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The Carolina Panthers will be without running back Christian McCaffrey for multiple weeks thanks to a high-ankle sprain he suffered during a 31-17 defeat to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.

The timeline McCaffrey was given after the injury was four to six weeks. The superstar vows to return sooner than that.

“They say four

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NFL Scores Week 2

 
 

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Cleveland Browns – 35 > Cincinnati Bengals – 30

Chicago Bears – 17 > New York Giants – 13

Los Angeles Rams – 37 > Philadelphia Eagles – 19

Dallas Cowboys – 40 > Atlanta Falcons – 39

Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 31 > Carolina Panthers – 17

San Francisco 49ers – 31 > New York Jets – 13

Pittsburgh Steelers – 26 > Denver Broncos – 21

Tennessee Titans – 33 > Jacksonville Jaguars – 30

Green Bay Packers – 42 > Detroit Lions – 21

Buffalo Bills – 31 > Miami Dolphins – 28

Indianapolis Colts – 28 > Minneso

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Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick said NFL social justice initiatives were “propaganda” on Sunday as scattered protests marked the first full day of the 2020 season.

Kaepernick, who launched his kneeling protests in 2016 to draw attention to racial injustice, questioned the sincerity of the NFL’s stance against racism, citing the fact that fellow player-activist Eric Reid remained unemployed.

Reid, who joined Kaepernick’s protests in 2016 when the two played for the 49

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nfl-rams-malcolm-brown-sept-13-2020-AP-1.jpgSoFi Stadium was devoid of fans on last night’s Sunday Night Football due to the coronavirus pandemic, but full of victory for the hometown Los Angeles Rams. Sadly, that winning feeling wasn’t reflected in the ratings for NBC and the NFL in SNF‘s season opener.

The team’s first game at its sparkling new $5 billion digs saw the Rams take down the Dallas Cowboys 20-17 in a grinding battle in which Rams running back Malcolm Brown score two touchdowns. Fighting right to the end against

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GettyImages-1272326003.jpg?resize=1200%2C675Tom Brady may be the shiny new toy in Tampa Bay, but that clearly isn’t going to earn him any special treatment from Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians.

Brady’s Bucs debut on Sunday vs. the New Orleans Saints was a mixed bag. The former New England Patriots quarterback got things started with a quality drive that surprisingly ended with a Brady rushing touchdown, and it was a rollercoaster ride from there.

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After years of controversy over protests during the national anthem, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell said in an interview this week that he wished he had listened earlier to controversial quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protests on police brutality.

Goodell appeared on the latest episode of the interview series “Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man” hosted by former NFL linebacker and current Fox Sports analyst Emmanuel Acho.

The commissioner began the co

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Reports: Ravens to host Dez Bryant for workout

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Bryant, 31, hasn't played in an NFL game since the end of the 2017 season.
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LeBron, Dirk, Patrick Mahomes And NBA Fans Slam Refs For Weak Kristaps Porzingis Ejection

 

With over nine minutes left in the third quarter, Dallas Mavericks big man Kristaps Porzingis was ejected for the first time in his NBA career when he received his second technical foul of the night.

It was the turn

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We talked to Travis Kelce about Madden 21's new "The Yard" mode and how fans of the sports video game are going to experience this brand new feature.
The release of Madden 21 is under two weeks away, and as we get closer to launch day, the Madden team has officially announced the brand new "The Yard" mode, which will debut in this year's game. "The Yard" is essentially the next generation of Superstar KO, which debuted in Madden 20, a
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President Donald Trump calls NBA players 'very nasty' and 'very dumb' for kneeling during anthem

Donald Trump says in interview NBA players kneeling during anthem "has been horrible for basketball," and calls players "very nasty" and "very dumb."

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President Donald Trump called NBA players "very nasty" and "very dumb" in a Tuesday radio interview while expressing his disapproval of the league's players kneeling during the national anthem to protest social injustice. 

For the NBA's

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Colin Kaepernick will be the subject of a six-part series produced by acclaimed director Ava DuVernay, Netflix announced Monday.

Kaepernick will appear as a narrator, with an actor playing him as a youth in the scripted drama of a Black child adopted by a white family.

"Too often we see race and Black stories portrayed through a white lens," Kaepernick said in a release. "We seek to give new perspective to the differing realities that Black people face. We explore the racial conflicts I

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Kaepernick to Seahawks?

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Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said he regrets not signing Colin Kaepernick in 2017, and denied that a second meeting with the quarterback was scuttled in 2018 because of the team’s uncertainty about whether he planned to continue kneeling during the national anthem.

Speaking with reporters via video conference Thursday, Carroll also revealed that he received a phone call earlier in the day from another team asking about Kaepernick, saying that hadn’t happened until now. Carroll wouldn’t

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The Super Bowl champions kicking off the season at home.

Spanking new stadiums in Los Angeles and Las Vegas unveiled in prime time.

A Thanksgiving tripleheader.

Nothing but normality for the NFL in anything but normal times.

Free agency pretty much went routinely. The draft, done virtually, was a massive hit with huge TV and streaming audiences. And on Thursday night, America got the league’s schedule, from the Chiefs hosting the Texans on Thursday night, Sept. 10, to start it all off, to t

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The XFL's chief operating officer, Jeffery Pollock, said Friday that the league is suspending operations and all employees have been laid off, sources told ESPN.

The XFL suspended operations Friday morning and laid off nearly all of its staff, multiple sources told ESPN. While a handful of executives remain employed, the league currently has no plans to return in 2021.

The league canceled its season last month after five games as part of a nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus

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Tom Brady didn't take long to determine his landing spot in the NFL.

The former New England Patriots quarterback agreed in principle to sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a person with knowledge of the deal told USA TODAY Sports' Mike Jones. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been finalized and cannot be completed until the start of the league year on Wednesday.

NFL Network was first to report the news.

The deal is believed to be worth roughly $30 mil

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After 20 years with the organization, the quarterback posted a tweet on Tuesday, saying his farewell and his thanks to Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft and the entire Patriots organization.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that Brady has not yet chosen his next team and that Brady “will be exploring his options.”

The quarterback did not specify where he’ll be going next, instead opting to take the time to put his 20 years with the Patriots into perspective.

“Although my football journey will take pla

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Peters spent the past 11 seasons with the Eagles and is one of the best players in franchise history

The Philadelphia Eagles and Jason Peters have mutually agreed to part ways. Philadelphia released a statement Thursday that announced the Eagles will allow Peters to test the free agent market this month, sending a farewell message to one of the greatest players in franchise history.

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