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BEREA — Ken Dorsey's background playing quarterback and coaching QBs made him a natural pick for the Browns, who hope he can work his magic with Deshaun Watson. Fired during the season in Buffalo, Dorsey was hired last month as Cleveland's new offensive coordinator by coach Kevin Stefanski, who made several changes to his staff [...]
LAS VEGAS — A Nevada teachers’ group has sued to block the state from spending taxpayer money to build a baseball stadium on the Las Vegas Strip for the relocated Oakland Athletics. Strong Public Schools Nevada, a political action committee backed by the Nevada State Education Association, filed a lawsuit this week in state court [...]
San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York was asked the other day what comes to mind when he thinks back to his team's Super Bowl loss to Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs four years ago, and he quipped: "I mean, I remember Nick Bosa getting held on third-and-long — and that not getting called." [...]
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis called his new home the Death Star in 2020 — and the name stuck. Allegiant Stadium, with its black facade, in fact resembles the ominous space station from the "Star Wars" movie franchise that was capable of destroying planets. The futuristic stadium takes center stage on [...]
Repeat championships in the NFL used to be more common. Over the first 39 Super Bowls, it happened eight times. Yet no team has done it since Tom Brady and the New England Patriots won two in a row following the 2003-04 seasons. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are aiming to become the [...]
Patrick Mahomes is chasing Tom Brady. Brock Purdy is playing in the shadow of Joe Montana. Winning the Super Bowl would be another major step for either quarterback. Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs seek to become the first team in 19 years to win back-to-back Super Bowls when they take on Purdy and the [...]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Talk about high drama. By the time the first pitch is thrown at the Cleveland Guardians' home opener on April 8 at Progressive Field, fans will have seen something more unusual than a no-hitter, more rare than a perfect game and astronomically more exciting than an unassisted triple play. It will be [...]
MOBILE, Ala. — Most of the focus leading up to the NFL draft will be on the potential franchise quarterbacks and other first-round talent, but some NFL teams may find slimmer pickings when it comes to the later rounds. Now, players with less lofty draft stock can still return and collect name, image and likeness [...]
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Less than 24 hours after Baltimore's season ended with a loss in the AFC championship game, All-Pro safety Kyle Hamilton was dealing with both physical and emotional pain. "Body is sore, heart sore," he said. "But we move on." The Ravens head into the offseason lamenting an opportunity that got away. [...]
Images of students pouring out of the stands at the final buzzer to celebrate with players on the home team following a big win have long been part of college basketball. Usually, no one gets hurt. Court storming and the safety risks associated with it have received more scrutiny since Iowa star Caitlin Clark collided [...]