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Sports News

• The Spurs’ 22-year playoff streak is over but the legacy lives on August 14, 2020
  The Spurs won't be in the playoffs this year, but their fingerprints will be everywhere.
• Dame, Blazers survive Nets to reach play-in round August 14, 2020
  Damian Lillard finished with 42 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, as the Blazers battled to the wire against the Nets and prevailed to reach the play-in round.
• Emmert: No NCAA championships for fall sports August 14, 2020
  NCAA president Mark Emmert said on Thursday there won't be fall NCAA championships because there are not enough schools participating due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic -- a decision that impacts 22 championships, including FCS football.
• Betts hits 3 homers for record-tying sixth time August 14, 2020
  Mookie Betts hit three home runs against the San Diego Padres on Thursday, the sixth time in his career he has had three homers in a game. That ties him with Sammy Sosa and Johnny Mize for the most such games in a career.
• Popovich won't dwell on end of Spurs' playoff run August 14, 2020
  San Antonio's record-tying streak of 22 straight playoff appearances is over, with the Spurs being eliminated from contention for a Western Conference play-in berth Thursday.
• Caddie gaffe costs player hole, match at U.S. Am August 14, 2020
  Segundo Oliva Pinto's caddie inexplicably brushed the sand in a greenside bunker with his hand, costing the player the 18th hole -- and the match -- at the U.S. Amateur on Thursday in Oregon.
• Source: Seahawks CB cut after hotel guest sneak August 14, 2020
  The Seattle Seahawks waived rookie cornerback Kemah Siverand earlier this week after he was caught on video trying to sneak a woman into the team's hotel, a source confirmed to ESPN.
• The return of fans to MLS amid the coronavirus pandemic August 14, 2020
  FC Dallas's game against Nashville SC had one thing no other American major sport league has had yet -- fans in the stands.
• Draft-Day Manifesto: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Drafters August 14, 2020
  This season will be unlike any other we've experienced, so Matthew Berry provides keys to consider on draft day.
• Tyler Adams is RB Leipzig's unlikeliest of heroes to emerge from the shadow of Timo Werner August 14, 2020
  While the focus was on replacing the departed Timo Werner, Tyler Adams silenced RB Leipzig's critics and sent them to the Champions League semis.