Despite giving up Super Bowl halftime show, Pepsi remains an NFL sponsor

Pepsi is out as the sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show, but it’s still in as a major NFL sponsor. Pepsi officially announced this week that, after 10 years as the presenting sponsor of a concert seen by more than 100 million people annually, it will surrender that position. However, Pepsi will remain a [more]

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San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler skips national anthem over Uvalde shooting

Six years ago, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose not to stand for the national anthem, in to bring awareness to police violence against Black and Brown citizens. Now, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler is making a similar gesture, sparked by exasperation over the nation’s collective failure to protect children in school from [more]

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Fantasy football dispute leads to on-field fight between MLB players

Fantasy football is a popular pastime in Major League Baseball clubhouses, but a dispute in a baseball players’ fantasy football league led to an on-field fight between the Cincinnati Reds’ Tommy Pham and the San Francisco Giants’ Joc Pederson yesterday. According to Pederson, Pham hit him in the face during batting practice before the game, [more]

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New Steeler Miles Boykin admits he hated Pittsburgh while he was with Baltimore

After three seasons in Baltimore, wide receiver Miles Boykin was waived by the Ravens and claimed by the Steelers this offseason. Meaning he went from one side of a fierce rivalry to the other. And Boykin admits that he used to hate Pittsburgh, not only because of the Ravens-Steelers rivalry, but also because he expected [more]

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Marcus Mariota: Big Falcons wide receivers make QBs look good

The Falcons aren’t looking for Marcus Mariota to be Matt Ryan, but they would like him to be a productive passer during the 2022 season. There were points this offseason when outside observers wondered if the team’s receiving corps would allow that to happen. Calvin Ridley is suspended for the year and Russell Gage left [more]

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Andy Reid defends Eric Bieniemy after LeSean McCoy’s criticism

Former Chiefs running back LeSean McCoy had some harsh comments about Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy recently, but head coach Andy Reid said those comments say more about McCoy than Bieniemy. McCoy said on the I Am Athlete podcast that Bieniemy talks to players in a fashion that many players take issue with, and McCoy [more]

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Patrick Mahomes: I can only imagine how good Justyn Ross is going to be

Chiefs undrafted receiver Justyn Ross created a stir on social media when he made a terrific one-handed catch during Wednesday’s OTA practice and carried himself as if it were business as usual. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes praised Ross for the catch on Twitter and had more positive things to say about the young receiver when he [more]

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