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 Radio host Andy Slater at WINZ in Miami was the first to report the
news on Twitter.
"Big Jason Pierre-Paul story about to break in S. Fla," Slater
tweeted Sunday. "He severely injured hand in fireworks accident."
The full extent of the injuries is unknown, but ESPN.com reported
the injuries are not believed to threaten Pierre-Paul's career.
The 26-year-old Pierre-Paul is a Deerfield Beach, Florida, native
and played college football at the University of South Florida.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported Pierre-Paul's hand was treated
in a hospital.
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Washington Redskins head coach Jay Gruden already sees Robert
Griffin III benefitting with the presence of full-time quarterbacks
coach Matt Cavanaugh.
Gruden coached the quarterbacks himself last season after taking a
hands-on approach in his first year as a head coach.
Griffin struggled last season when the Redskins finished 4-12,
passing for 1,694 yards and four touchdowns with six interceptions
in nine games, and now Cavanaugh's job is to get RG3 ready to turn
things around.
Cavanaugh has 22 seasons of coaching experience across the
professional and collegiate levels.
Gruden already sees the decision of hiring Cavanaugh in January as
the right one.
"Now we have a set of eyes strictly on the quarterback, and I think
that's important," Gruden told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. "Every
snap, every handoff, every dropback is being critiqued to make sure
we do it the right way, and I think that's been a big benefit for
Robert."
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who said the NFL was acting
out of spite when it forced the cancellation of his fantasy football
convention in Las Vegas last month, plans another one next year in
Los Angeles.
"We just wanted a chance to have fans interact with their favorite
players," Romo told his hometown newspaper in Burlington, Wisconsin.
"We're going to do it next year in Los Angeles in 2016. It will be a
chance to learn about fantasy football. You can learn about
technique, why you should start someone versus certain coverages.
Little things that the average person wouldn't know the details on."
The inaugural National Fantasy Football Convention was canceled
after the league informed the NFL Players Association that the event
scheduled for July 10-12 would be in violation of NFL rules by being
held at a casino property. The three-day event was scheduled to be
hosted by the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. All of the
sessions were to be held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center,
which does not have on-site gambling. (Editing by Gene Cherry)
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