The full fantasy football impact of Tom Brady’s return to the Patriots; Greg Ward Jr., overlooked by Big 12 and pushed by Tom Herman, has Houston rolling; NFL players will be tested for synthetic marijuana; Best and worst fantasy football matchups for Week 5; Derrick Rose sexual assault case pulls focus from New York Knicks’ rebuild; The Warriors aren’t waiting to crush the competition. Just ask the Clippers.; Ryan Clark says Tevin Coleman must ‘do what’s best for you and your family’; Orioles are incensed after beer launched from Toronto stands just misses Hyun Soo Kim; Blue Jays defeat Orioles in wild-card game on Edwin Encarnacion’s 11th inning walk-off home run; Rob Manfred says he’s open to placing limits on September call-ups; Move over, The Rock. The Gronk is supposedly ‘dying’ to get in a WWE ring.; LSU’s tiger mascot to be euthanized after cancer spreads; Suspect armed with machete reportedly shot and killed at Colorado’s Folsom Field; NCAA technicality will keep decorated Army veteran from playing college basketball; Angry Tom Brady and the Patriots may not be as scary as advertised; NBA players make their own national anthem statement by linking arms; Ravens fan injured in stadium fight shows signs of improvement; Odell Beckham Jr. isn’t having fun and Tom Coughlin thinks he can help; Not a gimmick: Tim Tebow is headed to Arizona Fall League to play against baseball’s top prospects; Two Czech soccer players to train with women’s team after making sexist remarks; Rangers’ luck is about to run out; Red Sox offense is too much for Indians’ make-shift rotation; Fantasy football start/sit for Week 5: Matt Ryan has been amazing, but it’s time to sit him; The case against pitching on short rest in MLB playoffs
 
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Move over, The Rock. The Gronk is supposedly ‘dying’ to get in a WWE ring.
Rob Gronkowski's friend, WWE star Mojo Rawley, said the football star was very hyped about the possibility.
LSU’s tiger mascot to be euthanized after cancer spreads
Mike VI could live another month or two, but veterinarian says "we will not allow him to suffer."
 
The full fantasy football impact of Tom Brady’s return to the Patriots
The Pats QB is back. So what's that mean for the owners of some of his teammates in New England?
 
Greg Ward Jr., overlooked by Big 12 and pushed by Tom Herman, has Houston rolling
When big schools asked Greg Ward to play receiver, he went to Houston and became one of the best quarterbacks in the country.
 
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NFL players will be tested for synthetic marijuana
Change made by league and union as part of their annual review of the sport's drug policies.
 
Suspect armed with machete reportedly shot and killed at Colorado’s Folsom Field
University's athletic facility was briefly on lockdown.
 
NCAA technicality will keep decorated Army veteran from playing college basketball
Isaiah Brock spent the past four years serving his country. He's hoping to spend the next four playing basketball at Oakland University.
 
Angry Tom Brady and the Patriots may not be as scary as advertised
He could be frightening, yes. He also could be rusty and without a healthy Rob Gronkowski.
 
 
Best and worst fantasy football matchups for Week 5
Who can exploit bad defenses for big days? And who is going to offer diminished returns this week?
 
Derrick Rose sexual assault case pulls focus from New York Knicks’ rebuild
Derrick Rose was brought in to change the tenor of the franchise. Instead the attention is now focused on his sexual assault case.
 
The Warriors aren’t waiting to crush the competition. Just ask the Clippers.
Los Angeles would probably like to forget the preseason beatdown the reigning Western Conference champs put on it Tuesday night.
 
Ryan Clark says Tevin Coleman must ‘do what’s best for you and your family’
The Falcons' second-year running back faces a tough decision about whether to play Sunday in Denver with the high-altitude health risks of his sickle cell trait.
 
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Orioles are incensed after beer launched from Toronto stands just misses Hyun Soo Kim
Could Tuesday night's episode foreshadow another incident in the upcoming ALDS?
 
Blue Jays defeat Orioles in wild-card game on Edwin Encarnacion’s 11th inning walk-off home run
Baltimore’s season ends with a 5-2 defeat, following Encarnacion’s three-run homer to send Toronto to the American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers. This is a developing story. It will be updated.
Rob Manfred says he’s open to placing limits on September call-ups
“I don’t think 18 pitchers in a game is a good thing," Major League Baseball's commissioner said.
 
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