05:00 PM ET 06.19 | Veteran linebacker Takeo Spikes, who has been a free agent since the Chargers cut him in March, would like to play this season. But he???s in no hurry to sign with a new team. Spikes said on NFL AM that at age 36, he doesn???t get excited about the idea of sweating through a hot summer practice, and he doesn???t think he needs it. So he???d prefer to sign with some team toward the end of the preseason. ???Do I want to be on a team at the start of training camp? Not really,??? Spikes said. ???After 15 years of playing in the league, they???re not making anything new up. The only thing new you have to understand is terminology, and I would like to think I???ve been around long enough to understand that.???

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02:48 PM ET 06.19 | Five-star defensive tackle recruit Andrew Brown will make his commitment at the end of June, and has narrowed down his field to five schools. Brown will choose between Alabama, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Clemson, and Florida State, but there isn't a heavy favorite at this point for the consensus best defensive tackle in the 2014 recruiting class. That said, considering the roll they're on as a program, it's hard to bet against Alabama.

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07:19 AM ET 06.19 | Not only did the Angels squander Joe Blanton's Tuesday gem, but they also lost at home to the Mariners. Looking for a main offender? It has to be Josh Hamilton. Hamilton is of course struggling badly in 2013, but Tuesday's performance may have been the worst of his career. Here's his unfortunate line for the night: 0-for-5, 2 Ks, 3 GIDPs, 7 LOB. Sign of a bad game at the plate? When going 0-for-5 with five strikeouts would've constituted an improvement. In fact, Hamilton is just the second player since 1916 (the back end of available data) to go hitless, strike out twice and hit into three double plays in a single game (he joins Jeff King of the 1990 Pirates). As a "bonus," he tied the Angels' franchise record for GIDPs in a game.

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04:57 PM ET 06.19 | Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal is questionable to participate in the Las Vegas summer league that begins on July 12 as he slowly recovers from a stress fracture in his leg. A source told the Washington Post that it's "not imperative" Beal plays in the summer league. Though he's been inching his way back and could be cleared to go full out by the beginning of July, it's possible Beal forgoes working with the Wizards until training camp starts. Beal could however be ready to join the Team USA minicamp he was invited to from July 22-25. As a rookie, the Wizards shooting guard missed 26 games because of various injuries, but his season came to an end on April 3 after being diagnosed with the stress fracture.

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03:27 PM ET 06.19 | The New York Rangers haven't made their hire of Alain Vigneault official yet, but the Blueshirts' new head coach is already at work putting together his new coaching staff and it appears as if Newell Brown will be the first man on it. Brown worked as an assistant coach for Vigneault with the Canucks, where he ran Vancouver's power play. After the Rangers struggled with the man advantage last season, getting the power play going is a priority in New York and Brown would be one way to help with that. Brown has also been an assistant in Anaheim, Chicago and Columbus.

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03:38 PM ET 06.19 | Ricardo Lamas has had a rough stretch. He's lost his opponent at UFC 162, a title shot, and now his fight entirely at the Las Vegas event, according to UFC Tonight. Lamas was slated to face the Korean Zombie at the event, but he was pulled to face Jose Aldo at UFC 163. When an opponent couldn't be found for Lamas at UFC 162, he has now been pulled from the event entirely.

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05:19 AM ET 06.16 | There probably isn't an amateur golfer in the country who doesn't dream of competing in the U.S. Open or the U.S. Women's Open. Only occasionally, however, does an amateur win the Open, regarded by players and fans alike as golf's ultimate mental and physical challenge. Francis Ouimet did it in 1913. Jerome Travers did it in 1915. Chick Evans did it in 1916. Bobby Jones did it in 1923, 1926, 1929, and 1930. And Catherine Lacoste did it in 1967. Can Michael Kim do it this year? The amateurs who qualify to play against golf's Goliaths face an uphill climb at the Open, which is as much a test of mental stamina as it is a contest of technical skill. Just getting to the Open entails an endurance test. This year 10 amateurs qualified to enter the field by advancing from one of 111, 18-hole stroke play, local qualifiers to one of 13 sectional qualifiers -- 36 holes of stroke play in a single day -- and paying the $150 entry fee. Of the 10 who teed off Thursday, four survived the cut and will play the final round on Sunday.

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02:59 PM ET 06.18 | Greg Biffle's win of the Quicken Loans 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., on Sunday not only marked the driver's first win of the season and the 13th Cup-level victory at MIS for Roush Fenway Racing, it was the 1,000 victory for Ford across the three national levels of NASCAR -- Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck. Trevor Bayne claimed NASCAR win 999 just a week prior in the Pioneer 250 Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Bayne's Iowa win also marked the 200th win for Ford, specifically, in the Nationwide Series. The win total includes 100 from Lincoln-Mercury and 900 from various Ford models including the current model, Fusion, and others like Taurus and Thunderbird. A Lincoln took the the checkered flag in the first NASCAR-sanctioned top-tier NASCAR race in June 19, 1949, in Charlotte, N.C. It was driven by Jim Roper. The first victory for the Ford brand came in 1950, courtesy of Jimmy Florian at Dayton (Ohio) Speedway.

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08:06 AM ET 06.18 | Chelsea midfielder Kevin De Bruyne received a taste of Bundesliga soccer last season, as Chelsea loaned him out to Werder Bremen. According to Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc, De Bryune would like to join the second-best team in the Bundesliga and the Champions League runner-ups. Dortmund is interested in acquiring De Bruyne from Chelsea, and Zorc knows that De Bruyne "is wanting to make a transfer" to the elite German squad. Whether or not they can pry the young midfielder from other teams is another question, but it is positive news for Dortmund that the team has more than piqued De Bruyne's interest.

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10:02 AM ET 05.23 | FOX Sports is trying to put together an impressive staff to fill up the shows on their 24/7 sports network FOX Sports 1, hoping to compete with ESPN, and on Wednesday we learned a big name that will be joining the network. According to a SportsIllustrated.com report, FOX Sports has agreed to hire former tennis star Andy Roddick as a co-host for the three-hour show FOX Sports Live. The show feature Roddick and Charissa Thompson, who will be leaving ESPN, as the co-hosts. Roddick's big personality could do well in the co-hosting gig, but it will be interesting to see if he has a wide grasp of sports.

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