The New England Patriots have parted ways with punter Jake Bailey after a turbulent seven months. Bailey, 25, signed a four-year, $13.5 million contract extension on Aug. 1. He landed on injured reserve with a back injury on Nov. 19 and returned to practice on Dec. 21. In January, the Patriots suspended Bailey for undisclosed reasons for the final two games of the season. ESPN reported at the time that the suspension
Massachusetts [US], March 11 (ANI): Throughout our lifetimes, we have acquired the ability to do a variety of skilled movements, from driving a car to swinging a tennis racket. You might believe that only neurons carry out this learning, but a recent study by scientists at The Picower Center for Learning and Memory at MIT demonstrates the crucial function of another type of brain cell: astrocytes. Just as teams of elite a
U.S. skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin stands alone atop the podium with 87 World Cup victories. She broke skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark's long-standing career record Saturday with a slalom win in Are, Sweden. Shiffrin, 27, tied the mark with a win in the giant slalom on Friday. On Saturday, she finished 0.92 seconds ahead of Switzerland's Wendy Holdener. Sweden's Anna Swenn Larsson was third. "Pretty hard to comprehend,"
Johannesburg [South Africa], March 11 (ANI): A long-awaited century by skipper Temba Bavuma and top-notch bowling spells by Gerald Coetzee helped South Africa clinch a 284-run win over West Indies in the second Test at Johannesburg on Saturday to end their ICC World Test Championship cycle on a high with a 2-0 series win. The Proteas began the day with a lead of 356 runs over the West Indies, at 287/7, with Bavuma (171) a
Rori Sasaki struck out eight and Japan overpowered the Czech Republic for a 10-2 victory on Saturday in the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo. Sasaki was dominant, clocking 21 of his 66 total pitches at or above 100 mph according to the radar gun shown on the TV broadcast. Japan moved to 3-0 in Pool B and is assured a spot in the quarterfinals. Pitching on the 12th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that clai
Mikaela Shiffrin won her 87th World Cup race on Saturday to break the overall record set by skiing legend Ingemar Stenmark.
The BBC is facing a boycott of its flagship soccer show "Match of the Day," as well as other soccer coverage, following its announcement that presenter Gary Lineker would "step back" from the program, after he became embroiled in an impartiality row when he criticized British government policy on Twitter.
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RELATED: Keep track of all the Bears' roster moves with ChicagoBears.com's Free Agency Tracker.
The Bears on Friday tendered one-year contracts to two exclusive rights free agents, cornerback Josh Blackwell and defensive tackle Andrew Brown.
Exclusive rights free agents are players with two or fewer accrued NFL seasons who can only negotiate and sign with their original t
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Last week at the NFL Combine, general manager Ryan Poles told reporters that the Bears have "always leaned" toward trading the No. 1 pick in the April 27-29 draft and that moving down to acquire additional assets was the ideal scenario.
According to reports from NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, ESPN's Adam Schefter and many others, that vision became reality Friday-in dramatic fashion-when the Bears
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The Detroit Lions spent last week in Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine evaluating and meeting with 319 draft-eligible candidates. They are looking for upgrades across the roster, but particularly on defense and especially at cornerback, which depending on how free agency plays out later this month, could be a big need for the Lions in the draft.
Veterans Jeff Okudah and Jerry Jacobs ar
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The 2023 Senior Bowl and NFL Scouting Combine are in the books, and the Detroit Lions now turn the page to free agency and the NFL Draft.
It's the perfect time to reshape the roster and get the team ready for the 2023 season.
What is the Lions' biggest position of need? I asked the Detroitlions.com crew, and here's what they had to say:
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Detroit Lions mock draft explainer: Texas Tech DE Tyree Wilson a no-brainer if he's at No. 6
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With the NFL awarding 37 compensatory picks on Thursday, the full seven-round 2023 NFL Draft order is now set.
As expected, the Lions were not awarded any compensatory picks, which are picks given to teams based on a net loss of compensatory free agents or a departure of staff members.
The Lions currently have a total of eight draft picks.
They own two first-round picks, their own
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Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes is expecting big things from second-year wide receiver Jameson Williams in 2023.
"I guess that's a good way to put it," Holmes said at the NFL Scouting Combine last week when asked if he considers Williams an additional first-round rookie this year. "It's kind of like a brand new first-round pick. You know, the goal when we originally drafted him, we
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 11 (ANI): Indian middle-order batter Cheteshwar Pujara completed 2,000 runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Saturday, becoming the fourth Indian and overall sixth player to do so. He accomplished this landmark during India's fourth and final Test against Australia at Ahmedabad. In the first innings of India, Pujara scored 42 runs off 121 balls. His knock consisted of three fours. By tak
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 11 (ANI): Gujarat Giants skipper Sneh Rana won the toss and elected to bat first against Delhi Capitals in their Women's Premier League (WPL) match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. Gujarat Giants is in fourth place in the points table, with one win and two losses in three matches and a total of four points. Delhi Capitals is in second place in the points table, with t
No. 2-ranked UCLA has overcome losing top talent to work its way into the Pac-12 tournament championship game against No. 8 Arizona on Saturday night at Las Vegas. The title game will be a rematch of the final contest of the regular season when UCLA honored seniors Tyger Campbell, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and David Singleton before posting an 82-73 victory at home over Arizona last Saturday. But the Bruins lost Pac-12 defensive
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 11 (ANI): In 32 summers, Indian pacer Harshal Patel has seen two contrasting sides of life -- crushing sadness and unmitigated happiness. Harshal's elder sister passed away early last year leaving the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) pacer a numb person. But a moment of joy was around the curve as he welcomed a baby boy into his family. While speaking on RCB Podcast Season 2, 5th of t
Melbourne [Australia], March 11 (ANI): Australian quick Jhye Richardson will be missing the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and is also likely to miss the Ashes series against England after undergoing surgery to overcome issues in his hamstring. Richardson suffered a recurrence of hamstring issues while playing club cricket last week, during his attempt to return to action after pulling his hamstring d
Nicky Lopez dove and helped to start a 6-4-3 double play for Italy vs. Panama in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
Highlights of the Betfred Super League clash between Huddersfield Giants and Castleford Tigers.
NichoHynes celebrates scoring a try with Tyrell Sloan during the 2023 NRL All Stars match.
The National Rugby League has opened an investigation into alleged racial abuse suffered bySouth Sydney Rabbitohs full-back Latrell Mitchell during a game on Thursday.
Unless youve been in a coma for the last two months, or youre a first time Roar reader, youll no doubt have been swept up by the tsunami of optimism, verging on hysteria, that hit Australian shores following the return of Eddie Jones as Wallabies coach. Eddies second coming, after originally being punted back in []
Cowboys fullback Scott Drinkwater is facing up to four matches on the sideline for his shoulder charge on Broncos winger Corey Oates that saw him leave the field with a suspected broken jaw during the Cowboys 28-16 loss on Friday night at Suncorp Stadium. He will miss three matches if he accepts the early guilty []