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    Dolphins Cut Mark Walton After Battery Arrest

    The Dolphins cut running back Mark Walton on Tuesday after he was arrested on charges of aggravated battery of a pregnant woman. According to the police report from Davie, Fla., Walton got into an argument with the woman, whose name was withheld, around 4:15 a.m. on Tuesday. He pushed her against a wall and “punched […] More

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    Philadelphia Eagles Offer to Host High School Football Game After Shooting

    The Philadelphia Eagles offered to host the remaining 17 minutes of a high school football game after it was interrupted last week by a shooting that left three wounded, a New Jersey athletic association announced on Monday. The shooting, which was captured on video by local news media, occurred on Friday during the third quarter […] More

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    What We Learned in N.F.L. Week 11

    With the Patriots (9-1) and the 49ers (9-1) looking slightly vulnerable, and the Ravens (8-2) getting better each week, it appears the title for “N.F.L.’s best team” might be a lot more open than it seemed two weeks ago. Week 11 had an ugly start on Thursday night, and had the added drama of Colin […] More

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    Lamar Jackson, Delaying the Spectacular, Shows an M.V.P.’s Steadiness

    BALTIMORE — By Lamar Jackson’s third touchdown pass Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens’ 41-7 victory had started to resemble so many others this season: an unequivocal romp by the N.F.L.’s scariest team. But it was still missing something. Jackson had merely throttled the Houston Texans’ defense, not juked his way through it. He hadn’t accelerated into […] More

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    The N.F.L.’s Tug of War With Colin Kaepernick’s Didn’t Resolve Anything

    Colin Kaepernick spent six years in the N.F.L. displaying his abilities and the three years since his ouster arguing with the league over whether his abilities should still merit him a job. That dispute was as alive as ever on Saturday evening, when he addressed about 100 reporters and friends at a high school stadium […] More

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    Darnold’s 4 Touchdowns Power Jets to a Rout in Washington

    LANDOVER, Md. — Toward the end of the game, all Sam Darnold wanted to talk about on the sideline was his interception. Thanks to Darnold’s career-high four touchdown passes and the Washington Redskins’ offensive ineptitude, that mistake was a mere blip in the Jets’ 34-17 rout on Sunday. Darnold completed 19 of 30 passes for […] More

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    Colin Kaepernick’s Workout Derailed by Dispute With N.F.L.

    RIVERDALE, Ga. — Colin Kaepernick’s long journey from Super Bowl quarterback to N.F.L. exile to media machine made a pit stop at Charles R. Drew High School south of Atlanta on Saturday. There, in shorts and a black tank top, the former San Francisco 49ers star zipped passes to four receivers running routes on the […] More

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    Tua Tagovailoa Was Injured Again. Should He Have Been Playing?

    The lasting image of Tua Tagovailoa in an Alabama uniform may be this: his face bleeding, his body curled up on the cart that carried him off the field after an injury left him in excruciating pain. That was the scene on Saturday in Starkville, Miss., after Tagovailoa, the star Alabama quarterback, crumpled to the […] More