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How sports, coronavirus and hygiene mix: Spit, snot rockets and licking during return to play
The coronavirus pandemic has been a referendum on societal cleanliness. Not just regarding the time spent washing one’s hands or wiping down household surfaces but also going right to the source: bodily fluids. That includes the kinds found all over the sports world — the spitting, the licking, the spewing, the sweating and, perhaps most […]
Continue readingPatriots’ Dont’a Hightower, Patrick Chung to opt out of 2020 season
New England Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower and safety Patrick Chung are among the starters opting out of the 2020 season. Running back Brandon Bolden also is planning to opt out of the season, a source told ESPN. Starting offensive tackle Marcus Cannon, fullback Danny Vitale and reserve offensive lineman Najee Toran earlier decided to opt […]
Continue readingHow six players opting out has altered Patriots’ outlook for 2020
Dont’a Hightower‘s nickname is “Boomtower,” in part because of his reputation for delivering big hits on the field. It also fits when describing how his decision to opt out of the 2020 NFL season because of the coronavirus pandemic will affect the New England Patriots. Boom! That hurts. The Patriots have had six players decide […]
Continue readingNFL all-decade: Best player on each AFC East team, every position
The start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams. From the social media star […]
Continue readingHow Bill Belichick gets Super Bowl performances for bargain prices
The New England Patriots have for nearly 20 years shown the ability to maintain a degree of organizational structure and success that is far superior to that of their counterparts. For every team that made the playoffs in the Patriots’ six title-winning years, 10 position groups were analyzed. The Patriots spent less than the average […]
Continue readingWeighing Tom Brady’s contract options: Will he stay in New England or go?
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady‘s future is not only the biggest story in the NFL in the coming months, but maybe in all of sports. It is rare, but not unprecedented, that such an iconic figure finds himself in this situation: a free agent who made $23 million in 2019 with the leverage to dictate […]
Continue readingLamar Jackson leads way for Ravens’ NFL-best 12 Pro Bowl selections
In his first full season as an NFL starting quarterback, Jackson leads the NFL with 33 touchdown passes and has run for 1,103 yards, an NFL single-season record for a quarterback. He topped all players in this year’s Pro Bowl fan voting, receiving 704,699 votes, nearly 165,000 more than any other player. “This honor is […]
Continue reading2020 NFL Pro Bowl rosters for AFC, NFC: Lamar Jackson leads the picks
The game will be held at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, at 3 p.m. ET on Jan. 26. Here is every selection for the 2020 game along with analysis from NFL Nation reporters. Players’ career Pro Bowls are denoted in parentheses. Pro Bowlers: Tre’Davious White (1) Stephon Gilmore is widely thought of as the […]
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