Sean McVay Hosts Meet and Greet With Rams Front Office Staff During Pizza Party

New Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay seems to believe the key to the hearts of the employees he gets to work withis pizza.The Los Angeles Rams realized they were taking a huge risk by making Sean McVay the youngest head coach in NFL history, but it’s tough not to get excited about the p…

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Casino mogul Adelson pulls out of Raiders-Vegas stadium deal (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this April 28, 2016, file photo, Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis, center, meets with Raiders fans after speaking at a meeting of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee in Las Vegas. America's most popular sport is in the midst of its greatest migration in a quarter century. In a little over a year, three NFL franchises have either moved, announced a resettlement or filed paperwork seeking to relocate. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson pulled out of a deal Monday to build a $1.9 billion domed stadium for the Oakland Raiders in Las Vegas. The move comes on the heels of a team proposal to pay $1 a year in rent and operate the stadium, and it deprives the project of a chief financial backer as officials seek to bring professional football to Las Vegas for the first time. Adelson played an instrumental role in the effort to lure the Raiders, which eventually grew into a $750 million commitment of taxpayer money to the deal.


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Lynch takes unusual path from field to booth to 49ers GM (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2009, file photo, ESPN football analyst Matt Millen looks on before an NFL football game between the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills in Foxborough, Mass. Millen could not help but chuckle about the similarities to his own career path when John Lynch was hired as general manager of the San Francisco 49ers. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)

Ever since watching John Elway step into an NFL front office in Denver and build a Super Bowl champion, John Lynch was intrigued about leaving the broadcast booth for a management job. Lynch told Shanahan he’d be interested in a front-office job and Shanahan quickly relayed that information to San Francisco CEO Jed York.


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