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Richard: New NFL CBA ought to be altered

Will Richard | Tuesday, February 25, 2020

On Thursday, the NFL owners reached their required three-fourths majority agreement for the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement. This negotiation comes in anticipation of the end of the 2020 season, at which point the current agreement will expire. Perhaps the most significant change proposed is an additional 17th regular season game, which would

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Richard: If Brady leaves New England, he should go to Tennessee or L.A.

Will Richard | Thursday, February 13, 2020

Reports this week have emerged confirming that quarterback Tom Brady will enter free agency on March 18. This will be the first time in Brady’s 20-year tenure with the Patriots that he has been a free agent. Experts and the public alike are split on what would be Brady’s best move going forward: Return for

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Richard: NBA power rankings after trade deadline

Will Richard | Monday, February 10, 2020

With the NBA regular season now over halfway complete and the trade deadline passed,  the league’s hierarchy of teams has been largely established, and the list of teams poised to make a run at the Larry O’Brien Trophy has dwindled. It is worth noting the teams below have not necessarily had the best seasons thus

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Richard: Breaking down Super Bowl LIV

Will Richard | Friday, January 31, 2020

The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will face off in the Super Bowl, the culmination of the 100th year of the National Football League. This year’s game will be played at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.  The Kansas City Chiefs opened as a slim one point favorite over San Francisco, according

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Richard: Acquiring big-time players through free agency is now the way to go in the NFL

Will Richard | Thursday, March 21, 2019

Last NFL season, the Los Angeles Rams showed that acquiring foundational players through free agency or trades such as Ndamukong Suh, Aqib Talib, and Marcus Peters can pay dividends — albeit to the tune of a competitive loss to the long-standing New England Patriots dynasty in Super Bowl LIII. The free agency period of 2019

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Richard: Patriots legacy under microscope following charges against Robert Kraft

Will Richard | Monday, February 25, 2019

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft made national headlines over the weekend as police in Jupiter, Florida, linked him to a prostitution sting at a spa holding trafficked Chinese women. Prosecutors additionally claim to have video evidence of Kraft at the scene. If the accusations turn out to be true, this would perhaps leave another

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Bengal Bouts completes quarterfinal round

Tobias Hoonhout, Hayden Adams, Kay Bontempo, Will Richard, Mike Everett and Jimmy Ward | Wednesday, February 20, 2019

142 lbs. Dan “The Emotional Punching Bag” Wilborn def. Robert “The Kidd” Hernandez In the first fight of the night, sophomore Robert Hernandez of Siegfried faced off against Knott senior Dan Wilborn. Both fighters came in energetically in the first round, but Wilborn quickly landed a blow to Hernandez’s face, and the Siegfried sophomore took

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Richard: Lakers’ aggressive pursuit of Anthony Davis may have cost them their future

Will Richard | Friday, February 8, 2019

In the past few years, we have observed a shift in the sports culture: The era of building and developing through the draft has, in most cases, died off. Rather, the new movement in sports culture reflects a heightened emphasis on aggressive moves through front-office management via trades or free agency to acquire as much

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