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ICE arrests Mexican media personality known for proposing to Tom Brady in wedding dress

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Inés Gómez Mont — the Mexican media personality best known to many Americans for proposing to Tom Brady while dressed as a bride — was detained by U.S. immigration authorities last week in apparent connection to three outstanding warrants for her arrest in Mexico.

Gómez Mont, 43, whose full name is Inés Gómez-Mont Arena, is currently ...Read more

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Ravens trading for Jacoby Brissett after injuries to top QBs: reports

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BALTIMORE — The Ravens have a new quarterback.

Baltimore is trading with the Arizona Cardinals for veteran Jacoby Brissett, according to multiple reports. Terms of the deal, which is expected to be completed this weekend, were not immediately available.

The move comes after Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson suffered an injury to his right ...Read more

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Seahawks QB Sam Darnold will miss game against Cardinals

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RENTON, Wash. — For the second time this season, the Seahawks will face Arizona with a backup quarterback under center after another injury to starter Sam Darnold.

Darnold will not play on Sunday against Arizona because of a quadriceps injury suffered in the closing moments of the Monday night loss to Chicago.

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald ...Read more

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Lions' Jack Campbell says he has 'full movement' in lower body

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DETROIT — Detroit Lions linebacker Jack Campbell has full movement in his lower body and is continuing to make progress with movement in his upper body, according to a statement he released through the team on Wednesday.

Campbell is continuing to make progress following a serious neck injury that forced him to be carted off the field and ...Read more

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Sean Keeler: If Broncos trade for Jonathan Taylor, road to Super Bowl runs through Broncos Country

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DENVER — You don’t just scare them. You absolutely freaking terrify them. You’re the NFL’s Leatherface, swinging an orange-and-blue chainsaw at their Super Bowl dreams.

Playoff rematch in Denver? Patrick Mahomes doesn’t want to come back here in January, brother. Not if he can help it. Not after Sunday.

“Every time you play in this...Read more

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Mac Engel: The Cowboys' defense is turning 30-point games into losses. And jeopardizing jobs.

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FORT WORTH, Texas — From the Stat That Will Make Every Dallas Cowboys Fan Throw-up Category: the Cowboys lead the NFL in losses where they score at least 30 points.

They are the only team in the league with two losses in games where they score 30.

The Buffalo Bills and the Cowboys are the two teams in the NFL that have hit the 30-point ...Read more

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Sam McDowell: Did the Chiefs have better options at the 1-yard line? Yes, this one.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The overhead freeze-frame on third down, with nine seconds remaining, suggests a clear path to the end zone.

Well, it shows a clear path for the 31 teams that have the most simple of calls in their playbook.

This is the one that did not.

The Chiefs’ final drive in Denver stalled at the 1-yard line — three times — in...Read more

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Fantasy football waiver wire Week 9: Brian Thomas Jr. leads targets ahead of trade deadline

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The NFL trade deadline used to be a yawn-inducing nothingburger, served cold.

Major League Baseball reshuffled pennant races with its annual midseason yard sale. The NBA spent February swapping stars and setting social media on fire.

Football usually offered up a backup lineman for a conditional seventh-round pick.

Then the league pushed its ...Read more

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Fireworks nearly hit helicopter during pregame flyover before Seahawks-Bears game

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SEATTLE — A flyover with four UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters ahead of Monday night’s Seahawks-Bears game drew audible reactions from some fans at Lumen Field.

The helicopters with the 2-158th Assault Helicopter Battalion 16th CAB flew over the stadium as the national anthem played before Monday’s game. Fireworks erupted from the tower ...Read more

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Ravens sign another QB ahead of Joe Fagnano's first NFL start

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BALTIMORE — With Lamar Jackson headed to injured reserve and uncertainty over how long backup Tyler Huntley will be sidelined, the Ravens continued adding to their quarterback room on Tuesday.

Baltimore signed Kedon Slovis from the Green Bay Packers’ practice squad to its 53-man roster, the team announced. He joins undrafted rookie free ...Read more

Mike Vorel: Seahawks' prime-time stinker provides reality check and identity crisis

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SEATTLE — After Jason Myers’ second-quarter extra-point attempt squirted wide of the left upright, two words comically appeared on Lumen Field’s fleet of oversized video boards:

OH BOY!

It was a disastrously timed advertisement for Oberto Specialty Meats — founded in Seattle, headquartered in Kent and best known for its beef jerky.

It...Read more

Brandon Aiyuk has a new agent, could seek NFL return

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Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk has taken an initial step toward returning from a year-plus hiatus from the NFL, although a comeback with the San Francisco 49ers remains highly unlikely.

Aiyuk has hired a new agent, Drew Rosenhaus, who told ESPN’s Adam Schefter he is working on getting Aiyuk “back to work and playing again in the NFL.”

After...Read more

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Omar Kelly: Gordon takes ownership for loss to Patriots: 'I got to be better'

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MIAMI — There are those of us who only need to be warned once or twice not to do something, benefiting from shared wisdom and guidance.

And then there are individuals who must learn the hard way, touching the stove, burning their hand before they realize it’s hot.

A costly mistake Ollie Gordon II made during Sunday’s 24-19 fourth-quarter...Read more

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Sam McDowell: The most troubling part of the Chiefs' loss in Denver is this familiarity

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The most effective running back in the NFL this season tucked the football into this right arm, and for a brief moment, it looked like he had an angle to the pylon.

He came up just a single yard short.

The play that won the Chiefs a Super Bowl, a walk-off touchdown to become the league’s first repeat champions in two ...Read more

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Mirjam Swanson: Chargers' lost season really could become the NFL's first 0-17 humiliation

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LOS ANGELES — Prediction columns are silly.

If you want to guarantee something won't happen, go ahead and predict — as Bill Plaschke did — that the Rams are going to go undefeated.

See, what happened was that his crystal ball was misfiring. Kind of like Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has this season, throwing an interception in ...Read more

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Bears get a spark from Jeffery Simmons in his debut and beat Seahawks 34-17

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SEATTLE — The final nail in the coffin was an interception by Chicago Bears defensive tackle James Lynch. Defensive end Austin Booker swatted a pass by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold, and Lynch came down with the football for his first career pick.

On a Monday night when the Bears defense stifled the Seahawks for much of the game, a...Read more

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Myles Garrett returning to Rams practice, but it's unclear when he'll play

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LOS ANGELES — Rams edge rusher Myles Garrett, who has been on injured reserve since undergoing knee surgery after the season opener, will practice this week, coach Sean McVay said Monday.

The Rams will open the 21-day window for Garrett to return to the roster, but McVay said the Rams would proceed cautiously before determining when Garrett ...Read more

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Vahe Gregorian: In game of bizarre twists, some unsettling lapses cost Chiefs a win at Broncos

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.— It started to feel safe to have faith again for a while on Sunday, didn’t it?

In the wake of that disillusioning 20-3 loss last week at Seattle, after all, the Chiefs seized a 24-13 third-quarter lead over host Denver in a pivotal early-season matchup. Just do no harm from there, and they take an iron grip on the AFC West ...Read more

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Brad Biggs: Jeffery Simmons' arrival changes the math for Bears defense, which finally has 'a true alpha'

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CHICAGO — There’s a mighty big difference in the price Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles paid for Jeffery Simmons and what he gave up three years ago for Montez Sweat.

The premium the Bears met to get Simmons, a first-team All-Pro last season, out of Tennessee erases projection when it comes to the impact he can make for his new team...Read more

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Lions share positive update on Jack Campbell after scary neck injury: 'Your prayers are working'

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The Detroit Lions have shared a positive update on linebacker Jack Campbell, who was carted off the field with a neck injury during the team's game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

"Jack Campbell continues to rest and recover at a local hospital," the team posted Monday on X. "Preliminary indications are positive and out of respect for ...Read more