Notorious for the anti-Arab racism of some of its fans, Israeli soccer club explores Emirati investment

A glass cabinet in the lobby of Moshe Hogeg's office is filled with action hero figures. The high-tech executive explained to CNN's Oren Liebermann why Batman was his favorite: "He doesn't really have superpowers whatsoever but it makes you feel like maybe you can do big things also."

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Pete Carroll on fine for mask violation: “Sometimes you’ve got to get coached up”

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll was one of five head coaches across the league fined $100,00 for failure to comply with the NFL’s mask mandate for coaches on the sidelines. Carroll has worn a mask on the sidelines for games but the times where he didn’t have it properly situated apparently crossed an acceptable threshold [more]

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Seahawks pleased with Brian Schottenheimer move upstairs to coaches’ booth

For his first two seasons as offensive coordinator in Seattle, Brian Schottenheimer coaches from the sidelines during games. But ahead of the 2020 season, Schottenheimer and head coach Pete Carroll discussed the possibility of Schottenheimer moving upstairs to call games from the booth instead. After testing it out during two mock game scrimmages at CenturyLink [more]

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The Week Two PFT PM awards

Every Tuesday on PFT PM, three of us hand out four awards each. That’s 12 total awards. If we actually presented trophies or other hardware or, you know, cash, it would get expensive. The Week Two awards were presented during today’s PFT PM, with MDS, Charean Williams, and I each naming an offensive player, defensive [more]

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No other coaches were fined for mask violations

The NFL dropped the hammer on five head coaches who kept their face coverings drooped below their chins for most if not all of their Week Two games. Per a league source, those were the only five coaches who faced any type of fine. Although 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, Broncos coach Vic Fangio, Seahawks coach [more]

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Saints stayed late in Las Vegas as team held review of loss to Raiders

The New Orleans Saints were not happy with their performance Monday night against the Las Vegas Raiders. Head coach Sean Payton made the team get a jump start on their breakdown of the game before returning to New Orleans on Tuesday. According to Jeff Duncan of TheAthletic.com, the Saints had been scheduled to depart Las [more]

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Former Oilers defensive back Bob Atkins dies at 74

Former NFL defensive back Bob Atkins has died, Mark Berman of FOX 26 reports. Atkins was 74. The St. Louis Cardinals selected Atkins in the second round of the 1968 draft out of Grambling. He played two years with the Cardinals before they traded him to the Houston Oilers. Atkins played seven years in Houston. [more]

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