Grading the Cowboys: This Dallas team appears to have its identity, and there’s nothing good about it
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Head coach Mike McCarthy has done virtually nothing to impress.

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Ezekiel Elliott’s longest run of the season, a nifty 24-yard run on a sweep around right end, resulted in disaster when he fumbled. It was his second lost fumble in three weeks and Cleveland turned that mistake into a touchdown and a 14-point lead. Elliott finished with 12 carries, the second-lowest total of his career, but can only blame himself.

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Secretive, never profitable Palantir makes market debut
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BOSTON (AP) – Seventeen years after it was born with the help of CIA seed money, the data-mining outfit Palantir Technologies is finally going public in the biggest Wall Street tech offering since last year’s debut of Slack and Uber.

Never profitable and dogged by ethical objections for assisting in the Trump administration’s deportation crackdown, Palantir forged ahead Wednesday with a direct listing of its stock, gaining 31% in its first trading day.

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Atlanta Braves overcome Cincinnati Reds in longest scoreless duel
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ATLANTA — The scoreless innings kept piling up, along with the strikeouts. The shadows began to creep across the infield, and when the lights came on in a mostly empty stadium for a postseason game that began a little past noon, it seemed like this might go on forever.

Finally, Freddie Freeman had seen enough.

The MVP candidate who warded off a frightening bout with the coronavirus at the beginning of this most unusual season fittingly delivered the winning hit in the 13th inning,

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Astros’ playoff roster includes rookie outfielder Chas McCormick
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MINNEAPOLIS — The Astros’ 28-man roster for their wild card series against the Twins included 12 pitchers and an outfielder who may soon make a pressure-filled major league debut.

Somewhat surprisingly, Houston included rookie Chas McCormick as a sixth outfielder on their active roster against the Twins. McCormick, a 21st round pick in the 2017 draft who signed for $1,000, has never appeared in a major league game.

“You got to play in your first big-league game some time,” manager Dusty Baker quipped.

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Bad Bunny’s glow-in-the-dark Crocs go on sale today
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Latin music star Bad Bunny and Crocs joined forces to release glow-in-in-the dark clogs, which go on sale Sept. 29 at noon ET.

The limited-edition white shoes are accompanied by Jibbitz charms, including the singer’s logo, stars, a planet, a fire and a human figure holding a sign that says “Warning: Perreo Zone” in Spanish. The pair is going for $60, according to HYPEBEAST.

Crocs could not be immediately reached for comment.

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Fred Perry withdraws polo shirt adopted by far-right Proud Boys
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Company distances itself from US fascist group as it halts sales of garment in North America

The fashion brand Fred Perry has pulled one of its famous polo shirt designs after it became associated with a far-right organisation.

The company has halted sales of the black and yellow top in the US and Canada, after it was adopted by the neo-fascist organisation the Proud Boys.

In a statement posted to its website,

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Liverpool vs. Arsenal FREE LIVE STREAM (9/28/20): Watch Premier League online | Time, USA TV, channel
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Liverpool faces Arsenal in an English Premier League match at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on Monday, September 28, 2020 (9/28/20).

Fans without cable can watch the match for free via a trial of Peacock.

Here’s what you need to know:

What: English Premier League

Who: Liverpool vs. Arsenal

When: Monday, September 28, 2020

Time: 3:15 p.m. ET

Where: Anfield

TV: N/A

Channel finder: Verizon Fios,

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‘We have so many different ways to beat you’: Cam Newton is confident in the Patriots’ offense
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“There’s an aura that you get when you play as a member of the New England Patriots.”

To quarterback Cam Newton, there’s an “aura” about you when you suit up for the New England Patriots.

“One thing I did peep from walking in Day 1, there’s an aura that you get when you play as a member of the New England Patriots,” Newton explained after the Patriots defeated the Raiders on Sunday,

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Google celebrates its 22nd birthday w/ homepage doodle that accurately depicts a 2020 party
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Google celebrates its 22nd birthday w/ homepage doodle that accurately depicts a 2020 partyGoogle Search is such a widely used tool in today’s world that it can be a little hard to believe it’s so young. Today, September 27, Google is celebrating its 22nd birthday with a homepage doodle that feels all too familiar in 2020.

Today’s homepage Google Doodle is live pretty much across the globe and is just the latest in a long line of self-thrown birthday parties on Google’s homepage.

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Lopetegui: “The logical thing would be for us to play on Monday, nobody understands it”
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AND Sevilla FC coach, Julen Lopetegui , highlighted the “merit” of his players for taking Bayern Munich, current European champions, “to the limit” and said he felt “a mixture of sadness and pride” in how his players have competed in the final of the Puskas Arena.” We have lost a final in which we had many hopes . I am sad for the boys because they managed to take the game into extra time and have pushed Bayern to the limit,

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