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Summer is here, sort of, and it is everyone’s favorite time of the year, scouting time. Every year, we do Summer Scouting to preview college football for Vikings fans, but also give them an idea of names to follow and watch in the fall as needs pop up for Minnesota. Are we going to write about quarterbacks? Offensive tackles? Edge rushers? You know it, but why? Because other NFL teams will draft them, just as they will draft every other position. It all matters whether these players end up on the Vikings, the Bears, or the Steelers. We write these so Vikings fans can be…

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SE: I think the best thing is when the first phone call… John will ring and he’ll be like, ‘Listen, I just had to phone you. They want you to fight, blah, blah,’ or ‘this is up for grabs,’ or ‘you’ve been made mandatory.’ That first realisation that there’s a fight, not even at the weigh-in or the press conference or even before the fight, getting your hands wrapped… That first phone call, and that first jitter you get, it’s a hard feeling to mimic. You know someone’s going through hell and back to do a job on you and…

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Lewis Hamilton was thrilled with his second place at the Canadian Grand Prix in what he called “the greatest job in the world” after a great fight with his old adversary Max Verstappen and expressed how excited he was to be back in a wheel to wheel contest, enthused with his and his Ferrari team’s performance.“I love this job it’s the greatest job in the world, I never take that for granted,” he said. “To have a good battle with Max finally, I’m really, really grateful. I am so, so happy. It’s good day of racing, overall, a solid weekend.…

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The 17-year-old victim who died in a tragic graduation day car crash in northeast Tallahassee had a bright future on the football field.School officials identified the deceased as Deontavis Jamario Cooper, a 2026 graduate of Thomas County Central High School.Known as “Big Coop,” Cooper was “one of those rare young men who could light up a room with his smile and make everyone around him feel valued,” according to his football coach Justin Rogers.”We were so excited to watch him begin the next chapter of his life at Tulane next week and continue pursuing his dream of playing college football,”…

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The NBA released its All-NBA teams on Sunday, with the usual cast of characters leading the charge. But there were a number of players who didn’t make the cut, such as Portland’s Deni Avdija, New York’s Karl-Anthony Towns and Toronto’s Scottie Barnes, among others. As you might have guessed, NBA fans and pundits had some thoughts on that after Sunday’s announcement:This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the “source preferences” page here.For more from Bleacher Report, check out our B/R app, homepage and social feeds—including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.

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If in the room they had felt at all judged, guilty, or shameful, there were no such emotions on fight night, with gloves on their hands and an opponent’s face the target. It was, to them, just another mode of expression, punching people. It was no different than what the others were doing in the rooms, only easier and less risky. Better yet, by the time Garcia and Benn returned to the ring to express themselves, they were greeted not with silence, as in the rooms, but a wall of sound – applause, cheers, roars – which mitigated the threat…

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Jofra Archer starred for Rajasthan Royals as they secured the final play-off spot in the Indian Premier League with a 30-run win over Mumbai Indians.The England seamer struck 32 from 15 balls in the Royals innings, then returned figures of 3-17 as Mumbai closed on 175-9 chasing 206.The result helped Archer’s side leapfrog Punjab Kings into fourth place and also knocked Kolkata Knight Riders out of play-off contention.Royals slipped from 33-0 to 33-2 after being put into bat, and lost 15-year-old opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for four and fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, caught off the bowling of Will Jacks, for 27.Dhruv…

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Wyndham Clark carded an 11-under par final round of 60 to win the CJ Cup Byron Nelson by three shots and finish 30 under par.The American becomes just the 10th man to finish a four-round tournament 30 under or better since 1983.Clark, who had carded rounds of 66, 63 and 65, scored an eagle and nine birdies to overtake overnight leader Si Woo Kim.The 32-year-old’s approach shot to the 18th left him with a two-and-a-half foot putt for a three, and he sank his attempt for a fourth PGA Tour title and a score of 254.South Korean Kim, who went…

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