Baker Mayfield has a rough night without his playmakers

Baker Mayfield didn’t have his best weapons on the field as Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, David Njoku and Nick Chubb were among those sitting out the third preseason game Friday night. But Browns coach Freddie Kitchens didn’t want to hear any excuses during his halftime interview with WEWS. “Offensively, we’re not making any plays,” [more]

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Blaine Gabbert leaves with shoulder injury

Blaine Gabbert replaced Jameis Winston to start the second half. His night didn’t last long, ending with a trip back to the locker room. Gabbert appeared to be in significant pain as he walked with the trainers to undergo X-rays. He had a towel covering his left wrist and arm. Gabbert scrambled for an 8-yard [more]

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Stephen Ross: President Trump made protests about the military

The Summer of Stephen Ross continues. The Dolphins owner, who drew sharp criticism for hosting a six-figure fundraiser for President Trump earlier this month, addressed the Commander-in-Chief’s role in a June interview with Yahoo Finance. The quotes emerged on Friday. “I supported the players initially,” Ross said at the time. “When Trump made it about the [more]

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Matthew Stafford makes first appearance of the preseason

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has gotten more days off than most people expected this summer, but he was working on Friday night. Stafford got the start against the Bills in his first game action of the preseason and first game action under offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell. Things got off to a slow start, but productivity [more]

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Tre’Davious White, Quinton Spain, Frank Ragnow leave with injuries in Detroit

The first half of Friday night’s game between the Bills and Lions has seen both teams lose players to injury. Lions linebacker Jarrad Davis was carted to the locker room on the first series of the game and two Bills have now left the game as well. Left guard Quinton Spain rode a cart to [more]

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Jameis Winston takes a beating, struggles mightily

Was the Browns defense that good or the Bucs offense that bad? That’s what Bruce Arians and Byron Leftwich are charged with figuring out. They have to have at least a measure of concern after what they saw Friday night. It was ugly for Jameis Winston and the Bucs first-team offense. Winston took five sacks [more]

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Former NBA, ABA coach Tom Nissalke dead at 87

Tom Nissalke, who was the first coach of the Jazz in Utah, has died. He was 87.

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