INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The Indianapolis Colts have signed free agent linebacker Barkevious Mingo.
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AP source: Patriots free agent Hightower meets with Jets
NEW YORK (AP) A person with direct knowledge of the situation says New England Patriots free agent linebacker Dont’a Hightower has visited the New York Jets.
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Patriots free-agent LB Dont'a Hightower reportedly will visit Steelers
Hightower is the top remaining player on the market.
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2017 NFL Free Agency: Grades for All 32 Teams After First Wave
With the first wave of 2017 NFL Free Agency come and gone grades are assigned for all 32 teams for the work —or lack thereof— during this phase2017 NFL free agency is here, and it couldn’t have come soon enough. Once the Super Bowl is over it feels like an eternity until the new s…
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Shannon Sharpe: Why would any team think Tony Romo could win them a Super Bowl?
Shannon Sharpe explains why no team will agree to a trade with the Cowboys for Tony Romo.
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Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Root For The Following NBA Teams
Many NBA teams are good, or are crummy but feature some fun young Turks who can provide some reason for optimism, or are not good and do not have fun young Turks but are taking it to the limit one more time with ol’ Dirk Nowitzki, and therefore are good to root for. In almost every NBA city, there’s some reason to…
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Lawyer Who Prepared Documents For Smuggled Cuban Players Shocked Smuggling Took Place
Sports agent Bartolo Hernandez and baseball trainer Julio Estrada could learn their fates early this week. The defense rested on Friday without either Florida man taking the stand to refute criminal charges that they conspired with human smugglers to transport baseball players out of Cuba for a cut of lucrative…
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Buffalo Bills agree to sign defensive end Ryan Davis
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Bills began restocking their defensive line depth by agreeing to sign Ryan Davis.
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RB Latavius Murray, DT Dontari Poe visiting Jaguars
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) The Jacksonville Jaguars have two former Pro Bowl players visiting: Oakland running back Latavius Murray and Kansas City defensive tackle Dontari Poe.
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Greg Jennings: The Patriots could be gearing up to go 16-0 with latest additions
Will the Patriots be unstoppable in 2017 after loading up in free agency?
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The Best Of This Year's Minnesota High School Hockey Hair
This may come as a surprise, but Mahtomedi High School’s (Minn.) Dallas Duckson, the kid with a flow brighter than romaine lettuce, wasn’t even in the top five of the 2017 All Hockey Hair Team. John King, the judge of this roster, appears to prize the natural over the chemically enhanced.
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Two Former Penn State Officials Plead Guilty To Child Endangerment
Former Penn State senior vice president Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley have both pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child.
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Who The Hell Is Woody Kincaid?
Wiping sweat and spit from his face with his t-shirt, 23-year-old Woody Kincaid seemed to be trying hard not to sound arrogant, or stupid, or insulted by reporters’ surprise at his come-from-behind victory in a semifinal heat of last year’s Olympic Trials 5000 meters.
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Panthers re-sign lineman Chris Scott to 1-year deal
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Panthers have re-signed offensive lineman Chris Scott to a one-year contract.
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What Does This Profile Make You Think About Jim Nantz?
Last year, minutes after Villanova defeated North Carolina on a buzzer-beater to win the NCAA title, CBS play-by-play man Jim Nantz took the tie from around his neck and gave it to Villanova senior Ryan Arcidiacono. At the time we called Nantz—who explained that it was a tradition to honor his father, who taught him…
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'There's A Lot to Be Gained From Loss and Suffering': Talking About Grief and Love with Ariel Levy
“Writing was the solution to every problem—financial, emotional, intellectual,” writer Ariel Levy says at the beginning of her new memoir The Rules Do Not Apply. That sentence is a concise description of Levy’s excitement upon starting work at New York magazine in the late ’90s, but it also works as an explanation for…
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Minnesota HS Hockey Team Prematurely Celebrates OT Championship Winner
The Hermantown (Minn.) bench spilled onto the ice after Tyler Watkins appeared to break a 3-3 tie in double overtime of Saturday’s Class A boys state championship hockey game, and the team threw off their gear in joy. But that gear tossing turned out to be a waste.
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Sergio Ramos Is Real Madrid's Cocky, Header-Scoring Savior
Sergio Ramos has a magical forehead imbued with the power to score clutch goals. This head of his brings unending joy to Real Madrid fans, despair to opponents and rivals, and is arguably the most valuable body part in Madrid this side of Cristiano Ronaldo’s priceless right leg.
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Nick Foles is returning to Eagles as backup quarterback
PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to terms on a two-year contract with quarterback Nick Foles.
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Dave Bliss Is Still A Disgrace
Former Baylor men’s basketball coach Dave Bliss, who has somehow continued to make a living as a coach despite being best known for smearing a former player, Patrick Dennehy, right after Dennehy had been murdered by a teammate, is once again, for some goddamn reason, smearing Patrick Dennehy.
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Nick Foles is returning to Eagles as backup quarterback (Yahoo Sports)
Nick Foles is returning to the city where he had his most success. The Philadelphia Eagles agreed to terms on a two-year contract with Foles on Monday, bringing him back to serve as the backup quarterback for Carson Wentz two years after former coach Chip Kelly traded him to St. Louis. The 28-year-old Foles was drafted in the third round in 2012 by Philadelphia under Andy Reid.
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The "Blue State Secession" Thing Is Not Helping
Ever since the election of Donald Trump, we have been treated to periodic semi-serious think pieces by liberals saying that blue states should form their own country. Hey—shut the fuck up!!
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Today's Best Deals: Mattress Toppers, Anker Flashlights, Mission Activewear, and More
Mission activewear, iOttie dash mounts, and Anker flashlights lead off Monday’s best deals from around the web.
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Very Good Dog Is Very Bad At Agility Course
This is Olly, a rescue dog, and Olly is very eager to compete in the agility competition at Crufts, the U.K.’s biggest dog show. But eagerness does not always translate to competence.
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Nick Foles is back with the Eagles on a two-year contract
What does the move mean for current backup Chase Daniel?
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Bill O'Brien is done talking about Brock Osweiler: 'We're moving on'
The Texans coach spoke out on Osweiler’s departure for the first time.
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José Mourinho Believes He Did Chelsea A Huge Favor By Being So Terrible Last Season
José Mourinho thinks he deserves credit for Chelsea’s success this season. You can tell that this is true because he has said the exact opposite.
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Dota 2 Player Gets Put In Cliff Timeout By Enemy Team
Dota 2 uses terrain height in a unique way: depending on the distance, it can cause attacks to miss, provide a vision advantage, or in this case, trap an enemy player on a cliff for a long, long time.
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Jim Boeheim Says Selection Committee Paid Too Much Attention To Syracuse's Losses
As holistic as the NCAA Tournament selection process is supposed to be, the committee members are as susceptible as anyone to conventional wisdom. Jim Boeheim and Syracuse learned this the hard way: If you’re a bubble team, it helps not to have a soundbite-length knock like “2-11 away from home” on your resumé, and…
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