After long road to the Pro Bowl, Jaylon Smith calls the game “a blessing”

Some players don’t think the Pro Bowl is worth their time. Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith is not one of those players. Smith, who suffered a severe knee injury in his final college game, missed his rookie season because of that injury, and for a time didn’t know if he’d fully recover, is in his first [more]

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Hunt family will host close to 2,000 for Super Bowl

Norma Hunt has attended every Super Bowl. This time, the widow of Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt will have plenty of company. According to Chiefs V.P. of communications Ted Crews, “The Hunt family is hosting close to to 2,000 staff, friends and their families” in Miami for Super Bowl LIV. (Ryan O’Reilly wearing a Chiefs helmet [more]

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Javier Hernandez clarifies 'retirement' comments after crying over LA Galaxy transfer

The arrival of Javier Hernandez at Los Angeles Galaxy was treated as a seminal moment for Major League Soccer and for the club.

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When growing up, Kyle Shanahan learned more from osmosis not direct instruction

Nepotism is part of football. It just is. Like it or not, coaches hire their kids and/or their kids get opportunities with other teams because of who their dads are. (If you think that concept applies in no other American industry, you don’t know much about American industry.) What matters, ultimately, isn’t how the opportunity [more]

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Jed York hopes 49ers are in position to visit White House

What once was a given has become a point of contention in recent years, spanning two administrations. As the 49ers and Chiefs prepare to battle for the privilege of the next NFL invitation to the White House, San Francisco CEO Jed York has taken a pragmatic approach: It doesn’t matter until the 49ers win the [more]

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John Elway on onside kicks: We’ve got to try something

Broncos General Manager John Elway is a member of the league’s competition committee, and he recognizes that something has to be done about onside kicks. Asked about the Pro Bowl experimenting with an onside kick alternative of allowing the kicking team to line up on offense with a fourth-and-15, Elway noted that only eight onside [more]

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Stopping athletes protesting at Tokyo 2020 will 'be impossible,' says Moses

Some of the Olympic Games' most iconic moments have come not in the sporting feats themselves, but in the limelight those achievements have earned athletes.

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