National Football League
Brandon Marshall Traded To The New York Jets!
The Chicago Bears have agreed to trade wide receiver Brandon Marshall to the New York Jets, a source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
The trade, which cannot become official until free agency opens Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, will also rely on Marshall passing a physical.
Cowboys Plan To Franchise Dez Bryant
Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones confirmed to FOX Sports Southwest that the team indeed expects to apply the franchise tag to wide receiver Dez Bryant by Monday’s deadline.
“I still think that it’s probably, you know, would be a stretch to think that we would have something done by Monday and beat the franchise-tag deadline,” Jones said. “Looks like we’re eyeing a franchise tag on Dez, but certainly won’t stop us from working hard to get a long-term deal.”
Two Irish Men Snag $25,000 Superbowl Seats
While hundreds wallowed over their Super Bowl ticket deals falling through on Sunday, two Seattle Seahawks fans from Ireland managed to sneak into University of Phoenix stadium in Glendale, Ariz., and snag $25,000 seats for free.
“Our game plan was to be super confident,” Richard Whelan, who attended with friend Paul McEvoy, told RTE Radio One Morning Ireland (via theIndependent). “We just thought if we pretend we belong there, nobody will question us.”
Richard Sherman Could Miss Superbowl For His Son’s Birth!
“He’s not supposed to come on Sunday,” Sherman told reporters Thursday during his final pre-Super Bowl press conference, as reported by the New York Daily News. “Obviously that would change some things, but I think he’s going to be a disciplined young man and stay in there until after the game. He’s going to do his father his first favor and stay in there for another week or two.”
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Kevin Hart Challenged Adrian Peterson To A Race
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NFL Announces Partnership With Google & Youtube
If you wanted to watch highlights from the NFL, up until now, your best bet was to go to NFL.com orESPN and try to catch what they posted after your team played, if you missed it. But now the NFL has partnered with the biggest video website in the world, Youtube, to broadcast more content on an official channel on a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal.
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