Dolphins cutting Kalen Ballage

Running back Kalen Ballage left practice early Wednesday and didn’t return, Josh Tolentino of TheAthletic.com reports. Now, we know why. The Dolphins have informed Ballage that they are releasing him, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. The Dolphins made Ballage a fourth-round choice in 2018. He played 12 games as a rookie and had 45 [more]

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Washington issues statement encouraging employees who have been sexually harassed to report it

Implementation of the good cop/bad cop tactic has a time and a place. It should not be used by a multi-billion-dollar organization that is reeling from allegations made by 40 former employees and counting of workplace sexual harassment. Washington Football Team owner Daniel Snyder has attacked the latest reporting from the Washington Post, calling it [more]

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WNBA joins other sports in postponing Wednesday games

WNBA teams postponed all three games scheduled for Wednesday night, joining other sports in protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The Atlanta Dream were scheduled to play the defending WNBA champion Washington Mystics; the Los Angeles Sparks were supposed to play the Minnesota Lynx; and the Connecticut Sun were scheduled to play the Phoenix [more]

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Report: 15-minute home COVID-19 test arrives

On a day that has seen bad news piled so high atop bad news that a deadly hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast can’t even get much attention, here’s some good news. Via Michelle Fay Cortez of Bloomberg News, Abbott has received emergency FDA authorization for a $5 dollar home COVID-19 test that will [more]

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Report: Genard Avery didn’t tear ACL

Eagles defensive end Genard Avery was carted off the field in Wednesday’s practice. The good news is an MRI confirmed Avery didn’t injure his ACL, Adam Caplan of SiriusXM NFL reports. It is unclear long he will sit out practice, though. The team’s depth at defensive end is being tested with injuries to Avery and [more]

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Pete Carroll on players possibly refusing to take the field over social justice issues: “Anything’s possible”

The Seahawks had a mock game on Wednesday. Some players sat during the national anthem played before the game. After the game, coach Pete Carroll addressed the shooting of Jacob Blake, which has sparked widespread outrage and protest in the sports community. “This whole thing is ridiculous, and anybody that doesn’t recognize that just isn’t [more]

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Colts add some more tight end depth

The Colts added some more depth at tight end, which they kind of needed after injuries stacked up at the position. The team announced the signing of tight end Dominique Dafney. To clear the roster spot, they waived running back Bruce Anderson III. Dafney’s an undrafted rookie, who last played at Indiana State. He also [more]

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