Scripps National Spelling Bee reduces participants, makes changes to avoid tie (ESPN)

TV Ratings: Why Is the NBA Shooting Air Balls? (Variety)

Is This It for Dion Waiters? (The Ringer)

Tiger Woods leads U.S. to Presidents Cup win: ‘We had to earn it’ (ESPN)

Patrick Reed’s caddie out of Presidents Cup after altercation with fan (ESPN)

MLB threatens to walk away from Minor League Baseball (LA Times)

Agent Scott Boras will make more money next year than almost every MLB player (Marketwatch)

MLB will provide treatment for opioids and other drugs instead of punishment (SB Nation)

Russia banned from Olympics, World Cup for four years over doping violations (Yahoo Sports)

Rockets’ protest of James Harden missed dunk denied (ESPN)

How Chris Paul snitching about an untucked jersey gave the Thunder an impossible win (SB Nation)

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Knockout Replay (Yahoo Sports on Twitter)

Steelers-Browns fight results in more than $732K in fines (ESPN)

Chase Young sets Buckeyes’ single-season sacks record (ESPN)

Memphis’ James Wiseman must sit additional 10 games as part of suspension (ESPN)

Riot Korea fines Griffin, bans team’s former director and coach from LCK (ESPN)

LCS COMPETITIVE RULING: CLOUD9 (LOL Esports)

Dan Szymborski commenting on Anthony Rieber (Twitter)

Sources: NBA considering reseeding conference finalists, postseason play-in (ESPN)

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Will Carmelo Anthony Help Portland? (FiveThirtyEight)

Video of Austin Rivers getting his dad ejected (Yahoo Sports on Twitter)

Lamar Jackson Has Blown Open the MVP Debate—and the Ravens May Be the NFL’s Most Complete Team (The Ringer)

A Hip Injury Has Likely Ended Tua Tagovailoa’s Masterful Alabama Career (The Ringer)

Myles Garrett hit Mason Rudolph in the head with his own helmet, sparking massive Browns-Steelers brawl (SB Nation)

Legal Implications of Colin Kaepernick’s NFL Workout (Sports Illustrated)

How Colin Kaepernick’s Workout Waiver Was Different From the NFL’s (Sports Illustrated)

The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 — part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball (The Athletic)

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Why has a privacy app used by Edward Snowden hit the NBA, NFL and NCAA? (Yahoo Sports)

Since the summer, that’s three players — Brooklyn’s Wilson Chandler, Phoenix’s DeAndre Ayton and now Atlanta’s John Collins — hit for 25 games in violation of NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug policy. (@wojespn on Twitter)

D’Angelo Russell dazzles, Andrew Wiggins rolls and the whispers that won’t die (The Athletic)

‘I just look at it like, it’s his time’: How Brandon Ingram is using motivation from a health scare and being traded (The Athletic)

The NCAA’s Rulings on James Wiseman and Chase Young Remind Us Why It Should Not Exist (The Ringer)

Echo Fox investors confirm Echo Fox is 100 percent dissolved (Win.gg)

Massive Scandal Hits FIFA Community As Cowardly Pros Avoid Playing Each Other (Kotaku)

Inside FIFA’s “dodging Discord” scandal (Eurogamer)

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Alvarez vs Kovalev ending (@DASN_USA on Twitter)

Dorktown: So you want to pass against the 49ers, huh? (SB Nation)

NCAA clears way for athletes to profit from names, images and likenesses (ESPN)

2021 F1 RULES: The Key Changes Explained (Formula 1)

Deadspin’s Last Staff Member Quits. But Deadspin Is Not Dead, the Boss Says. (NY Times)

XFL Draft Pick Corey Vereen Drops Out Of League After Learning Base Pay Was Only $27k, Implies The XFL Lied About Salaries (Brobible)

High School Cancels Football Season, Fires Coaching Staff After Suspended Player Suits Up With New Identity (Deadspin)

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Could the Dejuiced Baseball Send MLB Into Another Dead-Ball Era? (The Ringer)

NFL stadium project reportedly $2.5 billion over budget (Saturday Down South)

Farewell to Brock Osweiler, and his inspirational $1.38 million per start career (SB Nation)

Patrick Day dies aged 27 from injuries sustained in fight against Conwell (The Guardian)

Inside LeBron James’ and Adam Silver’s make-or-break moments in China (ESPN)

MLB Proposal Would Eliminate 42 Minor League Teams (Baseball America)

‘If we are forced to defend ourselves and fight for our mere survival, we will’: MiLB president responds to MLB plan (The Athletic)

Tanking Has Come to College Football. Is That a Problem? (The Ringer)

WATCH: Mexican team let two goals get scored on them in protest for unpaid wages (FMF State of Mind)

CBS greenlights Rick Fox LoL esports comedy series (Dexerto)

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The Mystics Kept Their Cool And Finally Captured A Title (FiveThirtyEight)

Chequered flag error means race distance is cut and Perez scores points despite crashing (RaceFans)

Blizzard Finally Comments On Hearthstone Debacle, Reduces Suspensions And Returns Prize Money (Kotaku)

TSM re-signs star mid laner Bjergsen in “unprecedented” deal (Dexerto)

SonicFox Is “Loving Tekken” Right Now – Watch Out, Tekken Players (TheGamer)

The Greatest, Fakest World Record (The Atlantic)

Arena “Upgrade” Means Pathetic Legroom For Boston Fans (Deadspin)

Flyers debut a ‘rage room’ inside Wells Fargo Center where fans can break stuff (NBC Sports Philadelphia)

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Dorktown: 2019 was the most homer-stupid year in the history of baseball (SB Nation)

NFL finds another illegal hit by Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict (ESPN)

The Skins Made Jay Gruden Come To The Office At 5 A.M. To Get Fired (Deadspin)

Sources: Kansas men’s basketball charged with multiple Level 1 allegations, including lack of institutional control (Yahoo Sports)

Kansas apologizes after Snoop Dogg’s show at ‘Late Night in the Phog’ (ESPN)

Gavin Newsom signs California’s ‘Fair Pay to Play Act’ with LeBron James & Mav Carter | THE SHOP (Uninterrupted on YouTube)

Congressman to propose federal legislation for paying college athletes (ESPN)

Milwaukee Bucks Fined For Observing That Reigning MVP, Whom They Employ, Will Be Offered Lots Of Money Next Summer (Deadspin)

NBA Players Whose Listed Heights Were Not True (Home of Playmakers)

The NBA’s China-Daryl Morey backlash, explained (Washington Post)

Crueler and Dumber by the Day: On ‘Sports Illustrated’ and a Dark Media Landscape (The Ringer)

Plastic sandwich bag caused Magnussen’s pace drop-off (Motorsport)

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The Oakland A’s Have Managed To Exceed Expectations … Again (FiveThirtyEight)

What now for Antonio Brown? Answering the biggest questions around his release (ESPN)

Jaguars rookie QB Gardner Minshew becoming NFL cult hero: ‘I do some pretty weird stuff’ (USA Today)

The NFL Is Reportedly Gearing Up For An Investigation Into Whether Or Not The Dolphins Are Tanking (BroBible)

Eli Manning Was An All-Time Average QB (FiveThirtyEight)

Gaming industry veterans raise $17 million to launch VENN, an esports network (CNBC)

There Are New Tampering Rules in the NBA, but Will Anyone Follow Them? (The Ringer)

Sarah Thomas: Woman first to swim Channel four times non-stop (BBC)

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There were no Americans on the FIBA All-World Cup Team (Yahoo Sports)

10 things we’ll never forget about this senseless Las Vegas Aces halfcourt WNBA Playoff game-winner (SB Nation)

Opinion: Red Sox must answer some big questions after firing Dave Dombrowski (USA Today)

Christian Yelich’s injury is crushing, but there’s still hope for the Brewers (SB Nation)

California Lawmakers Pass Bill Allowing College Athletes To Profit From Endorsements (Deadspin)

LeBron James’ ‘Taco Tuesday’, and the oddest trademark attempts in sports (SB Nation)

Alabama is tracking students’ locations to penalize them for leaving football games early (Montgomery Advertiser)

Colts to stick with struggling Vinatieri as kicker (ESPN)

Ravens QB Jackson setting marks with arm, legs (ESPN)

Odell Beckham Jr. Says Gregg Williams Told His Players To Hurt Beckham In A Preseason Game (Deadspin)

The Miami Dolphins Really Want to Be the Worst Team in NFL History (Slate)

‘Seriously?????’ Porn site causes stir with bid for Heat to play in ‘BangBros Center’ (Miami Herald)

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