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‘Sky is the limit’: Tom Brady explains why he mentors Deion Sanders’s son Shedeur ·

Shedeur Sanders led a 98-yard touchdown drive to send ESPN’s fifth-most watched college football game of all-time into overtime on Saturday night.Then, he threw the game-winning touchdown pass in double overtime, leading Colorado past rival Colorado State for a 43-35 win.Sanders called the performance “Brady mode.” As in, Tom Brady mode.Brady has mentored Sanders for years. He also signed Sanders to ...

Two football leagues near merger to battle NFL supremacy ·

The XFL and USFL are in advanced talks to merge operations, according to Axios.According to the report, the leagues look to combine before the 2024 season.NFL alternative leagues have a history of failure, and a merger could be the best bet for both leagues to find success in spring football ratings.The XFL was purchased in 2020 by an ownership group that includes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. USFL is ...

Byron Allen wants to take Jerry Jones up on his offer to help potential Black NFL owner ·

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on Sunday that he would walk across Texas to help Blacks and minority become owners to benefit the NFL.Media mogul Byron Allen made a plea to take Jones up on his offer on Monday with a letter to several journalists media outlets, including The Star-Telegram.Allen wrote:“Jerry, I am very happy to hear about your commitment to achieving a majority Black owner of ...

Reich says Bryce Young and Panthers are on verge of something big. Do you believe it? ·

Frank Reich feels it coming.You may not feel it, and I sure don’t feel it, but Reich said late Monday night after Carolina’s 20-17 home loss to New Orleans that rookie quarterback Bryce Young and the Panthers’ offense are very close to succeeding.“I’ve seen this before,” Reich insisted. “It’s not that far away. It looks bad. But I don’t think it’s that far away. We make a couple of plays here and there ...

How Derrick Henry reacted to Browns running back Nick Chubb's devastating injury ·

The Tennessee Titans will head to Cleveland this week to face a team reeling from an injury to its best and most dangerous offensive player.Browns running back Nick Chubb suffered a devastating knee injury that's expected to end his season during Monday night's loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. A four-time Pro Bowler who rushed for 1,525 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, Chubb has rushed for more ...

Jets’ Zach Wilson can’t even ‘play dead,’ Hall of Fame TE says in epic takedown ·

Do you like scary movies? According to Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe, the Jets’ quarterback situation is the best horror flick on TV.After Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles four plays into the Jets’ 22-16 win over the Buffalo Bills in Week 1, the team has rallied around Zach Wilson. Everyone else, it seems, is begging the team to look elsewhere for a quarterback, including Sharpe, who joined ...

Raiders president reflects on year of change for franchise ·

A little more than a year into her role as president of the Raiders, Sandra Douglass Morgan said her success is solely dependent on the team assembled around her.Since assuming her role, Morgan, the first Black woman team president in NFL history, has helped to reshape the Raiders front office. In the last year the Raiders have hired a new chief operating officer, chief marketing officer and promoted ...

Hunter Renfrow becomes afterthought in Raiders offense ·

Working out of the slot on a first-down play Sunday in Buffalo, Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow raced 15 yards upfield, then rounded out his pass pattern into wide-open space within the Bills’ zone defense.An astutely drawn-up play by coach Josh McDaniels, coupled with Renfrow’s precise execution, should have resulted in a big chunk play by the Raiders.As it turns out, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo ...

Patrick Mahomes has been quietly lobbying the Chiefs coaches to let him punt in a game ·

There isn’t much missing on Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ résumé.Mahomes has won two NFL MVP awards, had seasons in which he’s led the league in passing yards, touchdown throws and lowest interception rate. He’s also had 13 fourth-quarter comebacks and led the Chiefs to a pair of Super Bowl titles, winning the game’s MVP both times.But in Mahomes’ mind, there is something missing from his career ...

Ex-Colts quarterback Art Schlichter sentenced for cocaine possession ·

Indianapolis StarNearly a year after former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Art Schlichter was found unresponsive in a Hampton Inn hotel room, charged with possession of cocaine, and found guilty of the crime, he has been sentenced to one year probation, according to court records.The sentence issued by a Franklin County, Ohio, judge last week is the latest in 63-year-old Schlichter's encounters with ...

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