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After closing season strong, Logan Ryan earns payday in deal with Titans

Logan Ryan’s solid play as he helped the Patriots become Super Bowl champs landed him a reported three-year, $30 million deal to join the Titans’ secondary.

This Was Jusuf Nurkic's Night

Jusuf Nurkic has been thriving since being traded a month ago, and tonight he was at his absolute best. With five blocked shots in the first quarter against the 76ers, he’d tied his career high for blocks after just twelve minutes of play—and he was just getting started.

Italy Gets Walk-Off Win Versus Mexico With Five Runs In The Bottom Of The Ninth

Losing to Mexico by four runs in the bottom of the ninth, Italy didn’t come to mess around. In their first game of the World Baseball Classic, the Italians roughed up Toronto Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna by opening their half of the final inning with two runs off of three straight doubles. Then came a costly error…

Lawsuit: NFL Teams Repeatedly Broke Federal Drug Laws, Handed Opioids Out Like Candy [Updating]

A federal lawsuit filed by former NFL players details allegations that teams repeatedly ignored federal drug laws while pumping players full of mind-blowing amounts of addictive opiate painkillers. The document, originally filed in February, was heavily redacted; the Washington Post revealed some…

Romo says farewell to fans, but stays with Cowboys for now

DALLAS (AP) Tony Romo remained with the Cowboys as the first day of free agency wrapped up Thursday, although the quarterback essentially said goodbye to Dallas fans in a video posted on Twitter.

NHL Concussion Lawsuit Could Go To Trial This Year

The federal judge presiding over NHL’s concussion litigation would like to see the lawsuit go to trial this year, according to a hearing transcript obtained by TSN.

LeBron Creates Murderous Art With Thundering One-Handed Dunk

The Cavs had their hands surprisingly full with the Pistons tonight and ultimately lost, but who cares for the details there when you can bask in the glory of this gorgeous LeBron dunk instead?

Domantas Sabonis Dunks On Dewayne Dedmon, Yells In His Face

Oklahoma City Thunder youngin’ Domantas Sabonis is doing big boy stuff now. With the Thunder leading the San Antonio Spurs 33-30 in the first half, Doug McDermott found Sabonis on the baseline. The rookie took one step and rose up for a monster one-handed slam over Dewayne Dedmon. More like DEAD-mon, am I right? Heh.

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Punter Locke leaves Vikings for Indianapolis

The Indianapolis Colts signed punter Jeff Locke to a two-year contract

Buccaneers land WR DeSean Jackson in free agency

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are intent on giving Jameis Winston everything a quarterback needs to be successful.

Winners and losers of NFL free agency Day 1

Ranking free-agent surprises: Brock's a Brown; the Patriots did what?

Ranking free-agent surprises: Brock’s a Brown; the Patriots did what?

Center Tretter leaves Packers for Browns via free agency

The former fourth-round pick is headed to Cleveland

Redskins fire general manager Scot McCloughan

WASHINGTON (AP) The Washington Redskins have fired general manager Scot McCloughan on the opening day of NFL free agency.

The Cleveland Browns have stockpiled a staggering amount of draft picks

Hey, New England Patriots, wanna make a deal?

Dolphins safety Jones signs $60M extension

MIAMI (AP) Miami Dolphins safety Reshad Jones signed a $60 million, five-year contract extension Thursday, watched the team’s flurry of moves at the start of free agency and said he’s glad to be staying around.

Power play: Browns acquire QB Osweiler in trade from Texans

CLEVELAND (AP) The Browns found a franchise quarterback, just maybe not their own.

Ryan Dempster Performs Act Of Valor By Facing Fearsome Dominican Republic Lineup In Return To Baseball

Ryan Dempster last pitched in a professional baseball game in 2013. He then decided to walk away and leave money on the table rather than keep playing, wrapping up a very respectable career at age 36 after 16 years in the majors. But now, nearing his 40th birthday, he decided to give the game a try one more time by…

Vince Young Will Attempt A Comeback In The CFL

Amid a flurry of NFL free agency moves on Thursday, 33-year-old former NFL quarterback Vince Young announced his triumphant return to football with the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.

George Mason Forces OT With Jalen Jenkins Buzzer-Beater

Jalen Jenkins landed a layup as time expired in regulation to force overtime in George Mason’s A-10 tournament matchup against Fordham. Mason actually had an attempt to tie it up with seven seconds remaining as Marquise Moore was fouled, but Moore missed both free throws—setting the stage for Jenkins’s game-extending…

Biggest free-agency move so far for all 32 NFL teams

Washington Fires GM Scot McCloughan, Blames Alcohol Problems

After a two year run as the general manager of Washington’s football team, Scot McCloughan has been fired, the team announced tonight. McCloughan’s job security has been in doubt since the start of this month when he missed the NFL Combine shortly after Dan Snyder mouthpiece Chris Cooley speculated on a radio show…

Osweiler deal a stunner; Cutler's release no surprise

Everyone expected a free agency flurry when the NFL’s year began on Thursday. Predicting what happened with Brock Osweiler was beyond anyone’s projections.

The Latest: 49ers busy as they add 7 players

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Jay Cutler sends moving message to Bears fans after his release

Cutler spent eight years in Chicago.

2017 NFL Draft: 5 Realistic First-Round Targets for Arizona Cardinals

The NFL Combine has come and gone in preparation for the NFL Draft. Now pro days are in full swing and the Arizona Cardinals begin forming their big board.The Cleveland Browns have been on the clock since January and we’re all-but certain that Myles Garrett’ll be the man taken. Arizona w…

The Latest: Colts add linebacker Barkevious Mingo

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Hey, Everybody, Let Kawhi Leonard Talk To You About The Virtues Of Alkaline Water

Kawhi Leonard offered up some good tidbits in a GQ interview about his diet published today. No, he’ll never be caught eating at Subway. Yes, his mom moved to San Antonio during his rookie year and cooked most of his meals for him. No, he is not going to take any advice about drinking water at face value, because he…