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Bills sign Nickell Robey to multi-year extension
Teddy Bridgewater sets bar for NFL's sophomore quarterbacks
Russell Wilson and Ciara join Taylor Swift on stage in Seattle
This week in the NFL: Arian Foster confesses, Aldon Smith backslides, Hall of Famers deliver
Cardinals extend scoreless streak to 36 innings in 3-0 win (Yahoo Sports)
Jaime Garcia kept the St. Louis Cardinals’ scoreless streak going. Matt Carpenter hit a leadoff home run, Garcia pitched two-hit ball for seven innings and the St. Louis Cardinals made it three straight shutout victories with a 3-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night. The Cardinals have thrown 36 consecutive scoreless innings since the fourth inning of Wednesday’s 13-inning 4-3 win.
Steelers great Bettis leads eclectic Hall of Fame Class (Yahoo Sports)
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis headlined the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2015 on Saturday night, the sixth-leading rusher in NFL history turning the annual enshrinement ceremony into a de facto pep rally. Bettis grabbed one of the ubiquitous towels synonymous with the franchise at the beginning of his speech and led a chant of ”Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go” as the capacity crowd at
Strasburg strikes out 12 as Nationals top Rockies 6-1 (Yahoo Sports)
Stephen Strasburg really did do a little bit of everything for the Washington Nationals on Saturday night. ”It was top-shelf stuff, and his stuff was very crisp tonight, and he was in complete control, really,” Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. The right-hander had been on the disabled list since a left oblique strain forced him out after 3 2-3 innings against the San Francisco Giants on July 4.
Price, Smoak lead Blue Jays over Yankees for 7th win in row (Yahoo Sports)
Price pitched three-hit ball for seven innings, Justin Smoak lined Toronto’s first-ever slam in the Bronx and the Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 6-0 Saturday for their seventh straight win. ”I sense something different,” Toronto manager John Gibbons said.
Relief for Russia as FIBA allows team to compete
By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy MOSCOW (Reuters) – Governing body FIBA has lifted the ban on Russia, allowing the country to compete in next month’s European championship and other international tournaments, Russian Basketball Federation (RFB) said on Sunday. “Today, during a session in Tokyo, FIBA made the decision to allow Russian national teams to compete in international tournaments,” the RFB said on its website (www.russiabasket.ru).