Day: April 9, 2020

AP source: Chiefs bring back CB Breeland on 1-year dealAP source: Chiefs bring back CB Breeland on 1-year deal

The Chiefs are bringing back cornerback Bashaud Breeland on a one-year deal that could be worth up to $4.5 million, a person familiar with the contract told Sports Betting News, helping to alleviate one of the Super Bowl champions’ biggest concerns ahead of the NFL draft. Breeland started 15 of 16 games for the Chiefs last season, which he played on a one-year prove-it deal after an injury-shortened season in Green Bay. The Chiefs lost three cornerbacks to free agency in Breeland, Kendall Fuller and Morris Claiborne.

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NBA says players will receive full checks on April 15NBA says players will receive full checks on April 15

NBA players will receive their full checks when the next payday for most of them arrives on April 15 despite no games having been played for more than a month at that point. The league and the National Basketball Players Association has been in talks for weeks about the status of salaries during the game’s shutdown. The last NBA games were played March 11, the day that Utah center Rudy Gobert became the first player in the league to test positive for the coronavirus.

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HBCU NFL hopefuls adjust after canceled pro days, combineHBCU NFL hopefuls adjust after canceled pro days, combine

De’Montrez Burroughs looked at it as his best shot to accomplish his NFL dream. The South Carolina State senior receiver had the dates circled on his calendar. First, the Bulldogs’ annual pro day on March 19, followed a week later by the first-ever NFL combine event held for draft prospects from Historically Black Colleges and Universities who didn’t receive invitations to the national combine in Indianapolis.

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