New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) bagged a whopping sum of INR 16,347.5 crore (US$ 2.55 billion) for its IPL television and digital rights from Star India, which came out on the top after submitting the highest consolidated offer for the worldwide rights for the next five years (2018 to…
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“I am resigning from my position with the Miami Dolphins and accept full responsibility for my actions,” Foerster said in a statement released Monday. “I want to apologize to the organization and my sole focus is on getting the help that I need with the support of my family and medical professionals.” Titans Controlling Owner…
After leading the 49ers to a Super Bowl four years ago, Kaepernick had fallen to a backup role. He eventually opted out of his contract and has yet to be signed by another team as a free agent. This led about a dozen groups to protest in front of NFL headquarters, alleging NFL owners had…
Take the 2013 NFL Draft. While the previous year produced some first round flops, the 2012 Draft still produced its share of stars: Andrew Luck, Russell Wilson, Kirk Cousins, Luke Keuchly, Josh Norman. But not the 2013 Draft. The best player it has produced is second round pick Le Bell. Several first round picks already…
Sleepers are often hard to predict, but they happen in every NFL draft. Running backs always lend themselves to surprises with plenty of mid round and undrafted players emerging as fantasy stars over the past decade. The right system fit and opportunity often mean more than first round talent. Joe Williams of the San Francisco…
If we hadn’t by a stroke of fracking fate sprouted a local billionaire willing to annually make millions of dollars less here than in a bigger market, there’s little doubt the NFL would have eagerly abandoned Buffalo. Indeed, the seventh year, easy exit clause in the team’s current 10 year lease (signed in 2013, when…
Even when the Raiders struggled defensively a year ago, they did thrive at taking the ball away. Their 30 takeaways ranked second in the NFL a year ago and were a major reason why they won 12 games. Oakland has just four through five weeks this season, with two coming on special teams. The Raiders…
Bennett told the radio station that he wished Kaepernick “would have signed with us, because we would have had a good backup quarterback.” Bennett said that Kaepernick “thought it was going to happen” with the Seahawks, and he described the team’s signing of Davis as “really one of those shocking things.” The more you find…
They might spend the next few years living on their hopes and savings. It had to do, White said, with “a sense of worth. I could not just sit around. I had no real plans in my life at the time and I felt like I wasn’t accomplishing anything in my life. Both the number…
