Mark Cuban no longer optimistic about NBA season starting mid-May

If it wasn’t obvious before Wimbledon’s announcement, it is now. Sports aren’t restarting anytime soon. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who expressed optimism last week that the NBA could return in mid-May, acknowledged Wednesday that no one can predict with any certainty when sports can resume. “I don’t know the date, and it won’t happen until [more]

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MLB star pledges to give every minor league player in his team's organization $1,000

Shin-Soo Choo, an outfielder and designated hitter for the Texas Rangers, is giving every player in the Rangers' minor league system $1,000 to help alleviate the financial hit they may take amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Report: Cowboys giving Aldon Smith a second chance

Aldon Smith hasn’t played since 2015, but the Cowboys are rolling the dice the pass rusher still can play. Smith has reached agreement with the Cowboys, Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reports. It’s a one-year, $4 million deal, according to Michael Gehlken of the Dallas Morning News. “Clean and sober now, incredible how much he’s [more]

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Will “small war rooms” for draft mesh with stay-at-home orders?

For the draft, the NFL has decided to allow “small war rooms” of up to 10 people. In many states, that  practice may defy pending “stay at home” orders. Unless the NFL is able to finagle for the teams in the various states that require citizens to shelter in place a draft-day dispensation, anyone leaving [more]

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NFLPA tells membership that claims of revised CBA are “completely false”

The NFL Players Association has responded to the accusation that the Collective Bargaining Agreement was altered between the version on which the players voted and the final draft. And the NFLPA has rejected the claim that the CBA was improperly revised. According to a document provided to all players, a copy of which PFT has [more]

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Seahawks agree to terms with Benson Mayowa

The Seahawks have agreed to terms with defensive end Benson Mayowa on Wednesday, his agent, David Canter, announced. It is a one-year deal worth over $3 million fully guaranteed, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. The contract has a max value over $4 million with incentives. Mayowa, 28, spent last season with the Raiders. He [more]

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An April Fool’s Day look at stories we didn’t initially believe

In honor of April Fool’s Day, Wednesday’s PFT Live committed no April Fool’s Day gags. Instead, we had a draft based on the reaction that April Fool’s Day gags are intended to provoke. Specifically, Simms and I did a draft of the stories that we didn’t believe when we first heard them. We picked three [more]

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