I’ve been contemplating their exclusion from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and I’m still scratching my head … plus notes on free agency and a looming legal battle for Bears players
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Fantasy Football 2017: Top 10 Free Agents to Watch
As you already prepare for fantasy football in the 2017 season, we look at the biggest free agents to follow this offseason.Here’s the clean slate many of you have been looking for in fantasy football. The 2016 season is over and done with. Forget the players who let you down, the bad trades …
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Giants release Victor Cruz after 7-year run, Super bowl ring
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) The New York Giants said goodbye to Victor Cruz after a seven-year storybook run during which he developed into one of the NFL’s most feared receivers and a fan favorite, helping the franchise to a Super Bowl title before being slowed by injuries.
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Tom Brady offers his thoughts on Patriots skipping White House visit
Brady weighs in on six Patriots players opting out of the trip to D.C.
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New England Patriots: Assessing Danny Amendola's Value
Danny Amendola will have to take another paycut if he wants to remain with the New England Patriots, but just how much moneyis he worth?This past season, Danny Amendola caught just 23 passes for 243 yards and four touchdowns. Those numbers are hardly reflective of a player of high importance, but …
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Giants release Victor Cruz after 7-year run, Super bowl ring (Yahoo Sports)
The New York Giants said goodbye to Victor Cruz after a seven-year storybook run during which he developed into one of the NFL’s most feared receivers and a fan favorite, helping the franchise to a Super Bowl title before being slowed by injuries. The Giants announced the parting Monday as they released the 30-year-old Cruz and starting running back Rashad Jennings in moves that will save the team roughly $10 million in salary cap space. The moves came about a month after the players helped the Giants get back into the playoffs for the first time since playing in the Super Bowl in 2012.
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io9 Is There Still a Future for Laurel Lance on Arrow?
Steve Young Insists He Gives A Crap About His ESPN Job
Steve Young is in damage control mode, apologizing to ESPN after participating in a profile that sure made it look like he’s not that into the NFL or his Monday Night Football analyst job, and even seemed to imply his MNF job is merely a means to bolster his private equity firm.
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Cardinals GM says he has 'to do a better job' finding Carson Palmer's heir
Palmer is 37 years old, and the Cardinals still don’t have a viable replacement for him.
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This Is Not a Drill: Amazon's 5-Pound Bag of Haribo Gold Bears Is Back On Sale
We’ve posted deals on this five pound bag of Haribo Gold Bears a few times in the past, but this is the first real price drop we’ve seen in 2017, if you’ve already depleted your stash. You’ll spend $11 if you order it through Amazon’s Subscribe & Save program (you can cancel after your first deliver, but why would…
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Reinhardt University plans vigil for ex-NFLer Quentin Moses
WALESKA, Ga. (AP) Reinhardt University is planning a vigil for Quentin Moses, a former NFL linebacker who was as an assistant football coach for the school when he died in a house fire over the weekend.
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The Warriors Were No Match For The Mighty Nuggets' Historic Three-Point Barrage
The Golden State Warriors, former NBA Finalists, traveled to Denver to play a depleted Nuggets team tonight. The Dubs were without Klay Thompson and Shaun Livingston, but the Nuggets were short five players of their own due to a series of injuries and short one Mason Plumlee on account of he just got traded yesterday.…
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Trump's National Security Czar Resigns Over "Compromising Position" With Russia
Donald Trump’s national security advisor, Michael Flynn, resigned tonight after just 24 days on the job after revelations that he’d “misled” the administration about a phone call with the Russian ambassador, had likely committed a crime, and was potentially vulnerable to blackmail.
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Runner Foiled By Pole Vaulter's Giant Rubber Band
Aengus Meldon of the National University of Ireland Galway was caught in the final stretch of the 800-meter preliminary at the Irish University Indoor Championship on Friday, but not by another runner.
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Zion Williamson Is At It Again
Blue chip recruit and high school junior Zion Williamson pulled off a cool-as-dang dunk two weeks ago. The sequel was even better.
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John Wall's Tweener Pass To Otto Porter Was So Smooth
In the third quarter of the Washington Wizards’ drubbing of the Oklahoma City Thunder, a steal by Markieff Morris led to a Wizards’ breakaway and this pass by John Wall, which is right up there for dime of the year.
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Youth Basketball League Kicks Two Girls Off Of Fifth-Grade Team, Team Forfeits In Protest
A group of 10-year-olds in New Jersey decided to forfeit the rest of their basketball season rather than play without their female teammates, who had been kicked off the team by the league.
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Adam Silver And Michael Jordan Met With James Dolan And Couldn't Get Him To Back Down
This afternoon, NBA commissioner Adam Silver and Michael Jordan met with James Dolan and Charles Oakley to try and mediate a peaceful end to their very public dispute. (Frank Isola first reported the news, and the NBA confirmed it shortly after.)
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Deadspin Up All Night: Stay Free
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. My favorite song goes out to my best dude.
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Chris Andersen Is Going To The Hornets
We Must Regulate the Price of Stuff at Airports Because It Is Pure Extortion In There
“Making flying suck less” has long been an obvious winning issue for any politician brave enough to stand up to the airline industry. In fact, an easy way to start is to make airports suck less.
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Italian Soccer Guy Scores Most Bellissimo Goal Of His Vita
Mamma mia! Here’s Perugia forward Francesco Nicastro serving up the spiciest of meatballs with this outrageous jumping, spinning, backheel volley in Italy’s Serie B:
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Look At The Big Stupid President's Big Stupid Golf Club
Donald Trump, a wide-set dingus, spent the weekend entertaining Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. The pair played some golf at Swamp Versailles, and Trump was spotted swinging around a big, stupid, gold driver.
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NCAA To Experiment With Playing Quarter Rules While Still Playing 20-Minute Halves
For decades, 20-minute halves containing frequent back-to-back timeouts due to mandatory TV breaks have been a mainstay in American households during the month of March. This year, the NCAA will begin experimenting with ways to do away with this tradition.
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Jerry Sandusky's Son Charged With Child Sexual Assault
Jeffrey Sandusky, the 41-year-old adopted son of former Penn State football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor, among other counts.
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Giants release Cruz, Jennings in salary cap moves (Yahoo Sports)
The New York Giants cleared roughly $10 million in salary cap space by releasing long-time fan favorite Victor Cruz and starting running back Rashad Jennings. The team announced the moves Monday after the two helped the Giants get back into the playoffs for the first time since playing in the Super Bowl in 2012. The 30-year Cruz joined the Giants as a free agent in 2010 and his game-breaking ability at wide receiver helped them win their second Super Bowl under Tom Coughlin.
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If Your Car Needs New Tires, Today's the Day to Buy Them
If your tires are about due for a replacement, Discount Tire Direct is offering up to $100 in Visa gift card rebates (in addition to any manufacturer rebates) when you order four new tires, plus an additional $100 if you order wheels as well. Just enter your make and model, click the options to see tires on promotion,…
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Town Full Of Jackasses Dismantles Man's Plane In His Driveway
You may recall the story of one Long Island man’s struggle to keep his small plane in his driveway. In that story, I was very pro-guy-with-plane, and I still am. Sadly, though, the town of Oceanside, Long Island, ended up being quite anti-guy-with-plane, and recently his plane was dismantled and removed.
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Man Creates 80-Foot-Long Whip Apparently Good Only For Hurting Himself
Via Reddit, here is a comically long bullwhip. But thanks to physics, the whipper necessarily becomes the whippee.
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77-Year-Old Bill Snyder Plans To Coach Through Throat Cancer Treatment
Bill Snyder, Kansas State’s 77-year-old head coach, announced on Monday morning that he’s been receiving treatment for throat cancer for the past three weeks. In a statement, Snyder said he plans to continue coaching the Wildcats while he undergoes treatment.
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