Antonio Brown: I look forward to new beginnings

Antonio Brown will not appeal his eight-game suspension. He will serve it and then plans (hopes?) to play the final eight games. With who? Who knows. The free agent receiver responded Friday night to news from the NFL earlier in the day. “I look forward to new beginnings,” Brown wrote on Instagram. “I want to [more]

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Nick Foles never had a discussion about opting out

The rumors of Nick Foles‘ opting out were greatly exaggerated. The Bears quarterback never even considered it and instead will battle Mitchell Trubisky for the starting job. Foles, 31, has a newborn but toured the facility to see the precautionary measures the team is using in Halas Hall. “There was never a discussion about opting [more]

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Bucs waive Jaydon Mickens, Nasir Player, Spencer Schnell

The Buccaneers moved closer to 80 players Friday. They announced they waived receiver Jaydon Mickens, linebacker Nasir Player and receiver Spencer Schnell. The Bucs had 13 receivers on their roster, so that was an easy position to cut. Mickens, 26, joined the team late last season. He played one game, seeing action on 26 offensive [more]

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MLB Commissioner floats possibility of scrapping season

Baseball has been back for a week. It may not be back for much longer. According to Jeff Passan of ESPN.com, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark on Friday that baseball could shut down the season, if it doesn’t do a better job of managing the COVID-19 pandemic. [more]

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Bengals tackle Isaiah Prince opts out

A second Bengals player has chosen to opt out this morning. The team announced that backup tackle Isaiah Prince has been placed on the reserve/opt-out list. Defensive tackle Josh Tupou told the team this morning he was electing to not play this year. Prince was picked in the sixth round by the Dolphins last year [more]

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Josh Tupou told Bengals he’s opting out

Defensive tackle Josh Tupou has joined the list of NFL players opting out of playing this season. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Tupou has informed the Bengals of his decision. The team has not made a roster move involving Tupou yet. Tupou was headed into his fourth season with the team and was [more]

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Another baseball team postponed after positive tests

Major League Baseball has postponed another game because of positive tests for COVID-19. According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, tonight’s Cardinals-Brewers game has been postponed, because of positives tests (plural) from the Cardinals. MLB previously suspended the Marlins’ season for at least a week because of their outbreak, which is up to 17 players [more]

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