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Around the Team USA dressing room, players raved about the atmosphere and how it contributed to making the Americans’ 4-2 win over Canada feel like something more than just a pre-tournament game. I polled players from other teams in this tournament, and the majority believe...

Maria Abakumova must return the silver medal she won in Beijing eight years ago after testing positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.

Murray and Soares, who have never before played their finals opponent, are vying to become the first winners of multiple major titles in a season since Bob and Mike Bryan won all but the U.S. Open in 2013. So will a 23rd Grand Slam championship, another record.

Already the most polarizing man in boxing Saturday’s performance vs. Kell Brook has only widened the gap in opinion of Golovkin amongst fans.

But Maria Sharapova was looking happy and relaxed as she manned the phones at a charity event in NY on Monday.

On day four of the Games, New Zealanders Emma Foy and Laura Thompson (sighted pilot) won silver on the final day of racing at the Rio Velodrome in the women’s 3000m individual pursuit.

Paul Casey sure didn’t have an answer.

But, overall, there should be positives taken from Sunday’s game.

“There’s going to be backlash, of course there is”, Jones said.

Some felt his remarkable season in 2014 with the Dallas Cowboys was due to the team’s strength at offensive line, and Murray did not do well at proving people wrong a year ago.

Danielle Hunter, DE – Yes, Brian Robison is still the starter, and he played well yesterday, but Hunter showed yesterday exactly why the Vikings are so high on him as a player.

Confident that it already has what it takes to repeat as champion, Madrid bypassed high-profile signings after clinching its 11th European trophy a year ago, limiting its moves to players not in the starting lineup entering the new season.

Eric Dier and Christian Eriksen have signed new Tottenham deals recently and the club are not done yet, says Mauricio Pochettino. “Teams that build from the back, like us, have more space, more possibility to play and it’s more hard for the opponent to press you”.

Martin Rogers of USA Today noted Dilfer said Kaepernick “is a backup QB whose job is be quiet and sit in the shadows” and suggested his protest was having a negative impact on the team dynamic. It has caused friction.

While the Jets are scheduled to have their first official whiteout when they host the Seattle Seahawks in Week 4, the team will don all-white uniforms Thursday night when they collide with the Bills in Western New York.