Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Leonard Floyd able to travel with Bears after scary head, neck injury and other top stories.

  • Leonard Floyd able to travel with Bears after scary head, neck injury

    The disappointment of another Bears defeat was compounded Sunday by another round of serious injuries to key players.Four starters left and did not return to the 22-16 loss to the Giants. Outside linebacker Leonard Floyd (neck) and Zach Miller (broken right foot) were the most severely affected. Floyd was released from the hospital Sunday evening, an uplifting development after a scary sequence in the fourth quarter. He traveled with the team back to Chicago.Floyd dived headfirst into defensiv..
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  • Texas AD says Charlie Strong to be evaluated after next game

    Texas AD says Charlie Strong to be evaluated after next game
    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Texas says nothing has been decided on football coach Charlie Strong. Longhorns athletic director Mike Perrin, in the face of swirling reports that school officials had decided to fire Strong at the end of a third bad season, dismissed them as "rumors" and said the coach would be evaluated after playing TCU on Friday. Perrin, who has been publicly supportive of Strong all season, didn't say Strong would return. "There are a number of rumors out there about the status ..
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  • After avoiding its usual slow start to season, Seattle is a clear Super Bowl contender

    After avoiding its usual slow start to season, Seattle is a clear Super Bowl contender
    SEATTLE – It seems like something similar happens every season with the Seahawks. The slow start. The offensive inconsistency. The big meeting. Some big meeting. The spark. The playoff run. That’s how the Seahawks operate. They discuss how they won’t start slow, then start slow, thus lowering expectations, only to resurface down the stretch. It’s the NFL’s rope-a-dope equivalent. In October, every October, Seattle’s football juggernaut looks vulnerable, discombo..
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  • Al Horford's return reminds us what the Celtics have missed, and what they can be

    Al Horford's return reminds us what the Celtics have missed, and what they can be
    The Boston Celtics went 4-5 in the nine games Al Horford missed while working his way through the NBA’s concussion protocol, turning in a middling offense while falling in the bottom third of the league in points allowed per possession during that three-week stretch. Brad Stevens and company were thrilled to get their $113 million man back in the middle of their lineup … and Horford wasted precious little time showing why.[Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Basketball contest now | Free NBA Yahoo Cup en..
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  • 40 things we learned in Week 11 of the 2016 NFL season

    40 things we learned in Week 11 of the 2016 NFL season
    SI.com highlights the best performances on both sides of the ball from Week 11 of the NFL. Time40 things we learned in NFL Week 11.(Photo: USA TODAY Sports)The 40 things we learned from Week 11 of the NFL season:1. Week 11 … otherwise known as Shank Sunday.2. Kickers managed to miss 12 — yes, 12! — extra point attempts on Sunday, marking a league record.3. Consider this: Two seasons ago, before the league moved the kick back 13 yards, there were eight missed PATs. For the season.4. Thin..
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  • College basketball: Michigan State survives a scare against Florida Gulf Coast

    College basketball: Michigan State survives a scare against Florida Gulf Coast
    Eron Harris had 31 points and No. 13 Michigan State held off Florida Gulf Coast, 78-77, on Sunday night when a timekeeping error led to a disputed finish at East Lansing, Mich. With 1.6 seconds remaining, Florida Gulf Coast threw a long inbounds pass from underneath its own basket. But the clock incorrectly started when the pass was thrown, rather than when Antravious Simmons caught the ball by the foul line at the other end of the court.  So as Simmons turned to try a winning shot, the buzzer..
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  • The Latest: Hopkins' miss makes it a dirty dozen PATs Sunday

    The Latest: Hopkins' miss makes it a dirty dozen PATs Sunday
    Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson (87) looses control of the ball on hit in the end zone from Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman (24) during the first half of an NFL football game in Landover, Md., Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. Upon review the play was ruled a touchdown. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(Photo: The Associated Press)The Latest on the 11th Sunday of the NFL season. (all times Eastern):___11:30 p.m.So now it's a dirty dozen.A record 12th failed extra-point attempt Sunday came at ..
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  • Amway Coaches Poll stock watch: Louisville, West Virginia tumble after losses

    Amway Coaches Poll stock watch: Louisville, West Virginia tumble after losses
    Check out the highlights from Week 12 of college football and where each team is ranked in the Amway Coaches Poll. USA TODAY SportsLouisville quarterback Lamar Jackson is tackled by Houston cornerback Jeremy Winchester.(Photo: Troy Taormina, USA TODAY Sports)Week 12 proved to be far less chaotic than the previous slate of results, but the Amway Coaches Poll nonetheless shows a bit of movement near the top.Alabama easily retained the No. 1 spot, picked first on all 63 ballots cast this w..
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  • McCarthy: Packers must scramble to save season

    McCarthy: Packers must scramble to save season
    LANDOVER, Md. -- Reality hit the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night: Their season is on the brink after a 42-24 loss to the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field served as the Packers' fourth straight defeat.With six games remaining, they are 4-6 and two games behind NFC North co-leaders Detroit and Minnesota.Even if they stop the streak next Monday night in Philadelphia, the Packers will still be two games behind in the division because the Lions and Vikings play Thursday in the annual Thanksgiving..
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  • Klinsmann "1000 percent sure" US will reach World Cup, calls for patience

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    Jurgen Klinsmann fired back at his growing ranks of increasingly harsh critics in remarks published by Reuters on Sunday. The US national team coach has come under intense scrutiny over the past week as his team stumbled out to an 0-2 record in their first two matches of the Hexagonal round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. Friday's narrow 2-1 home loss to Mexico in their heretofore impregnable fortress of MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio was closely followed by a humiliating 4-0 thrashing at Co..
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