Category: NFL

NFL Commanders Owner Dan Snyder Agrees to $6 Billion Sale

A group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson has an agreement in principle to buy the NFL’s Washington Commanders from longtime owner Dan Snyder for a North American professional sports team record $6 billion, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press…


Kliff Kingsbury Joins USC Staff as Senior Offensive Analyst

LOS ANGELES—Kliff Kingsbury is joining Lincoln Riley’s coaching staff at Southern California as a senior offensive analyst. USC announced the addition Tuesday of Kingsbury, who was fired by the Arizona Cardinals in January after four seasons as their head coach. Kingsbury went 28–37–1 at Arizona, making one playoff appearance. Before that, he spent six seasons…


XFL Roundup: Battlehawks Beat Vipers in League’s First OT Game

Backup quarterback Nick Tiano completed a 5-yard conversion to Hakeem Butler and St. Louis-area native Brian Hill ran in a 5-yarder to deliver the host St. Louis Battlehawks a 21–17 victory over the Vegas Vipers in the first overtime game of the new iteration of the XFL. The league’s overtime consists of alternating attempts to…


MLB: Oakland Athletics at Tampa Bay Rays

The white-hot Tampa Bay Rays continued their onslaught on the unfortunate teams on their schedule and the MLB record books, crushing the visiting Oakland Athletics 11–0 on Easter Sunday in St. Petersburg, Fla., for their ninth straight win to open the season. The Rays’ 9-0 start matched that of the 2003 Kansas City Royals for…


Cleveland Browns Quarterback Watson Scheduled to Give Deposition in Civil Lawsuit

As Deshaun Watson prepares for his second season with Cleveland, his legal troubles in Houston linger. The Browns quarterback is scheduled to give a deposition on Monday in one of the two remaining civil lawsuits filed against him for sexual misconduct. According to court documents filed in Harris County, Texas, Watson was asked to provide…


Bengals Running Back Joe Mixon Recharged With Pointing Gun at Woman

CINCINNATI—Bengals running back Joe Mixon is again facing a misdemeanor charge of aggravated menacing over allegations that he threatened and pointed a gun at a woman in Cincinnati earlier this year. City police issued a statement Friday announcing that they had refiled the charge “following the discovery of new evidence during the investigative process” but…


Rams QB Matthew Stafford ‘Ready to Roll’ for OTAs, Minicamp

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay said Tuesday, March 28, that quarterback Matthew Stafford is healthy and “ready to roll” this offseason. Stafford, 35, will not be limited after having his 2022 season cut short by a spinal cord contusion and concussion symptoms. “He’s doing real well. I think it’s been — and he’d…


Ravens QB Lamar Jackson Says He Requested Trade

Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson took to social media Monday morning to announce that he requested a trade from the Ravens earlier this month. Jackson tweeted just as Ravens coach John Harbaugh sat to meet with reporters at the owners meetings in Phoenix. “As of March 2nd I requested a trade from the Ravens organization for…


Tom Brady Acquires Ownership Stake in Las Vegas Aces

NFL great Tom Brady has acquired an ownership stake in the reigning WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces, team owner Mark Davis announced on Thursday. “I am very excited to be part of the Las Vegas Aces organization,” said Brady, who won a record seven Super Bowls in his 23-year playing career. “My love for women’s…


NFL Tight End Foster Moreau Says He Has Cancer

NFL tight end Foster Moreau posted on Twitter on Wednesday he was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma during a physical with the New Orleans Saints. “I’m grateful for the support and thankful for people who have stood firm with me,” Moreau wrote on Twitter. “There hasn’t been a single step I’ve taken without hundreds of people…