League considering expanding practice squad and changing eligibility rules

The new CBA has changed the rules for practice-squad eligibility to permit each team to have two players on the practice squad with an unlimited number of accrued seasons. That number could be increasing. Already bumped from 10 players to 12 for 2020, it’s widely expected that the number will be pushed even higher due [more]

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Robert Rothman is trying to sell his interest in Washington, too

All of Daniel Snyder’s three minority partners want out. Earlier today, we reported that Fred Smith and Dwight Schar have been trying to sell their interest in the franchise. The Washington Post reports that Robert Rothman wants out, too. Per the Post, the there minority partners want out “in large part because they are ‘not [more]

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Ex-Lion Tom Vaughn dies at 77

Tom Vaughn, a safety who spent his seven-year NFL career with the Lions, has died at the age of 77. Vaughn played his college football at Iowa State, where he was all-Big Eight as a fullback in 1963 and then as a defensive back in 1964. He also led the Big Eight in punt returns [more]

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Indians manager says it’s time to change the team’s name

The Washington NFL franchise’s announcement of a “thorough review” of its name instantly was interpreted as a decision to change it. The Cleveland MLB franchise’s decision to consider changing its name wasn’t. Perhaps now it should be. “I think it’s time to move forward,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said Sunday regarding the name, via the [more]

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Liverpool gets Premier League title celebrations back on track

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Packers CEO Mark Murphy on the pandemic: “Time is no longer on our side”

The Packers don’t have a traditional owner. CEO Mark Murphy is the closest they have to one. And with not many owners talking publicly about the challenges confronting the NFL in a pandemic, anything any of them say (even one who isn’t really an owner but close enough) is significant. Here’s what Murphy said about [more]

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Lamar Jackson vows to keep the chip on his shoulder

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson became the league MVP in only his second season. He has nowhere to go but down. He’s determined to keep going up. “We had this conversation when I first saw him this offseason,” Jackson’s private quarterbacks coach, Joshua Harris, recently told Brent Sobleski of BleacherReport.com. “I told him, ‘Well, now you [more]

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