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This is why the Giants let Saquon Barkley walk, and how the Eagles signed him in free agency.
2023 was the year of the running back franchise tag in the National Football League.
That spring three running backs — Tony Pollard, Josh Jacobs, and Saquon Barkley — all received that designation from their teams. Pollard received the non-exclusive franchise tag from the Dallas Cowboys after making his first career Pro Bowl.

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Here’s why people tend to root against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Another year, another Super Bowl where we have to watch the Kansas City Chiefs. Yay. The NFL is once again ending the season not with a bang, but a boring-ass whimper. The Chiefs have taken over as the league’s most-hated team, and now they’re a sadder iteration of the Patriots.

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New York Giants Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress seems to be falling on hard times. It’s been reported that he is auctioning off his Super Bowl XLII ring.
The New York Post reports that Burress’s “white and gold diamond-encrusted Vince Lombardi ring” that features Burress’s name, is being auctioned off at Heritage Auctions. It currently has a bid of $33,000 but could fetch up to $100,000 before the February 22 deadline.

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With fewer available future draft picks to trade but transactions that still need to get done, the value of the speculative capital cratered at the 2025 NBA trade deadline.
Let’s take a time machine back one full week and ask ourselves a question.

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Here’s what you need to know about Kendrick Lamar, including our dream Super Bowl halftime set list.
In the midst of one of the best years we’ve seen from any rapper, 22-time Grammy award winner Kendrick Lamar is performing during halftime of the Super Bowl this year.
This will be the second Super Bowl halftime show Lamar has appeared in, the last one being in 2022 when he co-headlined with Dr. Dre, Eminem and Mary J. Blige.

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Jake Paul is not happy with Canelo Álvarez after a fight between the two was called off. Paul called the former super-middleweight champion a “b*tch… with herpes,” and a sell out after reportedly pulling out of the agreed match.
On Thursday, the boxing and pop culture world went wild when it was “leaked” that YouTuber Paul would be facing one of the world’s most popular (and best) boxers in Canelo Álvarez. The two had reportedly agreed on a fight and were gearing up to make the announcement as soon as next week. They even had an agreed weight class.

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