Dwayne Harris

Brandon Marshall's Twitter Dustup Shows It's Time To Stop Telling Athletes To Stick To Sports

There is nothing quite as moronic and at the same time telling as the social media cry for athletes to “stick to sports.” It happened again today. I bet if somebody kept track of it, it probably happens at least a few times an hour. New York Giants wide receiver Brandon Marshall tweeted at President Donald Trump asking to speak about health care. Twelve minutes later, the nameless person behind the Twitter handle @EverythingNYG dropped the “Stick to football please” advice. This approach, while never resulting in its intended outcome, carries with it the idea that athletes are objects the public controls. Their job is to play sports and that’s it. At the same time they should also be role models,

True or False: Rob Kelley will be Redskins leading rusher

Robert Kelley emerged as the Redskins top running back in 2016, an incredible story of an undrafted guy working his way to the top. Of course, Matt Jones' problems with fumbling helped push Kelley to the top.  Redskins coach Jay Gruden speaks highly of Kelley, particularly his fluidity and vision, but the team drafted Samaje Perine in the fourth round this year to provide additional competition in the backfield. Here's the crucial statement: Rob Kelley will lead the Redskins in rushing yards in 2017. Finlay: True. Kelley averaged 4.2 yards-per-carry last season and the Redskins ground game is very much centered on a "4 or more" philosophy. Washington running backs coach Randy Jordan joined the

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  Need to Know: Twitter Redskins mailbag—Surprise cuts, improvement on defense

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Study: Patriots fans rank as NFL's 2nd best

The New England Patriots have created the second best fanbase in the NFL, according to one study by scholarblogs.com. The study used three metrics to measure the team brands to calculate the “best” NFL teams. The three factors the study used were fan equity, road equity and social media following. Here’s what they wrote on the Patriots, who finished behind the Dallas Cowboys and ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers. First, Patriot fans may be bandwagon fans.  But at this point it is tough to tell.  The team has been excellent and the fans have been supportive for a long time.  And even when things tend to go wrong for the Patriots they come out ahead.  I believe

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  Saints ranked 6th-best fan base in NFL and here's why

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  Cardinals fans ranked near bottom of league

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