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In a profile on Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe’s marijuana advocacy, the Washington Post reports NFL senior vice president for player health and safety Jeff Miller and neurological surgeon Russell Lonser spoke Thursday with researchers on work Monroe has helped fund. Miller and Lonser, who sits on the league’s head, neck and spine committee, did not necessarily endorse Monroe’s position, but were the ones who requested the conference call....

In most years, without a generational athletic monster in the same class, Cook easily would be ranked first at his position. While Fournette causes teams to drool for his big-play ability, Cook doing all the little things right makes him the more polished and complete back — much like three-down stud Ezekiel Elliott was coming out of Ohio State last year. That bodes well for the teams in need of young feature back that will select after No....

With Week 1’s results in the books for FBS, here are the three most notable risers and fallers several months ahead of the 2022 NFL Draft: MORE 2022 NFL DRAFT: SN’s latest mock | Top 50 prospect rankings NFL Draft risers Matt Corral, QB, Ole Miss The 2022 class of quarterbacks is making its case to match the strength of ‘21, to the point Corral was ranked No. 7 at the position with initial second-round intrigue in Sporting News’ first big board of top prospects....

The Redskins, Lions and Giants, however, were jostling for Pick Nos. 2-4 after Miami’s upset win over New England on Sunday clinched the No. 5 pick for the Dolphins. Washington was able to stay ahead of Detroit in the draft order with a loss in Dallas in the late Sunday afternoon window. The Panthers, meanwhile, continued their losing streak, but the Chargers also lost again to stay ahead of them in the order....

Following their losses in Sunday’s championship contests, the Packers land at No. 29 on the draft board with the Bills right behind them at No. 30. The final two spots will be determined by the result of the Super Bowl 55 matchup between the defending champion Chiefs and Buccaneers. After a 1-15 campaign, the Jaguars will kick off this year’s draft, and the Jets will follow with the second overall pick....

Eight wide receivers went in the first 34 picks of the 2020 draft, and it’s likely this will remain a coveted position in 2021. There might not quite as many wideouts selected as early this year, but with three top-15 studs and several more pass-catchers with first-round talent, you can bet these elite athletes will tempt plenty of teams. With that in mind, Sporting News takes a closer look at our top-10 WRs for the 2021 NFL Draft....

The 6-foot-4 and a half, 308 lbs offensive lineman earned first-team all-conference honors in 2020. Vera-Tucker will make a great addition to the Jets offensive line that allowed then quarterback Sam Darnold to be sacked over and over again. The guard was known for his competitiveness and toughness at college. How does Vera-Tucker help the Jets? He will immediately help protect the shiny new quarterback Zach Wilson. Vera-Tucker is a solid pass and run blocker with good balance....

The Airship map, based on Innersloth’s prior Henry Stickmin point-and-click series, was teased for months leading up to its release. In that time the game lost a lot of its initial fervor online, but it has still been the subject of a few high-profile events. For example, US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex hosted a voter rally for the 2020 Presidential Election with popular streamers, and Internet celebrities like CorpseHusband streamed Among Us with Jimmy Fallon and Stranger Things actors this month....

As the genre’s popularity continues through modern game franchises, more titles are appearing with clear influences to survival horror and psychological horror predecessors. Wronged Us’ many horror inspirations afford it a compelling premise, with cinematic visuals and graphics that assist in solidifying their capacity for horror. Recently, the latest in games marrying dystopian science-fiction elements with traditional psychological horror has been announced. RELATED: Open World Horror Game Wronged Us Inspired by Silent Hill and Dark Souls...

With all hopes shattered for 1.3 billion Indians after their team’s exit from the tournament in semi-finals against Windies, fans must be figuring out when is the next T20 World Cup. Since the inception of T20 World Cup in 2007, the tournament was being played every 2 years. ICC has now changed this and planned to keep the interval 4 years similar to 50 Overs World Cup. There were speculations about Australia and New Zealand jointly hosting the World Cup like they did in 1992 and 2015, but then later confirmed that only Australia will host this grand tournament....

Messi, 29, is expected to be offered a new deal by Barca in the coming weeks and months, with his current contract set to expire in June 2018. Man Utd loanee report Neymar hopes the Argentina star will remain at Camp Nou, and expects a deal to be finalised soon - despite club president Josep Maria Bartomeu saying recently talks were yet to start. “We hope that Messi will stay in Barcelona with us,” he told reporters in Sao Paulo on Thursday....

The last time Suarez played he infamously bit an Italian opponent at the World Cup, earning him a four-month ban from competitive matches. Suarez, who has since transferred to Barcelona from Liverpool, was cheered by his new fans during the team’s presentation and went on as a substitute in the 75th minute to another round of applause. Neymar hadn’t played since fracturing a vertebra during the World Cup on July 4, ruling him out of the rest of the tournament....

Barcelona 19/20 to win La Liga Also comprised of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, the MSN has been a fearsome triumvirate in La Liga, ever since the Uruguayan joined Barca in 2014. Messi, arguably the world’s best player, leads the trio in goals, netting a staggering 106 times in 105 games over the past three years. Suarez, meanwhile, has 85 goals in 97 games, while Neymar – often deployed on the left wing – has scored 59 times in the same amount of appearances....

While $8 million was the same amount received by countries that only lasted in the group phase of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, there is a significant increase starting from the knockout phase. The Super Eagles under the late Stephen Keshi fetched the then Aminu Maigari-led NFF $9 million for staging a round of 16 exit at the 2014 edition in Brazil after France inflicted a 2-0 defeat on the team, however, should they achieve the same feat in the summer, they would be making $12 million [$3 million more]....

What happened to Jay Ajayi and the Dolphins against the Jets? How did we allow Rashard Higgins to become the chalk, only to have him let down the masses? Who would have thought Jordan Howard and the Bears could upset the Steelers? And members of both the Colts and Giants offenses top the leader board at the same position?! Week 3 was full of fun, but we have far from figured out how the NFL will shake out this season....

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he doesn’t expect Rodgers to practice until Thursday, and the quarterback’s injured calf won’t heal by Sunday, per the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Rodgers knows there’s a chance of further injuring the calf during Sunday’s game, according to the report. “I think the big thing here is how is Rodgers’ health,” Ed Salmons, manager at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, told The Linemakers on Sporting News this week....

For Bowling Green offensive lineman Ryan Hunter, it was always about football. “At dinner, in the car, I’d always mention, ‘I want to play football,’” Hunter told Sporting News. “Oddly enough, my mom was scared to let me play because she thought I was going to get hurt but I was three times the size of everybody else.” SIGN UP for a FREE 30-day trial of DAZN and watch the NFL Draft LIVE...

Musharraf, a reformer with a strong desire to bolster Pakistan’s economy, enjoys the support of Pakistan’s businessmen, who hope a resolution to the Kashmir crisis will boost trade with India and Pakistan’s cash crisis. But he does not have the backing of the country’s hard-line military Islamic extremists, who have a stake in perpetuating the conflict. So what’s he going to tell ’em in Delhi? Titles don’t do deals.

As indicated in a recent interview between Santa Monica Studio’s Community Strategist Aaron Kaufman and the YouTube channel Jagat Review, the studio behind God of War is currently laying down plans to use the series’ 2018 entry as a foundation to continue fleshing out the theme of evolving Kratos alongside his son, Atreus. With this being the case, not only does it look like Santa Monica Studio is sticking with Norse mythos, but also it seems as if Atreus could have an even more substantial role in future sequels....