Hall of Fame punter Ray Guy dies at 72

Ray Guy, the only pure punter in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 72. The Raiders selected Guy out of Southern Miss in the first round of the 1973 NFL draft, making him the first punter ever drafted in the first round. Guy would go on to spend 14 [more]

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Fans at Eagles-Texans game will know what’s happening in Astros-Phillies

Monday night’s rainout created a rare alignment of sports planets, with the Philadelphia and Houston baseball teams meeting in the World Series on the same night their football teams clash in a Thursday night game. As noted by the Associated Press, the powers-that-be at NRG Stadium will rotate the baseball score on the side panels [more]

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Geno Smith named NFC offensive player of the month

The career resurgence of quarterback Geno Smith has been one of the league’s best stories so far in the 2022 season. Now Smith has been recognized for his strong October. The NFL named Smith the NFC offensive player of the month after he completed 69.4 percent of his passes for 1,207 yards with nine touchdowns [more]

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Derrick Henry named AFC offensive player of the month

The Titans went 4-0 in October and running back Derrick Henry was a big reason for their success. Henry ran for at least 102 yards in all four of the team’s games and finished the month with 112 carries for 563 yards and five touchdowns. His most productive outing of the month came last Sunday [more]

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Josh Allen on Nyheim Hines: “Holy crap, this guy is fast”

It didn’t take Bills running back Nyheim Hines long to impress his new teammates. Hines practiced with the Bills for the first time yesterday after arriving in a trade with the Colts, and Bills quarterback Josh Allen said he and wide receiver Stefon Diggs were both immediately taken aback by Hines’ speed. “One play, me [more]

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Joe Flacco surprised and disappointed to be demoted to third string

Before the season, Jets coach Robert Slaeh said Joe Flacco should be an NFL starter, and when Zach Wilson was injured at the start of the season, Saleh made Flacco the Jets’ starter. So Flacco was surprised last week when he found out he had been demoted to third string. The Jets made Flacco inactive [more]

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Commanders announce hiring of firm “to consider potential transactions”

It’s once again all-caps-never o’clock in D.C. Minutes after Forbes published an article reporting that the Commanders have hired BofA Securities to sell the team, the team issued a statement. “Dan and Tanya Snyder and the Washington Commanders announced today that they have hired BofA Securities to consider potential transactions,” the statement explains. “The Snyders [more]

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