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Game Wayne Gretzky Jersey Astros: Justin Verlander (3-0, 1.10) looks to extend his regular-season winning streak to 11 games when he starts on Wednesday. Verlander allowed two hits in six scoreless innings of a win over the White Sox in his last outing.
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Mill, a South Philadelphia native, attended Sixers games regularly before going to prison. On Tuesday, he took pictures with fans throughout the game and greeted several players, including Simmons, Embiid and Miami’s Dwyane Wade, before and after the game.
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Support for Mill spread beyond the Sixers.

Members of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles championed Mill’s cause. Some players declared Mill’s song Dreams and Nightmares as the club’s unofficial anthem during their run to the Super Bowl.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft visited Mill at a state prison in Pennsylvania earlier this month and later called for criminal justice reform.

It’s really bad. I know some of our players in the NFL have talked about this. I see it firsthand. It’s just wrong, Kraft said then. We have to find a way to correct it and also help the community help themselves. It’s just sad. This guy is a great guy. Shouldn’t be here. And then think of all the taxpayers here paying for people like this to be in jail and not out being productive.

From what I understand, it’s not going to be one of those things where they just sell out and (trade) all the way to No. 2 with the Giants, NFL.com Insider Ian Rapoport said. I would be at this moment surprised if that happens.

Rapoport went on to hint that Buffalo is more likely to move up to No. 5 or 6 to acquire a quarterback should one fall.

The Cardinals currently hold the No. 15 overall pick, and despite adding Sam Bradford this offseason, are expected to target a quarterback after missing out on Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson last year.

Whatever the Bills do, they may have to contend with the Cardinals trying to move ahead of them.

Biggest steals, favorite fits, biggest surprises and the team that stole the show: Todd McShay hits all the highlights from the first round of the 2018 NFL draft.

But more important, the Bills landed who they hope is their quarterback of the future in Allen, who has endured a firestorm of scrutiny Joe Crede Youth jersey in the past 24 hours after racially insensitive tweets he sent while in high school were made public Wednesday night.

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The Browns parted ways with one veteran cornerback this offseason when they traded Jason McCourty to the Patriots and they could move another one this week.
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Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Jamar Taylor could wind up on the trade block during this week’s draft. The impetus for such a move by the Browns would be the addition of another cornerback in the early rounds.

If conquering the ratings conundrum were a team sport, each player 鈥?from the networks to the advertisers to Nielsen 鈥?would need to hold the other accountable until the end zone suddenly didn’t seem so far away.

In some cases, media companies don’t have full access to information on certain platforms, so you don’t always have transparency and that’s a challenge, Leo Komarov Youth jersey too, said Katie Boes, executive vice president of content and media rights at Wasserman, who oversaw a Snapchat initiative for Discovery Eurosport during the Winter Games.

It requires a lot of cooperation from every distribution outlet in terms of use of data and that data being published. And by the way, different social platforms talk about their viewership and engagement in different ways, so standardizing how Facebook measures versus Twitter versus Instagram versus Snapchat, that is in itself something to tackle.

Allen also answered another round of questions about the tweets after the pick was announced, including one about the response of his new teammates.

I’m looking forward to getting in with my teammates and making sure they understand and see the real me, Allen said, via Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News. There’s not an ounce of hate in my body. I love all my teammates, my former teammates can vouch for me there.
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Allen will get his first chance to talk to his teammates soon and a chance to start winning them over on the field a short time after that.

I think you keep your head on straight, Namath said. The less you read about yourself, the less you watch yourself being critiqued, the better off you’re gonna be.

It was early on until it literally dawned on me that I knew more about what I was doing in the team than what I was hearing and reading about, he said.

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NFL revenge games 2018: 49ers CB Richard Sherman’s reunion with Seahawks tops slate

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When a long-tenured NFL player moves from one team to another, things can get “very personal,” as former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant recently said after his release. 

Whether the move comes via trade or on the free agent market, bad blood can linger on both sides. But there’s always the opportunity to settle the score on the field.

With the NFL’s regular-season schedule released Thursday, here are the top player revenge games on the slate:

Amendola made some waves when he said he had grown weary of the hardball tactics inherent to the Patriot Way, and that Belichick could be an “(expletive) sometimes.” The intradivisional jump adds to the intrigue, though Amendola will have to prove that he’s more than a product of Tom Brady and New England’s system after his standout run in the postseason.

“Well, let me say this. I miss being in that room with him. It’s fun,” Ballard said. “I mean, looking at his press conferences, they are very entertaining. And I’ll say this: He’ll take everybody’s advice… and how they see the player, and he’ll build a consensus and then he’ll pick who he thinks the best players for the Browns will be. And he won’t share that with anybody. On draft day, I think that in his mind he knows what he wants, but he’s going to let everybody have their say and make the best decision…

“It’s collective because he’s listening to everyone in the room and then making a decision. But John keeps things close to the vest. That’s what makes him really good. Look, he’s got a lot of track record of success with picking good players, and he’ll pick the right guys with the Browns.”

“Saying that, we will be open to moving back if we think it is the right thing for us to do and there’s enough players on the board — depending on how far we have to move back — that we feel comfortable taking.”
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Panthers tight end Greg Olsen’s been one of the most consistent tight ends in the NFL, and was the first tight end to ever record three straight 1,000-yard seasons.
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And for the second straight offseason, he’s sending messages to the team he loves making it clear he’s looking for a new contract.

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Everyone knows what we went through last year trying to get something done [contractually]. We were able to kind of patchwork it, Olsen said. But overall I have a lot of trust in Marty and Ron. They’ve always been very fair to me.
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If this was my last year in Carolina, I’d have no ill will. They’ve been more than generous and good to me. I would prefer it to be longer. But this team is a lot more than just my situation.

The Panthers also need Olsen back at his productive best as they transition to a new offense under coordinator Norv Turner, as he’s been one of Cam Newton’s most reliable targets. Having him healthy again after a broken foot cost him nine games a year ago will help, but there’s some patching up that has nothing to do with the training staff that needs to happen first.

He originally signed with the Bears in 2015 as an undrafted free agent from Rice.

He referred to himself as a rare breed, and he sure was. He was a freak, even before the accident. He was hell on wheels against Tony Romo, his favorite quarterback to sack, and the Cowboys, ruining one night for Jerry Jones when he blocked a 47-yard Dan Bailey field goal with one second left in 2011.

There was a leaping, 28-yard pick-six against Romo for his first career TD. There was a pick-six against Scott Tolzien at MetLife Stadium in 2013, that monster three-sack, one forced fumble, one fumble return for a touchdown in Cleveland in 2016. There was that three-sack game against the Broncos last season, when he did a dance he had promised to a 7-year-old boy with cancer. After which JPP wrote on Instagram, Keep fighting, buddy.

When he recorded 16.5 sacks in 2011, he seemed to be on his way to be this generation’s Lawrence Taylor. But a Lorenzen Wright Youth jersey series of nagging injuries 鈥?back, shoulder and that horrific life-changing July 4 鈥?compromised him. He leaves with 58.5 sacks.

JPP, the last remaining defensive member of Super Bowl XLVI, displayed his heart when he returned with those seven and a half fingers with a stirring performance against all odds in Tampa, only four months after his accident, with his family and infant son in the stands.

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The Vikings officially have left guard Nick Easton back in the fold for 2018.
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The team announced on Monday that Easton has signed his restricted free agent tender. He’ll make a bit more than $2.9 million after the Vikings used the second-round tender earlier this offseason.

Authentic Kids Nic Petan Jersey Easton started 12 games for the Vikings last season, but missed the end of the regular season and postseason after fracturing his ankle on December 23. He also made five starts during the 2016 season.

We’ve got to create more chances and Lorenzo Cain Youth jersey score more goals. And tighten up defensively, defenseman Francois Beauchemin told the Los Angeles Times.

John Gibson has a 4.17 goals-against average and .882 save percentage in the series. While it’s almost a certainty that he’ll get the nod once more, backup Ryan Miller is 7-2-1 with a tie and a 1.78 GAA and .948 save percentage in his career in San Jose.

Game 5, if necessary, is set for Friday night in Anaheim.
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Check out the video for plenty of great insights from Eddie O, and tune in to NBCSN at 7:00 p.m. ET tonight for the dropping of the puck in Game One of Flyers-Penguins.

Phillies: RHP Mark Leiter Jr. threw his first bullpen session since landing on the disabled list March 29 with a right forearm strain. … RHP Pat Neshek, 10 days after taking a cortisone shot to help a right shoulder strain, played catch. … RHP Tommy Hunter will throw a simulated game in extended spring training Tuesday and could be activated in a couple of days.

Braves: C Tyler Flowers, on the DL since March 30 with a left oblique strain, took a day off from hitting, but he did some defensive work. Snitker said Flowers is still a day or two away from taking live batting practice. … 3B Johan Camargo, sidelined since March 13 with a right oblique strain, has homered in three of the last five games with Triple-A Gwinnett, but he’ll stay there at least through this week with 3B Ryan Flaherty leading the NL with a .366 batting average.

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Pro Bowl tight end Greg Olsen is prepared to become a free agent in 2019 or consider potential opportunities in television this season if the Carolina Panthers Odell Beckham Jr Jersey don’t extend his contract.
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Olsen, who last month interviewed for the Monday Night Football analyst job previously held by Jon Gruden, is entering the final season of a three-year extension signed in March 2015.

Olsen, 33, said his first choice is to remain with the Panthers through the end of his career. He believes he can continue to play at a top level for another three to five seasons.

Obviously, ESPN, that Monday Night gig is a big deal, he said. You don’t just easily dismiss that. But how things play out, my preference would be for things to play out here at Carolina beyond this year. If that’s not the case, then other doors remain open is the best way to put it.

Olsen is scheduled to count $9.75 million against the 2018 salary cap, so the Panthers could lessen that figure if spread out over several years with an extension.

I may be a little bit biased, but if you can tell me a better two-way player in the league right now… I’m willing to listen, New Orleans head coach Alvin Gentry said after Holiday scored a playoff career-high 33 points and had nine assists in a 111-102 victory in Portland on Tuesday night.

Elite Womens Jermey Parnell Jersey In the Pelicans’ first two victories, Holiday has made 24 field goals while helping to hold down Lillard and McCollum to a combined 29 baskets. He made three crucial defensive stops in the final minute of a 97-95 series-opening victory on Saturday and has been particularly tough on Lillard, who has struggled with his shot.

I worked hard for this, honestly, all season long when nobody is looking, said Holiday, whose first three seasons in New Orleans had been dogged by a series of leg injuries and also by the scary surgery for the removal of a benign brain tumor endured by his wife Lauren in 2016. Just to be able to go out there and play again is a blessing. I’ve been battling injuries and to be out there and to play, that’s what I train for…. I feel like I’m in a really good place right now.

Holiday missed 107 games in his first three seasons with the Pelicans, but this season he has played in 81 games and regained the form that made him an All-Star with the Philadelphia 76ers. He made 14 of 24 field goals attempts on Tuesday night.
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Beckham had his infamous boat trip to Miami before the Giants’ 2017 playoff dud, and the Dolphins could use his talent.

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“It doesn’t seem like the Patriots’ way to accumulate all this draft capital and turn around and give it up for a wide receiver who is going to command $18 [million] to $20 million [next season]. It would surprise me a little bit,” Schefter said on “Get Up!”

The more likely possibility that has been floated is the Patriots using some combination of those four picks, which are Nos. 23, 31, 43 and 63, to move up in the first round and potentially draft Tom Brady’s successor. That could mean trying to crack the top 5 and grab one of the big names — Josh Allen, Josh Rosen, Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield — or moving up a few spots to take Lamar Jackson, as CBS Sports suggests.

The 43rd pick is the one New England got from San Francisco for Jimmy Garoppolo in a deal that looks one-sided after Garoppolo shined for the 49ers at the end of last season. Using that pick to find Garoppolo’s replacement could help make up for one of Belichick’s rare blunders.

Belichick can stand pat and help fill the gaps on the offensive line and defense — one that was exposed by the Eagles in the Super Bowl — but the Patriots have been frequently active in the draft. With all those picks, it’s hard to imagine that strategy changing.

Miami Dolphins: Their leading receiver the last three years, Jarvis Landry, is gone — though Landry, Beckham’s teammate at LSU, is now petitioning him through Twitter for a reunion on the Browns. Ryan Tannehill is expected to be back under center and healthy again this season, and having Beckham as a weapon can make any QB look good.

San Francisco 49ers: General manager John Lynch made a splash by trading for Jimmy Garoppolo last season and then signing him to a five-year, $137.5 million contract. How about a new toy to pair him with for the future? The 49ers have had three different leading receivers in the last three years, and Beckham would immediately stop that revolving door. They also have an estimated $46.5 million in cap space remaining for 2018, according to Spotrac, the third-highest number in the league.

New Orleans Saints: A homecoming, perhaps? Beckham hails from New Orleans — his high school was a 14-minute drive from the Superdome — and played his college ball at LSU. The Saints have had some productive receivers in recent years, and with Drew Brees looking to get back to a Super Bowl before he retires, having a guy like Beckham on his side would certainly help.jets_134

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The Rams have spent plenty of capital on roster improvements this offseason in an obvious attempt to win it all. Those moves haven’t included a new deal for Aaron Donald .
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That’s no worry to coach Sean McVay, who spoke for the organization Monday on the really good dialogue related to a new contract for Donald.

As Howe notes, Gronk already wanted a new contract before he revealed that he was contemplating retirement at the conclusion of Super Bowl LII. If he no longer wanted to play football, he probably would have decided that by now. For what it’s worth, ESPN’s Mike Reiss wrote on Monday that he believes Gronk’s absence from Day 1 of the offseason program is a peaceful statement that he wants more money, as the All-Pro tight end would be forfeiting a $250,000 bonus if he doesn’t attend 90 percent of the sessions.

The Seahawks have yet to medically clear McDowell, who was involved in a serious ATV accident last July that forced him to spend his entire rookie season on the team’s non-football injury list.

McDowell’s physical situation has been something of a mystery ever since. The former Michigan State star suffered a concussion and facial injuries Womens Willie McGee Jersey in the accident, leaving Seattle’s decision-makers entirely unsure of his status for 2018.

Nothing new, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said of McDowell, per The Seattle Times. Same kind of thing. He’s got a process he is going through, we get information rarely in his case, but there will be a time when you will hear more.

That time is now, with Seattle preparing to move on from the 35th overall pick in last year’s draft.

McDowell was brought into the league as a space-eating, 299-pound interior force. The primary question today is whether or not he’ll be healthy enough to catch on with another team.
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NFL star Aldon Smith is being transferred from county jail to an inpatient substance abuse facility after officials say his blood alcohol level registered at.40.
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TMZ Sports spoke with San Francisco District Attorney spokesperson Alex Bastian who said Smith is currently being moved. We’re told the facility is located in California. Officials believe Smith Jose Bautista Youth jersey clearly suffers from alcoholism.
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Bridgewater returned to practice with the Vikings during the 2017 season and Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said Tuesday that he felt Bridgewater was progressing well during his time on the field. He put Bridgewater in one game to mop up a win as evidence of that, but the team’s medical staff had a different take.

The reports I’d get back from the medical people weren’t as positive as I was about it, Zimmer said, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN.com. That’s kind of how it came down is that his knee wasn’t as 鈥?he still has some recovery to do. When I watched him in practice he moved well, I didn’t see limitations but from what I told there was some.

Bridgewater said that he’s confident in the [Jets] athletic training staff and the coaching staff here that they can eventually get me back to the player that I once was. His deal with the Jets includes little guaranteed money, which gives the team a chance to see if things play out the way Bridgewater hopes with little downside in the event they go the other way instead.

Bryant’s future has been the biggest topic of the Cowboys’ offseason, with his $12.5 million base salary and $16.5 million salary-cap figure.

Since signing a five-year, $70 million contract in 2015, Bryant, 29, has not recorded more than 69 catches or 838 yards in a season. He missed time in 2015 with a broken foot and was bothered in 2016 with a tibial plateau fracture.

Seahawks General Manager John Schneider knows what it looks like.

But he insists that the Seahawks aren’t rebuilding, just tweaking a roster that still has many talented players.

It’s just always very, very hard to make those decisions to move on from people, but that’s what we have to do in order to be a consistent championship-caliber football team,” Schneider said, via Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times. We don’t want to be having these major rebuilding years. We want to be able to have little re-sets, if you will.

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He rode the bench as a high school junior. He was a college walk-on. He went undrafted, then spent four NFL seasons bouncing between five different teams.
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Rashaan Melvin has gotten to where he’s at today by using such snubs as inspiration. The mindset won’t be changing even though the cornerback could look at the one-year, $5.5 million contract he recently signed with Oakland as J.J. Nelson Youth jersey the pinnacle of his efforts.

Melvin’s first snub came after his sophomore year at Waukegan (Ill.) High just north of Chicago.

Pacers: Stephenson wore gold-colored shoes. … Glenn Robinson III and Cory Joseph each had 13 points as the Pacers’ reserves outscored the Hornets’ backups, 72-60.

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Malik Monk is finishing his rookie season with a flurry. After scoring a career-high 26 points in his previous game, Monk led the Hornets with 22 against the Pacers.

I’ve been watching Kemba a lot when I was sitting on the bench so I’ve been learning everything he’s been doing and I’ve been trying to do that when I stepped on the court, Monk said.

Monk has improved in the pick-and-roll game.

Almost all of his baskets were off pick and rolls and it’s not just his scoring, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said. The thing he’s doing better is making plays for other people. That to me is as much of an indicator as anything of the growth he has made in terms of learning how to play.

The deal, which is worth more than double the $2.7 million he earned during the past four years combined, has actually provided more fuel for Melvin to show he’s worthy of an even pricier long-term extension that didn’t come at the start of last week’s free-agent signing period.
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