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Under the multi-year agreement, and in select markets, Perform will strategically market live game television rights, including Sunday Afternoon games played at 1pm and 4pm (US EST time), Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football and the Playoffs including Super Bowl. The immediate focus around the television rights will be in Brazil, Pan-Asia and the Middle East ahead of the 2017 season. Additionally, Perform will further accelerate Game Pass outside of the US and Europe....

PAT SUMMERALL REGION ELITE EIGHT No. 1 Mike Tirico over No. 9 Marv Albert No. 5 Brad Nessler over No. 4 Joe Buck No. 3 Jim Nantz over No. 11 Kevin Harlan No. 2 Al Michaels over No. 7 Ian Eagle Now, on to today's matchups! TROY AIKMAN VS. DAN FOUTS No. 1 Troy Aikman Network: Fox Twitter: @TroyAikman Full disclosure: Aikman produces videos for us here at Sporting News, but he's the No....

The shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo’s is fire. There was a weather event of biblical proportion (this year’s was one night of torrential rain and wind). There was tampering on pending free agents that will go unpunished by the NFL. MORE: NFL offseason schedule The amount of liquor consumed by NFL folks rivaled the magnum-sized gossip that flows along with it. The Steak ’N Shake does brisk business post-2 a....

The on-field drills are, arguably, among the least important events at the NFL Scouting Combine. Teams are usually more focused on medical exams and interviews as they get to know the player off the field and not from the tape. That’s why a handful of potential top prospects — such as Evan Neal, Derek Stingley and Matt Corral — choose to wait until their pro days to conduct the on-field drills....

The NFL is adjusting as well, introducing an updated policy in 2022 for the pandemic that shut down the country in 2020. The biggest difference is the league will no longer require surveillance testing of unvaccinated players, which is a departure from the procedures in 2021. COVID-19 policies have also been changed. While some players have missed time in training camp after testing positive, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is the first high-profile player ruled out of a preseason game due to COVID, as the team said he will miss Minnesota’s opener against the Raiders on Sunday....

If you regularly play DFS or you just like to find an edge or angle with all your football-related bets, this column will be up your alley all season. Each week, we put together a list of sleepers and/or under-the-radar picks to help you win some cold, hard cash on the two most popular daily fantasy sites. The more value players you add, the more money you’ll have left for proven weekly studs at other roster spots....

With their second selection of the fourth round (115th overall), the Jets add another wide receiver, Shaquelle Evans (6’1?, 213 lbs), out of UCLA. Evans was considered one of the better remaining wide receivers left on the board, by many outlets. CBS Sports on Evans: Thoughts: Evans is a solid pickup for Gang Green, as they continue to look for support for young Geno Smith. Refreshing, honestly. Evans is a reliable target, with the potential to be the downfield threat that the Jets are looking for....

MORE: Recap all picks with SN’s draft tracker The Texans waited longer than anticipated to take a young quarterback to groom, but the one they chose is something of a mystery. The 6-foot-4, 228-pound Savage injured his hand and lost his job at Rutgers as a sophomore in 2009, transferred to Arizona State, then transferred again when it changed head coaches. That cost him the 2012 season after he went to Pittsburgh, but last season he threw for 2,958 yards, 21 touchdowns and nine interceptions....

Peppers has to be good; Cleveland is full of Ohio State fans, and now they will have to root for the former Michigan standout and Heisman Trophy finalist. Peppers has to be better than good to meet their standard. That’s the least worrisome part about this risky pick for the Browns. Peppers tested positive for a dilute sample at the NFL Combine, and he’s one of the most polarizing player in this draft....

According to the league, a record-breaking 600,000 people showed up to Music City for the draft this past weekend. In comparison, 250,000 people attended the 2017 draft in Philadelphia. “The 2019 NFL Draft was a tremendous continuation of the celebration of the NFL’s 100th season and an opportunity to welcome the next generation of stars,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “Dramatic and emotional storylines played out in cities across the country with the energetic host city of Nashville serving as a breathtaking backdrop to hundreds of thousands of passionate fans who lined the streets and enjoyed a unique NFL Draft Experience....

Only Round 1 was held Thursday night, with five quarterbacks, five wide receivers, five defensive backs and five edge rushers chosen. There were also five offensive linemen and two running backs selected. Former Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence was drafted No. 1 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars, followed by BYU’s Zach Wilson with the New York Jets and North Dakota State’s Trey Lance with the San Francisco 49ers. It was the first time since the 1999 draft that quarterbacks were selected with each of the first three picks....

Yes, the NFL is turning the draft into its offseason Super Bowl more and more every day. MORE: 2017 NFL Mock Draft It’s enough to make you wonder not if the NFL can’t help itself in going too far, but if the NFL even understands what “too far” even means. Then you hear this: When the players at next year’s draft in Philadelphia are selected, they might run up the city museum steps from “Rocky” to get their jersey and their Roger Goodell hug....

Tight end is always a difficult position for the average fan to assess. Not only do you have to weigh blocking vs. pass-catching, but you also have to account for the fact many college teams don’t feature TEs in their offenses. That leaves us focusing solely on pro day measurements or even single highlights when trying to evaluate many of these players. We’ll do our best to cut through the noise and break down Sporting News’ top-10 TEs for the 2021 NFL Draft....

After trading two draft picks next year to the Jaguars for Monroe, The Ravens had hinted that he might not play in a game right away. He only passed his physical and joined practice on Thursday. MORE: Week 5 scoreboard | Best images "Obviously we’re bringing Eugene in to play. How soon that can happen remains to be seen," head coach John Harbaugh told reporters. McKinnie reportedly has been dangled in trade talks since the trade for Monroe....

Mullinax, who married his long-time girlfriend in his native Alabama, ran off nine birdies to tie the course record on the Coco Beach course in Rio Grande. The 24-year-old American, making only his 15th PGA Tour start, ended his round by sinking a 15-foot par saving putt at his final hole, the par-four ninth. Veteran D.A. Points had an even more rousing finish, holing out with a nine-iron from 145 yards at his final hole for a 64, good for second place on a day when several players were unable to finish due to heavy rain that curtailed play early....

Two in particular are especially grateful for a second chance. The Real Heroes 400 marks the resumption of a 2020 season put on hold by the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, as well as the return of Ryan Newman from an horrific final-lap crash in February’s Daytona 500 that briefly put the Roush Fenway Racing driver’s career – and life – in limbo. Newman miraculously escaped the spectacular wreck – in which his car went airborne and flipped several times before landing on its hood after being hit from behind by Ryan Blaney – with a bruised brain but no permanent damage....

The paper in question is a financially strapped New York City tabloid called The Sun. Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton), the metro editor, has been offered a cushier job at the stuffier uptown Sentinel (i.e. The New York Times) and his pregnant wife (Marisa Tomei), a reporter herself, wants him to go for the bigger bucks. Today is decision day. But what’s troubling him even more is the breaking page-one story, the arrest of two young black men for the murder of two white businessmen in Brooklyn....

Have you started filming “Spider-Man 4” yet? I have not. Is that in the works? Well, it’s in the works for the studio but for me, I’ll look at it at a later date. So are you hanging up your tights? I’m being completely noncommittal in any direction. In “Spidey 3” you have a nasty alter ego who wears black eyeliner. Yeah, there is kind of a Goth look to him....

Most Americans agree with the plan Bush outlined in his address for finding and defeating terrorists around the world (63%), defending against terrorism at home (63%) and education (51%). But fewer people agree with the President’s plans on stimulating the economy (47%), tax cuts (46%), health care (40%) social security (38%), the environment (37%) and energy policy (37%). Opinion is also split on the effect the President’s spending priorities will have on the deficit....

Unfortunately, the community reception for Shadowlands has been less than stellar, to say the least. From allegedly cutting one of its major content patches to fumbling with the ending for the Shadowlands, players have been hoping for a change in direction for the story away from the cosmic side of the Warcraft universe and back to where it all began: Azeroth. RELATED: New World of Warcraft Expansion Possibly Leaked by Blizzard...