Raiders defensive end C.J. Wilson said the similarities don’t stop there. MORE: Latest mock draft | Draft throwback: Aaron Rodgers | Free agency’s biggest spenders Wilson, a seventh-round pick by the Packers in 2010, spent four years in Green Bay before joining Oakland in 2014. He said he sees some of the Packers’ star quarterback in Carr. “I told him he has a chance to be just as good as Aaron Rodgers,” Wilson told Perform Media on Thursday....

Arrington is the latest veteran member of New England’s championship secondary to change teams. Last year’s starting cornerbacks, Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner (Saints), left as free agents, and Alfonzo Dennard was recently released. MORE: Revis returns to Jets | Browner signs with Saints The Ravens were looking for more depth at corner behind Jimmy Smith and Lardarius Webb, and the versatile Arrington, who can play either inside and outside, provides that....

In a series of tweets published on Monday U.S. Naval War College Prof. Tom Nichols lamented how gun culture appears to be spreading “from a corner of the GOP” to the entire conservative party under Trump. “Even when I was a Republican, I never understood people who measure freedom by how many of us walk around with guns,” wrote Nichols, who parted ways with the GOP after Republicans allowed Brett Kavanaugh to be confirmed to the Supreme Court....

“The game lost a giant today. Forrest Gregg exemplified greatness during a legendary career that earned him a bronzed bust in Canton,” Hall of Fame President and CEO David Baker said in a statement. “He was the type of player who led by example and, in doing so, raised the level of play of all those around him.” A second-round draft pick out of SMU in 1956, Gregg — later described by legendary Green Bay coach Vince Lombardi as “the best player I ever coached” — played in a then-record 188 consecutive games from 1956 through 1971, his final NFL season spent with the Super Bowl-bound Cowboys....

Telling the rally that Democrats would rename military bases, including Fort Benning, as part of the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act he vetoed, Trump came up with some alternative suggestions. Speaking to the crowd in Georgia, Trump said: “They’ll be forced to change the names of the bases, where generations of American patriots trained to win two world wars. I don’t know, Fort Benning, let’s see, give me a couple of names....

Epic Games, the game’s developer and publisher, has confirmed on its status page site that the downtime ahead of the new v16.00 update has been in progress since 12 a.m. ET (04:00 UTC). “We will provide updates as necessary,” the platform says. The Fortnite Status Twitter account also confirmed that services within the game were being disabled ahead of the planned maintenance, leaving key features such as voice chat, account logins, matchmaking, leaderboards and the store offline....

What a difference a year makes. That’s been the theme again this NHL season. Seven teams that failed to qualify for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs are in the field of 16 this year, including a division champion expansion franchise and two teams that finished last in their respective conferences in the Avalanche and Devils. MORE: Nathan MacKinnon, Taylor Hall lead MVP free-for-all Playoff turnover galore This is actually the second straight year — and third time in four seasons — seven new teams will participate in the postseason after missing out the year prior, per the NHL....

Three Republicans voted against the measure: GOP members Ted Yoho of Florida, Louie Gohmert of Texas and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. The chamber’s lone Independent, Justin Amash of Michigan—who famously switched from Republican to Independent over his support for impeaching President Donald Trump—also voted no. Sixteen members did not vote. The proposal, however, received broad bipartisan support and passed 410-4. Republicans accused the legislation of being an overreach by the federal government and encroaching on states’ rights....

But precisely how he might do that remains to be seen. The administration has already sent some rather pointed signals to the Kremlin regarding its political flexibility. It carefully calibrated its response to last year’s massive SolarWinds hack in order to ensure a “proportionate” response, but has so far failed to respond meaningfully to last month’s disruption of the Colonial pipeline. And, despite congressional protests, the White House rolled back sanctions on the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline as a confidence-building measure....

Winston is a 6-1 pass-first point guard who has lightning-quick speed and a fluid jump shot. He’s the No. 5 point guard and 29th overall in the nation, according to 247Sports, and will join up with five-star shooting guard Joshua Langford and four-star power forward Nick Ward to give Tom Izzo and the Spartans one of their best recruiting classes to date. MORE: Top 10 Spartans of all time | Izzo’s Midnight Madness madness...

A number of teams were in action to kick off the preseason, including some split-squad contests where clubs would divide their rosters in two and each get to play a game. We got to see players donning new jerseys for the first time and rookies get a first crack at game action. The NHL preseason started on Saturday, Sept. 24 and will run all the way until Saturday, Oct. 8, so there is still plenty of time left for players to prove their worth....

Stephanie Bonin created the petition last year to call on Congress to support adults with $2,000 monthly payments until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also asks Congress to send out $1,000 payments for children. Bonin’s petition is nearing its goal of three million signatures, which would make it one of the most signed petitions on Change.org. As of early Wednesday, the petition had amassed over 2.5 million signatures....

Following a summer surge in support amid a deadly wave of coronavirus, momentum has eased for the direct cash payment campaign in the final stretch to its goal of 3 million signatures. The Change.org petition, launched by Denver restaurant owner Stephanie Bonin, urges the U.S. House and Senate to deliver legislation that would provide a “$2,000 payment for adults and $1,000 payment for kids immediately and continuing regular checks” until the pandemic ends....

The college football provacateur’s five-year contract with ESPN expires this month, said told Sporting News. After a long dry spell in which there have been almost no talks between the Finebaum — host of “The Paul Finebaum Show” on SEC Network — and ESPN management in Bristol, the two sides are close to agreeing on a new deal. “They’re close – but it’s not over yet,” a source said....

“Let’s not forget, the Treasury [Department] has been overselling details of this deal now for years,” Bartiromo pointed out Monday during Mornings With Maria. She pointed out that Trump’s treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, “came out a year ago and said, ‘Oh we’re 90 percent there, we’re 90 percent there,’ only to find out that they were not close at all.” After negotiations last week with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, Trump told reporters that Beijing and Washington had reached a “very substantial phase one deal” to resolve the ongoing trade war....

Attempting to counter-program against NBC and the Rio Olympics in prime time Friday, Fox’s broadcast of Rays-Yankees drew a miniscule 0.7 final rating and 1 million viewers, according to Sports Media Watch, which added that those numbers are “almost certainly the lowest rated and least-watched MLB telecast ever on an over-the-air network.” The caveat: There is no comprehensive, publicly available record of MLB ratings on broadcast TV. MORE: The 11 most controversial players in MLB history...

The argument began when Lucas Kunce, a 13-year Marine veteran running for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat for Missouri, wrote a column for Fox News saying Republicans had turned their backs on veterans by blocking a bill that would have “expanded medical coverage for millions of combatants exposed to toxic burn pits during their service.” Kunce, 39, is a former marine who was exposed to toxic burn pits while fighting in Iraq in 2009....

During a segment on Varney & Co. on Wednesday morning, Varney and correspondent Ash Webster discussed the government’s plans to address homelessness in California. “What’s the Trump administration planning to do to help homelessness in California? They’ve sent a delegation — there’s a delegation out there, looking at the problem. So what’s the plan?” Varney asked. “They’re seeing lots of homeless, as they do that. But there’s no specific plan as yet, although we are told that President Trump, quote, ‘has taken notice of the homelessness crisis,’” Webster responded....

Referencing the piece, published four days after the election, Mulvaney said his argument that Trump would “participate in a peaceful transition of power” was rooted in observations of the president’s conduct until that point. Throughout his Sunday morning remarks to Wallace, which elicited several challenges from the Fox News host, Mulvaney insisted that Trump’s behavior surrounding Wednesday’s U.S. Capitol riot signaled a shift from past actions. “I feel a lot of emotions this week....

The Fox & Friends host disparaged the expert testimony during a segment on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump with fellow hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocy. The president currently faces the prospect of an impeachment vote on whether a request he made of the Ukrainian president to investigate a political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, constituted soliciting foreign election interference. Vindman is a U....