Jerry Jones accepts that Ezekiel Elliott will miss Week One

The Cowboys are ready for some football. Some football without running back Ezekiel Elliott. After Thursday’s preseason finale, owner Jerry Jones made it clear that he’s resigned to the fact that Elliott’s holdout will last into the regular season. “I just accept that,” Jones said, via Jori Epstein of USA Today. Jones refuses to accept [more]

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Trace McSorley apparently wins a roster spot in Baltimore

Plenty of sixth-round draft picks don’t make the 53-man roster. Ravens sixth-rounder Trace McSorley apparently will. “I don’t think it’s a matter of whether Trace has earned a place on the team,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said after the team’s preseason finale, via Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com. “He would have a role for us. It’s [more]

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Celebration fouls may complicate the post-touchdown try

In past years, a post-touchdown foul by the offense automatically pushed the kickoff back by 15 yards. This year, any foul by the offense after the touchdown — with celebration penalties being the most common — will potentially have a more immediate on the offense. The rules have been adjusted for 2019 to allow the [more]

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Dolphins officially name Ryan Fitzpatrick starting quarterback for opener

It may have felt like an inevitability but now it’s official. Ryan Fitzpatrick will start the season opener for the Miami Dolphins against the Baltimore Ravens. Neither Fitzpatrick or Josh Rosen played in Miami’s preseason finale against the New Orleans Saints. The Dolphins had apparently seen all they needed to see to install the veteran [more]

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Josh Gordon receives warm welcome in his return to action

Receiver Josh Gordon made his return to action in Thursday night’s preseason finale. It now remains to be seen whether his conditional reinstatement becomes the full-blown ability to suit up for the Patriots in 10 days, when New England raises banner No. 6 and embarks on its pursuit of a record-setting seventh Super Bowl win [more]

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Athletics closer says he’s happy Warriors are moving to San Francisco

You in a couple of championships and all of a sudden you go all big time on everyone.

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Jets may need another kicker after Taylor Bertolet’s struggles

Jets coach Adam Gase insists his confidence level in Taylor Bertolet is “good” despite the kicker missing three field goals Thursday night. “I mean, it’s just, two of those I just saw guys running out late,” Gase said, via video from Ralph Vacchiano of SNY. “You just can’t do that to the kicker. You can’t [more]

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