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ESPN Gains NFL Media Assets In Massive Deal: What Football Fans Should Know
"The Worldwide Leader in Sports" has reached a major deal with the most popular league in the US. ESPN is acquiring the National Football League's media assets, the network confirmed in a news release on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The league's assets include NFL Network, NFL RedZone, and NFL Fantasy. In exchange, the NFL will get a 10% equity stake in the Disney-backed sports network with headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut. "By combining these NFL media assets with ESPN's reach and innovation, we're creating a premier destination for football fans," ESPN chair Jimmy Pitaro said in a statement. "…
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Deion Sanders Undergoes Bladder Removal After Cancer Diagnosis
"Coach Prime" is back at full strength. Deion Sanders shared new details about the strange health issue that has plagued him during the offseason, announcing on Monday that he recently underwent surgery to have his bladder removed after being diagnosed with cancer. Sanders' announcement came as his squad at the University of Colorado gets set to kick off its fall camp. According to the coach, he had his bladder removed after a malignant tumor was found and that he had been "cured" from the cancer. “He never folded one time and never wavered,” Colorado team trainer Lauren …
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Aaron Rodgers To Join Steelers After NY Jets Disaster: What We Know
Aaron Rodgers finally has a new home. After months of speculation, the mercurial future Hall of Famer is set to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers — the team he famously beat in his only Super Bowl win — after a disastrous two-year stint with the Jets. Rodgers reportedly advised the Steelers that he plans to fly into Pennsylvania this week to make it official: he will fill the team's hole at quarterback. ESPN reported that Rodgers will join the team and sign on Friday, June 6, just in time for the Steelers' mandatory minicamp. His one-year deal is worth an estimated $10 million, according …
Politics
All Aboard The Trump Train? Florida Rep Says Rename DC Metro Or Lose $150M
A Florida congressman wants to slap “Trump Train” on DC’s subway system — and he’s threatening to cut off $150 million in federal funding unless it happens. On Thursday, May 29, Republican Rep. Greg Steube introduced the Make Autorail Great Again Act, a bill that would block all federal funds to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) unless it changes its name and rebrands the Metrorail. Under the proposal, WMATA would become the Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access (WMAGA) and the Metrorail system would be renamed the “Trump Train.” This is not a joke. …
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2027 NFL Draft Headed To DC As White House Announcement Looms: Reports (
Developing
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The NFL Draft may be heading to the nation's capital. It's been a good week for the Washington Commanders, who announced plans for a new stadium in DC and are now reportedly set to host the 2027 NFL Draft. According to multiple reports, an official announcement is planned for Monday at the White House, with the event likely to be held on the National Mall. Pittsburgh will host the 2026 draft, following Green Bay, which recently welcomed more than 600,000 fans for the three-day event last month. On the White House website, Trump is scheduled to "deliver a sports announcement" at 1 p.m. on …
Sports
After Stunning Draft Fall, Shedeur Sanders Officially Lands In NFL
The wait is over. Once projected to be a possible number one draft pick, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders — you may have heard of his father — is heading to the Cleveland Browns. Sanders was considered a consensus first-round pick, but inexplicably fell into the fifth round before the Browns picked him up with the 144th pick. He was their second choice, after the Browns picked up Oregon star Dillon Gabriel with the 94th pick. The quarterback room now includes the two rookies, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and much-maligned Deshaun Watson, who may not play this season. Sander…
Sports
Trump Blitzes NFL Owners After Shedeur Sanders Draft Slip: 'Are They Stupid?'
Do the genes make the man? President Donald Trump surely thinks so. For the second straight day, Trump took to his Truth Social platform to take on the NFL, this time addressing Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders — son of Hall of Famer Deion — not being picked in the first round. At one point, Sanders was considered a potential top three pick in the NFL Draft, which began on Thursday, but he fell out of the first round after being passed over by all 32 teams. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shedeur Sanders (@she…
Sports
NFL Prospect Kyren Lacy Found Dead Hours Before Facing Grand Jury In Fatal Crash
A former standout wide receiver at LSU was found dead hours before he was set to face a grand jury following a fatal crash that claimed the life of a 78-year-old man in December 2024, according to reports. Kyren Lacy, 24, died in Houston, his family confirmed, and is a suspected suicide victim, according to multiple reports. Former LSU WR Kyren Lacy has died at 24 pic.twitter.com/onc5PQpCU0 — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 13, 2025 Once considered a possible first-round pick, the former Tiger was accused of the fatal hit-and-run crash that killed Herman Hall in December …
Sports
NY College Football Star Dies At 25, Week Before NFL Draft
A former college football standout in New York died at age 25, just a week before the NFL Draft. Amitral “AJ” Simon, a defensive lineman for the University at Albany, announced late last year that he was entering his name in the draft. "He was a tremendous young man and even better teammate throughout his time at UAlbany," the UAlbany football program said in a statement announcing his death on Wednesday, April 17. "He will be profoundly missed." Simon's cause of death has not yet been released. The 6-foot-1, 270-pound Simon, a native of Pennsylvania from Coolbaugh Township in Monroe…
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NFL Draft: Mass Native Will Levis Became 'That Guy' As No Teams Took Him In Round 1
What a difference a day makes. Entering the first night of the NFL Draft on Thursday, April 27, University of Kentucky quarterback Will Levis — the mayonnaise-in-his-coffee drinker born in Newton, Massachusetts, and raised in Middletown, Connecticut. — went from a potential No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to not being picked at all in the first round. Throughout the broadcast, cameras continually cut to the 23-year-old as he huddled with his girlfriend and his family, in what felt like a mean prank by the third hour of the draft. It became harder to watch than Levis' other celebrated ea…
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