Police in a Dallas suburb say 24-year-old Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland was found dead of an apparent suicide after evading authorities in his vehicle and fleeing the scene of an accident on foot. Police said Kneeland didn’t stop for Texas Department of Public Safety troopers over a traffic violation on Wednesday night. Kneeland was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound early Thursday morning, about three hours after the crash, police said. According to police dispatch recordings from Broadcastify, people were concerned for Kneeland after he had sent a group text “saying goodbye.”
Former NFL star Antonio Brown has been arrested on an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting after a celebrity boxing event in Miami. Police confirmed Thursday that the 37-year-old Brown was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Dubai. Police spokesman Mike Vega said Brown was initially flown to Essex County, New Jersey, where he's being held pending extradition to Miami. An arrest warrant says Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with after the amateur boxing event in May. It was unclear from court documents whether Brown has an attorney.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — More than 20,000 Barcelona fans have filled a part of the modernized Camp Nou stadium to watch the team practice there for the first time since it was closed for a major facelift over two years ago. Fans cheered Friday as Lamine Yamal and teammates ran onto the field. Club president Joan Laporta said this week he hopes to have games at the stadium later this month. Barcelona last played at Camp Nou in May 2023. But it was also clear how much work is still left to be done before the new Camp Nou is entirely finished. The entire upper deck appears mostly a skeleton without any seats and massive cranes loomed overhead.
Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden have been recalled by England coach Thomas Tuchel for the team’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Serbia and Albania. The attacking midfielders were left out of England’s last squad with Tuchel stressing the need to have a strong team spirit in the camp and warning there would be “no guarantees” for his superstar players. Bellingham has started all five of Real Madrid’s games since the last international break and looks to be fully recovered after missing the start of the season because of shoulder surgery. Foden is back to his best form with Manchester City and scored twice against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday. There was no place for Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Pep Guardiola's coaching career started on September 2, 2007, in a Spanish fourth-tier game against Premia in front of around 2,000 spectators. Eighteen years later, he will reach 1,000 games as a coach when he leads Manchester City into one of the biggest games in world soccer against Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. His first job was with Barcelona ‘B’ before trophy-laden stints with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City. This is a by-the-numbers look at Guardiola’s remarkable coaching career that has changed the face of soccer.
BERLIN (AP) — Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris has prepared a video to show his players in case they need to get up to speed on Jesse Owens’ accomplishments at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.. Owens, who was Black, won four gold medals in front of Adolf Hitler to thwart Nazi claims of Aryan racial supremacy at the same stadium where the Falcons will face the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. Morris was speaking Friday at a press conference at the training center of Bundesliga soccer club Union Berlin. He says he'll show the video to the team on Friday night. He hopes players get a “good prideful feeling of Jesse Owens and what he was able to accomplish.”
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool striker Alexander Isak will return to training with the senior squad on Friday after three weeks out and could feature in the blockbuster Premier League meeting with Manchester City on Sunday. Isak, who joined Liverpool for a reported $170 million as the British record signing in the summer transfer window, has missed Liverpool’s last four games because of a groin problem. That continued his slow start to life at Anfield. He has scored just one goal in eight games in all competitions for his new club. Liverpool manager Arne Slot says Isak’s latest injury issue has set back his attempt to regain full sharpness after a disrupted preseason.
DENVER (AP) — Denver's defense bailed out the Broncos in a 10-7 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night. The Broncos sacked Geno Smith six times to make up for their spotty performances on offense and special teams. They barely outplayed the Raiders, who just traded away top receiver Jakobi Meyers. Wil Lutz's 32-yard field goal in the third quarter broke a 7-7 tie. After Daniel Carlson missed a 48-yarder to tie it, the Broncos chewed up the rest of the clock with a methodical drive. The game was a flag-fest with neither team able to find an offensive rhythm.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones has pleaded not guilty to charges he profited from rigged poker games and provided sports bettors with non-public information about injuries to stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Jones, a onetime teammate of James, said little Thursday during back-to-back arraignments in federal court in Brooklyn, letting his court-appointed lawyer enter not guilty pleas in a pair of cases stemming from last month’s federal takedown of sprawling gambling operations. Jones acknowledged he read both indictments and that he understood the charges and his bail conditions, which include his mother and stepfather putting up their Texas home as collateral for a $200,000 bond that will allow him to remain free pending trial.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Olivier Rioux became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he made his debut in third-ranked Florida's 104-64 victory over North Florida. Rioux, a 19-year-old redshirt freshman from Canada and the world’s tallest teenager, checked with 2:09 to play and with the home crowd chanting “We Want Ollie.” He drew so much attention from the Ospreys that he didn’t even touch the ball. When asked about making history, Rioux quipped: “It’s another day, I guess.”
Finals
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final OT New Jersey 4 Montreal 3
Final St. Louis 3 Buffalo 0
Final OT Boston 3 Ottawa 2
Final Carolina 4 Minnesota 3
Final Pittsburgh 5 Washington 3
Final Anaheim 7 Dallas 5
Final Philadelphia 3 Nashville 1
Final Florida 5 Los Angeles 2
Final Tampa Bay 6 Vegas 3
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Final Denver 10 Las Vegas 7
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (3) Florida 104 North Florida 64
Final (11) Louisville 106 Jackson State 70
Final (16) Iowa State 102 Grambling State 62
Final (20) Auburn 95 Merrimack 57