Yahoo Sports’ Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski join forces to recap preseason week one and give their takeaways and biggest surprises before diving into quarterback draft strategy and how to approach quarterback in a Superflex league.
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Don Nelson and his wife, Joy, settled on Maui after he retired from coaching after the 2009-2010 season.
Former NFL lineman Michael Oher — whose path to the gridiron was chronicled in 2009’s “The Blind Side” — came out with scorching allegations against the Tuohy family that “adopted” him.
Hours after the claims were made, Sean Tuohy — the father figure portrayed in the movie by Tim McGraw — denied Oher’s assertions that the family tricked him into signing his rights away through a conservatorship.
In February 2023, Oher discovered that the Tuohy family didn’t adopt him.
They say you can’t teach speed, and Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. showed Monday night exactly the type of game-changing speed they’re talking about.
Batting with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning, Witt lined a ball to right-center field that looked like it would hang up long enough for right fielder Dominic Canzone to catch. Canzone, though, appeared to lose sight of the ball in the lights, allowing it to get by him and roll all the way to the wall. By the time the ball got back to the infield, it was too late.
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There are punishments for finishing last in a fantasy football league. And then there is the justice the Giants meted out to play-by-play announcer Dave Flemming on Monday.
During San Francisco’s series opener against Tampa Bay, Flemming was made to serve for three innings in one of baseball’s most difficult roles: that of the home team’s bat boy.
“Hey, there’s our bat boy. You know who that is? That’s Dave Flemming,” play-by-play announcer Duane Kuiper said. “Having the time of his life.
Dalvin Cook is planning to sign a one-year deal worth up to $8.
Free agent running back Ezekiel Elliott said on social media Monday that he is signing with the Patriots.
Former Seahawks and Ravens running back Alex Collins died after he was involved in a motorcycle crash in Florida on Sunday night. He was 28.
In the wake of bombshell allegations made by ex-NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher, Sean Tuohy described the claims as “upsetting” Monday night in his first public comments following the news.
Tuohy and his wife, Leigh Ann were accused in a petition filed by Oher, now 37, on Monday alleging he was tricked into signing a conservatorship contract shortly after he turned 18. The former Ole Miss standout also claimed the Tuohys used their relationship, which was chronicled in the hit film The Blind Side, and contract to make millions of dollars, including movie royalties, off his name.
What will the first month of the college football season teach us about each team in the preseason AP Top 25 poll?