Josh Jacobs has yet to sign the franchise tag for the upcoming season, and he took to Twitter with a message appearing to address his contract standoff with the Raiders.
“Sometimes it’s not about you,” he said in a tweet on Saturday. “We gotta do it for the ones after us.”
The clock is ticking for the two sides to come to terms on a new deal, with the deadline being July 15. It’s unclear what the Las Vegas tailback is currently looking for, but if he were to sign the franchise tag, he’d earn $10.
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The team hopes the closer will be out for less than a month.
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Rory McIlroy compares the scenes around No. 14 at RBC Canadian Open to one of the most famous par 3 atmospheres in TPC Scottsdale.
Rory McIlroy has played in some great environments throughout his PGA Tour career, but this week at the RBC Canadian Open has to be up there. The 14th hole at Oakdale Golf and Country Club is known as “The Rink,” and it rivals some of the best scenes in golf.
On the tee box, three of the four sides of it are lined with fans behind closed railings.
Novak Djokovic won the French Open on Sunday defeating Casper Ruud in straight sets in the final match. For Djokovic, he now owns 23 career Grand Slam titles, one more than Rafael Nadal for most among men’s tennis players. Of course, Djokovic made headlines with his refusal to receive the COVID vaccine.
Thanks to his vaccine stance, Australia and the United States denied him entry into their countries in 2022. Because of that, Djokovic did not compete in either the Australian Open or US Open last year.
NASCAR hits the road this weekend, rolling into California’s wine country for the Toyota / Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway.
They came armed with rackets and a sense of mission. And both Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic won their third titles at Roland Garros.
Here with 50 parting shots, from the clay-covered theater of life that is Roland Garros:
1. Djokovic won the men’s title and, more critically of course, his 23rd major, putting him ahead of Rafa Nadal on the all-time men’s list. There are countless angles here.
Novak Djokovic won his men’s record 23rd Grand Slam title Sunday with a 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 victory over Casper Ruud in the French Open final.
Jahmyr Gibbs spent just one season at Alabama, but that didn’t stop him from getting the full Nick Saban experience. He has found that practices in the NFL are a lot less demanding than they were just one year ago.
Gibbs, a former four-star recruit in the Class of 2020, spent his first two years at Georgia Tech. His impressive sophomore year in Atlanta led him to be named First-Team All-ACC in 2021 before he hit the portal and landed in Tuscaloosa.
While with the Crimson Tide, Gibbs went for 926 yards on 151 carries with 10 total touchdowns.
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Tom Brady: Superfan
Tom Brady had himself a nice little weekend of sports spectating.
The retired quarterback — and newly minted part owner of the Las Vegas Raiders — was in Europe to catch a glimpse of two massive sporting events. On Saturday Brady was in the western part of France, on site to take in the start of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Tom Brady is also at Le Mans today!
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The Celtics are finalizing a deal to hire Charles Lee as the lead assistant coach on Joe Mazzulla’s reshaped coaching staff, sources told ESPN.