“The offensive line did not like Robert Griffin. A lot of the receivers did not like Robert Griffin," he said Monday afternoon on ESPN 980. “The offensive line had a problem with Robert, because they were considered, for a year-and-a-half or two years, a terrible offensive line that couldn’t protect a quarterback. A lot of that isn’t true. A lot of that was Robert. A lot of the sacks were put on Robert....
The new NFL CBA was passed on Sunday by a slim, slim margin of 60 votes (1019 to 959). Ravens defensive back Marlon Humphrey pointed out that there were roughly 500 players who didn’t vote on the new CBA. This caught the eye of Jones, who played for the Bears, Jets and Chiefs; he tore into players who didn’t cast a vote on Sunday. MORE: How will 17-game schedule affect NFL record book?...
Bannon praised Putin several hours before the Russian leader launched an invasion of Ukraine. His commendation followed accolades for Putin from Trump and other conservatives. “Putin ain’t woke. He is anti-woke,” Bannon said to private military contractor Erik Prince during the Wednesday broadcast of War Room, Bannon’s show on Real America’s Voice, a right-leaning media network. “The Russian people still know which bathroom to use,” Prince replied. “They know how many, how many genders are there in Russia?...
Trump and many of his supporters continue to baselessly claim that the 2020 election was “rigged” or “stolen” by President Joe Biden and the Democrats. These claims have been thoroughly debunked, with dozens of their election challenge lawsuits failing in state and federal courts. Audits and recounts in key battleground states have also reaffirmed Biden’s victory. “It’s just spinning a fairy tale out of an event that is over with and done with,” John Pirich, the retired attorney, told Michigan news site MLive for an article published on Saturday....
Cada won Event #32: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed, one of the most prestigious events on this year's calendar at the World Series of Poker. Cada takes home the second largest paycheck of his career, a little over $670K, for his big win on Monday. MORE: Schemion Slips, Seidel Back in Contention | Nitsche Scores WSOP Hat Trick | Volpe Defeats Negreanu for bracelet The 26-year-old Michigan man also becomes the first WSOP Main Event winner to win a second bracelet since 2001 World Champion Carlos Mortensen won his second bracelet in 2003....
The carbon footprint of Formula 1 has been called into question as many are unhappy with the distances involved between certain races, with the teams and drivers going from Europe to Canada and then back to Europe in one example of the slightly haphazard schedule. There will be 23 Grands Prix this year as F1 bosses have decided to cancel the Chinese Grand Prix again, with no replacement announced as of yet....
Koeman is out of work having been sacked by Everton last month following a dismal start to the Premier League season, his exit sealed when a 5-2 defeat to Arsenal left them in the relegation zone. England 3/1 to beat Brazil He has been heavily linked with the national team position in his home country, with Netherlands set to be looking for a new coach when Dick Advocaat departs after Tuesday’s friendly in Romania, the Oranje having missed out on a World Cup place....
The nine minutes? That’s how long it took for him to surge through the box and nod in Joevin Jones’ cross from the left side of the Sounders attack. The good fortune? It came when the assistant referee’s flag stayed down despite Valdez appearing to be offside when the ball left Jones’ foot. WATCH: Valdez’s controversial winner “They scored their goal on an offsides play,” Sporting KC coach Peter Vermes said in his postmatch news conference....
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Friday, the 69-year-old businessman said he was at an 11 a.m. meeting with Japanese broadcaster NHK on the morning of July 18, 2018—when suspected arsonist Shinji Aoba allegedly started the blaze on the first floor of the building by covering the floor of Studio One with gasoline before igniting it. Less than a minute later, the flames had reached up to the third floor, and would take five hours for firefighters to put the majority of it out....
Gestifute deny Ronaldo rape allegations Tianjin’s billionaire owner Shu Yuhui remains keen on Costa as they await the reopening of the Chinese Super League (CSL) transfer window on June 19. Tianjin originally made a ’triple-your-money’ offer to Costa after meeting his agent Jorge Mendes in China, where Shu was presented with a signed Cristiano Ronaldo shirt. Chelsea could have stood to earn over £70 million from the sale of their main striker but they were unwilling to negotiate for the Spain international amid their Premier League title challenge....
The XFL, of course, will put a new spin on the game of football. That means some rules you are familiar with from the professional and college levels — one foot in bounds counts as a catch, for example. The league, however, is trying a few new rules that might catch the NFL’s attention. Here are four rules that fit that description. MORE: Explaining the XFL’s rules differences vs. NFL...
Totti Day: The legend says goodbye to Roma The Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino was sold out for the encounter, but Motagua believe capacity may have been breached due to fans gaining entry with forged tickets. Police took action in an attempt to control the crowd, but chaos ensued and several fans were trampled, with two supporters dying at the stadium and two more passing away after being transported to a local hospital....
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, an Atlanta-based league comprised of historically black schools, said Thursday night's game at Miles will mark the first time a mostly female officiating crew has worked any NCAA football game. The league said the NFL's director of football officials David Coleman and director of recruiting Ron Baynes will attend the game to evaluate the officials' performance. MORE: SN midseason awards | Big upsets | First-and-10: SEC’s streak will end...
We still haven’t seen Ohio State play remotely close to last year’s championship team, and still haven’t seen Baylor play anyone. Meanwhile, the SEC and the Pac-12 — the nation’s two best conferences — have the two best teams. And neither were the team we expected. MORE: Week 4’s most fantastic photos | Grading Week 4 QB performances This week’s Four In/Four Out: Four in Ole Miss: A classic letdown game: an ugly home win over Vanderbilt....
Applications from four cities — Austin, Texas; Tucson, Ariz.; Little Rock, Ark.; and Orlando, Fla. — were submitted before Wednesday’s deadline, according to ESPN. If all four are approved, it would bring the number of bowl games in college football up to 43. MORE: Top 25 football-hoops combos | Biggest spring questions | Georgia passes ‘Gurley bill’ That number includes the championship game in the College Football Playoff, so 84 teams would be required to fill every game....
Odell S. Anderson Sr. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate animal-fighting prohibitions in the Animal Welfare Act and one count of causing a minor to attend an animal-fighting venture on Tuesday, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Emmanuel A. Powe Sr. pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charge on May 10, while Chester A. Moody Jr. and Carlos L. Harvey pleaded guilty to the same charge on April 28....
According to the NASCAR Race Hub host and NASCAR pit road announcer for FOX Sports, every day is a big deal. MORE: Honorary pace car drivers | Johnson-Harvick rivalry could intensify | Texas Winners & Losers “I look at it this way, I celebrate every day as a birthday,’’ Byrnes said via NASCAR media. “Some people say, ‘Oh, no, another year older.’ To me, that’s a privilege, an absolute privilege....
Walsh appeared on the network for an interview with Varney on Friday morning. During the segment, Walsh asserted that Trump is a liar but Varney, despite being given examples, strongly disagreed. “I do believe we’ve never had a situation like this, where we have a president who we fundamentally can’t believe,” Walsh said. “I do believe he lies virtually every time he opens his mouth.” Varney interrupted Walsh, asking him to provide an example of Trump’s falsehoods....
Pompeo on Sunday criticized the Biden administration for easing sanctions, saying it’s allowed construction to continue on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany. Pompeo echoed the complaints of many Republicans and Trump administration allies who have accused Biden of being “soft” with foreign policy as he attends European summits this week. But Wallace confronted Pompeo on why his State Department failed to condemn the poisoning of Russian dissident and Putin critic Alexei Navalny and why Russia was able to complete 90 percent of the gas pipeline by the end of Trump’s term in the White House....
In a segment on Fox and Friends on Friday morning, Rivera described Trump as the “prime architect” of Operation Warp Speed, the U.S. government program which funded the vaccine development. “But for him we would still be waiting into the grim winter for these amazing miraculous medical breakthroughs,” he said. Pfizer has said it was only involved in Operation Warp Speed as a supplier and received no government funding to develop the drug....
