Sports Stories from October 8, 2021 (Change date)
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Rookie QBs getting crash course in up-and-down life of NFLOct 08, 2021 5:20 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - No one said this was going to be easy, rookie. Playing quarterback in the NFL is no simple task, and this year's class of newcomers is getting a crash co...
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UConn coach positive for COVID-19, will miss UMass gameOct 08, 2021 10:40 am - STORRS, Conn. (AP) - UConn interim coach Lou Spanos, two assistant coaches and two Huskies players have tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Saturday's game agains...
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Century mark: Johnson-Klatt call 100th game together on FoxOct 08, 2021 2:00 am - There aren't too many announcer/analyst teams that get to reach 100 games together, but Fox's Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt will reach the century mark this weekend. Johnso...
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Reported racist comment from Jon Gruden draws NFL rebukeOct 09, 2021 7:40 am - A report that Jon Gruden used a racist comment about NFL Players Association leader DeMaurice Smith in an email 10 years ago drew a strong and quick rebuke Friday from t...
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Taurasi leads Mercury past Aces to advance to WNBA FinalsOct 08, 2021 10:30 pm - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Diana Taurasi scored 14 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter, and Brittney Griner had 28 points and nine rebounds as the Phoenix Mercury beat the Las ...
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No. 15 Coastal Carolina beats Arkansas State 52-20Oct 07, 2021 11:10 pm - JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) - Grayson McCall threw a 99-yard touchdown pass on his first attempt and No. 15 Coastal Carolina beat Arkansas State 52-20 on Thursday night for its...
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Pepi scores 2 more goals, lifts US over Jamaica in qualifierOct 08, 2021 1:05 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Ricardo Pepi and the young Americans saw a red, white and blue crowd, a scene seldom at past U.S. World Cup qualifiers, then dominated Jamaica behin...
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Alex Ovechkin injured in Capitals' preseason finaleOct 08, 2021 9:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin left the Washington Capitals' preseason finale against Philadelphia on Friday night with what the team called a lower-body injury and is ...
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Mercury's Nurse out for rest of playoffs with torn ACLOct 08, 2021 5:30 pm - PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix Mercury starting wing Kia Nurse will miss the remainder of the playoffs after tearing her ACL in Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals. The Mercury announ...
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Week 6 Preview: Top-5 matchup in Big Ten; Texas-OU in Big 12Oct 08, 2021 1:50 am - The last time UConn faced UMass was 2019 and it was a wild game. The teams combined for 91 points and more than 900 yards as the Huskies beat the Minutemen 56-35. That ...