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The Washington Football Team drafted running back Bryce Love in 2019, spending a fourth-round pick on the Stanford running back who suffered a torn ACL in his final college game. On Monday Washington waived Love after he failed to log an NFL carry in two seasons. The hope in Washington was that Love could spend a year recovering from the devastating injury and contribute by his second season. But he didn’t play a single snap in 2020, and a Ron Rivera regime that didn’t draft Love cut ties with… Source link

The Week Body camera footage shows Chicago police officer shooting 13-year-old boy with hands raised A Chicago police watchdog group released body camera footage on Thursday that showed an officer fatally shooting 13-year-old Adam Toledo. Last month, a Chicago police officer chased Toledo down an alley after responding to a call of shots fired, and saw what appeared to be a gun in his hand, reports NBC News. After the officer yelled “police, stop,” Toledo turned and raised his hands, neither… Source link

Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder has reached an agreement to buy out his minority partners, according to people familiar with the deal, ending a long public fight over the future ownership of one of the NFL’s most valuable franchises. Snyder is paying roughly $900 million for stakes owned by Dwight Schar, Robert Rothman and Frederick Smith, which total 40.5% of the team, according to one of the people. The team in its entirety is worth $3.58 billion, according to Sportico… Source link

The Washington Football Team made it official on Friday and released quarterback Alex Smith, the 2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year, after his return from a gruesome leg injury that nearly ended his career. Smith’s time with the team appeared to be coming to an end after a report Monday that the team would be parting ways with him. After an injury to Kyle Allen and poor play by Dwayne Haskins, Smith took the reins and led the team to a 5-1 record down the stretch. It was enough to win the… Source link

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) [Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in journalist Eli Sanders’ “Wild West” newsletter, which covers internet-related legal issues. Subscribe here.] Think about how fast Google search results arrive. “Practically instant” has long been a company goal, and in that same instant Google often pairs results with targeted ads. Sometimes, those ads are political. University of… Source link

The Washington Football Team will go by that name again in 2021.  The team launched a website Tuesday that will chronicle the franchise’s name change. On the front page of the site, it states “the future of Washington Football arrives in 2022.” The website also includes a timeline that walks fans through the name-change process. It includes five chapters: Transformation, discovery, insight, creation and execution. Throughout the process, the team will take suggestions from fans. In the… Source link

The National Women’s Soccer League’s team in Washington just got an injection of bipartisanship. Presidential daughters Chelsea Clinton and Jenna Bush Hager are each buying ownership stakes in the Washington Spirit, the team announced. In addition to Clinton, the daughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Hager, the daughter of George W. and Laura Bush, the Spirit are also lined up to add former USWNT goalie Briana Scurry and groundbreaking Olympic gymnast Dominique Dawes to its ownership… Source link

Peter King guesses J.J. Watt won’t end up in Washington originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington When J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans mutually agreed to part ways after 10 years, everyone started taking their shots at where the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year would land next season, including Peter King in his weekly Football Morning in America column.  “If I had to guess the teams that would be most interested, I’d say Buffalo, Cleveland, Kansas City, Tennessee,… Source link

After turning heads with a breakout performance against Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the playoffs, Taylor Heinicke has his payday. The Washington Football Team announced on Wednesday that they signed the journeyman quarterback to a two-year contract extension. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the deal is worth $8.75 million with incentives tied to starts. In terms of NFL quarterback money, Heinicke didn’t break the bank. In terms of a 27-year-old who had previously earned $1.9… Source link

Quarterback Dwayne Haskins has found a new home in less than a month after the Washington Football Team cut him. Haskins and the Steelers agreed to a one-year deal, first reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and later confirmed by the team. The #Steelers and QB Dwayne Haskins have now agreed to terms on a contract, source said. — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 21, 2021 Rapoport reported earlier Thursday that Haskins was meeting with the Steelers, and had visited with the Carolina… Source link