Author: Michael

Former NFL running back and Heisman winner Mark Ingram is chiming in on the failing running back market.
With Saquon Barkley essentially compromising with the Giants by signing a new one-year deal and Josh Jacobs still holding out his services for the Raiders, things aren’t looking bright for the best players at the position.
Ingram was the latest RB to express concern with the market moving forward, speaking on “The Rich Eisen Show” Wednesday.
He called the treatment of running backs by NFL front offices “criminal.

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As NIL funds continue to have a direct correlation to success in collegiate athletics, Georgia Southern is stepping up its fundraising efforts with help from Luke Bryan and Cole Swindell. The Eagles recently announced the Eagle Nation Collective as the “official gateway to link fans, donors and businesses with student-athletes to facilitate name, image and likeness (NIL) opportunities.

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Coming off of back-to-back nine-win seasons with two bowl victories, P.J. Fleck has built positive momentum on the field for his Minnesota football program. But, according to a report from Front Office Sports that cited multiple former players, the culture within the team does not match the outwardly positive “Row the Boat” mantra popularized by the veteran coach.
The report from A.J.

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This week the PGA Tour is in Minnesota for the 3M Open. Here is everything to know about this event.
The PGA Tour is in Blaine, Minn., for the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities. There are just a couple more events before the FedEx Cup playoffs, so a lot is at stake for these players.
Here’s everything to know to watch the 3M Open this weekend: a preview, full TV schedule, streaming schedule and complete tee times.
3M Open Information
Where: TPC Twin Lakes (Par-72, 7,468 yards)
When: July 27-30th
Purse: $7.8 million ($1.

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Second stop on my tour is an hour or so north of Kansas City, and there isn’t a ton in St. Joseph, home of Missouri Western where the Chiefs practice, but there were a lot of fans out there braving triple-digit heat indexes to see the champs. Here’s what I took away from the visit …

Kansas City’s excited about its tackle situation, with big-money right tackle Jawaan Taylor and veteran left tackle Donovan Smith—who the team scooped off the market the week of the draft—aboard.

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Of all the videos to emerge from the Bills’ first day of training camp at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, N.Y., one stood out involving the action off the field rather than on it.
As Josh Allen was leaving the field, a young fan passed up on the opportunity to get a much desired autograph, in favor of asking the star quarterback to instead supply his sister with a the memory of a lifetime.
The young fan told Allen, “My sister loves you, can you please give her a hug or something?” He added that she was the young girl wearing a Bills bucket hat.

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With the stretch run looming, the Yankees are getting some much-needed assistance.
New York plans to activate right fielder Aaron Judge from the 10-day injured list for Friday evening’s series opener against the Orioles, according to a Wednesday afternoon report from Joel Sherman of The New York Post.
Judge, who clubbed 62 home runs a year ago to set a new American League record, has not played since June 3. During a 6–3 Yankees victory over the Dodgers, Judge collided with the outfield wall in Dodger Stadium and sprained his right big toe.

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Jordan Love is set to fill some big shoes as the Packers starting quarterback after Aaron Rodgers left the organization following 18 seasons in Green Bay.
Since it’s something of a “passing of the torch” moment, it’s only fitting that the new Jets quarterback reached out to his successor this week during training camp.
“Aaron reached out to me last night … yeah, he said ‘Just be yourself, have fun, enjoy it,’” Love told media on Wednesday, via The Athletic. “It’s obviously my time now, so he just said ‘be yourself.’ I mean, that’s all you can do.

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