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University of Michigan Director of Athletics Warde Manuel called ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit “a fool” for baselessly suggesting the Wolverines might try to use COVID-19 as an excuse to avoid playing Ohio State next week. “I think it’s ridiculous,” Manuel said Wednesday of the comments from Herbstreit, a former...

At the start of the week — in some ways similar, in other ways very different for Colt McCoy — inside linebacker Blake Martinez approached the Giants’ backup quarterback with an admission. “The first thing I told him was, ‘I’m happy I don’t have to go against you on Friday,’ ’’...

The Jets caught the Raiders by surprise last year, beating them 34-3 to send their season into a tailspin. Jon Gruden is ready to make sure it doesn’t happen again this Sunday. “I don’t think I need to say much,” the Raiders coach said Wednesday on a conference call. “All you...

Former President Barack Obama opined that socialist Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) should get more exposure from the Democratic party even as he warned them to focus less on using the word "socialism." Obama made the comments during a interview with Vanity Fair contributor Peter Hamby released on Wednesday. He was talking about the success of the Democratic National Committee when he appeared to criticize the party for not giving the firebrand socialist more airtime. ...

The Jets are trudging to the finish line of another lost season, but for Harvey Langi, there’s no such thing.  For the Jets’ new starting inside linebacker, there are five more chances to do what wasn’t always a given after he and his wife were involved in a horrific car accident...