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Brad Ausmus shares funny story about Bruce Bochy, tuna sashimi and an iPhone
As Bruce Bochy entered the final days of his managerial career, his many friends around Major League Baseball seemed eager to talk about him in NBC Sports Bay Area’s “Toast to Boch.” They picked on Bochy’s golf game, which he admits isn’t that great. They also shared some inside stories, such as a wine-filled dinner in Montreal, and overall showed their love and...
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Tony Gwynn Jr.'s Bruce Bochy salute shows Giants manager's fatherly side
Tony Gwynn Jr. followed his Hall of Fame dad into the major leagues in 2006 and played eight seasons with four different teams. He has another fatherly figure to thank for his baseball career, too. Gwynn credits Bruce Bochy, who managed his father from 1995 to 2001 in San Diego, for letting him hang out in the Padres’ clubhouse as…
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Antonio Brown vows to not play in NFL again, hints at filing grievance
Antonio Brown claimed Sunday that he’ll never play in the NFL again — and then fired off a series of tweets that could ensure exactly that. The mercurial wide receiver opened the morning with a Twitter rant, hinting at contract grievances against the Raiders and the Patriots, both of whom released him earlier this month, before turning his ire toward prominent...
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Why Antonio Brown might hate Patriots as he did Raiders after release
Antonio Brown famously celebrated when the Raiders released him two weeks ago, shouting he was “free” of a team he believed had wronged him by voiding $29.125 million in contract guarantees over a reported run-in with general manager Mike Mayock. Brown was released again Friday, when the Patriots decided enough was enough, but the wide receiver was much kinder to…
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Antonio Brown wants Raiders to release him after contract guarantees voided
So much for Antonio Brown playing in the Raiders’ season opener … The mercurial wide receiver woke up the NFL world Saturday morning with an Instagram post that ended with the message “release me @Raiders,” and it didn’t take long to find out why. Brown emailed ESPN’s Jeff Darlington and explained that the Raiders “took away my [contract] guarantees.”...
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Why Tiger Woods wore Raiders hat during Rafael Nadal's U.S. Open win
Tiger Woods evidently had a message for good pal Rafael Nadal at the U.S. Open in New York: Just win, baby. Nadal did just that Sunday night, dispatching Marin Cilic 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in a fourth-round match at Arthur Ashe Stadium, as Woods watched while rocking an Oakland Raiders hat. Woods and Nadal are longtime Nike athletes, so...
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Capt. Andrew Luck tweets ‘coming home' letter after Colts QB retires
Dearest Mother, cue Ken Burns’ “The Civil War” documentary violin music and a throaty, somber voiceover. Capt. Andrew Luck is coming home. The Twitter parody account, which has attracted 521,000 followers (and many more laughs) by reimagining shaggy-bearded Luck as a Civil War soldier writing letters to his mom, delivered this message Sunday morning, after the real Luck announced his…
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Damian Lillard's Marvin Bagley diss track brings fire to NBA offseason
Marvin Bagley wanted a rap battle and, well, he got one. The Kings youngster challenged Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard, who might be as good a rapper as he is an NBA player, during a Thursday appearance on ESPN’s “First Take.” Lillard gladly accepted, and it took him mere hours to throw one helluva haymaker on his Soundcloud page. “Amateur...
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Canadians rip USWNT's sportsmanship after 13 goals scored vs. Thailand
So, what’s Canada’s deal right now? First, some Raptors fans appeared to cheer Monday after Warriors star Kevin Durant dropped to the court with an Achilles injury during Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Then, video of other Raptors fans profanely jeering Steph Curry’s parents outside their Toronto hotel was released. Nevermind that Steph’s father, Dell, is a former Raptor...
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Warriors not only must beat Raptors but all of Canada in NBA Finals
The Toronto Raptors will be a formidable enough opponent in the NBA Finals, but the entire country of Canada might add a whole other layer to the Warriors’ three-peat challenge. The Raptors are Canada’s only NBA team and therefore a source of pride for our neighbors to the North. In fact, prime minister Justin Trudeau celebrated the Raptors’ Eastern...
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