Sam LaPorta injury update: Lions unsure if TE will miss start to season
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"Sam LaPorta injury update: Lions unsure if TE will miss start to season" is generating significant coverage in the Sports category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include NBC Sports, The Detroit News, The New York Times and ESPN. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (9)
- Quick hitters: LaPorta dealing with hip injury, Bartch concussed, Goff to sit and Dobbs to start vs. Washington Detroit Football Network · 21h ago
- Lions TE Sam LaPorta ‘Sidelined Indefinitely’ NFL Rumors - ProFootballRumors.com · 21h ago
- Sam LaPorta out indefinitely with hip injury, leaving Lions weak at TE Detroit Free Press · 21h ago
- Will Sam LaPorta play Week 1? Lions provide update on TE's hip injury USA Today · 21h ago
- Sam LaPorta (hip) dealing with injury NBC Sports · 21h ago
- Lions TE Sam LaPorta dealing with hip injury The Detroit News · 21h ago
- Lions TE Sam LaPorta dealing with hip injury, threatening his Week 1 availability The New York Times · 21h ago
- Sam LaPorta's status uncertain for Lions' season opener ESPN · 21h ago
- Sam LaPorta injury update: Lions unsure if TE will miss start to season Pride Of Detroit · 21h ago
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