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LIV season ending early

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LIV Golf is ending its season one week earlier than planned, announcing Monday it will not hold the team championship in Michigan next week and instead crown the team champion this week 20 miles north of Indianapolis. The 12 events this year — New Orleans was previously postponed — is the smallest schedule for LIV since it was launched with massive Saudi Arabia funding in 2022 and featured eight tournaments. Jon Rahm already has clinched the individual season title for the third straight year. LIV Golf Indianapolis, which starts Thursday at The Club at Chatham Hills, will determine ...

Sanders getting shot to impress Browns coaches

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CLEVELAND — Deshaun Watson made the most of his opportunity this past week to show he should be the Cleveland Browns’ starting quarterback when the season opens on Sept. 13 in Jacksonville. The upcoming week will be Shedeur Sanders’ turn. “I did feel going into last game that it was ...

Jets' Breece Hall suffers groin injury

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets running back Breece Hall strained his groin during practice Monday and will have tests to determine the severity of the injury. Coach Aaron Glenn appeared cautiously optimistic after practice that Hall’s injury wasn’t serious. “I don’t think it ...

Worth the wait: Lengthy delay doesn’t hurt Bucs in victory

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PITTSBURGH — Bryan Reynolds, Brandon Lowe and Nick Yorke each had two RBIs to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Boston Red Sox, 8-3, after a 2 1/2-hour rain delay on Sunday. The tarp came out after the sixth inning at 3:35 p.m. local time, and play resumed at 6:05. The Pirates won their ...