Sashi Brown has another job — in another sport

The Browns thought they were being outside-the-box when they put Sashi Brown in charge of their football operation. When it didn’t work, his next job came from outside the sport. The NBA’s Washington Wizards announced this morning that Brown was hired as chief planning and operations officer He joins new General Manager Tommy Sheppard in [more]

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Julio Jones takes the practice field, without new contract

Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones is trusting owner Arthur Blank to keep his word. So he kept his. The Falcons took the field for their first practice of training camp this morning, and it looks like Jones will be participating. Via Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com, Jones took the field wearing a helmet this morning, a [more]

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Odell Beckham wants to beat Jerry Rice’s yardage record

He’s the most compelling and at times contradictory figure in football. And there’s nothing more compelling or contradictory than the notion that Browns receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has resolved internal angst that caused him to contemplate retirement at age 24 by determining to play long enough to beat Jerry Rice’s all-time receiving yardage record. Beckham [more]

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Why did Jimmy Butler choose Miami? It started playing dominoes in Little Havana

Butler wanted to get a feel for Miami the city and if he would fit in there.

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Barry Sanders: Retirement was “clumsy,” but no regrets

Twenty years after announcing his retirement by sending a statement to his hometown newspaper and leaving the country, Barry Sanders says the announcement itself could have gone more smoothly, but the retirement was the right decision. Asked by the Detroit Free Press if he should have handled it differently, Sanders said he doesn’t necessarily think [more]

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Report: Ezekiel Elliott hasn’t “firmly decided” to hold out

A week ago, it looked like the Cowboys wouldn’t be giving running back Ezekiel Elliott a new contract, and that Elliott happily would show up for training camp without one. Today, that hardly appears to be quite so automatic. We reported on Monday that Elliott was privately saying he planned to hold out, absent a [more]

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Bucks GM Horst says keeping Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez was summer priority

Milwaukee made the leap last year — won 60 games last season, had the MVP in Giannis Antetokounmpo, was top five in offense and defense, reached the conference finals, and became a serious title contender. It was an amazing season and run, one that earned GM Jon Horst Executive of the Year honors, as voted

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