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DOLPHINS HOPE FREE AGENT WILLIS IS WORTH BIG BUCKS OR COULD BE VERY LONG SEASON

  CATCHING UP … STILL HARD TO DO (one more time) … LET’S HEAR IT for your Washington Commanders … who  opened their preseason schedule Friday night (Aug. 14) with a  20-7 victory over visiting Miami … which isn’t expected to be  very good this season and, for one meaningless game anyway,  showed why. Former Liberty U., standout  MALIK WILLIS  made his debut  at quarterback for Miami and promptly led the Dolphins to  seven points. It was his only series … and the visitors never  threatened thereafter against a defense missing several starters  yet came up with three interceptions … all on passes that  missed their mark by so much you could have sworn Miami’s  backup QBs forgot the object of the game is to throw the ball to  teammates and not to the other guys. Willis, 2020 recipient of the Dudley Award, completed four of  five passes for 48 yards while two successors combined for 4 of  19 (66 yards). Drafted ...
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CURRY TO CELTICS? OR THE END OF THE TRIPLE CROWN? ONE OR BOTH COULD HAPPEN

  Catching Up Is Hard To Do (… but we keep on trying). Part Trois. CLOSE YOUR EYES … now picture  STEPHEN CURRY  in  a Boston Celtics’ uniform. After all those years with the Golden  State Warriors? You can’t be serious. Well, don’t be surprised if the Celtics pull it off. Now that  LEBRON JAMES  has taken his age-related dwindling talent to Philadelphia, where he’s scheduled to be the 76ers’ point guard (of all things), Boston has got to do  SOMETHING  … so, why not shoot high, and who knows, the Celtics might land the game’s best, all-time three-point marksman? IS NOTHING SACRED in sports any more? Horse racing’s Triple Crown is over … done … finished … kaput … thanks to Churchill Downs and Saratoga Race Track, which have decided to replace the storied three-race championship … with a six-race Thoroughbred Championship Series to be held annually at five tracks including Churchill and New York’s Belmont Park but not Maryland’s Pimlico Race T...
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POCHETTINO GETS ANOTHER CHANCE TO MAKE USMNT 'EVEN STRONGER'

  CATCHING UP IS HARD TO DO – Part Deux U.S. Soccer is going to keep  MAURICIO POCHETTINO  as coach  of the men’s national team for another four years. Saying he was  looking forward to making the USMNT “even stronger,” the 56 year  old Argentinian agreed to a new contract through the 2030 World Cup,  adding that he wanted to have “a lasting impact on the sport in this  country.” That was it. No details. Financial terms unknown … although it would  be hard to believe he’ll get the $6,040,600 he was paid (with the help  of billionaire  KEN GRIFFIN ) to reach the round of 16 in the 2026  World Cup. (Note: Figure reportedly based on tax filing, which should  be accurate, shouldn’t it. Pochettino was hired in 2024, replacing  GREG BERKHALTER , and  while the Americans set a team record for most Cup goals and  managed to win a game in the knockout round for the first time in 24  years, a bad loss 4-1 to Belg...
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