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NEW YORK — The monotony of training camp is starting to settle in around the NFL. The sun beats down even hotter. The practices feel longer. And tempers are shorter. Many players are understandably tired of looking at the same faces and plays. That's where scrimmages against other teams can spice it up a bit. [...]
CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield won't let dollar signs sack him. With Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen signing a six-year, $258 million extension, a deal that includes $150 million guaranteed and $43 million per season, it would be understandable if Mayfield wasn't thinking about his own possible future pay day. Cleveland's quarterback is also eligible for an [...]
CHICAGO — Matt Nagy is so confident his starting quarterback is ready, the Chicago Bears coach wouldn't be too nervous if the NFL decided to open the season this week. That's how strong an impression veteran Andy Dalton is making. "One hundred percent," Nagy said. "He's got full control of this offense. Without a doubt. [...]
BEREA — After so many miserable seasons, including a winless one four years ago, numerous coaching mistakes, front-office flubs and busted draft picks, Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam finally have a legitimate team. Maybe even a Super Bowl contender. They're optimistic — and cautious. "Listen," Jimmy Haslam said recently at training camp. "With our [...]
CLEVELAND — Mac Speedie spent his life overcoming hurdles both physical and figurative. He's about to clear another. A quick, sure-handed wide receiver on powerhouse Cleveland Browns teams in the 1940s and 50s, Speedie, who overcame a childhood disease and later delayed his playing career to serve in World War II, is finally being inducted [...]
TOKYO — Karsten Warholm's staggering run to shatter his own 400-meter hurdles world record at the Olympics has posed the question: Was it the greatest track race ever? Maybe. Warholm won gold in 45.94 seconds, carving .76 seconds off his previous mark and taking the 400 hurdles sub-46 and into new territory. Rai Benjamin's 46.17 [...]
TOKYO — A surfer jumping in to translate for the rival who'd just beaten him. High-jumping friends agreeing to share a gold medal rather than move to a tiebreaker. Two runners falling in a tangle of legs, then helping each other to the finish line. In an extraordinary Olympic Games where mental health has been [...]
CLEVELAND — Browns center and NFLPA President JC Tretter says he feels the NFL is trying to shame players by urging teams to require vaccinated and unvaccinated players to wear different colored wristbands. He called the idea "nonsensical." Tretter, who took office last year as the COVID-19 pandemic was in its early stages, said he's [...]
BEREA — As Baker Mayfield rifled passes wide receivers to Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry on one field, star defensive ends Myles Garrett and Jadeveon Clowney worked on their pass-rushing techniques on the other. There was plenty of other action on Cleveland's opening day of training camp as the club's standout offensive line fine-tuned [...]
TOKYO — She had the long and colorful nails. She wore the flashy outfits, including a neon one-legged spandex bodysuit. Above all, she had the iconic nickname "Flo-Jo," which just sounded fast. For 33 years, sprinters have been chasing the records cemented next to the name "Florence Griffith Joyner." The current wave of speedsters — [...]