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Reports: Browns guarantee Amari Cooper $20M for 2024
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper received a $5 million raise and will make $20 million in the final year of his five-year, $100 million deal, Cleveland.com and ESPN reported on Tuesday.,Cooper, who turned 30 last month, will receive half of the $20 million guarantee in a signing bonus to ...
Report: Browns guarantee Amari Cooper $20M for 2024
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper received a $5 million raise and will make $20 million in the final year of his five-year, $100 million deal, ESPN reported on Tuesday.,Cooper, who turned 30 last month, will receive half of the $20 million guarantee in a signing bonus to conclude the deal ...
Cleveland Browns training camp capsule
CLEVELAND BROWNS (11-6),OPEN CAMP: July 23, Berea, Ohio,LAST YEAR: Injuries threatened to wreck the Browns' season before a rescue from a couple of unexpected names: QB Joe Flacco found the Fountain of Youth from the futon and turned in a borderline miraculous four-game winning streak backed by Clev...
Churchill Downs lifts suspension on trainer Bob Baffert
Churchill Downs' suspension of Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert has been lifted in the wake of his acknowledgment that he was ultimately to blame when one of his horses failed a drug test in 2021.,The horse, Medina Spirit, appeared to win the Kentucky Derby that year but was disqualifie...
Browns QB Deshaun Watson back to throwing daily
After playing just six games last season and not taking the field after Week 10, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson said Wednesday that he has resumed a daily throwing program in advance of training camp.,Watson added that his throwing sessions have included passes to wide receiver Amari Co...
Bet the Over on These NFL Team Win Totals in 2024
NFL season is right around the corner, and there's no better time to lock in some future bets. Check out these teams with the best value to bet over their win total in 2024....
Report: Browns agree to 3-year, $15.9M extension with K Dustin Hopkins
The Cleveland Browns and kicker Dustin Hopkins agreed to a three-year, $15.9 million extension, according to multiple reports on Monday.,The deal puts Hopkins under contract with the Browns through the 2027 season. The $5.3 million average will tie Hopkins for fifth among kickers with Ka'imi Fairbai...
Texas lands 4-star ATH recruit Nick Townsend
Four-star recruit Nick Townsend, the No. 3 athlete prospect in the nation in 247Sports' composite rankings for the Class of 2025, verbally committed to Texas on Monday.,Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian landed Townsend over finalists Alabama, Texas A&M, Southern California and Arizona State.,Townsend,...
Browns DE Lonnie Phelps waived after crashing car into restaurant
The Cleveland Browns waived defensive end Lonnie Phelps on Thursday, one day after police said he crashed his SUV into a Florida restaurant.,Phelps faces charges of drunken driving and damaging property following the incident at the Red Shoe Island Bistro in Key West.,Phelps, 23, was taken into cust...
Browns GM: Deshaun Watson ahead of schedule in rehab
Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry said quarterback Deshaun Watson is "really" ahead in his rehab from surgery on his throwing shoulder.,Berry told NFL Network on Monday that Watson has "worked his tail off" as he gets ready for Cleveland's training camp next month.,"He's really champing ...
Browns WR Amari Cooper absent at minicamp
Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper was a no-show for the first day of a mandatory minicamp on Tuesday.,Head coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed that Cooper's absence was not excused. He did not confirm if the five-time Pro Bowl selection's non-attendance was contract related.,Cooper, who turns ...
Browns sign GM Andrew Berry, Kevin Stefanski to extensions
The Cleveland Browns signed general manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski to contract extensions on Wednesday. ,Terms of the deals were not disclosed for Berry and Stefanski, who arrived in Cleveland ahead of the 2020 season. Two playoff berths and two NFL Coach of the Year awards for ...
Browns S Rodney McLeod to retire after 2024 season
Cleveland Browns safety Rodney McLeod said he plans to retire following the 2024 NFL season.,McLeod, who turns 34 in June, missed the last seven games of the 2023 campaign with a biceps injury.,"This is the last lap for me. It's been a long career," he told NFL Network on Tuesday. "I'm looking forwa...
Cowboys, Browns and Brady featured in Week 1 matchup
Tom Brady and two of the NFL's highest-paid quarterbacks will gather Week 1 of the 2024 season in Cleveland. ,Brady, in his regular-season broadcasting debut with FOX, was part of the announcement Monday night when he confirmed alongside new booth partner Kevin Burkhardt that they would call the Cow...
Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees.The Minnesota Timberwolves’ deceptive season has been one of the hottest topics in the West so let’s start there....
This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...
Latest problem with Josh Giddey; Dame Lillard finally steps up; Dalton Knecht and Reed Sheppard on verge of history
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...
15 most memorable men's March Madness moments since 2000
With March Madness approaching, we are entering the best time of year to be a college basketball fan. To usher in a new year of upsets, stellar performances and champions, here are 15 moments from 2000 to now that are some of the most memorable moments in March Madness history. ...
Minnesota and New York listened to the NBA on load management and guess what happened
The NBA’s annual battle of attrition that precedes the playoffs struck again as Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns is out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. It’s the same ailment that forced Philadelphia Sixers center Joel Embiid to the sidelines, and one that should be treated with a...
Big men are back in style in the NBA
The 1995-96 season was the end of the golden era for big men in the NBA. Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, and Shaquille O’Neal were stuffing opponents into lockers with their unstoppable back-to-the-basket games. They were the superstars in the paint, but Alonzo Mourning, Rik Smits, a...