With one year left on his original four-year rookie contract, running back LeSean McCoy and the Philadelphia Eagles have agreed ...

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New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, suspended by the league as part of the sweeping punishments imposed in the team’s bounty scandal, sued NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for defamation Thursday.

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D.C. legend and Godfather of Go-Go Chuck Brown died yesterday. Here he is playing halftime at FedEx in ‘10. Wind me up, Chuck. [WaPo, Hogs Haven]Nats beat Pirates thanks to a four-RBI game from Adam LaRoche. [WaPo]Great TV photos of Mike Morse creampie-ing Xavier Nady. [Nats Enquirer]Wilson Ramos and his torn ACL are done for [...]

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This year’s BATTLE OF THE BELTWAYS™ starts tomorrow at Nats Park with the first-place O’s and the first-place Nats squaring off. This series is always weird. As a fan of both teams I don’t like rooting against either. Now that they’re both doing well I’m treating this three-game set as an exhibition of sorts. Hopefully [...]

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Quinton Coples made an impression during his first practices with the Jets so it was only fair they return the favor in working out his four-year rookie contract. Terms haven't been released but he's expected to earn around $8.8 million.

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The Eagles have locked up LeSean McCoy for what figures to be the prime of his career, something a second contract rarely accomplishes at the running back position.

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Eagles running back LeSean McCoy has been waiting for a long-term deal, on Thursday the team made him the third highest paid running back in the NFL in terms of contract value and annual average.

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DECATUR, Ala. (AP) -- Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for assault and other charges stemming from a November fight in his hometown.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- The New York Jets have signed first-round draft pick Quinton Coples to a four-year contract.

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Maryland’s football season opener against William & Mary will be at 3 p.m. Sept. 1 and televised online at ESPN3.com, the network announced Thursday.

Terrapins Coach Randy Edsall will face his former team, Connecticut, on Sept. 15 at 12:30. The game will be picked up regionally by the ACC Network and also televised online at ESPN3.com.

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Thursday night at Nationals Park, the Nats will conclude their series against the Pirates and then move on to the grueling, extended portion of their schedule. Starting Friday, when the first-place Orioles come down I-95, the Nationals will face nothing but heavyweights from then until late June.

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When I’ll Have Another defeated Bodemeister in the Kentucky Derby, many handicappers (including me) thought it was obvious that the loser had run the better race after setting an extraordinarily fast pace.

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Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan informed HBO that he wouldn’t be opening Redskins Park for their highly watched series, Hard Knocks. Could this be one of his best non-personnel moves yet?We all know the Washington Redskins have been portrayed (in the past) as a team that has been [...]

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We have been having some fun this week at SB Nation, walking through the ins and outs of the promotion-and-relegation system of world soccer and why it would or wouldn't work for college football. My contribution: a rough, seven-year, four-tiered simulation that encompasses the FBS ranks and a good portion of FCS. The result: Akron falls really far, Howard Schnellenberger adds "SEC coach" to his resume, and the Pac-12 is suddenly the deepest conference in the country.

Anyway, it's a fun way to kill some time, even though the top conferences would obviously never agree to such a thing.



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