Stories and skills learned on the road by Hobo Bob
In the spring of 02 there came a storm that rock the world on it’s heels. This is story of the survival of a homeless vet and his dog and how the two beat the odds, in the spring of 02.
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Police say former NFL player Kellen Winslow II spent months targeting older women for crimes, including two women he kidnapped and raped.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Winslow, who has been arrested and is currently in jail, kidnapped and raped two women in May. One was 54 years old and one was 59. Winslow is also accused of burglary with intent to rape a 71-year-old woman and burglary with intent to rape an 86-year-old woman, both in June.
It’s noon now, and he’s got producers across the hall waiting to meet with him. I think they put our guests at ease and [make] people feel comfortable getting weird, Fallon says. Cate came up with the hamburgers thing — I didn’t ask her to do that!
The U.S. Senior Open Championship take place June 28-July 1 at The Broadmoor-East Course in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Suh, 31, saw his sack total trickle down to 4.5 in Miami last season after registering 8.5 in his last year with Detroit (2014). Phillips will put him in an ideal position to be more productive as Suh plays directly off the attention Donald receives.
The Rams ranked No. 4 in the NFL with 48 sacks last season, with Donald (11) and Brockers (4.5) producing nearly a third of them. Another 15.5 sacks from linebackers Robert Quinn, Connor Barwin and Alec Ogletree are gone, so with LA now lacking a dominant edge-rusher, Suh must rediscover some of his pop with Phillips’ help.
Bridgewater cried the November day last season when he got to put on the uniform again and run through the tunnel again and hear the cheers again and stand on the sideline with his Vikings teammates again. Everyone who has gotten to know him as a sweet, caring Mama’s boy will be rooting for him to author one of the great inspirational comeback stories any sport can muster.
Dennis Green’s legacy will live on in Minnesota.
The Vikings on Monday announced the late coach will be posthumously inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor.
Yeah, you get past that, then everybody, I think to be successful defensively in this league — I think to be successful, period, in this league — you gotta be fast, smart and physical. Your football IQ’s gotta grow each day, and you don’t need to be a genius, but you need to be able to think on your feet, and you need to be able to understand that things change fast, and within seconds an offensive formation or personnel grouping can change, and you have to cycle in your head some of the things that you need to expect that might happen before they happen.
Joint practices have been a frequent part of the Saints’ summer work in recent years. In addition to working out with the Chargers last year, New Orleans also practiced with the Texans and they’ve shared practice time with the Patriots in the recent past as well.
The Chargers also practiced with the Rams last summer and tempers flared between the two L.A. teams during those sessions.
Simply Google: ‘How many Philadelphia Eagles knelt during the national anthem last season?’ and you will find the answer is zero, Jenkins said in a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. A similar Google search will show you how many great things the players on this team are doing and continue to do on a daily basis.
Instead the decision was made to lie, and paint the picture that these players are anti-America, anti-flag and anti-military.
The Tuesday fireworks followed Trump’s statement Monday night that, because not all the players would come to the White House over the anthem flap, none of them would be welcome.
They had low expectations for him going into the game.
Hopefully he can have his butterflies in check and still attack the strike zone and if he does that, general manager Brian Cashman said, he’ll give us a chance to give our offense a chance.
Loaisiga did way more.
Before the at-bat, Sanchez had been mired in a terrible slump, with just four hits in 58 at-bats (.068 batting average).
It started with Judge’s single and was followed by a Gregorius single. The throw from right field skipped past the third baseman. Judge was safe at third and Gregorius moved to second, setting up Eovaldi to intentionally walk Giancarlo Stanton.
The Yankees’ five runs were the most they scored in a game since a 7-2 win June 6 in Toronto.
Darnold and Allen, who were drafted No. 3 and No. 7 overall, are close friends after spending the pre-draft process training together in California with Jordan Palmer.
Neither Darnold nor Allen is expected to be the season-opening starter, but both are considered the future of their respective franchises… on the football field.
I’m really bad, Darnold joked when reporters asked about his golf game. Just started (playing) this last year, really. Even not being good at golf, it’s still fun to go out there and play with my friends. It’s fun to socialize, hang out, and also play a sport and be competitive. Kind of the best of both worlds.
Even with all the stars on the course, the rookie quarterbacks attracted attention and stopped to pose for photos or quick chats with fans.
I love football, so there’s nothing that’s going to replace that, Allen said. But golf, it’s a second.
Other guys may have taken advantage of the more scorable setup, but Reed ultimately didn’t – or at least not enough. He finished 2-under for the day and 4-over for the tournament, putting him solo fourth.
The 49ers waived defensive back Trovon Reed on Monday, according to the league’s transactions.
Reed, 27, spent time on the Seahawks’ and 49ers’ practice squads last season. San Francisco signed him to a futures contract in January.
The Auburn product signed with the Rams as an undrafted free agent in August 2015. He also had stints with the Chargers and Dolphins.
Now, that casino would be barred only from accepting bets on NBA games.
Tom Pohlman, the Golden Nugget’s general manager, said we are grateful to lawmakers for listening to our concerns, but we hope to persuade the lawmakers over time that the total NBA ban is unnecessary and should be limited simply to the Houston Rockets.
There’s a lot of luck involved, and these horses can be pretty fragile, so there’s a lot of disappointment in this sport, Mara said. But when you get to this stage right now, it makes up for it all.
Prior to this year, the best finish any of Mara’s horses has posted in a Triple Crown was a fourth in the Belmont. But this year he has something special on his hands. He’ll also have plenty of company, as Giants coach Pat Shurmur will be with him and will give the riders up call before the race.
When you add a guy like that, it just trickles down throughout the whole room of guys just their study habits, Carr said, via NBC Sports Bay Area. You see Jordy off to the side when another group is in, if you just look over there, he is probably just telling somebody something about a route or a technique or a coverage. He’s very smart. He can read coverage like a quarterback.
The Raiders are betting that Nelson’s smarts and the change of scenery will help him bounce back from a disappointing 2017 season with the Packers. If that happens and his presence helps spark a rebound for Amari Cooper as well, the move will go down as a major positive for the Raiders.
Quarterback Tom Flacco will leave Rutgers and head to Towson as a graduate transfer, two individuals with knowledge of his move told NJ Advance Media.
Flacco, a walk-on, graduated in May with a degree in labor and employment relations. He has two years of eligibility remaining and will be able to play immediately for the FCS program outside Baltimore.
A journeyman who no sooner signed with the Arizona Cardinals before they drafted his successor in Josh Rosen. Given what ESPN.com’s Josh Weinfuss saw at OTAs, that plan of succession may be proceeding faster than anyone (especially Bradford) thought it would: So far, the scouting report on Rosen has been dead-on.
The Brooklyn-based organization provides meals, gifts and academic support to children in need.
It is a cause close to the heart of Hernandez, who lived in a relative’s storage shed for two years after his family lost their home due to financial difficulties.
The Las Vegas native gave up football for a brief time to work construction and let his high school grades slip to the point where his NCAA academic qualification became a recruiting obstacle.
It’s a big deal to me, just that I’m able to help out in any way possible, Hernandez said. My main motivation is I know what it’s like. I know a lot of these people and kids get a lot of joy out of this. Even if it’s just a couple hours to spare, it goes with them forever. I’m glad to be here.
And he will be glad to be on the field Thursday when the Giants hold their 10th and final voluntary organized team activity leading into next week’s mandatory minicamp.
The New Orleans Saints’ top draft pick, defensive end Marcus Davenport, will have thumb surgery after this week’s three-day minicamp, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Dianna Russini. But the source described it as no big deal and said Davenport is expected to be fine by the start of training camp in late July.
The news was first reported by the New Orleans Advocate.
Man, he’s big and he’s long. He’s a tremendous worker … He’s coming along really well, Saints coach Sean Payton said recently when asked for his early impressions of the rookie. There’s a strength element you feel — and obviously we’re not in pads, but you saw it when he played (in college). And now it’s really working on his pass rush, working on his pass-rush plan and developing the three different pitches he needs to be effective when it’s not just playing the run. But obviously he, like the rest of that rookie class, has got a lot being installed. But he’s handling it well. It’s been really encouraging.
I also believe that based on my production over the last 8 years that I’ve earned the right to have this taken care of as soon as possible, Thomas wrote. I want to have certainty in regards to the upcoming years of my career.
Thomas told ESPN at the Pro Bowl in January that he may hold out if he doesn’t get a new deal before the season, and he also skipped the Seahawks’ voluntary OTAs last month. He would be subject to fines if he were to skip minicamp, though teams can decide to not impose them.
I hope my teammates understand where I’m coming from, Thomas wrote. I believe this is the right thing to do.
Seahawks GM John Schneider told reporters before the draft that he was told by Thomas’ representatives that Thomas was not planning on holding out.
This year, the maximum fine amounts for missing minicamp are $14,070 for the first day, $28,150 for the second day and $42,215 for the third day, for a total of $84,435. The Seahawks’ three-day minicamp starts Tuesday.
It’s not the $40 million per year that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell makes, but new XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck will be able to buy steak whenever he wants.
According to SportsBusiness Journal (via Rachel Bachman of the Wall Street Journal), Luck will receive $20 million guaranteed over multiple years as the leader of Vince McMahon’s resurrected football venture. The number could end up going north of $30 million, if the league succeeds.
The number of years in multiple is key, for a couple of reasons. First, it reveals the average salary; $20 million over three years obviously has much more annual value than $20 million over five years. Second, it may shed light on the number of years that are funded by McMahon for the second attempt to make the XFL a first-class operation.
Regardless of how it turns out, Luck will be getting real money to turn the XFL into a real football league. If similar money is available for players, the tug of war between the AAF and the XFL could get interesting.
Coming from Pick 147 to being cut and spending a whole year on the practice squad, then next switching positions and playing something I’ve never played before to securing at least $3 million this year for my family, Allen said. I don’t think there is anyone around that doesn’t think I can/shouldn’t make more, but I’m grateful.
Allen was a fifth-rounder in 2014, but was cut as a rookie and spent the season on the practice squad, which is why he was a restricted free agent rather than on the last year of his rookie deal. They could still sign him to a longer-term deal before the start of the regular season.
Second, Mendenhall suggested that four of five players who succeed in the NFL are destined to leave the game broken, in multiple ways.
The lucky ones that make it to their second contract — that means there is some sustainability — when they leave the NFL, they are all of the following — this is 78 percent, almost 80 percent, Mendenhall said. They are divorced, bankrupt, a substance abuser and disabled, all four. That’s almost 80 percent of the lucky ones that make it to their second contract.
So 80 percent of all players who earn a second contract in the NFL, according to Mendenhall, leave the game divorced and bankrupt and a substance abuser and disabled. Not one of the four. All of the four.
Cowboys’ 1978 halfback pass opens NFL’s Super Bowl trick-play TD video More Want even more evidence the NFL is a league that is hesitant to try things out of the norm? On the biggest stage with everything on the line, trick plays that break conventional wisdom rarely go down. Coaches often exist in a perpetual state of second-guess fear.
And yet there was Cleveland with a chance to steal Game 1 on Thursday night, thanks to Smith’s rebound four feet from the rim and a shot at a game-winning putback in the final seconds.
You’ve seen the replay of what Smith did instead by now: He dribbled the clock out like a fool. Golden State won the game in overtime. America collectively shook its head.
Just how badly did Smith screw up? Let’s put it in context with other championship-round gaffes, starting at least severe and careening to most cringe-worthy.
His voice trails off. He gazes down at the court. At one end, the 14-year-old (Javen) launches jumpers. At the other, Jazz is now throwing his Royals hat at the rim.
No, it never got to the point of plotting his own death. Suicidal thoughtsremained only that. Thoughts. But do not think for a second he’s in the end zone celebrating.
As the three kids begin to pinball back up the bleachers, I suggest to Lewis that he got to the other side. He cuts in.
It’s not over, he says. I have to keep moving.
I have always been an upstanding citizen and handled the situation the best way I know how, Williams said. I apologize if I should have handled it a little bit differently.
The 28-year-old Williams was expected to miss all the offseason workouts after breaking his right foot in January and having surgery. The Cowboys released 
in a cost-cutting move while signing two free agents and drafting two more receivers.
The Lions found three guys at their rookie minicamp who they wanted to take a longer look at.
The team announced they had signed wide receiver Deontez Alexander, tight end Marcus Lucas, and cornerback Josh Okonye.
By the way, if they do bring back the Batman look, they should bring back that entire diagram and have the players wear a single-bar facemask because those are amazing.
Anyway, here’s what a more modern version of the Batman uniform would look like.
Here’s what the same uniform would look like in white, if the Steelers decide to go that route. The Steelers will only be wearing the throwback for one game, so they definitely won’t be wearing both colors.
The new throwback won’t be the only different uniform the Steelers are wearing this year. The team has already confirmed that the all-black Color Rush uniform will also be on the field in 2018. The Steelers will be wearing that look for their Thursday night game against the Panthers in Week 10.
The Steelers will definitely be hoping that fans love the new throwback as much as they love the team’s Color Rush uniform.
Blandino will start the new position immediately and resume it in January 2019 after the next football season has wrapped up.
Is Keenum a one-hit wonder or a late bloomer? If it’s the latter, the Broncos might have signed a franchise quarterback in March for a more-than-reasonable $36 million over two years.
If he can perform the way he did in Minnesota, the Broncos will have a shot at the playoffs in 2018, regardless of what Chubb does opposite Von Miller.
Detroit Lions fans are allowed to be discouraged by the team’s failure to win more than nine games in five of the last six seasons. We’re in the post-Calvin Johnson era, and the Lions don’t appear as though they’re on the brink of a Super Bowl run in a division that features the juggernaut Minnesota Vikings and the Aaron Rodgers-led Green Bay Packers.
But it’s entirely possible we’ve yet to see the best of quarterback Matthew Stafford, who just turned 30 and is coming off his highest-rated season. 
Not many teams actually want to be on Hard Knocks. New Browns general manager John Dorsey made it clear earlier in May that he was no exception.
“I don’t think there’s anything good that comes out of Hard Knocks, but we’ll see,” he said on ESPN Cleveland 850.
When the announcement was made, Dorsey tried his best to play nice.
In addition to drafting Mayfield first overall and trading for Taylor, the Browns acquired a slew of new pieces this offseason, including fourth overall pick Denzel Ward, wide receiver Jarvis Landry, cornerback Damarious Randall, running back Carlos Hyde and second-round runner Nick Chubb.
I think we’re all excited about him, and we think he can be a star, general manager Brett Veach said of Ragland last month, per the team’s official website. “We were very fortunate to be able to execute that trade.”
Ragland is a high-instinct sure-tackler who was the 2015 SEC Defensive Player of the Year at Alabama. He has the ability to make a major impact, but he’s rarely been healthy thus far in his career.
He is now, though, and we should see plenty of him in May and June.
Jackson claims to have “a different build” after spending time working on his size and strength this offseason, according to Jim Wyatt of the team’s official website. That could help as he fights for reps with new arrival Malcolm Butler and returning veteran Logan Ryan, both of whom are getting paid big bucks.
What’s more, all three of the team’s top corners will be adjusting to a new defense under incoming defensive coordinator Dean Pees.
Even with that looming cloud, there has yet to be an overwhelming urgency that galvanizes owners into some kind of decision. They failed to find common ground in meetings in November. They kicked the entire conversation down the road in March.