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RGIII's an NFL QB, just not in D.C., says Hall of Famer Darrell Green
How does Braxton Miller spin forward? Let's count the ways
Patriots get to play football instead of talk about them (Yahoo Sports)
The New England Patriots’ fourth Super Bowl banner will be unveiled at Gillette Stadium on Thursday night. The fans will have their first chance to shower quarterback Tom Brady with adulation since a federal judge vacated the four-game suspension he was handed in the NFL’s botched ”Deflategate” investigation. ”It’s time for me to do my job,” Brady said this week when he spoke to reporters for the first time since
Bills sign Marcell Dareus to 6-year contract extension (Yahoo Sports)
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Marcell Dareus has become the Buffalo Bills’ top-paid player after signing a six-year contract extension worth just over $100 million.
At 34, even Federer wowed by quality of his play at US Open (Yahoo Sports)
Even Roger Federer is wowed by how well he’s playing at 34 – and the ease with which he’s winning at this U.S. Open. To get back to his first final in New York since 2009, he’ll have to beat someone he knows quite well: Swiss Olympic and Davis Cup teammate Stan Wawrinka. The No. 2-seeded Federer and No. 5 Wawrinka won quarterfinals about as handily as can be Wednesday
Cespedes, Mets rally past Nationals again for 3-game sweep (Yahoo Sports)
Yoenis Cespedes and the surprising New York Mets are in firm control of the NL East. Cespedes hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning moments after pinch-hitter Kelly Johnson connected for a tying shot, and the Mets rallied past the Nationals yet again for a 5-3 victory Wednesday night. The three-game sweep extended New York’s division lead to seven games over Washington with 23 to play.
Bills running back McCoy says he's ready to play in opener (Yahoo Sports)
Though saying the injury to his left hamstring injury has not entirely healed, running back LeSean McCoy is ready to make his much-anticipated Bills debut in Buffalo’s opener against Indianapolis on Sunday. ”I’m ready to go,” McCoy declared at his locker following practice Wednesday. McCoy caused a major scare when he grabbed his hamstring and limped off the field during a joint practice with the Cleveland Browns three weeks ago.
Russia raises stakes on Syria ahead of U.N. meeting in New York
By Gabriela Baczynska and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) – By refusing to clarify the scale of its military presence in Syria, Russia keeps the West fearing a considerable build-up to win a stronger bargaining position when world powers sit down to talks on the conflict, Western diplomats in Moscow said. Russia’s central demand now is that its long-time ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, should be included in international efforts to
Saudi-led air raids hit bases, Houthi leaders' houses in Yemeni capital
War planes from a Saudi-led military alliance bombed Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Thursday, in what witnesses described as the fiercest attacks on the city in over five months of war. The air strikes hit houses of political leaders in the Iran-allied Houthi movement and military bases, as explosions and wailing ambulance sirens forced a sleepless night on the city’s nearly 2 million shell-shocked residents. “They were afraid the building would