NFL.com changes Colin Kaepernick’s designation from “retired”

Colin Kaepernick hasn’t retired, and now the league-owned website properly reflects that fact. NFL.com has changed Kaepernick’s designation from “retired” to “UFA,” presumably after the incorrect verbiage was brought to light on Friday night. “Thank you to everyone who held the @NFL accountable for falsely reporting that Colin ‘retired’ on their website,” his girlfriend, Nessa, [more]

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Adrian Peterson’s goal: Move past Barry Sanders in career rushing yards

Washington running back Adrian Peterson has an eye on the career rushing leaderboard as he heads into his 14th season. Peterson is currently fifth in NFL history with 14,216 career rushing yards. In fourth place is Barry Sanders, who had 15,269 yards in his 10 NFL seasons. Peterson hopes he can top Sanders this year. [more]

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Herm Edwards thinks rewarding hiring with draft picks is a bad idea

Former Jets and Chiefs head coach Herm Edwards does not agree with the proposal to reward teams that hire minority coaches and GMs with better draft picks. The proposal, which NFL owners decided to table this week, would have moved a team up 10 spots in the third round of the draft if it had [more]

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The inside story of the 'impossible' Champions League final win

In sport, playing in a final is the pinnacle, but losing a final is awful. They say there are no prizes for second place; that's not entirely true, but a silver medal isn't much of a consolation. The losers would often prefer to be forgotten.

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Carlos Hyde underwent offseason shoulder surgery

Running back Carlos Hyde, who agreed to terms with the Seahawks on Friday, underwent offseason shoulder surgery, Mike Silver of NFL Media reports. Hyde tore his labrum last season with the Texans. He played through it but exacerbated it in the divisional round playoff loss to the Chiefs. Hyde had surgery in February. Hyde, 29, [more]

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Report: Ryan Leaf arrested for misdemeanor domestic battery

Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested in Palm Springs, California, on Friday for misdemeanor domestic battery, TMZSports.com reports. Leaf’s bail was set for $5,000. The Chargers selected Leaf with the second overall choice in 1998, but his career did not last long. He started only 18 games with the Chargers, going 4-14 with 13 [more]

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Big 12 returns on June 15 for on-campus workouts

Ready or not, here football comes. As previously noted, SEC teams are reconvening for on-campus workouts on June 8. It’s now been announced that, one week later, the Big 12 will be back. It’s no surprise, The Power Five conferences (SEC, Big 12, ACC, Big 10, Pac-12) stand to lose $4 billion if there’s no [more]

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