Thursday’s Browns-Giants game was the first NFL game in the U.S. in which fans had the opportunity to place a legal wager from the comfort of their seats inside the stadium — on their phone.
Kenny Stills and two other Miami Dolphins protested during the national anthem before Thursday’s exhibition game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Luck played his first game since the end of the 2016 season on Thursday, and Colts fans must be pretty happy with what they saw.
On the first full night of the NFL preseason, at least five players expressed some form of protest during the playing of the national anthem. Two Eagles players raised their fists in Philadelphia, a Dolphins player did likewise in Miami, and two Dolphins took a knee. Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins,
Andy Dalton made a solid debut in Cincinnati’s revamped offense, throwing for a pair of touchdowns as the Bengals beat the Chicago Bears 30-27 on Thursday night. The Bengals (1-0) were last in the league on offense last season, the worst finish in franchise history. Dalton went 6 of 8 for 103 yards
Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster went high for a 71-yard catch-and-run touchdown in the first quarter of the team’s preseason opener at Philadelphia.
Mookie Betts gave himself a good workout in the early innings on Thursday night at Rogers Centre, getting the first three hits for the cycle in three at-bats. He completed the feat in the ninth.
After getting off to a much quieter start to the second half of the season than it did in the first, the Yankees offense was unleashed Thursday night, putting its power back on full display in the Bronx. Giancarlo Stanton set a Statcast™ mark with his 28th home run, and Neil Walker homered from both sides of the plate for the first time in his career as the Yankees hit five homers for a 7-3 victory over the Rangers in the series opener at Yankee Stadium, extending their win streak to four games.
Dez Bryant took to Twitter on Thursday to tell Browns GM John Dorsey that he “wouldn’t mind playing for the Browns .. [but] I just want to be right first.”
Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins raised a fist to protest social injustice during the playing of the national anthem Thursday. Teammate Chris Long put his arm around Jenkins as a show of support.
