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This type of strategy can pay big dividends, but it can also sink a franchise in the future. With Graham’s contract officially in the books, we can now look at the Saints’ salary-cap situation moving forward. MORE: Graham’s deal | Best free-agency fits | Worst free-agency moves New Orleans currently has one of the most difficult-to-navigate salary cap situations in the league. With the addition of Graham on a long-term contract, the Saints now have five top-of-the-market contracts on their roster — QB Drew Brees (fourth highest contract among quarterbacks), S Jairus Byrd (second among safeties), G Jahri Evans (third among guards) and P Thomas Morstead (third among punters)....

The Chase elimination race at Talladega was bittersweet for the majority of NASCAR fans. Gone from the Chase is six-time champ Jimmie Johnson, who has a loyal fan base that has been overwhelmed by a groundswell of “48 haters” over the years. The majority of NASCAR fans are tired of watching Johnson win championship after championship. They have been bored for years with his polished, nice-guy image and the intensity of his rebel sidekick, Chad Knaus....

Trump is set to speak in Delaware, Ohio, on April 23, less than two weeks before the state’s fiercely contested GOP Senate primary takes place on May 3, according to a release from the former president’s Save America political action committee. Although nearly all of the Republican contenders have campaigned as Trump loyalists, the former president has yet to endorse any candidate in the Senate race. Republican Senate candidates who may hope to attend the rally alongside the former president include businessman Mike Gibbons, who holds a slim 1....

Halo Infinite is arguably one of the most anticipated flagship titles of 2021. Originally planned to be launched alongside the Xbox Series X|S back in November 2020, the game was delayed for more than a year. Halo Infinite is a soft reboot of the series, which takes place after the cliffhanger ending of Halo 5 Guardian. This will take the franchise to installation 07 otherwise known as Zeta Halo....

I mean, it’s something we’ve seen repeatedly throughout the years. The grind of an 162-game season is engrained in a player’s DNA. But it’s a sport that so many pick up from Age 5, so it’s sometimes a little bit harder to walk away for some than others. Exhibit A: Manny Ramirez, who is mulling a comeback to play professional ball overseas in the CPBL in Taiwan. Ramirez’s career ended with myriad attempts to crack back into the majors with the A’s, Rangers and Cubs, but he last played in the bigs in 2011....

Asked by the St. Paul Pioneer Press whether the additions Thursday of former Saints defensive tackle Tom Johnson and former Bears defensive end Corey Wootton meant his 11-year career in Minnesota was over, the six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle answered, “Yeah. I don’t see any other reason.’’ Of the two free-agent signings, he added, "That speaks for itself.'' Williams, who turns 34 in August, has spent his entire career as a Viking, and he told the Pioneer Press that he wants to keep playing....

The Rice results and the Peterson decision seem like more than coincidental timing. MORE: Peterson suspended for at least rest of 2014 season | PHOTOS: Disgraced athletes If Rice wins his grievance and his indefinite suspension is lifted, a new precedent would be set on the powers of Goodell to punish players and to hear their appeal. Those are the exact objections the NFL Players Association raised Tuesday morning when it appealed Peterson’s suspension within minutes of Goodell handing it down....

Just 33 years old, Colliton is a modern hockey coach who pays close attention to analytics but is short on experience. His message is relentlessly positive and encouraging. Quenneville, 60, on the other hand, only paid passing attention to the new numbers and was known to plant players in his hard-to-escape doghouse. Substantial changes are certainly coming to Chicago’s system in the coming weeks. Anything huge wasn’t readily apparent during Colliton’s Thursday night debut, but there are expected to be new wrinkles for a roster that still has Stanley Cup remnants along with a talent deficit, a lack of depth and severe issues on the blue line....

Katie Chadwick Hamilton, the wife of outfielder Josh Hamilton, along with Meghan King Edmonds, the wife of former Angels outfielder Jim Edmonds, will be featured on the newest season of the Bravo show “The Real Housewives of Orange County” according to People Magazine. MORE: Athlete and celebrity couples | 99 athlete WAGS Hamilton enters 2015 in the third year of his five-year, $125 million deal wth the Angels and looks to improve on a disappointing 2014 season in which he played in just 89 games....

Coach Scott Brooks told reporters on Tuesday that Howard has tweaked his hamstring. Howard has been out since undergoing a spinal procedure in November and there is no timetable for his return. He had been participating in non-contact drills. “Don’t know when he’s going to come back,” Brooks said. “Obviously, the season is winding down. But he’s moving around pretty good today.” The 32-year-old big man is an eight-time All-Star and has averaged 12....

The Dream moved up to the No. 1 overall spot and selected Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard, who averaged 20.5 points, 7.4 points and 3.3 assists per game during her senior season. She helped lead the Wildcats to a victory over eventual national champion South Carolina in the SEC Championship Game during her final collegiate season. With Howard off the board, the Fever took NaLyssa Smith with the second pick. She averaged 22....

The Las Vegas Aces star penned a candid essay for “The Player’s Tribune” — under the headline, “DNP — Mental Health” — about how her struggles with mental health have affected her and included how she needed to take time off after she suffered a panic attack when players returned from All-Star Weekend. She detailed how horribly she played in the first two games back from the break, which led to her sobbing and struggling to breathe in the hallway outside of the locker room....

Fans of various nationalities said Tuesday that they were scared it might come crashing down. The footage shot by a Brazilian photographer showed people packed on the staircase of wooden steps as it swayed, grabbing hand rails to support themselves as they headed via their only exit to a concrete ramp leading to a subway station after the game. "When people walk on it the wood moves, so with thousands of people walking up there, there could be an accident," said Jorge Martinez, a Mexican systems engineer who used the stairs to leave Sunday night's game....

That it required a seven-hour drive was not what made it unusual. The curious thing is, he was pursuing a player who’d been with the Terriers for three years, started 35 games in his career and averaged more than a dozen points per game in his most recent season. MORE: Sporting News’ 2018-19 All-Americans Cameron Jackson’s home is in Winchester, Va., which meant Young had to drive across I-85 toward Charlotte, turning north on I-77 for a short spell before exiting onto I-81....

RELATED: 5 First-Person Shooters Released In 2020 That Didn’t Get Enough Love The game features a system where the player invests ability in three different kinds of skill trees: Mind, Muscle, and Power. Through Mind, they benefit from things like more health, armor, ammo, and movement. Through Muscle, the player can carry heavy weapons or dual-wield, in addition to other upgrades. Through Power, they can force their way through the battlefield and take enemies head-on....

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Mercedes boss Toto Wolff lauded Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix as a great example of how Formula One should be, with the top three teams using different tyre strategies to keep the result in the balance until the last lap. Wolff was delighted to see his drivers finish first and third after struggling at the circuit a year ago but race winner Nico Rosberg suffered an almighty scare from a fast-charging Daniel Ricciardo with fresher tyres in his Red Bull....

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the rivalry between team mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg is like a volcano ready to erupt ahead of Formula One’s season-ending title showdown this weekend. The Austrian is, however, confident the drivers can avoid taking each other out of Sunday’s race at Yas Marina. “It is also clear, and we have to acknowledge it, that now everything is on the line,” Wolff told reporters at the Abu Dhabi circuit....

But the state dinner at the White House on Monday night was an otherworldly event—marking if not the end of an era, then the beginning of the end. It was also, of course, a splendid party fit for a queen: Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip. The Queen’s tiara sparkled enough all on its own to qualify the event as glittering. Itzhak Perlman’s after-dinner performance on the violin was virtuosic and all too brief....

The Premier League leaders took over an hour to break down the Championship strugglers and Blues boss Antonio Conte was an animated figure on the Molineux touchline as his side laboured for long periods against a team they were comfortably expected to beat. However, Pedro connected with Willian’s cross to head home his fourth FA Cup goal of the season and maintain his record of having scored in every round of the competition, before Diego Costa rounded off the win in the closing stages....

But Wolves were no pushovers, especially since they had convincingly defeated United in the FA Cup quarterfinal last month. Solskjaer could not afford any more slip-ups now and set his team up accordingly. He started with De Gea in goal, and Dalot, Young, Smalling, Lindelof and Shaw making up the back five. In the midfield, he opted for McTominay and Fred to assist Pogba, whereas up front, Lukaku and Lingard started in attack....