Falcons G.M. “confident” Julio Jones deal will be done soon

There are those around the league who think the Falcons and Julio Jones already have a deal, and just have to wait until the July 26 anniversary of his last pay raise to consummate it. If that’s the case, it would explain why Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff doesn’t seem stressed about it. Via Vaughn McClure [more]

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Beitar Jerusalem: Soccer club owner ready to sue 'racist' fans

He's a soccer player named Ali Mohamed. He's a Christian from Niger but because his name sounds Muslim, that's enough for some soccer fans to want to rename him.

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Jadeveon Clowney not expected to show until just before regular season

The Texans couldn’t reach an agreement with Jadeveon Clowney on a long-term deal before the deadline for franchise-tagged players to do so. So, Clowney will see them in a month. According to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Clowney plans to report to the Texans just before the start of the regular season. That’s obvious, as [more]

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Malcolm Jenkins talks to students about mental health

Malcolm Jenkins has something big on his mind today, as he reports to training camp to go to work for another year. But the Eagles safety spent the last day of his offseason talking about a bigger burden. Via Tim McManus of ESPN.com, Jenkins spoke yesterday at Michelle Obama’s Beating the Odds Summit at Howard [more]

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Ticket sales slow for Packers-Raiders in Winnipeg

Tickets for the Packers-Raiders preseason game in Winnipeg are expensive, and unsurprisingly they’re not selling well. John Graham, who is handling the local promotion in Winnipeg, admitted to the Canadian Press that ticket sales are behind where he thought they’d be at this point, but he said there’s still plenty of time to generate fan [more]

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Bengals owner Mike Brown opposes 18-game schedule

Not every owner in the NFL is behind the push for an increase of the regular season to 18 games. Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown said Tuesday that he is not in favor of increasing the amount of regular season games and believes the players deal with enough beating as it is. “These seasons are [more]

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Report: Chargers adding running back Derrick Gore

On the eve of training camp, the Los Angeles Chargers are planning to add another running back to their roster as Melvin Gordon appears set to holdout in search of a new contract. According to Matt Zenitz of AL.com, the Chargers are going to sign former Alabama and Louisiana-Monroe running back Derrick Gore. Gore was [more]

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