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Bengals president Mike Brown explains why team drafted Joe Mixon
Whichever team drafted Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon last week knew it would have to do some public relations work afterward. The least surprising pick of the draft, after Myles Garrett went to the Cleveland Browns first overall, came when the Bengals took Mixon in the second round. For anyone who hasn’t heard, Mixon punched a female student in 2014.
- Chicago Tribune
Records: Aaron Hernandez was member of Bloods street gang
Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was a member of the Bloods street gang and was disciplined for having gang paraphernalia, according to newly released documents related to the investigation into his prison suicide. A death report released Friday lists the Bloods under Hernandez's gang profile and says Hernandez was disciplined for having "STG" paraphernalia. In prison, "STG" stands for Security Threat Group, a euphemism for gangs. Hernandez, a former New England Patriots tight end, was found April 19 hanging from a bed sheet in his cell in a maximum-security prison, where he was serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder. His suicide came days after he was acquitted in a 2012 double slaying. Worcester
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Jack Del Rio says Raiders still haven’t adequately addressed middle linebacker
The Oakland Raiders made nine additions to their roster through last weekend’s NFL Draft. However, head coach Jack Del Rio still sees one hole looming large on their roster. In an interview on the NFL Network Thursday, Del Rio pointed to the middle linebacker position as one that is still concerning to the team at this point in the offseason. “I don’t know that we’ve adequately addressed our middle linebacker position, to be honest,” Del Rio said, via NBC Bay Area. “I think we have some work to do there. The rest of our roster is pretty well situated, but we’ll be looking for a linebacker and we’ll continue to look, whether it’s the waiver wire, trades or available guys out there, veterans on
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