Gymnastics, football, tennis and basketball, and cuddly puppies in today's Sportsball.
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Simone Biles has more to say about being specifically left out of the 2015 investigation of sexual abuse even though it was known that she was a victim. [ABC]
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Arizona State's upset of Oregon shook up the playoff picture. ASU is still outside the top 25 (with four votes) and Oregon tumbled all the way down to fourteen. Meanwhile two Big Ten players set records. The Badgers' Jonathan Taylor rushed for 200 yards or more for the 12th time setting a new FSB record while Ohio State's Chase Young returned from suspension to break the school record for sacks. [AP] [ESPN] [CNN]
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Rafael Nadal leads Spain into the Davis Cup final. Over in Mexico his rival Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev set an attendance record for their exhibition match in front of 42,517. [The Guardian] [Reuters]
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Wat Misaka, the first man to break the color barrier in professional basketball in the US, has died. His life was as interesting as you'd expect. Also in basketball, the NBA wants to mess with the schedule. The regular season would be shorter and have an in season tournament and a bunch of other changes that seem to me to be more about entertainment than sport. [NBC] [ESPN]
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