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Getty Images NFL players have found their voice. And they’re not afraid to use it. Cowboys defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, who fired a shot across the bow at owner Jerry Jones on Thursday, took closer aim on Friday at the multi-billionaire who hasn’t said anything in the 26 days since the...

Getty Images Jamal Adams wants a trade. The safety has asked the Jets for one, and he’s telling the team’s fans the same on social media. Adams commented to a fan on Instagram on Friday night, saying, “It’s time to move on. Let it go. Appreciate you guys. No hard feelings. Nothin but luv.”...

Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams told the team that he wants to be traded this week and he apparently wouldn’t mind joining up with a couple of his former opponents in the AFC East. Adams told former NFL safety and current ESPN personality Ryan Clark that he would love to play for the...

Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams has made it clear the entire offseason he is frustrated at the team’s lack of urgency at getting him a long-term deal. Now comes news that Adams has requested a trade. The Jets have not given Adams’ agent permission to speak with other teams, Calvin Watkins...

Getty Images Cowboys defensive tackle Gerald McCoy recently became aware of Opal Lee. Her story has inspired him to take action. Lee, a 93-year-old retired schoolteacher, has been trying to get the U.S. government to make June 19 — Juneteenth — a national holiday. Starting tomorrow, she will...

Getty Images SportsCon, an annual sports convention co-founded by Tony Romo, announced it is canceling its event scheduled for next month. The convention, held annually in Dallas-Fort Worth, draws thousands of fans for live games, autograph and photograph sessions and sports challenges. Most...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame has expressed optimism the game and ceremony would happen the first week of August as planned with fans in the stands. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine put a damper on that optimism Tuesday. “As much as I hate to say this, because we’ve all been looking...

Getty Images Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has been identified as one of the four Texans and Cowboys players who have tested positive for COIVD-19. But the team isn’t saying anything about it. “Due to federal and local privacy laws, we are unable to provide information regarding the...

Getty Images Someone somewhere was the leak of Ezekiel Elliott‘s COVID-19 diagnosis. The Cowboys running back tweeted as if he’s wondering who that might be. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media broke news of Elliott’s positive test, citing agent Rocky Arceneaux. But Elliott absolved Arceneaux in a...

Getty Images News that Ezekiel Elliott was among the four Texans and Cowboys to test positive for COVID-19 immediately led to speculation about Dak Prescott‘s health. The Cowboys talked to both players during the state’s stay-at-home order when Prescott threw a dinner party attended by...

Getty Images Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is among the Cowboys and Texans players who have tested positive for COVID-19. It served as a reminder that the NFL faces challenges to playing this season. The plan is to test players two to three times a week, hoping to catch positive cases...

Getty Images Add two more teams to the list of organizations set to observe Juneteenth as a holiday. According to Clarence Hill Jr. of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Dallas Cowboys will give their employees this Friday, June 19th, off as a holiday in remembrance of the order given by Union...

Trinity Christian High School football player Shedeur Sanders is a four-start recruit heading into his senior year, and he’s the son of a Hall of Famer, Deion Sanders. But it’s not his dad whom Shedeur is modeling himself after. Instead, Shedeur Sanders is trying to be like Tom Brady — and...

Getty Images Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told athletic directors from the state’s Football Bowl Subdivision programs to expect 50 percent capacity at football games this fall, Dan Wolken of USA Today reports. It stands to reason that the state’s two NFL teams can expect the same. AT&T Stadium...

Getty Images The NFL has committed to spending $250 million over the next 10 years to combat systemic racism and fight injustices against blacks. That’s great. It’s impressive. It’s awesome. And it’s $250 million more than was committed to the effort as of Thursday at this time. But let’s put...

Getty Images Bills receiver Cole Beasley isn’t sitting idly, watching his teammates, former teammates and other players around the league speak out against police brutality and social injustice. He joined them Thursday, releasing a statement on race relations. “Too long . . . for far too long...

Getty Images Despite a recent tweet that had seemed to imply certain things about Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, former Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant has made it clear that he does not believe Jones has any racial bias. “It’s not about me suggesting Jerry Jones is a racist,” Bryant told Mike Fisher...

Getty Images Police brutality has been fueled in part by qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that routinely gives police officers and police departments a pass when excessive force has been used against a citizen. The potential change flowing from the murder of George Floyd includes an effort...

Getty Images Gerald McCoy joined the Cowboys because of the “advantages and benefits” that come with playing for America’s Team. The defensive tackle pointed to Troy Aikman, Jason Witten and Tony Romo’s jobs as NFL analysts. (Witten unretired from the NFL after one season doing ESPN’s Monday...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame reopened to visitors today. It closed March 16 amid coronavirus concerns. The better news for the Hall of Fame: Its Hall of Fame weekend Aug. 6-8 remains a go. “One of the things we’re hoping for, and that we’re willing to do, is to almost be the...