Philip Rivers: It was time for me to be done with the Chargers, they nailed it with Justin Herbert

Philip Rivers spent 16 seasons playing quarterback for the Chargers, and he’s hoping Justin Herbert will last at least as long. Rivers called himself a big fan of Herbert’s and said the Chargers couldn’t have done a better job of identifying the right quarterback to be the next one to lead their franchise. “I pull [more]

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Tony Buzbee seeks documents regarding NFL’s investigation of Deshaun Watson

This past week featured a three-day hearing regarding the league’s effort to discipline Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. The four pending lawsuits against Watson were not completely forgotten. Fox 8 in Cleveland reports that attorney Tony Buzbee filed paperwork on Friday seeking documents from the NFL regarding its investigation of Watson. Buzbee seeks among other things [more]

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Buzz builds for Eno Benjamin

Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury recently described second-year running back Eno Benjamin as a potential starter. Starting Cardinals offensive lineman Justin Pugh agrees. Appearing on Dave Pasch’s podcast, Pugh put the football-following world on notice that Benjamin could be on the verge of becoming much better known than he currently is. “I think a guy to [more]

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North Carolina fails to pass sports betting legislation

Plenty of states have embraced legalized sports betting in the four-plus years since the Supreme Court opened the floodgates. Plenty have not. North Carolina remains in the “not” category, for now. As explained by Bill King of Sports Business Journal, an effort to make sports betting a reality in Raleigh collapsed this week. It looked [more]

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Daniel Snyder gets more aggressive in his attacks on media that dare to criticize him

For his next move, Commanders owner Daniel Snyder possibly will declare the press to be the enemy of the people. Snyder is becoming gradually more aggressive with those in the media who dare to write or talk about the history that culminated in discipline that was announced a year ago on Friday, as the NFL [more]

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Jaguars QB coach Mike McCoy likes the quicker decisions he’s seeing from Trevor Lawrence

Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence suffered through a rough rookie season. As one of the most celebrated quarterback prospects ever to enter the draft, expectations were high, but Lawrence threw 17 interceptions, the most in the NFL, and among all quarterbacks who threw at least 400 passes, Lawrence ranked dead last in yards, touchdowns, completion percentage [more]

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Tua Tagovailoa: Miami used to revolve around the Dolphins, we’re trying to re-establish that

For much of their franchise history, the Miami Dolphins were one of the elite franchises in sports. In the 1970s they went to three straight Super Bowls and produced the NFL’s only perfect season. In the 1980s they went to two more Super Bowls, and in the Dan Marino era they were always relevant. But [more]

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