Month: August 2019

2:52 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills called out the motivations of team owner Stephen Ross on Wednesday morning after he found out about a Donald Trump fundraiser luncheon scheduled at Ross’ home in New York later this week. “You can’t have a nonprofit with this mission statement [and] then open
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2:32 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The XFL will begin issuing invitations this week to draft-eligible players, a significant step in fielding an eight-team football league that will begin play in February 2020. Most of the invited players
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1:13 PM ET CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney isn’t buying the narrative he has heard mostly in media circles that Alabama was worn out from the grind of a more rigorous schedule and wasn’t as well-rested as Clemson a year ago in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game. Clemson routed Alabama 44-16,
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12:48 PM ET The Chicago Bears announced Wednesday that they will unveil statues of Pro Football Hall of Famers Walter Payton and George S. Halas outside Soldier Field on Sept. 3. The unveiling of the 12-foot, 3,000-pound bronze statues will take place two days before the team opens the 2019 season in a Thursday night
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12:15 PM ET Former UFC lightweight champion and three-time featherweight title challenger Frankie Edgar is moving down in weight. Edgar’s longtime manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told ESPN he has informed the UFC that Edgar’s next bout will be at bantamweight, ideally before the end of the year. “We have already started discussing Frankie’s bantamweight debut,” Abdelaziz
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