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Don Shula Dead At 90
Drew Brees Has Always
Legendary NFL head coach Don Shula has died at age 90.
The Miami Dolphins con- firmed on Monday morning that their franchise icon died peacefully at his home.
Shula’s 328 regular sea- son wins are the most by any head coach in NFL history, as are his 347 total wins that include postseason play. He was the coach of the Balti- more Colts from 1963 to 1969 before going on to
Rob Gronkowski Makes Clear He Was Just Joking About Having Bucs’ Playbook
ROB GRONKOWSKI
Rob Gronkowski posted a note on social media Wednesday to make clear that he was just joking when talk- ing about having the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ playbook prior to signing with them.
Earlier on Wednesday, a story spread about Gronk saying he began studying the Bucs’ playbook a month ago even though he wasn’t on the team. Gronk said the line while appearing on Bud Light Seltzer’s “Drafterparty” on Saturday.
Gronk made his remark in the context of Joe Burrow studying the Bengals’ play- book for weeks prior to offi- cially signing with them.
“I was in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers playbook four weeks ago, and I wasn’t even on the team,” Gronk said.
Was Gronk just joking in response to the Burrow story or was he telling the truth? He went on social media to clarify that he was just joking.
two Super Bowl victories, in- cluding when his 1972 Dol- phins went undefeated. That team was the only one in NFL history to go unde- feated through the regular and postseason.
It was not all that long ago that Shula was making feisty remarks over the New England Patriots’ cheating scandal.
The Hall of Famer will be missed in Miami and be- yond.
Been There For Me
Jameis Winston has proudly boasted for years that he was the first kid to get an autograph from Drew Brees after Brees joined the New Orleans Saints in 2006. Win- ston, who had just turned 12, grew up near Birmingham, Alabama, where Brees was rehabbing from shoulder sur- gery at the time.
Winston, 26, admitted Wednesday that he lost that autographed picture. But now the quarterback will get an even better experience: learn- ing from Brees firsthand after signing a one-year deal with the Saints.
"There's only a few people in this league that actually fol- low up with you when you ask them a question, when you reach out to them," said Win- ston, who said he also got the chance to spend time with Brees at the Rock Church in San Diego before being drafted No. 1 overall in 2015. "And ever since then, he's al- ways been a guy that I can hit up during the season and ask a question, and he'll get back with me. He's my friend."
"So I just love the person that he is and the guy that he is, and I'm so excited to learn from him and help serve him in any way.”
Jameis Winston Donates $30,000 To Eight Tampa-Area Restaurants
Jameis Winston (r) poses with Mayor Jane Castor (l). His donation will feed over 1,000 underprivileged fami- lies for a month.
Jameis Winston signed with the Saints last week, but he hasn’t forgotten his first NFL home.
The quarterback contin- ues to shower Tampa Bay with love.
Winston donated
DREW BREES AND JAMEIS WINSTON
$30,000 to eight Tampa Bay- area restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, WFTS reports. The donation will provide meals for 1,000 fam- ilies in need over the next month.
Winston distributed meals to the first families Sat- urday at two restaurants in the area.
“That’s what community does,” Winston told WFTS. “No matter who you cheer for, no matter what team you play for, it’s about serving your community and giving back.”
Winston and his Dream Forever Foundation have made several contributions in Tampa Bay during the pan- demic.
Jameis Winston Looking Forward To Facing Buccaneers
Jameis Winston is looking forward to possibly getting some revenge against his former team.
Winston joined NFL Network’s Colleen Wolfe on NFL Total Access Friday and said he wanted to face the Bucs.
“I can’t wait to compete against them,” Winston said. “It’s going to be fun. I know Tom (Brady) is going to bring his relentlessness and his attitude there, but it’s going to be fun and we’re ready to compete. We’ve al- ways been competing. When I was at Tampa, we got them sometimes and they got us sometimes. Last year they swept us, so I know they’re going to try and come and get us this year, but I’m in that black and gold now, so I’m gonna be like, ‘Who Dat? Who Dat say they gone beat them Saints?'”
DON SHULA
coach the Dolphins for 26 seasons. Shula led Miami to
Bashaud Breeland Facing
Four-Game Suspension For
Violation Outside Of Arrest
Kansas City Chiefs cor- nerback Bashaud Bree- land was arrested on multiple charges last Tues- day night, and it turns out he was already in some hot water with the NFL prior to that incident.
Breeland is facing a four-game suspension for a violation of the NFL’s sub- stance abuse policy.
Breeland is currently in
BASHAUD BREELAND
the process of appealing the suspension.
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