Rae Carruth’s son prepares for high-school graduation

If his father had had his way, Chancellor Lee Adams never would have lived. Now, as explained by Scott Fowler of the Charlotte Observer, he’s about to graduate high school. The son of Rae Carruth, a first-round pick of the Panthers in 1997, the 21-year-old Adams has battled brain damage and cerebral palsy as a [more]

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Former Bills, Bucs linebacker Eugene Marve dies at 60

Former NFL linebacker Eugene Marve died Monday after a short hospital stay for an undisclosed medical condition, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Marve was 60. He became the first player from Saginaw Valley State drafted into the NFL. The Bills made Marve a third-round choice in 1982, and he played six seasons [more]

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Stefon Diggs wants five Super Bowl rings

Tom Brady has seven Super Bowl rings. Charles Haley has five. No other player has more than four. Stefon Diggs is aiming high, though the Bills receiver apparently is conceding he won’t catch Brady. In an interview with DC Magazine, Diggs laid out the lofty expectations he has for his career as he enters his [more]

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Jimmy Garoppolo hoping for Jalen Hurd’s good health

Bad luck has followed Jalen Hurd since he arrived in San Francisco as a third-round choice in 2019. He has yet to play a regular-season game because of a stress fracture in his back followed a year later by a torn ACL. If Hurd can remain healthy — a big if given his 32 games [more]

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Anthony Barr took pay cut so injury wasn’t his last memory of Minnesota

Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr‘s 2020 season ended after only 94 defensive snaps. He tore his right pectoral muscle while tackling Colts running back Jonathan Taylor in Week 2. That would have served as his final play as a Viking after seven seasons and four Pro Bowls if Barr hadn’t agreed to a pay cut. “I [more]

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Garrett Gilbert working to remain as Cowboys’ No. 2 quarterback

The Cowboys have had veteran quarterbacks Jeff Driskel and Brett Hundley visit recently. It’s obvious Mike McCarthy would prefer a veteran quarterback behind Dak Prescott. Dallas signed Andy Dalton last offseason, and Prescott missed 11 games with his right ankle injury. The Cowboys, though, didn’t sign Driskel or Hundley, and Driskel since has signed with [more]

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Chad Johnson prepares for June 6 boxing debut

Former NFL receiver Chad Johnson won’t be fighting former NFL cornerback Pacman Jones on June 6, on the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul undercard. Johnson will nevertheless be fighting someone. Johnson will face bare-knuckle fighter Brian Maxwell in the first fight of the evening. To prepare for the fight, Johnson is working out in Houston with Jermall [more]

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