salary this season with the Raiders. Per Rapoport, the restructured deal frees up $8.272 million [more]

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Louisiana Tech-Baylor postponed due to numerous positive COVID tests

Louisiana Tech’s season opener against Baylor scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed by the schools due to a rash of positive COVID-19 tests at Louisiana Tech. “We are obviously very disappointed that we will not be able to open the season this weekend at Baylor,” said Louisiana Tech Director of Athletics Tommy McClelland in [more]

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