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The first openly gay player drafted by an NFL team was confident and engaged Tuesday as he was formally introduced by the St. Louis Rams, handling questions and scrutiny with aplomb well beyond that of a typical seventh-round fringe prospect. MORE: Sam makes history | Sam: ‘I should’ve been in the first three rounds’ "I'm determined to be great," Sam said. Sam put his arm around coach Jeff Fisher after sharing the podium with other late-round picks, joked that he'd never before heard the term "tweener" and even rose in his chair in mock intimidation of fellow Missouri draftee E....

Jones took his first NFL snap in the second quarter of Pittsburgh’s game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday after Michael Vick headed to the sideline after an apparent knee to the head. Then, after Vick left the game again in the third quarter, Jones threw a touchdown pass to put Pittsburgh up 12-10. MORE: Best Week 6 pics | Cam Heyward hits back with eye black Jones’ eight-yard toss to Martavis Bryant gave him more yards than Vick (3-for-8, six yards) had on the entire day....

MWR’s closure means 217 employees will be put out of work, according to paperwork the company sent to the state of North Carolina. MORE: Heading for Southern 500 | Bowyer seeking new ride MWR announced its closure late last month when co-owner Rob Kauffman bought an interest in Chip Ganassi Racing. The Waltrip organization is based in Cornelius, N.C., a Charlotte suburb. “Michael Waltrip Racing really wouldn’t have existed through today without substantial and continued financial support from me," Kauffman told reporters at Bristol Motor Speedway last month, via NBC Sports....

In addition to a regular payout, players that cashed earned a seat into the next buy-in level, while the top three finishers would skip an entire level. MORE: Stream the WSOP on PokerGO | Complete World Poker Tour Schedule Francis Anderson Wins Event #1 The opening event of the series attracted 93 entrants and created a prize pool of $37,200. There would be 11 players that earned entry into Event #3 or #4 of the series, including tournament veteran Roland Israelashvili and previous Stairway To Millions event winner Daniel Sepiol....

Joke Show is streaming on Netflix now. Wolf spoke to Newsweek about not doing political comedy, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and being accessible to everyone. How is Joke Show different from your 2017 HBO special Nice Lady? I think it’s an evolution of my point of view and my comedic persona. You get to see me growing as a comic and getting better at jokes and having more fun with pacing and going after topics that I might’ve been too scared to touch before....

The two schools have agreed to a home-and-home football series in 2033 and 2034, Michigan announced on Saturday. Notre Dame will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. to take on the Wolverines first on Sep. 3, 2033, and then Michigan will head to South Bend, Ind. on Sep. 4, 2034, to round out the series. The Fighting Irish and Wolverines played each other on an annual basis from 2002 until Notre Dame opted to end the series after the 2014 season....

Upton announced the censure in a series of Twitter posts late Tuesday night. He wrote that their resolution stated that her “comments have not been out of line with anyone else’s comments.” “Really?” he wrote. In 2018 and 2019, before her campaign and election to Congress, Greene liked and spread social media content supporting the conspiracy theory known as QAnon—a broad movement that believes former President Donald Trump is working to expose an elite cabal of child sexual abusers....

On Wednesday, protesters held a drive-in rally dubbed “Operation Gridlock” where they shut down traffic in a bid to demand that Whitmer open up the state again. Hosted by the Michigan Conservative Coalition and the Michigan Freedom Fund, the rally also saw some protesters get out of their vehicles outside the state capitol building to call on Whitmer to relax the “stay at home” rules. That demand is one that has been championed by Michigan Senate Republicans, with the Senate body calling on the state’s residents to “tell Governor Gretchen Whitmer Michiganders can be trusted to work safely where appropriate!...

He wasn’t ready to divulge details. “That was for the team,” Harbaugh said. “Not for public consumption.” BENDER: 5 things we learned | Ohio State plays like champions The topic of that conversation, however, was in plain view for everyone. The Buckeyes blew through Ann Arbor in eerily familiar fashion. Ohio State racked up 369 rushing yards, with Ezekiel Elliott (30 carries, 214 yards, 2 TDs) and J.T. Barrett (19 carries, 139 yards, 3 TDs)....

The play came at a critical juncture, with the Wolverines nursing a 33-30 lead midway through the fourth quarter; the defense had just forced a punt after giving up consecutive scoring drives that ended in successful 2-point conversions. The Michigan offense took over at its 45-yard line, needing only to score a touchdown on a short field — or at least eat some clock and pin the Spartans deep — to escape East Lansing with a win....

During his session with the media on Monday, Harbaugh went on a rant to criticize Purdue’s visitor’s locker room. He was upset with its appearance, size and pretty much everything about it. He even called on the Big Ten to step in and set up a “minimum standard of care." Here’s his rant, edited for clarity, as transcribed by Land of 10: MORE: Squirrel interrupts college football game “People walking by, they’re watching you dress....

The Michigan coach showed up sporting an Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron jersey, which was appropriately tucked into his khaki pants. MORE: NFL should’ve never let Jim Harbaugh go | Preseason Top 25 However, the real surprise is when the baseball legend himself showed up at the camp wearing a Michigan hat. Both men spoke to the 200 campers attending before the crew participated in drills. The fun didn’t end there....

Defensive end Malik McDowell announced on Twitter on Wednesday morning that he faxed in his letter to Michigan State at 11:12 Tuesday night — the deadline to sign was midnight. McDowell, a 6-7, 290-pound 5-star prospect from Southfield High School in Detroit, committed to the Spartans on national signing day, but didn’t sign his letter of intent. It was reported that his mother didn’t want him to attend Michigan State and his father preferred he attend college outside the state of Michigan....

According to the Lansing State Journal, the university received multiple new allegations of sexual assault by Nassar in the last week. The university’s crime log indicates 11 sexual assaults that allegedly occurred between 1996 and 2014 have been reported to police since Sept. 13. “Over the past week, the university received additional information that raised serious concerns about Nassar’s compliance with certain employment requirements," university spokesman Jason Cody said, adding the the requirements were tied to a 2014 investigation into alleged “abuse during a medical procedure....

Izzo also said the Spartans’ 72-63 Big Ten loss to Penn State was “humiliating” and fans were “robbed by the team in green,” but both coaches appreciated playing in the 89-year-old arena called “The Cathedral of College Basketball.” GAME CENTER: Michigan-State Penn State stats “To walk in the locker room and not see any jacks for WiFi and phones and Twitter, god, it was great, you know?” Izzo told reporters after the game....

At 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dorothy Spinella, 63, left the Coney Island restaurant where she works, on 7 Mile Road at Beech Daly in Redford Township, a suburb of Detroit in Wayne County, Fox 2 Detroit reported. A man then allegedly poured flammable liquid over her before setting her on fire, ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV Detroit reported. Redford Police have launched an investigation into the incident, which is ongoing. The authorities told the broadcasters they are looking for a man named Will Helmer, 63, who the family alleged attacked Spinella....

With Callaway under fire from all corners after a sweep at the hands of the last-place Marlins over the weekend, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen told the team and the public Monday that the second-year skipper isn’t going anywhere. “Mickey’s our manager now, Mickey’s our manager going forward," Van Wagenen told reporters at a news conference before the opener of a four-game series against the Nationals at Citi Field. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN...

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft this week advised Puget Sound and Bay Area employees to work from home until March 25. In the new policy, it recommends staff postpone traveling to its campuses unless it is considered to be “essential for the continuity of Microsoft” and stressed non-essential business travel should be canceled in regions known to contain active COVID-19. The policy comes after government officials in King County, Washington, urged businesses to “enact measures that allow people who can work from home to do so....

Just another wild chase in the gangland jungles of Eastern Europe? Hardly. The van was transporting the mob’s favorite new target of opportunity: 1,250 shiny boxes of Polish-language Windows 98 software, labeled microsoft but allegedly made by pirates. Even more intriguing, Microsoft was in on the bust last summer–before the police were. In a campaign that has gone virtually unnoticed, Microsoft is building an unrivaled force of in-house police and prosecutorial muscle to combat a global pirate trade increasingly dominated by organized crime....