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Josh Gordon limited with a hamstring injury in first Patriots practice
The Patriots will likely be short-handed on both sides of the ball Sunday night in Detroit. "Gronk was limited because he just wanted to take it easy yesterday on that ankle", Rapoport adds. That could be a duo to watch closely, and wide receivers Chris Hogan and Phillip Dorsett could be beneficiaries in terms of facing softer coverages. They played 64 percent (65 of 101) of the players they list... [Full Article...]
Rob Gronkowski Nixed Trade To Lions By Threatening Retirement
Rob Gronkowski and the New England Patriots are set to take on the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, but the tight end could have been in the opposing dressing room on Sunday Night Football. The Patriots opted to hold onto Gronkowski, agreeing to a revamped contract that added $4.3 million in incentives to his 2018 deal. He finished the 2017 season with 69 catches for 1,084 yards and eight touchd... [Full Article...]
Camila Giorgi ousts top seed Caroline Wozniacki at Pan Pacific Open
The Italian began finding the lines again to break back, and claimed six of the last eight games as she stormed to victory. It was Giorgi's third win over Wozniacki, all on hard courts, but her first win over a top-10 player in four years. [Full Article...]
Brice Butler signs with Dallas Cowboys for 7th receiver
Butler signed a two-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals in free agency in April, but he did not make the Cardinals' 53-man cut before the start of the season. In two of his three seasons with the team, he averaged over 21 yards per reception with a long of 67 yards coming in 2015. He finished the 2017 season with the Cowboys, catching two passes for 50 yards and a touchdown in the season fi... [Full Article...]
Colin Kaepernick's attorney says two teams are interested in QB
Colin Kaepernick's journey to hit the gridiron again might soon come to an end. In an impromptu interview with TMZ Sports, Kaepernick's agent Mark Geragos hinted that the free agent quarterback could be returning to the NFL . The first clue obviously points to the Oakland Raiders . Given the fact that both Oakland and New England have solid starting quarterbacks in Derek Carr and Tom B... [Full Article...]
Anderson beats Djokovic again to close gap on Europe
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer paired up for the men's doubles match against Kevin Anderson and Jack Sock during Team Europe vs Team World match on Day 1 of the Laver Cup on Friday. It took just three games for Federer to break Kyrgios in the opening set, but he waited even less in the second, breaking him in his first service game of the second set with a masterful combination of play ... [Full Article...]
Djokovic to provide firepower for Team Europe at Laver Cup
Attempting to put last year's disappointment behind them and claim the Laver Cup for Team World will be American trio John Isner , Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe as well as Australia's Nick Kyrgios, South Africa's Kevin Anderson and Argentina's Diego Schwartzman. [Full Article...]
Greg Hodnett Dies In Sprint Car Race In Pennsylvania
Hodnett won a preliminary race during the 2018 Knoxville Nationals and finished 15th in the championship A-Main. Hodnett, 49, reportedly died instantly when his sprint vehicle rolled into the wall of the 4/10th-mile dirt oval. for a "rollover crash with entrapment". "A true professional who we looked forward to seeing every August". "It is the hope and desire of Williams Grove Speedway to allo... [Full Article...]