May 18, 2013

NASCAR: Matt Kenseth confident of maintaining his momentum

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Story Highlights Performance draws comparisons to the ‘Silver Fox’ Kenseth has won three of his 11 starts this season He stands third in points (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — DARLINGTON, S.C. — Duplicating the deft driving style of a legend, Matt Kenseth added his name to a hallowed list as a Southern 500 winner Saturday [...]

NFL: Could Justin Blackmon’s suspension put his roster spot in jeopardy?

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — Justin Blackmon led the Jaguars with 64 catches last season, his first in the NFL, and he is expected to be the No. 1 receiver on the roster this year too. So, new Jacksonville head coach Gus Bradley and GM Dave Caldwell likely are in no rush to get rid of [...]

Sports: Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now

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Why NBA center Jason Collins is coming out now This story appears in the May 6, 2013, issue of Sports Illustrated. (PhatzRadio / SI Feature Story) — I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay. I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. [...]

NFL Draft 2013 – Day 2: Sullen Smith has to get over snub now that he’s a Jet

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — Teams do not reach the point of Super Bowl contention by accident. And there is nothing accidental about how Baltimore GM Ozzie Newsome and, in a smaller window, San Francisco GM Trent Baalke have worked the system in their favors. Both Newsome and Baalke have shown a consistent understanding of their [...]

NFL: Steelers match Patriots’ offer for Emmanuel Sanders

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Emmanuel Sanders will remain with the Steelers after the team matched an offer from the Patriots.(Photo: Jason Bridge, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Team matches the one-year, $2.5 million offer sheet for restricted free-agent WR Pittsburgh’s previous loss of Mike Wallace in free agency made Sanders even more valuable Sanders’ salary now will nearly double [...]

NFL: Dwight Freeney, John Abraham and Adrian Wilson to visit with Patriots

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Matt Schaub #8 of Houston Texans fumbles the ball while being tackled by Dwight Freeney #93 of the Indianapolis Colts during the NFL game at Lucas Oil Stadium on November 1, 2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (October 31, 2010 – Source: Andy Lyons/Getty Images North America) Story Highlights Former Colts DE Dwight Freeney is already in [...]

NBA Deadline wrap: Jazz, Kings confused….and more

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Al Jefferson (left) is set to become a free agent after the season. (Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / SI Feature – Rob Mahoney) — Four thoughts on what did and didn’t happen at the NBA trade deadline: • Atlanta’s choice to retain Josh Smith might be the biggest story of the deadline, but [...]

Soccer News and Notes: PSG finally gets its man in David Beckham in frenzied transfer season

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David Beckham joins PSG less than two months after final MLS game with the L.A. Galaxy. Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images (PhatzRadio / SI) —- There aren’t that many surprise transfers anymore; the nature of the press, clubs leaking information and the rise of social media make secrets hard to keep. But there was genuine surprise Thursday, [...]

NFL: Roger Goodell, Sean Payton talk moving up NFL reinstatement

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is in the midst of preliminary conversations with suspended New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton about moving up the date of his reinstatement to be effective at the end of the regular season rather than sticking with the originally stated date of after the Super Bowl, according [...]

Saints Bounty Scandal: Tagliabue bounty ruling coming on Tuesday

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than nine months after the NFL first disclosed its bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints, four players will finally get a ruling on whether their initial suspensions are upheld, reduced or thrown out. Former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who was appointed to handle a second round of player appeals to [...]