From Biles to skateboarding -- here's what we missed

This was supposed to be a week of celebration in Tokyo. Japan would be opening its doors to the world and launching the 32nd Olympiad in the capital.

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'Wrong is wrong!' New York Jets captain slams team owner after racism allegations

A star player for the New York Jets reacted angrily to allegations that team owner and US Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson made racist and sexist remarks and sought to use his office to direct business to a Trump property.

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Mark Davis says losing out on Los Angeles was best thing that happened for Raiders

As the Raiders get ready to begin their inaugural season as the Las Vegas Raiders, owner Mark Davis reflected on a significant defeat that ultimately ended up paving the way to southern Nevada. Via Vic Tafur of TheAthletic.com, Davis said that the Raiders losing out on the league vote on their proposal to relocate to [more]

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Broncos reach agreement with third-round pick Lloyd Cushenberry

The Denver Broncos have agreed to terms with third-round pick LLoyd Cushenberry on his four-year rookie deal, the team announced Wednesday night. Cushenberry is the seventh member of the team’s draft class to reach an agreement with the team on Wednesday alone, joining McTelvin Agim, Albert Okwuegbunam, Justin Strnad, Netane Muti, Tyrie Cleveland and Derrek [more]

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Alabama forging ahead with high school football season

A worldwide pandemic isn’t going to stop the state of Alabama from playing high school football this fall. According to Cole Cubelic of the SEC Network, the Alabama High School Athletic Association is expected to announce on Thursday that fall sports will proceed as originally scheduled with practices able to begin Monday. Additionally, there will [more]

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Antonio Brown demands to know status from NFL on instagram

Apparently no longer wanting to be retired again, free agent wide receiver Antonio Brown has demanded that the NFL inform of his status with the league via his instagram account. “@nfl I have complied with each and every ask of your investigations throughout the past 11 months,” Brown wrote as the caption to a video [more]

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Broncos agree to terms with fifth-rounder Justin Strnad

The Broncos have agreed to terms with fifth-round choice Justin Strnad, the team announced Wednesday. Strnad is the seventh member of the Broncos’ 2020 draft class to agree to terms. Michael Ojemudia agreed to terms Tuesday, while McTelvin Agim, Albert Okwuegbunam, Netane Muti, Tyrie Cleveland and Derrek Tuszka agreed to terms earlier on Wednesday. Three [more]

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