Tips for NFL picks: Pythagorean wins shows Jaguars, Ravens are underrated in win total market

When you want to look at the overall strength of an NFL team, most analysts know that there are better metrics than simply each team’s win-loss record. The 2017 Bills, for example, won nine games and made the playoffs despite being outscored by 57 points on the season. When the 2018 win totals market

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Bills, NFL investigating the allegations against LeSean McCoy

Bills running back LeSean McCoy has called the allegations against him “completely false.” His team and the league to which it belongs, however, will be doing their due diligence in order to get to the truth, whatever it may be. “We have spoken to LeSean and have been in contact with the National Football

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Percy Harvin had “mental stresses that I can’t even put into words” in the NFL

Percy Harvin never lacked the physical talent to be a great NFL player, but his career consisted mostly of a few flashes of greatness surrounded by many times he fell short. Now retired, the 30-year-old Harvin told Sports Illustrated he had “mental stresses that I can’t even put into words.” Those stresses

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NFL fines Panthers owner Jerry Richardson $2.75M for workplace misconduct

The NFL fined Jerry Richardson $2.75 million after an investigation into workplace misconduct by the outgoing Carolina Panthers owner, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced Thursday. Goodell announced the decision following the conclusion of the investigation conducted by former U.S. Attorney and

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Why the NFL Stopped Seeing Gambling as a Threat—and Started to See a Windfall

For decades, the NFL’s high-level conversations about legalizing sports betting centered only on how problematic it would be. The NFL was long resolute in its belief that legal sports gambling would be a threat to its integrity, even as the NBA and others warmed to the idea. Just last year, when NFL

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NFL, MLB, NBA, NCAA and others react to Supreme Court decision on sports betting

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal law effectively prohibiting sports betting outside Nevada is unconstitutional, paving the way for a dramatic increase in gambling on sports in the coming weeks and months.  Here’s how governing bodies and notable figures in the world of sports have reacted

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Four NFL teams that will surprise people in 2018, including the Cleveland Browns

The most meaningful portion of the NFL’s transaction period is now complete. Save for a desperation trade or two during training camp or right before the deadline, and the flurry of waiver claims that punctuate the roster cutdown dates in the summer, we have a very solid idea of each team’s personnel

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Derrius Guice among 2018 NFL draft prospects who could slide out of first round

SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports NFL insiders Jarrett Bell and Lindsay Jones detail what the Browns look to do at the top of the draft and who could move up and cause chaos. An extended slide can be one of the most awkward and agonizing experiences for a player in the NFL draft. Such an episode is made

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Early Bird Report 4/25: The Falcons' biggest NFL Draft need; Gronkowski to play in 2018

Will McFadden AtlantaFalcons.com FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – Today’s Early Bird Report includes the Falcons’ draft needs – with one position clearly at the top – as well as Rob Gronkowski’s decision to return to the Patriots in 2018.   Enjoy! FALCONS HEADLINES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY AJC: The Falcons

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Ex NFL star and pot-smoker Ricky Williams has a new line of cannabis products

Infamous for being a pot-smoker, former NFL running back Ricky Williams estimated two years ago that he’d lost as much as $10 million in salary and potential endorsements during his playing days due to his marijuana use. Now, Williams thinks cannabis can help him make some of that money back.

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It's Been 20 Years Since Peyton Manning, The Jets, And The Draft That Might Have Been

Twenty years ago, the NFL draft was marked by one of the most fateful quarterback choices in league history: Peyton Manning’s decision to stay at the University of Tennessee for his senior year. The Jets, who had the No. 1 pick in 1997, are still reeling from the aftershocks. And it all may have been because Bill…

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