'White Lives Matter' banner was to 'incite racial hatred,' says Burnley CEO

English football seemed to be united. When the Premier League restarted earlier this month, all the players from 20 clubs took a knee and some raised their fists, paying homage to a symbol of the Black power movement. For the first 12 games players also wore shirts with the message "Black Lives Matter" on the back of their jerseys instead of their names.

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Fauci: “Impossible to call” if football can be played in the fall

Last week, Dr. Anthony Fauci said during an appearance on CNN it would be hard to see how football could be played in the fall if players weren’t quarantined in a “bubble.” But the nation’s top infectious disease expert clarified those remarks, saying he was speaking in general terms only, since the unknowns about the [more]

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Wink Martindale got creative to keep Ravens defenders engaged this offseason

NFL coaches were faced with a new challenge this offseason. They had to engage their players via remote meetings rather than having them in the same room and Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale drew on non-football experiences to make sure he was able to get the job done. Martindale “taught some boring subjects” to high [more]

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Mohamed Sanu “way ahead of the curve” in return from ankle surgery

The Patriots traded for wide receiver Mohamed Sanu during the 2019 season in hopes that his arrival would spark their offense, but he suffered a high ankle sprain early in his time with the team and didn’t have the desired impact. Sanu caught 26 passes for 207 yards and a touchdown in eight regular season [more]

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One year on, Marta's emotional World Cup speech resonates even more

"Women's football depends on you to survive."

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Steelers to move Matt Feiler to left guard

With offseason programs wiped out, and the chance to look at multiple options taken away from them, it seems likely that NFL coaches are going to lean toward known commodities when making decisions. That appears to be the case in Pittsburgh, when the Steelers consider replacing retired left guard Ramon Foster. Via Joe Rutter of [more]

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Adrian Peterson hopes to play through 2023

There’s someone else in Washington hoping for four more years. Running back Adrian Peterson, who entered the league in 2007 as a first-round pick of the Vikings, told TMZ that he hopes to play through 2023. “Man, why not four more years?” Peterson said. “Why not?” Peterson ultimately wants to have no regrets. “I don’t [more]

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