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Getty Images The Packers are signing receiver Malik Taylor, Bo Marchionte of college2pro.com reports. The rookie originally signed with the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent, but Tampa Bay cut him later in May. Taylor played at Ferris State, a Division II school. His 2,091 receiving yards...

Getty Images Former NFL defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth is moving closer to getting the kidney he needs. Via Jim Wyatt of the Titans’ official website, Haynesworth has provided an update regarding his health situation on Facebook. “First and foremost I want to thank each and everyone...

Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...

Getty Images Defensive end Robert Ayers won’t be playing any more NFL games. Ayers announced his retirement in a post to his Facebook account on Tuesday. Ayers called the last 10 years a “helluva run” while dropping the curtain on his career. Ayers was a first-round pick by the Broncos in...

Getty Images The Vikings’ starting quarterback may be lurking in the low 80s, but their top two receivers are among the best in the league, according to the exclusively-licensed NFL video game. The folks at Madden have made Adam Thielen a 94 and Stefon Diggs a 93 in the new version of the...

Getty Images For Ronald Jones, the best thing about this year is it’s not last year. He is taking an Etchosketch approach, shaking it up to erase a forgettable rookie season. “Last year was a disappointment for me,” Jones said Saturday at SportsCon 2019 in Dallas. “I’m putting in the work to...

Getty Images The XFL held its eighth and final showcase for players interested in jobs with team’s during the league’s reboot in 2020 in St. Louis this weekend. The first seven combine-style workouts were attended by handfuls of former NFL players and that remained the case this weekend...

Getty Images Getting quarterback Jameis Winston to play at a higher level is one of the top priorities for the team’s new coaching staff and the coach charged with working directly with Winston says he’s seen signs of progress this offseason. Quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen said he’s been...

Getty Images Not surprisingly, fewer fans are going to games in person. Financial news site 24/7 Wall St. used sports attendance data from ESPN over the past 10 years and found every one of the four major sports leagues in the United States has seen a decline in total attendance from 2008 to...

Getty Images Former NFL standout Albert Haynesworth has asked the fans for a kidney, and the fans are responding. Via the Knoxville News Sentinel, Vanderbilt University Medical Center chief communications officer John Howser said in a statement that the facility has received “hundreds of calls...

Getty Images Last July, five of seven unsigned players in the top 10 were represented by CAA. This year, four of five unsigned first-round picks are represented by CAA. One reason for this? CAA typically represents a lot of first-round picks. Another reason for it? CAA drives a hard bargain...

Getty Images Albert Haynesworth retired after the 2011 season. He has had a couple of serious medical issues since. The two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle announced on social media this week that he needs a kidney transplant and is seeking a donor. “Well, this is hard for me to say, but my...

Getty Images The NFL announced that cornerback Ryan Smith has been suspended four games for violating the policy on performance-enhancing substances. (Which is weird, because today is definitely not Friday.) “We are disappointed that Ryan will be unavailable for the first four games of the...

Getty Images Tony Romo hasn’t made a PGA Tour cut, but the fact that he has played in two PGA Tour events this year makes him the favorite to repeat in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Lake Tahoe this week. Caesars Sportsbook lists Romo with 5-2 odds with former...

Getty Images The Buccaneers were 5-11 last year, but a head coaching change has helped convince one of the team’s players that better things are ahead this season. Tight end Cameron Brate said “last year was last year” and that new head coach Bruce Arians has spent the offseason “instilling...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are down to one unsigned draft pick. The team announced the signing of third-round pick Jamel Dean. The cornerback is the seventh of the team’s eight 2019 draft picks to sign and first-round linebacker Devin White is the only one still in need of a deal. In...

Getty Images During their memorable Super Bowl season of 2013, the Seahawks routinely engaged in illegal contact with opposing receivers, confident that the officials wouldn’t bog the game down by calling it over and over and over again. Cowboys cornerback Byron Jones, whose defensive backs...

Ryan Fitzpatrick has played 14 NFL seasons, starting 126 games. The quarterback also is on his eighth team, with every team he’s played for looking to replace him. The Dolphins traded for Josh Rosen after signing Fitzpatrick. “There’s been a lot of shade and disrespect thrown my way for a lot...

Getty Images So far, every NFL game in London has been played in a stadium that was built for soccer or rugby, with American football fitting in as a square peg in a round hole. This year, that will change. That’s because the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, though primarily a soccer field, was...

Getty Images Buccaneers defensive tackle Beau Allen had never ventured out of the country when good friend and former Eagles teammate Chris Long invited him on Long’s annual trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa. The 12-day trip, including a five-day climb to Africa’s highest...