Why DeAngelo Williams refuses to play for the Cowboys

DeAngelo Williams, a multidimensional, utilitarian running back who totaled 343 yards on 98 carries in nine games for Pittsburgh last year, is looking for a job. Speaking to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Williams ran down the list of reasons for why a team might get stricken from his play-for list. Williams’ time in Carolina ended ugly, and so he won’t be going back.

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  DeAngelo Williams names the four teams he will not play for in 2017

  Steelers Wire
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  DeAngelo Williams cuts list of potential landing spots to 28

  ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports

NBA reduces number of timeouts in latest efforts to speed up game flow

In the NBA’s latest efforts to speed up play, the league announced Wednesday it reduced the number of timeouts per game in addition to implementing two more potential time-saving rule changes. The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved a reduction in the maximum number of timeouts per game from 18 to 14, according to the league’s press release. Additionally, the NBA eliminated the under-nine-minute television timeouts in the second and fourth quarters and reduced the number of timeouts allowed in both the final three minutes of regulation and overtime from three to two.

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  Utah Jazz: NBA passes rule changes for fewer timeouts, faster pace in games

  The Salt Lake Tribune
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  The NBA has made a change that will fix one of the fans' biggest gripes about the games

  Business Insider UK

Former Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt sues school, alleging defamation of character

The former coach is suing the school for punitive damages related to what the civil suit says was a "long-running … smear campaign" aimed at Nutt.