Month: April 2020

6:53 PM ET Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Harland Svare, a starting linebacker on the Giants’ 1956 NFL championship team and later the team’s defensive coach while still a player, has died, He was 89. The Yampa Valley Funeral Home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, reported that Svare died on April 4 on its website.
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6:06 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Quarterback Jameis Winston is officially heading to the New Orleans Saints after reaching a one-year deal Tuesday, the team announced. Winston, 26, is hoping to experience the same type of career revival in New Orleans that Teddy Bridgewater just did under the tutelage of coach Sean Payton and starting
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5:10 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pirates are suspending retirement benefits for members of Pittsburgh’s baseball operations staff in an effort to cope with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. General manager Ben Cherington said Tuesday that the team has been searching for ways to find savings with the 2020 season on
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5:38 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill already is asserting himself as a leader this offseason. The Titans’ offense started virtual meetings Monday and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith has encouraged Tannehill
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5:45 PM ET Nebraska reserve quarterback Noah Vedral is transferring from the school. Vedral entered the NCAA’s transfer portal Tuesday as a graduate student and will have two years of eligibility left. He started two games last season for the Huskers, and also replaced injured starter Adrian Martinez during a win against Northwestern. Vedral followed
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4:06 PM ET Associated Press Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo is waiting out the coronavirus pandemic with his family in his native Hawaii. “We were planning on being here a week, and we’ve been here two months now,” he said Tuesday. Niumatalolo arrived for spring break at the beginning of March, and when the pandemic
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4:25 PM ET A working group studying the future of NCAA name, image and likeness rules plans to suggest during a Tuesday afternoon board meeting that college athletes be allowed to make money from a variety of endorsements, including advertisements and apparel contracts, according to a source familiar with the group’s recommendations. The NCAA Board
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