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Yahoo Sports’ Transcendent 12: Inspirational athletes in 2020

The Associated Press Gators rattled: No. 8 Oklahoma routs Florida in Cotton Bowl Lincoln Riley will remember this Oklahoma season for a long time. The No. 8 Sooners navigated through the season played under the cloud of a pandemic, and their first 0-2 start in Big 12 play since 1998, to win their sixth conference title in a row, then wrapped it up with an overwhelming 55-20 win over 10th-ranked SEC runner-up Florida on Wednesday night in the Cotton Bowl – the first New Year’s Six game played…. Source link

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Yahoo Sports' Transcendent 12: Inspirational athletes in 2020 – Yahoo Canada Sports

The Canadian Press Jason Witten set to break all-time games mark for tight ends When Jason Witten entered the NFL 17 years ago as a third-round pick in Dallas, his famously blunt coach, Bill Parcells, delivered him a simple message.“He taught me early on, reliability, dependability, consistency, that’s how you make it in this game,” Witten said Wednesday. “Those are traits that I’ve kept near and dear to me for my entire career.”For nearly two decades that included a one-year… Source link

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Michael Jordan, LeBron James top list of athletes who could compel Americans to get COVID-19 vaccine

LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers warms up prior to the start of the game against the Miami Heat in Game Six of the 2020 NBA Finals at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on October 11, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) The U.S. began rolling out the first COVID-19 vaccine this week, from Pfizer and BioNTech, while the FDA weighs approval of the Moderna vaccine. The next challenge is to get the majority of Americans… Source link

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