Daily sports TL;DR 2020

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March 1 headlines

• Morant puts on a show as Grizzlies crush Lakers
• Rockets survive OT thriller at Celtics
• (1)Kansas beats Kansas St for 14th straight win
• (2)Baylor, (6)FSU, (7)Duke fall to unranked opponents
• (8)Kentucky holds off (15)Auburn for 8th straight win
• (24)Michigan St jumps out to big lead, wins at (9)Maryland

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March 2 headlines

• LeBron, Lakers beat Zion, Pelicans for 2nd time in a week
• Giannis posts 1st 40-20 game of career as Bucks win
• Clippers top shorthanded Sixers at home
• (1)South Carolina women finish perfect 16-0 in SEC play
• Real Madrid blanks Barcelona in El Clásico
• Atlanta United's Josef Martínez suffers torn ACL

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March 3 headlines

• Leagues, teams preparing coronavirus strategies
• Bucks lose to Heat for 2nd time this season
• Barrett leads Knicks to win over surging Rockets
• (4)Baylor survives in OT vs Texas Tech
• (12)Duke thumps NC State after falling out of top 10
• (5)UConn women complete another perfect AAC regular season

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March 4 headlines

• LeVert goes for 51 as Nets rally, beat Celtics in OT
• Spurs win as Tim Duncan fills in for Popovich as coach
• (6)Kentucky stumbles at home against Tennessee
• (16)Michigan St uses big 2nd half to win at (20)Penn St
• Rutgers improves tournament hopes, beats (9)Maryland
• Brewers, Yelich nearing 9-yr/$215M extension

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March 5 headlines

• Steph Curry will return to lineup Thursday vs Raptors
• Bucks get off to hot start in win over Pacers
• Doncic has 30-pt triple-double, Mavs beat Pels in OT
• (1)Kansas pulls away from TCU in 2nd half
• (7)Florida St escapes Notre Dame with 73-71 win
• (14)Villanova clips (8)Seton Hall, 79-77

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March 6 headlines

• Curry scores 23 in return; Raptors clinch playoff spot
• Jamal Murray hits late shot as Nuggets beat Hornets
• Clippers ride big 1st half to comfortable win over Rockets
• Mika Zibanejad’s 5-goal game lifts Rangers over Capitals
• (19)Ohio St rallies in 2nd half to top (23)Illinois
• San Diego St survives scare in Mountain West qtrs

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March 7 headlines

• Lakers top Bucks in battle of NBA’s best
• LeBron scores 37 as Lakers clinch playoff berth
• LeVert-led Nets score 139 in win over Spurs
• Conley connects on six 3s as Utah beats Boston
• San Diego State advances to Mountain West final
• Yankees OF Aaron Judge out with broken rib
• Tiger (back) to miss next week’s PLAYERS Championship

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March 8 headlines

• Nets, coach Kenny Atkinson mutually agree to part ways
• (1)Kansas edges Texas Tech to clinch Big 12 title
• (7)Florida St wins ACC regular season outright for 1st time
• (12)Duke completes season sweep of North Carolina
• Sam Merrill leads Utah State to MWC title, NCAA tourney bid
• San Diego St falls into at-large group, bubble shrinks by 1
• Belmont defeats Murray State for Ohio Valley title

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March 9 headlines

• Lakers pull away for first win vs Clippers this season
• Bucks fall in Phoenix; Giannis sits with knee injury
• Slumping Rockets beaten by Magic for 4th straight loss
• (9)Maryland, (16)MSU, (24)Wisconsin share Big Ten men’s title
• NCAAM: Winthrop, Bradley, Liberty headed to tourney
• Oregon women blow out Stanford to take Pac-12 tourney

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March 10 headlines

• Nuggets send Bucks, minus Giannis, to 3rd loss in a row
• Justin Verlander unlikely to be ready for Opening Day
• NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS restrict locker rooms due to virus
• Tua Tagovailoa medically cleared for football activity
• Gonzaga fends off San Francisco in WCC semifinal
• ETSU punches tournament bid by winning Southern title
• UConn women finish AAC tenure with 139-0 record
• Italy suspends all sports, including Serie A, due to virus

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March 11 headlines

• NFL extends tag deadline to Monday just before Noon ET
• Celtics defeat Pacers, secure playoff berth
• Dinwiddie comes up clutch as Nets top Lakers on road
• Arsenal-Manchester City game postponed on account of virus
• Attendance to be limited at soccer games in Spain, France
• Gonzaga defeats Saint Mary's to win 16th WCC title under Few
• Ivy League cancels its conference basketball tournaments
• Browns center JC Tretter elected NFLPA president
• Report: Rob Gronkowski close to finalizing deal with WWE

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March 12 headlines

• NBA has suspended the regular season due to coronavirus pandemic
• Rudy Gobert of the Jazz tests positive for coronavirus
• NCAA to hold Div. I men's, women's tournaments without fans
• Fred Hoiberg released from hospital, diagnosed with cold
• LaLiga suspended for next 2 match days

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March 13 headlines

• NCAA cancels men's, women's basketball tournaments
• NCAA also cancels remaining winter, spring championships
• NBA, NHL suspend their seasons due to coronavirus pandemic
• Adam Silver to TNT: Hiatus likely to last at least 30 days
• MLB delays start of season by at least 2 weeks
• PGA TOUR cancels events through Valero Texas Open
• UEFA suspends Champions League, Europa League
• U.S. Soccer Federation president Carlos Cordeiro resigns
• Cordeiro to be replaced by Cindy Parlow Cone

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March 14 headlines

• Raptors test negative; were last opponents of Jazz
• 2020 Masters Tournament is postponed
• NCAA panel backs spring athlete eligibility relief
• Giannis, Zion among those aiding arena workers

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March 15 headlines

• Rick Pitino hired as Iona coach
• Pistons' Christian Wood tests positive for virus
• Rudy Gobert donating $500K to virus relief
• UFC has no plans to cancel upcoming events