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As the Miami Dolphins stand on the precipice of their first playoff appearance in four seasons, the team will be forced to get there without Ryan Fitzpatrick.

The team placed the veteran quarterback on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday, leaving rookie Tua Tagovailoa to start in the team’s Week 17 game at the Buffalo Bills. In a corresponding move, QB Jake Rudock has been signed from the team’s practice squad.

The fifth overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Alabama, Tagovailoa will make his ninth start of the season. In nine games this year, the Ewa Beach, HI native has thrown for 1,453 yards on 151-for-232 passing with 10 touchdowns and two interceptions. Tagovailoa has rushed for another three TDs.

The playoff scenarios for the Dolphins are relatively straightforward. Beat the AFC East champion Bills and they’re in or, failing that, hope that any one of the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens or Indianapolis Colts loses, which would also earn the team their first berth since 2016.

The Bills (12-3) and Dolphins (10-5) already met in Week 2 in Miami when the Bills emerged as 31-28 victors. Fitzpatrick threw for 328 yards and two TDs in the loss.

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Receiver Justin Hardy to miss Redblacks’ regular-season finale

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OTTAWA – American receiver Justin Hardy will miss the Ottawa Redblacks’ regular-season finale Friday.

Hardy, who leads the CFL in receptions (97) and is second in receiving yards (1,343), was listed off Ottawa’s depth chart Thursday. Hardy was named Wednesday as the Redblacks’ nominee for the league’s outstanding player award.

American Andrew Miller will start in Hardy’s place.

Ottawa (8-7-1) concludes its regular season hosting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (7-10). The Redblacks have already clinched third in the East and will visit the Toronto Argonauts (10-7) in the division semifinal Nov. 2.

Hamilton has been eliminated from playoff contention.

Incumbent Dru Brown is listed as Ottawa’s starting quarterback.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2024.

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Bologna-AC Milan soccer match postponed following extensive flooding

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BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — AC Milan’s weekend match at Bologna in Italy’s top soccer league has been postponed, Bologna officials announced Thursday following extensive flooding in the central Italian city.

The Serie A match had been scheduled for Saturday.

Bologna is the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, large parts of which have been hard hit by torrential rains and bad weather for days.

The game was not immediately rescheduled.

“Following the flood that affected Bologna, intense work is underway to clean up the situation,” the city of Bologna said while announcing the game postponement on X.

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Shapovalov advances to Swiss Indoors quarterfinals with win over Bautista Agut

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BASEL, Switzerland – Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Roberto Bautista Agut on Thursday.

Shapovalov used a strong service game to overcome the Spanish veteran for the win at the ATP 500 event in just under one hour 40 minutes.

The 25-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., fired 18 aces, including one to set up match point in the second-set tiebreaker, and won 79 per cent of first-serves and 63 per cent of second-serve points.

Shapovalov, a former top-10 player on the ATP Tour, entered this year’s Swiss Indoors ranked 95th and will appear in just his second quarterfinal of the season.

He improved to 3-0 against Bautista Agut, who he beat in July en route to a quarterfinal appearance in Washington.

Shapovalov will next face the winner of a match scheduled for later Thursday between defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal and France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2024.

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