MLB slugger Pete Alonso: These are 'unprecedented' times

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“Extremely small” chance that there will be no NFL season in 2020

The ongoing pandemic has created plenty of confusion, as science has mixed with politics and as news has been filtered and slanted by media outlets and personalities more concerned about pandering to political viewpoints (on both sides) than the truth. Within the NFL, there’s little or no confusion: Football season will happen. Per sources with [more]

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Bill Beaumont re-elected World Rugby chairman

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Tommy Stevens tug-of-war exposes NFL’s dirty little draft secret

On April 21, the NFL reminded all coaches, General Managers, and player personnel directors of the bright-line rules regarding communications with prospects before and during the draft. On April 25, those rules once again were blatantly violated, probably by every single team. The evidence of that fact comes from the nonchalance with with Saints coach [more]

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Vikings will “never say never” about an Everson Griffen reunion

Before the draft, Vikings G.M. Rick Spielman kept the door open for a potential reunion with veteran defensive end Everson Griffen. After a draft that brought South Carolina pass rusher D.J. Wonnum to Minnesota via round four, the door may be closer to being closed. During a recent appearance on #PFTPM, Spielman was asked about [more]

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Report: Lions are expected to decline Jarrad Davis option

The Lions’ 2017 first-round draft pick may be gone after 2020. Detroit is not expected to pick up the fifth-year option on Davis’s contract, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Although “not expected” is not quite definitive, it seems safe to say that the Lions have already made up their minds. The deadline to [more]

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Marvin Lewis on Andy Dalton: “Wherever he ends up, he’ll be an asset”

In each of the first five years of Andy Dalton‘s career, the Bengals made the playoffs. His coach for those five seasons, and three after that, was Marvin Lewis. Lewis spoke to PFT by phone on Friday regarding Dalton, who was cut by the Bengals on Thursday. “Wherever he ends up,” Lewis said of Dalton, [more]

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