The time has come to quit forcing athletes to speak

Athletes are paid to perform. They’re not paid to speak. It’s time for all sports leagues to recognize that fact, and to respect it. Marshawn Lynch currently is trending on Twitter because tennis star Naomi Osaka has received a $15,000 fine for refusing to meet with reporters after a match at the French Open. The [more]

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Could Mac Jones emerge as the Week One starter in New England?

The Patriots really like quarterback Cam Newton. But they didn’t like him enough to refrain from taking another quarterback with the fifteenth overall pick in the draft. So now that Mac Jones is in the fold, can Jones ascend to the top of the depth chart before Week One? Mike Reiss of ESPN.com emerged from [more]

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Vikings wanted to get to No. 8 for Justin Fields

The Packers aren’t the only team in the NFC North with a potentially awkward quarterback transition. As disclosed in a video published by the Panthers, the Vikings called Carolina in an attempt to trade up from No. 14 to No. 8 in the first round of the 2021 draft. Per a league source, the Vikings [more]

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Lynn Bowden Jr. on Tua Tagovailoa: When he lets it loose, we’ll win every game

Lynn Bowden Jr. expected to spend his rookie season playing for the Raiders after they drafted him in the third round, but he wound up making his NFL debut with the Dolphins last September. The Raiders traded Bowden and a 2021 sixth-round pick to Miami for a fourth-round selection in a deal that reports said [more]

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Titans emerge as the perceived favorites to land Julio Jones, for a second-round pick in 2022

Three days away from the official opening of the Julio Jones trade window, there continues to be no clear and obvious destination for one of the best receivers in the NFL. In league circles, the current expectation is that, eventually, the Falcons will send Jones to the Titans for a second-round pick. This isn’t a [more]

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Could Matt Patricia be the heir to Bill Belichick, as the coach or G.M. or both?

Former Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia has returned to the team in a role with a different title and far different duties. The Schrutian “special assistant to the head coach” is indeed assisting head coach Bill Belichick, in many different ways. The situation invites reasonable speculation as to whether this could lead to Patricia getting [more]

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Kwity Paye: Cool being able to focus on football only

Colts first-round pick Kwity Paye has spent the last few weeks getting used to life as a professional football player and he’s found one thing to be a big improvement over life at the University of Michigan. While in Ann Arbor, Paye had to balance his life as a defensive lineman with his responsibilities in [more]

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