England beats Ireland to revive Six Nations Championship hopes

England kept its Six Nations Championship and Triple Crown hopes alive with a resounding 24-12 victory over Ireland at Twickenham Sunday.

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Another game, another huge performance for P.J. Walker

One game at a time, XFL quarterback P.J. Walker is carving a path out of the XFL. The Houston Roughnecks starter threw for 306 yards and three touchdowns in Saturday’s closer-than-expected 34-27 win over the Tampa Bay Vipers. He added 34 yards rushing and a touchdown on the ground to a passing performance that generated [more]

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Antitrust litigation gives players a powerful weapon, but there’s risk in using it

The traditional union model doesn’t give players maximum leverage against the league, because the fundamental differences between football and other industries make it much, much harder for NFL workers to endure a work stoppage. As noted on Saturday, the strongest potential weapon comes from the players’ power to shut down the union and to proceed [more]

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Shift in tag window shows that NFL has flexibility on CBA talks

The shifting of the opening of the tag window from February 25 to February 27 doesn’t matter. The shifting of the closing of the tag window from March 10 to March 12 does, because when in the deadline-driven business that is the NFL, all that really matters is the closing of the window. (That said, [more]

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Conflicting reports on whether Martindale is highest-paid defensive coordinator

The Ravens signed defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale to a new contract that was initially reported as making him the highest-paid defensive coordinator in the NFL. But now there are conflicting reports about whether that’s the case. ESPN cited two sources as disputing that Martindale is the highest-paid defensive coordinator in the league. ESPN’s report [more]

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Report: Ravens are expected to franchise tag Matthew Judon

The NFL and NFLPA agreed to push back the start of the window to use franchise tags two days in light of scheduled talks on the proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement this week and it looks like the Ravens will be active once that period is underway. Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports that the Ravens are [more]

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Jon Gruden says Raiders will have June minicamp in Las Vegas

After the Raiders wrapped up the 2019 season, head coach Jon Gruden said that the team was going to do their offseason work and hold training camp in California before moving all of their operations to Las Vegas in time for the 2020 season. On Saturday night, Gruden announced a slight change to those plans. [more]

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