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Bucs WR Mike Evans
Dante Fowler, Jr. Suspended 1 Game For Violating League's Conduct Policy
DANTE FOWLER, JR.
Jacksonville Jaguars defen- sive end Dante Fowler, Jr. has been suspended for the first game of the season for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.
Fowler will miss the Jags' Week 1 game against the New York Giants, but he is eligible to participate in all preseason games and practices.
While the league did not specify what triggered the sus- pension, Fowler has had sev- eral off-field issues. In March, he pleaded no contest to charges of battery, criminal mischief and petit theft stem- ming from an arrest last July in his hometown of St. Peters- burg, Florida. Fowler was sen- tenced to a year of probation and 75 hours of community service and was fined $925, ac- cording to court record.
Floyd Mayweather,
Donates $11K To
50 Cent Trade Insults On
Family Of Shooting
Instagram, Reignite Beef
Victim Greg Hill
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and rapper 50 Cent have had their fair share of beef through the years (although not all of it has been real), and their up-and-down relationship received some more drama this weekend.
On Saturday, Money took to Instagram to call out 50 Cent while putting his own spin on the rapper's Get Rich or Die Tryin' album.
50 Cent responded on In- stagram with barbs of his own: "I must have hurt your feelings champ,􏰀you had someone write a book I'm
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans donated $11,000 to the fam- ily of Gregory Hill, Jr., who was shot and killed by police in his garage in 2014.
Evans' donation came after Hill's mother sued the two officers in the incident, Ken Mascara and Christopher Newman, for wrongful death.
In a bizarre decision, the jury hearing the lawsuit awarded just $4 dollars to Hill's family, determining that Mascara held one per- cent of blame in the incident and Hill was 99 percent at fault for his own death.
The officers were called to the house by "parents picking their children up at the ele- mentary school across the street from Hill’s home," who had complained that he
MIKE EVANS
was listening to "expletive- laden" music loudly in his garage. Hill was drunk, and the officers claimed that he pointed a gun at them. Hill's lawyer disputed that claim, noting that an unloaded gun was found in the back pocket of Hill's shorts.
In the wake of that ver- dict, a GoFundMe was estab- lished for the family that has raised nearly $100,000, in- cluding Evans' donation.
50 CENT AND FLOYD MAYWEATHER
gonna take my time with this soIgetitalloutwearegonna start with your 11 Domestic vi- olence cases. Wait a minute I'll do them in order remember you asked for this. 􏰁get the strap."
NFL, Players Union
Place National
Anthem Policy on Hold
James Harrison:
The NFL and the National Football League Players Asso- ciation agreed to stop the im- plementation of the recent national anthem policy while they both work on a resolu- tion.
Patriots’ Coaching Is
Malik Jackson
In a joint statement re- leased Thursday, the League and the players association said that no new rules on the national anthem will be made until they come to an agree- ment.
“The NFL and NFLPA, through recent discussions, have been working on a reso- lution to the anthem issue. In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have come to a standstill agreement on the NFLPA’s grievance and on the NFL’s anthem policy. No new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or en- forced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing,” the statement read.
The announcement comes after The AP first reported that players for the Miami Dol- phins who protested on the field during the anthem could receive a suspension up to four games under the team’s policy implemented earlier this week.
“The NFL required each team to submit their rules re- garding the anthem before their players reported to train- ing camp. We will address this issue once the season starts. All options are still open,” The Dolphins said in a statement.
In a nine-page document obtained by the newswire, na-
Better Than Steelers’
Predicts Jaguars
San Francisco 49ers safety Eric Reid (35) and quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) kneel dur- ing the national anthem before an NFL football game.
tional anthem protests were on a list that said it was “con- duct detrimental to the club,” but that it is up to the Dolphins on whether to fine or suspend a player.
The hold comes after the NFL announced in May that players will be fined if they don’t stand during the na- tional anthem while they are on the field, but that they have the option to stay in the locker room.
The League left it up to the teams how to discipline their players, the Miami Dolphin policy was the first one to be made public.
The protests made waves when former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee dur- ing the playing of “The Star- Spangled Banner” throughout the 2016 NFL season.
Kaepernick, who’s un- employed, is suing the NFL saying that team owners worked together to keep him out of the league.
James Harrison said some things during an inter- view on Thursday that won’t sit well with Pittsburgh Steel- ers fans.
Harrison, who played his entire career with the Steelers before joining the Patriots midway through last season, says New England’s coaching is better than Pitts- burgh’s. Harrison made his comments during an appear- ance on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd.”
“The only thing that’s re- ally opposite is that in New England, it’s more regi- mented, it’s more disci- plined,” said Harrison. “The coaching is better, to be honest with you. The plans they put together are better. And they don’t ask their play-
Will Go 16-0
Malik Jackson is not worried about burn- ing himself on the hot take stove.
The Jack-
sonville
Jaguars de- JACKSON fensive tackle
predicted an undefeated sea- son for the team in 2018.
“I think we’re going 16-0,” he said. “I’m calling it, 16-0. I don’t think anybody can beat us as long as we stay healthy and do what we supposed to do. Nobody had us last year, and we went to the AFC Cham- pionship Game, and we were this close.”
The Jaguars did win the AFC South last season (albeit after going 10-6) and indeed lost narrowly to the New Eng- land Patriots in a 24-20 AFC title game. They also made some solid signings this offsea- son with the additions of wide receiver Donte Moncrief, tight end Austin Seferian- Jenkins, and First Team All- Pro guard Andrew Norwell.
JAMES HARRISON
ers to do anything that’s out- side of the realm of what they feel their capabilities are. So when you do that, and you switch a lot of players in and out for certain things that you want to get accom- plished, you get things done and that’s what they have over there.
MALIK
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