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Garrett is the Rams' latest prize in a decade of aggressive moves by Snead and McVay

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — For well over a decade now, general manager Les Snead and the Los Angeles Rams have consistently pulled off the aggressive, audacious moves that every NFL fan wishes their team would make. Their latest deal is among the biggest and the riskiest — and it's totally their style. Myles Garrett walked into the Rams' training complex in Woodland Hills on Tuesday after LA gave up budding star Jared Verse and three high draft picks to complete one of the NFL's biggest trades in recent seasons. "To acquire a player like this, these things don't come up often," coach ...

Verse vows to bring his own style after Garrett trade

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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Anyone expecting Jared Verse to be the next Myles Garrett after Monday's blockbuster trade between the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams are already going to be disappointed. For one, Verse can't literally step into Garrett's shoes. "Myles he's a size 13, Nikes, ...

Steelers LB Nick Herbig eager to prove he's worth the investment

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Nick Herbig knew most NFL teams thought he was too small to play outside linebacker. That three years of creating chaos across the Big Ten while coming off the edge at Wisconsin wouldn't be good enough to convince clubs that he could do the same at the sport's highest level. The Pittsburgh ...

Ned Jarrett, NASCAR Hall of Famer, 2-time Cup Series champion and longtime broadcaster, dies at 93

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NEWTON, N.C. (AP) — Ned Jarrett, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and longtime broadcaster, died Thursday of natural causes in his home, his family announced. He was 93. Jarrett was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011 after 50 career wins on the sport's top circuit, including championships in 1961 and 1965. He was part of the second five-member NASCAR Hall of Fame class. Jarrett, known as "Gentleman Ned" for his demeanor, may have been better known by younger NASCAR fans for his broadcasting career. One of his signature moments in the booth came in the 1993 Daytona ...

How long should college athletes play? NCAA is about to give a new answer to that age-old question

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The NCAA is on the cusp of extending Division I athlete eligibility from four years of competition to five and essentially setting an age limit, just the latest development on a topic that has been a point of contention in college athletics for decades. None other than Walter Camp, the "Father of American Football," was three games into his seventh season — yes, seventh — when his playing career at Yale ended because of injury in 1882. Another football luminary, Amos Alonzo Stagg, was 27 when he wrapped up his fifth season at Yale in 1889. Multisport great Jim Thorpe played ...

Browns GM on trading Garrett: 'The opportunity was too great'

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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Andrew Berry echoed the thoughts of many Cleveland Browns fans when he said he did not expect a news conference discussing a Myles Garrett trade this spring. However, Berry took his place at the podium at the team complex on Tuesday morning to discuss trading the ...