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Giants running backs rally around Wilson (The Associated Press)
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- After receiving the news that fellow running back David Wilson was going to be sidelined with a neck injury, the rest of the New York Giants backfield have rallied around their injured teammate. |
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Manziel battling playbook, Hoyer in first NFL camp (The Associated Press)
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Johnny Manziel has quickly learned his college days - on the field anyway - are over. |
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Pro Football HOF: Bottleneck frustrates worthy candidates (The SportsXchange)
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When seven pro football greats have their legendary status verified this weekend at the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, many other former stars will smile during the ceremony. |
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Donald Trump would sell casino holdings if he wins Buffalo Bills bidding: report (Shutdown Corner)
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Donald Trump would sell his casinos if his bid to purchase the Buffalo Bills goes through, according to a new report in the New York Post .
Trump has offered $1 billion-plus to purchase the team, which went up for sale after owner Ralph Wilson Jr. died in June. If indeed he does win the bid, and there's serious doubt about whether he'll even be in the hunt, he apparently will sell his remaining stake in his casinos. The NFL's anti-gambling policy could mean that Trump would have a more difficult time getting approval, even though he only owns common stock in the casinos and has no executive authority .
Trump is one of three bidders on the team. Another is headed by Buffalo Sabres owner Terry Pegula , while a third includes Jon Bon Jovi . (Here's a helpful link to Bon Jovi's greatest hits for all your "Livin' on a Prayer"/"Bad Medicine" pun needs.)
Pegula's bid is approximately $1.3 billion, while the Bon Jovi bid could be as high as $1.2 billion . Approximately 15 groups expressed interest in bidding, but only the three bids came in by the Tuesday deadline. The Post reported that the Bills may be interested in extending the deadline because of the relative lack of bids.
Trump and Pegula would likely keep the team in Buffalo, while the Bon Jovi group would likely move the team to Toronto. Even so, Trump is not optimistic about his odds to win the team , "I would say the chances are very, very unlikely, because I'm not going to do something totally stupid," he said. "Maybe just a little bit stupid, but not totally stupid."
The team was valued by Forbes at $870 million, but the billion-plus price tag is not surprising because of the scarcity of NFL teams for sale. The prospective new owner could be announced before the start of the season, and could be voted on by other owners by midseason.
____ Jay Busbee is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at jay.busbee@yahoo.com or find him on Facebook or on Twitter.
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Extra points will be just a little tougher early in preseason, starting Sunday (Shutdown Corner)
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You might notice something interesting the first time either the Buffalo Bills or New York Giants score a touchdown in Sunday's Hall Of Fame Game.
The extra points will be just a little harder.
As Pro Football Talk wrote , the NFL is experimenting with the length of extra points, and for Sunday's games as well as the second week of the preseason, when the other 30 teams play games, the NFL will move the ball back from the 2-yard line to the 15-yard line for all attempts.
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Two-point conversions will be declared first, taking the rare fake out of the equation, and will be tried from the standard 2-yard line.
Will this work? Will it reveal much?
Honestly, doubtful. Kicks from 33 yards out are not that much tougher from those from 20 yards. NFL kickers missed only five extra-point attempts last season, and they all 14 combined kicks from 19 yards and in. Heck, they only missed six kicks (out of 242 attempts) inside 29 yards. The number of misses goes up from 30 to 39 yards — 30 misses out of 295 — so we're talking about about a 90-95 percent certainty versus a 99-percent make rate.
That said, this change is coming. Roger Goodell has suggested scrapping the extra point, and others around the league agree with him in theory. We already have goalposts that reach five feet higher, and the NFL could make the extra-point change full time in a season or two if there are enough proponents, and right now the extra point is, as Bill Belichick once so eloquently said, a "non-competitive play."
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Eric Edholm is a writer for Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at edholm@yahoo-inc.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Eric_Edholm |
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