NHL broadcast will include five-second delay to prevent “unsavory language”

As the NHL plans to resume its 2019-20 season, game broadcasts will feature ambient noise from the rink. Given that NHL players often use language that would make Rex Ryan blush (search YouTube for confirmation at your own risk), protections will be needed to keep people at home from hearing it. Via ESPN.com, the league [more]

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NFL reviewing Washington’s compliance with Rooney Rule

The NFL is investigating whether the Washington Football Team violated the Rooney Rule in hiring Terry Bateman to oversee business operations this week. “The NFL is reviewing the matter with the team to understand the facts,” the league told Mark Maske of the Washington Post. The Fritz Pollard Alliance this week questioned the hiring process [more]

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Steelers wrap up draft pick signings

The Steelers have all of their 2020 draft picks under contract. Four of the six players selected in April agreed to deals in recent days and the Steelers announced the final two signings on Friday. Guard Kevin Dotson was a fourth-round pick after making 52 starts over four years at Louisiana. Steelers offensive line coach [more]

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Michael Johnson: If you're not using your platform on issue of racism, 'you're complicit'

"If you have a platform and you're not speaking, I've got a problem with you."

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Internal squabble looms over roster size, too

The issue of guaranteed salaries isn’t the only one that needs to be worked out among NFL players. Per a league source, plenty of players have bristled at the efforts of the NFL Players Association to cut training-camp rosters from 90 to 80. That’s 320 jobs gone, before camp even opens. It’s 320 chances to [more]

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Todd Gurley “prepared to not play” if NFL, NFLPA can’t agree on a COVID-19 plan

Falcons running back Todd Gurley says that if the NFL and NFL Players Association can’t come up with a good plan for playing football safely in a pandemic, the other alternative is not playing at all. Gurley says he has so far been unimpressed with what he’s heard about how the league plans to prevent [more]

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Zanardi transferred to intensive care

Ex-Formula One driver and Paralympic champion Alex Zanardi has been transferred to intensive care just days after he was moved to a specialist neuro-rehabilitation center.

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