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Everything Mike Vrabel said about A.J. Brown after blockbuster trade

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass — New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel spoke with the media on Tuesday morning ahead of OTAs, but of course, all the focus was on their newly acquired wide receiver. The day prior, the Patriots traded for star receiver A.J. Brown, giving the Philadelphia Eagles a 2028 first and a 2027 fifth-round pick in return. Here's everything Mike Vrabel was asked about and had to say about Brown and the trade: Given your relationship with A.J. Brown, knowing him as a person and player, how important was it for you to make that deal happen? Vrabel:  I think just trying to improve our football team every possible way, give our offense multiple weapons to build on what we did last year. I think having experience with the person, to be able to add an accomplished NFL football player, receiver, premium player at his position, but somebody that we also feel strongly about as a person, a competitor and a teammate. I appreciate Eliot [Wolf] for being able to work and get...
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Iconic Venues Are Becoming the New Normal for Women’s Golf

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The second major championship of the LPGA season will be played this week as women’s golf continues to level up and share more iconic locations with the men’s game. For the first time, the U.S. Women’s Open is being played at the famed Riviera Country Club—the longtime home of the PGA Tour’s annual stop in Los Angeles.  Today, the PGA Tour event at Riviera, formerly known as the Los Angeles Open, is called the Genesis Invitational and is hosted by Tiger Woods’ TGR Foundation. Riviera has also previously hosted two PGA Championships and the 1948 U.S. Open, among other notable men’s events. The U.S. Women’s Open’s debut at Riviera is part of a recent run of esteemed course s for women’s golf majors. In 2023, the U.S. Women’s Open was played at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Links for the first time . The championship will return to Oakmont Country Club in 2028 and Pinehurst No. 2 in 2029—two “ anchor sites ” of the USGA. The U.S. Women’s Open purse was an event record $12 million in 20...
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Real Madrid End-of-Season Player Ratings: Mbappe’s 8.5/10 tops the attacking grades

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Real Madrid End-of-Season Player Ratings: Mbappe’s 8.5/10 tops the attacking grades Real Madrid, over the years, have been synonymous with goals simply because of the sheer quality they boast of in their front-line. With the biggest names in the sport always at the club, scoring goals has never really been their Achilles heel. For the first time in a long while, however, that appeared to be a hurdle for Los Blancos this season as they failed to find the back of the net as seamlessly as they usually do. With Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr. leading the front line, Los Blancos had the best in the business to handle their attacking matters for them. Yet, the season exemplified that names are nothing in football without synergy. Madrid Universal brings you the 2025-26 season ratings of Real Madrid’s forwards from the recently concluded campaign. Kylian Mbappe There are two aspects to Mbappe’s second season at Real Madrid – the statistical takeaway and the practical scenario, both of which...
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PSG edge Arsenal on penalties to retain Champions League title

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Paris Saint-Germain edged Arsenal on penalties for the club's second Champions League crown in as many years (INA FASSBENDER) Paris Saint-Germain claimed back-to-back Champions League triumphs with a 4-3 shoot-out win over Arsenal following a 1-1 draw after extra time on Saturday, with Eberechi Eze and Gabriel missing from the spot. Mikel Arteta's Premier League champions showed great resilience to take the game beyond 120 minutes in Budapest, but fell to a second final defeat, 20 years after their first against Barcelona in 2006. Luis Enrique's side became only the second besides Real Madrid to win the competition in consecutive years in the Champions League era. "We are so, so proud, so happy, so grateful," PSG winger Desire Doue told TNT Sports. "As a team, as a family, I think we deserve that... look at the fans, we are so happy." PSG's first triumph was 55 years in the making, 14 of those under Qatari ownership, the second could start what they ...
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Revealed: Pep Guardiola forced to apologise to Phil Foden in front of Man City squad

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Revealed: Pep Guardiola forced to apologise to Phil Foden in front of Man City squad Wide-ranging report reveals heated exchange between Pep Guardiola and Phil Foden in 2020 Guardiola lashed out at Man City forward in a UEFA Champions League tie vs Porto Foden repaid the favour and Guardiola went on to apologise to the Englishman A new report reflecting on Pep Guardiola’s decade of success at Manchester City has revealed a remarkable interaction between the Catalan boss and Phil Foden. Guardiola bid an emotional farewell to Manchester City after his last game in charge against Aston Villa and a subsequent open bus parade celebrating the successes of the club’s women’s and men’s sides from the recent campaign. The 55-year-old is set for a sabbatical as he brings the curtain down on a demanding decade in English football, winning six Premier League titles, a maiden UEFA Champions League title for Manchester City, a historic treble and a domestic quadruple. Omar Berrada wage war, Phi...
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Don’t expect Bengals in NFL cut candidates conversations

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The NFL cuts candidate conversations are worth briefly revisiting for the Cincinnati Bengals right now.  Reason being, the June 1 annual landmark for roster cuts is almost here.  NFL teams often use post-June 1 designations on cuts, or outright wait until after June 1 to make certain cuts, so that they can freely shift certain cap hits to future years.  The Bengals don’t really have anyone of note on this topic right now, though.  Defensive tackle TJ Slaton was one at a certain point this offseason . According to Over the Cap , cutting Slaton with a post-June 1 designation would save the Bengals $6.6 million against the cap.  Barring a shocker like an Andrei Iosivas ($3.67 million in post-June 1 savings), the other obvious candidate is linebacker Oren Burks ($2.3 million in savings).  But again, the Bengals haven’t even bothered to do a Joe Burrow contract restructure to save serious cap space ($19.2 million) despite the big offseason spending, so they’re...
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Tennessee football kickoff times, TV announced for three games in 2026

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Tennessee will open its 2026 football season Sept. 5 versus Furman at Neyland Stadium . The Vols will also play at Georgia Tech , Kennesaw State and Texas in September. On Wednesday, three kickoff times were announced for Tennessee during the first month of the season. Kickoff between the Vols and Furman is slated for 3:30 p.m. EDT and can be watched on SEC Network+. Georgia Tech will host Tennessee on Sept. 12 at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia during Week 2. Kickoff between the Vols and Yellow Jackets is scheduled for 7 p.m. EDT and will be televised by ESPN. In Week 3 at Neyland Stadium, kickoff between the Vols and Kennesaw State on Sept. 19 is slated for 7:45 p.m. EDT and will be televised by SEC Network. Tennessee's Checker Neyland game in 2026 will be against Texas on Sept. 26. 2026 Tennessee football schedule, opponents, game dates Date Opponent Sept. 5 Furman (Knoxville, Tennessee) Sept. 12 Georgia Tech (Atlanta, Georgia) Sept. 19 Kennesaw State (Knoxville, Tennes...
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