Washington Football Team now appears on NFL, opposing team websites

Thursday brought word that Washington’s move to drop its former team name and logo would lead them to play this season as the Washington Football Team, but the rebranding rollout didn’t happen all at once. Old logos popped up for a while even after the team’s Twitter account was renamed and neither the league’s website [more]

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Jets rookies, QBs to get initial COVID-19 tests Friday

The Jets wrapped up contracts for members of their draft class by signing third-round safety Ashtyn Davis on Thursday and they’ll take another step toward starting the season on Friday. Rookies, quarterbacks and injured players were initially set to report for COVID-19 testing on Tuesday, but the team opted to postpone that step indefinitely because [more]

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Optimism builds for NFL-NFLPA deal in the coming days

Despite some huffing and puffing by owners about delaying the opening of training camp until a deal is reached on the financial aspects of pro football in a pandemic, optimism is building for a deal to be reached in the next few days. The deal is expected to include plenty of the things for which [more]

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Pac-12 pushing back start, looking at 10-game conference-only schedule

As some smaller-school conferences have abandoned fall seasons because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Power Five conferences are still sifting through how to put together schedules. And according to Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News, the Pac-12 is leaning toward a 10-game, conference-only schedule which would begin in mid-September. While still an ambitious [more]

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A pig's head and riot police: Football's most controversial transfer

The noise inside the Camp Nou on November 23, 2002, was unlike any other experienced in Barcelona's soup bowl of a stadium.

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Urban Meyer: If college football moves to spring, top prospects should sit out

If the COVID-19 pandemic pushes the college football season into the spring of 2021, Urban Meyer would advise players who are expecting to get drafted to skip it. Meyer, who won national championships at both Florida and Ohio State, said he doesn’t think it’s in a player’s best interests to ask him to play a [more]

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Diana Hymowitz joining Washington front office as football operations assistant

The Washington Football Team is adding to its front office staff. The team is hiring Diana Hymowitz to serve as a Football Operations Assistant according to her Twitter account and updated LinkedIn page. Hymowitz spent last football serving as a seasonal operations assistant for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before joining Major League Baseball to assist [more]

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