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TAMPA BAY (6-10) at ATLANTA (8-8)Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, FoxOPENING LINE -- Falcons by 3RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Tampa Bay 7-9, Atlanta 6-10SERIES RECORD -- Buccaneers lead 23-22LAST MEETING -- Buccaneers beat Falcons 23-19, Dec. 6, 2015AP PRO32 RANKING -- Buccaneers No. 20, Falcons No. 19BUCCANEERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (5), RUSH (5), PASS (17).BUCCANEERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (10), RUSH (11), PASS (16).FALCONS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (7), RUSH (18), PASS (6).FALCONS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (16), RUSH (14), PASS (18).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter, former Falcons offensive coordinator, making debut. Koetters defensive coordinator is former Falcons coach Mike Smith, making first return to Georgia Dome. ... QB Jameis Winston threw for 4,042 yards, 22 TDs as rookie as Tampa Bay improved from 2-15 in 2014. ... Tampa Bay looking for first playoff berth since 2007. ... Winston and RB Doug Martin led Buccaneers to highest total offense ranking in team history. Martin was second in NFL with 1,402 yards rushing and fourth with 1,673 scrimmage yards. ... Former Falcons CB Brent Grimes making Tampa Bay debut. ... WR Mike Evans set career highs with 74 catches, 1,206 yards receiving. ... Falcons play NFC South opponents in three of first four games. ... Falcons started 5-0 in Dan Quinns first season as coach last year. ... QB Matt Ryan had 4,591 yards passing but only 21 TDs, fewest since 2008 rookie season. Ryans 16 INTs second most of career. ... WR Julio Jones shared NFL lead with 136 catches, led league with 1,871 yards receiving. Marvin Harrison (2002) and Antonio Brown only other players in NFL history with at least 125 catches, 1,700 yards in a season. ... Falcons signed DE Dwight Freeney (119 1-2 career sacks) after ranking last in NFL with 19 sacks. ... RB Devonta Freeman fifth in NFL with 1,634 scrimmage yards in breakout 2015 season: 1,056 rushing, 578 receiving. 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Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. Kolten Wong Cardinals Jersey . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. Jordan Siev, a lawyer for Rodriguez, wrote in a joint letter to the judge from lawyers on both sides that MLB lawyers planned to ask that the lawsuit be dismissed.UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been pulled from his headline bout against Nate Diaz at UFC 200 on July 9. UFC president Dana White announced the news on ESPN on Tuesday, citing the Irishmans unwillingness to come to Las Vegas later this week to promote the landmark event for the company.We pulled Conor McGregor from UFC 200 and were working on other fights right now, White said. Conor did not want to come to Las Vegas and film the commercial and be a part of the marketing. Hes in Iceland training. Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz were scheduled to headline UFC 200 The news came hours after the 27-year-old stunned the world of mixed martial arts by tweeting: I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese. Catch yas later.White admitted he is uncertain of McGregors future plans but maintained the UFC still has a good relationship with the sports biggest star.Is Conor retiring? Only he can answer that question. I dont know. Why did McGregor retire? We chart Conor McGregors story over the years to hunt for clues that explain his UFC 200 exit McGregors apparent decision to retire would be truly stunning for the world of MMA.At just 27, he is entering his prime and was already on track to become the transcendent star who could elevate the sport to new heights.His last fight - a second-round submission loss to Diaz - was a huge commercial success and the rematch was expected to generate massive pay-per-view figures.Also at UFC 200, former featherweight champion Jose Aldo is scheduled to face perennial contender Frankie Edgar for an interim featherweight title, with the winner moving on to fight McGregor later in the year. Conor McGregor was crowned UFC featherweight champion in December 2015 A winn by New Jersey native Edgar would likely have set McGregor up to headline another landmark card for the UFC, with the pair obvious candidates to top the bill at the first-ever MMA event in New Yorks Madison Square Garden on November 12.dddddddddddd. That now appears unlikely.Whether McGregor has truly retired remains to be seen. He is currently in Iceland helping his Straight Blast Gym team-mate Gunnar Nelson prepare for his upcoming fight against Albert Tumanov at UFC Rotterdam on May 8.No official confirmation of his retirement has been forthcoming since his tweet on Tuesday but his long-time coach John Kavanagh did take to Twitter and appeared to confirm the news.Kavanagh cryptically tweeted: Well was fun while it lasted. Joao Carvalho tragically died last week McGregors apparent retirement comes just over a week after the tragic death of Joao Carvalho following a fight in Ireland at which the UFC champion was sitting cageside.Portuguese fighter Carvalho died two days after suffering a third-round technical knockout loss to McGregors SBG team-mate Charlie Ward. What next for McGregor? Reflections on Conors McGregors defeat to Diaz what the future holds On Facebook, McGregor described the incident as truly heartbreaking and a truly bitter pill to swallow.He said: Nobody involved in combat sports of any kind wants to see this. It is such a rare occurrence that I dont know how to take this.I was ringside supporting my team-mate, and the fight was so back and forth, that I just cant understand it.With the recent incident in boxing and now this in MMA, it is a sad time to be a fighter and a fight fan. Sky Bets UFC Specials Will McGregor fight again? Hes 7/2 to do so this year with Sky Bet! 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