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AP source: Falcons won't offer

WR Jones new deal this year

By PAUL NEWBERRY Jones' status as one of the the league's highest-paid
ATLANTA (AP) — Stifled by NFL's top receivers. But the receivers. Tampa Bay's
the salary cap, the Atlanta Falcons do not believe they Mike Evans, Cleveland's
Falcons won't be offering have enough financial lee- Jarvis Landry and Kansas
Julio Jones a more lucra- way under the cap to re- City's Sammy Watkins are
tive contract. negotiate the contract in among those now making
Not this year, at least. 2018. more per year than Jones,
Now the question is: Will the The team hasn't been told a two-time All-Pro who
star receiver show up for if Jones will be at training caught 88 passes for 1,444
training camp? camp. Players are required yards last season.
The Falcons informed Jones to report next Thursday, In 2015, Jones turned in one
several weeks ago that with the first practice the of the greatest seasons by
they would not renegoti- following day. a receiver with 136 recep-
ate his current $71.5 mil- Atlanta already agreed to tions for 1,871 yards and
lion package, which still a five-year, $150 million ex- eight touchdowns. He is a In this Jan. 13, 2018, file photo, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver
Julio Jones (11) runs during an NFL divisional playoff football
has three years remaining tension with quarterback five-time Pro Bowler. game against the Philadelphia Eagles, in Philadelphia.
and included $47 million Matt Ryan, the most lucra- In an apparent sign of Associated Press
in guaranteed money, ac- tive deal in NFL history. The his unhappiness, Jones
cording to a person fa- team is also focused on skipped organized team talked with the Atlanta me- "I'm just working on getting
miliar with the discussions. working out new contracts workouts at the team's dia in months. In one of his myself better. I'm just work-
The person spoke to The for defensive tackle Grady training facility this sum- rare media appearances, ing on myself right now.
Associated Press on condi- Jarrett, offensive guard mer, as well as a manda- he told TMZ that he has a That's all that is. There's no
tion of anonymity Thursday Jake Matthews and safety tory minicamp. But he ap- good relationship with the bad blood between me
because the talks have not Ricardo Allen. parently took part in Ryan's franchise that pulled off a and the team or anything
been made public. A flurry of new con- private passing camp in huge trade with Cleveland like that."
The team's decision, which tracts during the offsea- California along with about to make him a first-round Jones remains in the good
was first reported by The son dropped Jones, who a dozen of his teammates pick in 2011. graces of coach Dan
Athletic, does not preclude makes an average salary this month. "Everyone wants a story Quinn, who didn't seem
talks after the season on of $14.25 million, out of the Jones has gone silent on right now. There's no story at all upset when Jones
a deal more in line with top half-dozen on the list of social media and hasn't to be told," Jones insisted. skipped the minicamp .q

TED WILLIAMS liams played 19 years as who often volunteered in
Continued from Page 17 a left fielder for the Boston Tijuana, Mexico, leaving
The upcoming film uses Red Sox where he won two Williams and his brother to
rare footage and family American League Most fend for themselves with
interviews to paint a pic- Valuable Player Awards their alcoholic father, Bra-
ture of an entangled fig- and twice took the Triple dlee said. His Mexican
ure who hid his past while Crown. He finished his ca- family ended up in San Di-
enjoying the admiration reer with a .344 batting av- ego as tension simmered
of adoring fans. It includes erage and 521 home runs, before the Mexican Revo-
unreleased color footage both of which rank among lution began in 1910.
of Williams' final game that the top in baseball history. It's a past Williams con-
was shot by a fan. While many of Williams' pro- cealed until near the end
Williams, often called the fessional accomplishments of his life, said Bradlee. "He
"greatest hitter who ever and personal clashes were was ashamed."
lived," was followed close- widely known, Davis said After his sensational 1939
ly by sports writers thanks few knew about Williams' rookie year, Williams re-
to his superb slugging ethnic background until turned to San Diego to find
skills and John Wayne-like Ben Bradlee, Jr.'s well-re- around 20 of his Mexican- This May 23, 1941, file photo shows Ted Williams, outfielder for
persona as a foul-mouth searched 2013 book, "The Americans relatives wait- the Boston Red Sox, at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
outdoorsman. But the fu- Kid: The Immortal Life of ing for him at the train sta- Associated Press
ture Hall of Famer regu- Ted Williams." tion. Williams took one look
larly clashed with critical Davis said Williams kept his at them and fled. or his past, she said. fornia.
journalists and had public Mexican-American heri- Bradlee, who was among Williams was inducted But baseball officials want-
spats with his numerous tage a secret at a time those interviewed for the into the Baseball Hall of ed Williams to drop the ref-
wives. The slugger also lost when no black players film and who found some Fame as soon as he be- erence. "You don't tell Ted
prime years because of were allowed in the ma- of Williams' cousins, said came eligible. Williams Williams what he can and
service in World War II and jor leagues and the Red the family remained proud wanted to use his speech cannot do," Claudia Wil-
the Korean War — some- Sox were owned by Tom of his on-the-field achieve- to call for the Hall of Fame liams said in the film.
thing that angered him. Yawkey, a controversial ments. to recognize players of Williams gave his Hall of
"We wanted to know...who figure who was the last "But you can see they were the Negro Leagues who Fame speech his way,
was this man, who had owner to integrate a major a little bit hurt that he had had been excluded solely and soon after, players of
such an effect on so many league baseball team. shunned them," Bradlee based on their skin color. the Negro Leagues were
people?" director Nick Da- Williams was born to Sam- said. Friends would say Williams, inducted into the Hall of
vis said. "He was so compli- uel Stuart Williams, a white In the film, daughter Clau- despite his own ambiva- Fame. American Masters
cated and so full of contra- photographer and pickle dia Williams said she would lence about his own back- "Ted Williams: 'The Great-
dictions and rages. Where salesman, and May Ven- sometimes ask her father ground, remembered the est Hitter Who Ever Lived'"
did it all come from?" zor, a Mexican-American about his mother. But he discrimination Mexican airs on most PBS stations on
The San Diego-born Wil- Salvation Army devotee refused to talk about her, Americans faced in Cali- Monday.q