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BEREA, Ohio — If you were going to trace the NFL’s Deshaun Watson appeal back to a starting point, to a juncture where it became likely the league was going to overturn a decision from independent arbitrator Sue L. Robinson, it would have been early in the disciplinary hearing attended by Watson and his legal camp, along with representatives from the NFL and NFL Players Association. That’s when the league’s lawyers were first informed by Robinson that the NFL very likely was not going… Source link

BEREA, Ohio — The NFL has moved to appeal the six-game suspension handed down to Deshaun Watson after deliberating over Monday’s personal conduct judgement by arbitrator Sue L. Robinson, the league announced Wednesday. This effectively extends the league’s personal conduct case against Watson into next week, and puts the final determination into the hands of commissioner Roger Goodell or any designee he appoints to hear the appeal. “Under the 2020 NFL-NFLPA collective bargaining… Source link

James Washington was supposed to help soften the blow of the offseason departure of Amari Cooper. Now he’ll have to wait to make his Dallas Cowboys debut. The fifth-year wide receiver who joined the Cowboys from the Pittsburgh Steelers as a free agent sustained a foot fracture at training camp on Monday. He needs surgery and is expected to miss up to 10 weeks, according to multiple reports. His absence will further stretch a Cowboys receiving corps that expected to start Week 1 against the Source link

On Tuesday, Deshaun Watson will appear before NFL disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, a former federal judge, to sort out a league response, if any, to over two dozen accusations of sexual misconduct involving massage therapists Watson hired. The Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported that the NFL is seeking an “indefinite suspension” that would sit Watson for “no shorter than one year.” Numerous other media outlets have confirmed that thinking, a sign that the league wants it… Source link

HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson will meet with NFL investigators this week as the league moves closer to concluding its probe into sexual misconduct and assault allegations against the Cleveland Browns quarterback, two sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports. “It is safe to assume that the NFL will be interviewing Deshaun at great length in the near future,” one source said. The NFL has repeatedly declined comment on its Watson investigation. Both sources said the league still hasn’t indicated a… Source link

Yandex, arguably the most successful and emblematic Russian digital company over the past 25 years, could default in a matter of days. The company warned about this risk even though none of its entities, main shareholders, directors or managers have been targeted by western sanctions, reports East-West Digital News (EWDN). … Source link

You’d think Antonio Brown might learn his lesson this time, but if past is precedent, he won’t. Because yet again, thanks to his own arrogance, selfishness and general disdain for people he hires to do work for him, he has landed himself in trouble.  And it’s costing him a hell of a lot more than it would have had he simply settled the debt a former employee says Brown owes him. This is who Antonio Brown is. He’s an egotistical louse, a deadbeat, someone accused multiple times of domestic… Source link

After news broke that Richardson tested positive for marijuana and may miss the Tokyo Olympics this month, Twitter went wild. U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is being shown love and support from many in the Black community on various social media platforms after news broke that she tested positive for marijuana and may miss the Tokyo Olympic Games. It remains unclear if Richardson will be suspended, how long the suspension could be, if she will appeal and how it will affect the… Source link

LOS ANGELES — Chris Paul was feeling it. He couldn’t be stopped. The Phoenix Suns kept feeding him. Teammate Jae Crowder kept asking him in the fourth quarter if he could taste it yet, referring to sweet victory. Paul’s replies were no. That was bad news for the Los Angeles Clippers. Midway in that final frame with Los Angeles up 23, Clippers pesky guard Patrick Beverley was hounding the star guard defensively. Paul asked for a pick from Deandre Ayton and got the switch he wanted in… Source link

It isn’t nothing. But it basically is. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety has dropped a maximum (yes, maximum) $5,000 fine on Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid for his very unnecessary, and very late, blow to the head on Jesperi Kotkaniemi in Tuesday’s 4-0 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. As the NHL’s highest-paid performer, McDavid will forfeit 0.04 percent of his salary for the infraction, which many fans believed deserved a suspension. Here’s the knock, via Twitter user… Source link