Apr 17, 2024, 05:46 PM ET Former Albany defensive lineman AJ Simon, who was hoping to be selected in next week’s NFL draft, has died at the age of 25, the school announced Wednesday. The cause of Simon’s death wasn’t immediately known. “The UAlbany football program was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of

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Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 04:17 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Former football star and celebrity criminal defendant O.J. Simpson was cremated Wednesday, the lawyer handling his estate said Wednesday. Simpson died April 10 at his Las Vegas home at age 76. He had been diagnosed last year with prostate cancer. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne told

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Seth Walder, ESPN AnalyticsApr 18, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Let’s put the Draft Day Predictor to work for us. For the uninitiated, the Draft Day Predictor is a probabilistic forecast of when players will be selected in the NFL draft, based on expert mock drafts, Scouts Inc. grades and team needs. It

Open Extended Reactions The United Football League — which is the product of a merger between the XFL and the USFL — enters Week 4 this weekend. It is made up of younger players trying to make their way into the NFL, former NFL players wanting to extend their careers and players of all experience

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Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterApr 17, 2024, 10:18 AM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. A lawsuit filed in Texas against Dallas

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