The United States, which had qualified for seven straight World Cups before missing the 2018 tournament, is among five nations with direct berths in the final round of qualifying.
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NHL roundup: Lightning knock off Blue Jackets with 5-4 overtime win
Braden Point scores 5:12 into overtime as Tampa Bay takes the first-round series in five games.
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NFL notebook: Source says Chiefs’ Breeland to get four-game suspension
Kansas City cornerback Bashaud Breeland was arrested in April on multiple charges that included resisting arrest, marijuana possession and driving without a license.
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Woods hopes Northern Trust at TPC Boston is start of a busy schedule
Tiger Woods hopes to play in four of five weekends, testing his balky back as he tries to reach the Tour Championship for the first time since he won in 2018.
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U.S. Open to use 40 ‘social distance ambassadors’ to monitor players
The U.S. Open announces extensive protocols – from monitors to limited locker room time – as it prepares to start on Aug. 31 after the Western & Southern Open, which starts Saturday at the same venue.
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A QB platoon in New England? Belichick won’t dismiss the idea
Coach Bill Belichick was asked about using more than one quarterback moving forward, and in typical fashion said “if it helps us win, I would consider anything.”
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Patriots owner wins appeal over police video recorded at day spa
An appeals court rules agrees with a lower court ruling that suppressed video evidence that secretly Robert Kraft and others inside massage parlors.
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Sports Digest: Injured Koepka withdraws from Northern Trust, ending season
Brooks Koepka, who is battling through nagging hip and knee injuries, says “My body’s nowhere near 100%.”
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Massachusetts sets fall high school sports guidelines, with no football until February
Officials approve low- and moderate-risk sports – golf, cross country, field hockey, soccer, gymnastics, volleyball – to start Sept. 18, and a “floating season” for football starting in February.
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Top seeds toppled with Lakers, Bucks beaten in playoff openers
Both top seeds stumble in their first playoff game in the bubble as Damian Lillard leads the Trail Blazers past the Lakers and Milwaukee falls to Orlando.