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Monday’s been a busy day for 2015 first-round defensive backs getting their fifth-year contract options exercised. The Vikings picked up cornerback Trae Waynes‘ option and the Browns did the same after trading for Damarious Randall earlier this year. Now comes word from John McClain of the Houston Chronicle that the Texans are exercising cornerback Kevin [more]

Longtime rivals and 2018 playoff opponents ready to battle for Eastern Conference supremacy as LeBron James fades

Police were called to Raiders tackle Donald Penn‘s house in Los Angeles on Sunday evening after reports of an incident involving his wife, but was no longer at the house when they arrived and has not been arrested. Penn allegedly slapped his wife on the rear end, touching off an argument that, per a TMZ [more]

The Browns traded for cornerback Damarious Randall this offseason, and now they’ve secured his services for an extra year. According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Browns are going to pick up the fifth-year option on Randall’s rookie contract. The Browns don’t have a 2015 first-rounder of their own to pick up, having [more]

Let's take a look at the early leaders for the most valuable player of the playoffs.

Newcastle forward Islam Slimani could miss the rest of the Premier League season after being charged with violent conduct by the FA.

A recent report indicated that Packers right tackle Bryan Bulaga refused to take a pay cut after being approached about doing so and that can often be a precursor to getting dropped off the roster altogether. There’s been no roster move involving Bulaga in Green Bay, however, and General Manager Brian Gutekunst said at the [more]

If Cowboys tight end Jason Witten plays football this year, he’ll earn a base salary of $1.05 million and up to $750,000 in per-game roster bonuses. If he accepts the pending offer from ESPN, he’ll make a lot more than that. David Moore of the Dallas Morning News reports that the pending Monday Night Football [more]

Lamoriello is set to move into an advisor role with the Maple Leafs, but will he stay?

The Vikings officially have enhanced their eight-man draft class with 17 undrafted players. The newest members of the team who were acquired without giving up a draft pick include: Oklahoma receiver Jeff Badet, Cincinnati running back Mike Boone, Penn State defensive tackle Curtis Cothran, Wisconsin linebacker Garret Dooley, Texas receiver Armanti Foreman, San Jose State [more]

New York Cosmos owner Rocco Commisso is ready to splash a quarter-million dollars on a new or revived soccer league.

Teams always love the players they sign in free agency, at least until they can find younger and cheaper ones. According to John Keim of ESPN.com, Washington is releasing defensive tackle Terrell McClain. Last spring, McClain got a four-year, $21 million contract to come over from Dallas. Last weekend, Washington drafted defensive tackle Da'Ron Payne [more]

Ilyasova praises Celtics fans

Anyone who has spent any time here over the past 10 years or so (thanks, by the way) knows how I feel about draft grades. They’re worthless and useless and ultimately an opportunity to land on @OldTakesExposed. The standing draft grades from PFT are, each year and every year, an “I”. And whenever anyone says, [more]

When draft picks walk in the door, somebody is usually walking out. The Bengals announced this morning that linebackers Carl Bradford and Connor Harris had been waived. Bradford, a former fourth-round pick of the Packers, was on the Bengals practice squad last year and signed a future deal in January. He has also spent time with [more]

David Ragan has had four top-10 finishes in the last six plate races, something no one else in the series can top.

Nearly every year, we hear complaints about the land rush for undrafted free agents, which reaches a fever pitch when the draft ends. Teams push for quick decisions, and players and agents don’t always have time to think things through before teams move on to the next option. This year, the complaints have subsided, for [more]

Dumoulin missed the rest of Game 2 following the hit.

The Vikings drafted a cornerback in the first round last Thursday for the first time since they drafted Trae Waynes in 2015. The arrival of Mike Hughes isn’t a sign that the Vikings are looking to a future without Waynes, however. The Vikings announced on Monday that they have exercised their option on Waynes’ contract [more]

Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett wasn’t drafted, but is in some degree of demand. His previous employer (I mean, provider of an unpaid internship) announced that Barrett had accepted an invitation to work out for the Saints at their rookie minicamp, which will be held Mother’s Day weekend. He had previously done the same with [more]

The report that Raiders coach Jon Gruden is making changes to the team’s front office came as news to the team’s front office. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, no changes have happened in Oakland. This doesn’t mean that changes won’t be coming. They just haven’t occurred yet. That said, changes are expected, [more]

One has a stronger case than the other

Raiders offensive tackle Donald Penn has been named as a suspect in a domestic violence investigation. Police were called to Penn’s home on Sunday evening, but when they arrived Penn had left, according to TMZ. According to the report, Penn slapped his wife’s butt, poured a drink on her head and grabbed her by the [more]

Should they take the best player available or draft based on need?

The Jaguars used a seventh-round pick on punter Logan Cooke Saturday in a move that signaled Brad Nortman‘s time in Jacksonville was coming to an end. The end came on Monday. According to multiple reports, the Jaguars have released Nortman. Nortman signed a four-year contract with the Jaguars as a free agent in 2016 and [more]