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Cincinnati police issued an arrest warrant for the Bengals running back stemming from an incident that reportedly took place on Jan. 21.
Peter Schaffer, the agent of Bengals star Joe Mixon, issued a statement Thursday night regarding misdemeanor charges the running back is currently facing for alleged aggravated menacing.
Schaffer told NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero that the charges are expected to be dropped on Friday morning after Cincinnati police issued an arrest warrant for Mixon on Thursday. The warrant stemmed from an incident that reportedly took place in Jan.

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Pro Bowl dodgeball lived up to the legendary movie
The Pro Bowl Games brought out some interesting activities for some of the best players in the NFL. The main even of the night on Thursday was dodgeball where players got to relive a classic childhood game from gym class.
The dodgeball tournament started out with the offense and defense from each conference squaring off with their own side before facing the opposing conference in the finals.

In a league flush with talent, it’s inevitable that some big names and deserving candidates were left off the All-Star teams. But some had a better case than others.

The Pro Bowl quarterback threw shade at the Raiders (and himself) amid ongoing speculation regarding his future with the team.

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A red-hot showing during Thursday’s Pro Bowl skills competition in Las Vegas afforded Derek Carr a perfect opportunity to throw shade at the Raiders amid ongoing speculation surrounding his future with the team.

Team executives from the Los Angeles Dodgers commented publicly about the Trevor Bauer situation for the first time Wednesday.
The Dodgers officially released Bauer in January, taking until the final deadline day to make their decision.
READ: TREVOR BAUER OFFICIALLY RELEASED, CAN SIGN WITH ANY TEAM FOR MLB MINIMUM
Since then, the team had only issued a general statement announcing the release.
But top organizational executives like Andrew Friedman and team president Stan Kasten have now spoken out on their process.

The 76ers star wasn’t happy with his teammate being snubbed.
Shortly after the 2023 NBA All-Star Game reserves were announced on Thursday night, 76ers star Joel Embiid called out the league for the roster snubs.
While Embiid earned his sixth All-Star berth, the center wasn’t happy about one of his Philadelphia teammates not being named to the East’s roster: James Harden. With his name off the roster, Harden ends his 10-year streak of earning All-Star honors.

Valuations for MLS franchises have skyrocketed over the past few seasons.
Five years after taking the pitch for the first time as an expansion team in 2018, LAFC won its first MLS championship in November. Now, they’re the league’s first $1 billion franchise.
That’s what Forbes reported in its latest MLS valuations, noting that the landmark threshold crossed by one of the league’s newest clubs is part of a swell league-wide, with the average valuation of the 29 MLS teams now sitting at $579 million—up 85% since 2019.

If you’ve sat back for a CBS-hosted NFL game and thought to yourself, “Man, Tony Romo doesn’t know what the heck he’s talking about,” you’re not the only one.
And it’s CBS network execs themselves that are in this same boat.
Anticipations were high for former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo after he joined CBS as a TV analyst in 2020 — becoming the highest-paid lead color analyst in television history with a 10-year, $180 million deal.

Poffo spent seven years in the then-WWF, where he gained notoriety as Mr. Perfect’s manager, The Genius.
Lanny Poffo, a former wrestling star also known as the brother of legend “Macho Man” Randy Savage, died this week at the age of 68, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Duggan announced Thursday. The cause of death is unknown at this time.
Poffo, who gained notoriety in then-WWF in the late 1980s as Mr. Perfect’s manager “The Genius,” is the younger brother of Savage, whose real name was Randall Poffo. Savage died in 2011 at the age of 58.

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Carr had the most points for the QBs in Las Vegas’ facility
The NFL’s newest attempt at drawing interest to the Pro Bowl has been dubbed the Pro Bowl Games. The new games kicked off in Las Vegas with quarterbacks throwing at targets, some of which were moving including one hanging from a moving drone.
The NFC team was represented by quarterbacks Kirk Cousins, Geno Smith and Jared Goff while the AFC squad had Trevor Lawrence, Tyler Huntley and Derek Carr.