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Dec. 20 1921 — Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts the deciding vote to return to best-of-seven World Series from the best-of-nine format. 2009 — Cleveland’s Jerome Harrison scores his third touchdown with 44 seconds left for the winning points and rushes for a team-record 286 yards in a 41-34 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. 2014 — Houston …

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Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Dec. 13 - Dec. 19

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Dec. 13 1942 — The Washington Redskins win the NFL Championship with a 14-6 victory over the Chicago Bears. 1995 — Detroit’s Paul Coffey becomes the first NHL defenseman to reach 1,000 career assists, setting up Igor Larionov’s first-period goal in the Red Wings’ 3-1 victory over Chicago. _____ Dec. 15 1925 — The first NHL game is played at …

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Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Sept. 20 - Sept. 26

Associated Press

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! 2003 — Rashaun Woods of Oklahoma State, catches seven touchdown passes to set an NCAA Division I-A record in the Cowboys’ 52-6 win over SMU. 1986 — Ken O’Brien’s 43-yard touchdown pass to Wesley Walker at 2:35 in overtime ends one of the highest scoring games …

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Jordan Love, Justin Fields begin the season with something to prove as the Packers visit the Bears

Associated Press

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Jordan Love gets his opportunity to show he’s ready to keep the procession of great Green Bay quarterbacks going. “Whatever I have to do for this team to win, that’s what I’m gonna do.” ONE-SIDED RIVALRY Rodgers and Favre led the way as the Packers took control of a rivalry in which the Bears long held …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Mississippi ex-governor threatens to sue news site over welfare fraud comments

Associated Press

— Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant gave notice Wednesday that he will sue a news organization unless it apologizes for statements he said some of its employees made about him in connection to misspending of welfare money that was intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. A reporter for the nonprofit online publication, Mississippi Today, won …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Packers GM Gutekunst: ‘Goals don’t change’ without Rodgers

Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst disputes the idea that trading four-time MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers means starting a rebuilding project. “The goals don’t change around here,” Gutekunst said Monday while confirming a trade sending Rodgers to the New York Jets should be finalized this week. “There’s risk in the National Football League, but I …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Rodgers plans to play for Jets in 2023, awaits Packers’ move

Associated Press

Aaron Rodgers said Wednesday he intends to play for the New York Jets in 2023 after 18 seasons in Green Bay and the four-time NFL MVP quarterback is waiting for the Packers to trade him. “At this point, as I sit here, I think since Friday I’ve made it clear that my intention was to play and my intention was …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Brett Favre is a symptom of a much larger abuse of federal welfare dollars by some states.

Slate

This week, David Plotz, Emily Bazelon, and John Dickerson discuss potential polling inaccuracy, Brett Favre and the larger scandal of states misusing federal welfare funding, and Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s take on Italy’s neo-fascist future prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Nate Cohen for the New York Times: “Yes, The Polling Warning Signs Are …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Amazon’s NFL heads on their ‘Thursday Night Football’ debut: ‘I want to be better than’ SNF

New York Times

Rare is the chance to build an NFL broadcast from scratch, but that was the charge for staffers of Amazon Prime Video. Last Thursday marked the first game of Amazon’s 11-year run as the exclusive broadcaster of “Thursday Night Football,” a cash grab by the NFL for certain, but one we may look back on 20 years from now as …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Nicolas Pepe disappoints on debut during Nice's 3-0 defeat to Marseille at home

Daily Mail

Nicolas Pepe disappointed on his debut for Nice as manager Lucien Favre criticised his side for showing 'tiredness' in their 3-0 defeat to Marseille on Sunday. The Ivorian international left Arsenal to join Nice on a season-long loan last week, despite initially joining the Emirates for a club record fee of £72million back in 2019. Nicolas Pepe disappointed on his …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Jadon Sancho well on course for another fine season despite criticism

Daily Mail

Despite the torrential rain, Lucien Favre was in a cheerful mood when he faced the cameras on Wednesday night. After well over an hour spent hurling themselves against the side of Zenit's parked bus, it was Sancho who finally delivered Dortmund, breaking the deadlock with a 77th minute penalty before Erling Haaland sealed the win in stoppage time. Jadon Sancho …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Jadon Sancho's poor form due to Manchester United talk, says Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre

Firstpost

While talking about Sancho’s form, Favre said: “Every player has slow periods. There was a lot of talk about Jadon during the summer — something like that can be a factor.” Berlin: Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre said on Tuesday that the recent transfer speculation linking Jadon Sancho to Manchester United is behind the England winger’s dip in form. There …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Column: If Brett Favre wants to help Black athletes, he shouldn't back Trump

LA Times

Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre recently asked President Trump how sports leagues should “support and promote an anti-racism position without becoming political and alienating fans?” It’s amazing how far some will go to vilify the sports world’s relationship with the rest of the society as if the games are being played in a snow globe. The latest example of this …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Difficult to accept defeat at Augsburg says Dortmund's Favre

The Hindu

Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre was left shaking his head after his side slumped to a shock 2-0 loss at Augsburg on Saturday, with the Bundesliga title hopeful having as much as 80 percent possession at times but failing to score. On Saturday, however, the side bungled its dress rehearsal ahead of next week's German Super Cup against league champion …

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Jordan Love, Justin Fields begin the season with something to prove as the Packers visit the Bears

Mississippi ex-governor threatens to sue news site over welfare fraud comments

Packers GM Gutekunst: ‘Goals don’t change’ without Rodgers

Rodgers plans to play for Jets in 2023, awaits Packers’ move

Brett Favre is a symptom of a much larger abuse of federal welfare dollars by some states.

Amazon’s NFL heads on their ‘Thursday Night Football’ debut: ‘I want to be better than’ SNF

Nicolas Pepe disappoints on debut during Nice's 3-0 defeat to Marseille at home

Jadon Sancho well on course for another fine season despite criticism

Jadon Sancho's poor form due to Manchester United talk, says Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre

Column: If Brett Favre wants to help Black athletes, he shouldn't back Trump

Difficult to accept defeat at Augsburg says Dortmund's Favre