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Dalvin Cook has been cut, and these teams make sense.
The next major running back cut is in the books. On Thursday the Minnesota Vikings release Dalvin Cook, after failing to find a trade partner. Cook joins Ezekiel Elliott and Christian McCaffrey among the high-paid RB extension players who have either been cut or traded due to their cap hit exceeding their worth on the field.
It’s wild to think we’re in this position again, but it’s just how the NFL is moving now.
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Could AAU for football work? The ex-USFL president is trying to make it happen.
Prep Super League founder Brian Woods is no stranger to ambitious plans. Woods is formerly the president of the USFL, and his next major project is a super league for elite high school football players, independent of state high school athletic associations.
The Prep Super League is intended to be somewhat like an AAU program for 11-on-11 football, with 12 teams in major markets across the country, from Los Angeles to Miami.
The Vikings are parting ways with star running back Dalvin Cook, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. He is expected to officially be released Friday.
Minnesota was looking to trade Cook, one of the most dynamic tailbacks in the NFL, but no deal could be realized, and he’s set to become a free agent, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Several teams will be interested in Cook, including the Dolphins and Broncos, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Cook, 27, is coming off a season where he rushed for 1,173 yards and caught 39 passes for 295 yards, scoring a total of 10 touchdowns.
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New Netflix documentary takes up-close look at pro cycling
With the success of its Drive to Survive documentary series chronicling life in Formula 1, Netflix is now trying to expand its sports coverage. After already tackling tennis and golf, professional cycling is now on the menu.
On Thursday, June 8, Tour de France: Unchained was released on the streaming service. Produced by the same company that also did Drive to Survive, it presents an up-close look at the biggest cycling race in the world over the course of eight episodes.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. Nikola Jokić keeps finding new ways to amaze me.
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Denver leaned heavily into the Nikola Jokic-Jamal Murray duo for Game 3, and they delivered historic triple-doubles in a convincing win over Miami.
As NFL players continuously break league gambling rules, the league has elected to circulate a video to its players reiterating its policy on sports wagering.
The NFL has enlisted Tom Brady to be the spokesman in the educational video, according to Mike Klis of 9 News in Colorado. The news comes on the heels of the league’s latest betting investigation involving Isaiah Rodgers of the Colts.
We’re waiting to see if the Pac-12 can strike a media deal that would suffice conference members, which is now an everyday topic. It’s been reported that the conference has agreed to a Grant of Rights deal, member schools like Arizona are still waiting on the television deal to sign.
This has turned into the soap-opera that’s become a talking point around college football for the past few months. As the Big Ten, SEC and Big 12 look toward the future with their own negotiated television agreements, PAC-12 members are still waiting.
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Ludvig Aberg is making his first PGA Tour start as a professional this week and he is looking to make some history of his own.
After a historic week for the LPGA and Rose Zhang, could the PGA Tour see the same with Ludvig Aberg in his professional debut? He spoke to the media on Wednesday ahead of the RBC Canadian Open as he preps to tee off after becoming the first PGA Tour University player to earn exempt status for the rest of the 2023 and the entire 2024 season.