Pro Bowl wide receiver Kenny Golladay of the Detroit Lions is doubtful for Sunday’s season opener against the Chicago Bears after missing the past two days of practice with a hamstring injury.
Earlier in the week, Lions coach Matt Patricia said the injury popped up on Wednesday and that the club was trying to be careful with it. Golladay was listed as not practicing Thursday and went through stretching, but he did not participate in individual drills Friday.
Patricia said earlier Friday he expected Golladay to be “pretty limited” during practice.
The transfer saga is over, but the war is ongoing.
Just hours after Lionel Messi’s father claimed the €700-million release clause written into the player’s Barcelona contract was no longer valid, the Argentine superstar’s camp backtracked on his demand to leave the club on Friday.
But Messi didn’t concede defeat without offering some choice words for the club’s leadership, as he dubbed Barcelona “a disaster” under the presidency of Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Here are some of the best reactions to Messi reversing his decision in a blockbuster interview:
Or, rather, the Bartomeu hierarchy
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) September 4, 2020
Alas, poor Burofax. We hardly knew you.
— John Brewin (@JohnBrewin_) September 4, 2020
Lionel Messi has announced he’s… doing nothing. Wasn’t that fun?
— Adam Digby (@Adz77) September 4, 2020
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink remains the only player with all the letters in ‘Lionel Messi’ to score in the PL
— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) September 4, 2020
City fans when they thought they were signing Messi but then found out they weren’t… pic.twitter.com/ZEM8EUOlqR
— LatvianLou (@LatvianLou) September 4, 2020
The sheer brutality of Messi’s statement – certainly the Bartomeu bits – is something, even if you knew how he felt before. Still not sold on the president not being able to survive this. He’s got through loads of other moments that he shouldn’t have been able to.
— Andy Brassell (@andybrassell) September 4, 2020
Reminds me a bit of Maradona wanting to leave Napoli in 1989-90 and being forced to stay by the club. Angry Diego ended up going on a 4-day bender every week, detoxing in time for Sunday’s game and winning the Scudetto. (Don’t see Messi doing the 4-day bender part, though.)
— Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) September 4, 2020
Barcelona: pic.twitter.com/5eDFdzeOyb
— B/R Football (@brfootball) September 4, 2020
I’m glad Messi didn’t come to the Premier League, only because after his first quiet game some British TV pundits would have become absolutely unbearable.
— Musa Okwonga (@Okwonga) September 4, 2020
Live look at Bartomeu and the Barca board sizing up their dinner menu for the next seven months pic.twitter.com/Gy6Lw8nWXw
— Dustin Parkes (@dustinparkes) September 4, 2020
Cyrus Jones is looking to make an NFL comeback just nine months after having open-heart surgery, the former cornerback told The Baltimore Sun.
Jones, 26, a second-round pick by the New England Patriots, played four seasons as a defensive back and returner before being placed on the Non-Football Injury list last November. Doctors in Denver discovered a congenital coronary defect, which required open-heart surgery.
He currently is training three to four times a week and is hoping to soon be cleared by his doctors.
“When you go through something like that, it forces you to dig deep and kind of figure out who you truly are, what you’ve really got in you and how much you’re willing to sacrifice to get back out there and chase your dream again,” Jones told The Sun. “I found out that I’m even more unbreakable than I thought I was. I’ve been through a lot in my career, and having all that thrown on top of it definitely could have been a catastrophic thing. I could have just kind of given up, but that’s never been me.”
After two disappointing seasons in New England, Jones joined his hometown Ravens in 2018. He showed flashes as a returner, bringing back a punt 70 yards for a touchdown against the Raiders.
But Jones struggled with ball security and was released on Nov. 12, just nine days after he fumbled a punt against the Patriots. He was signed the following day by