National Football League roundup

[February 01, 2017]  Jan 31 (The Sports Xchange) - Atlanta Falcons receiver Mohamed Sanu is playing in the biggest football game of his life on Sunday. But not very many people want to ask about his 59-catch regular season leading into the Super Bowl LI matchup with the New England Patriots.

In the wake of President Donald Trump's executive order that puts a temporary travel ban in place against seven Muslim-majority countries, Sanu is suddenly a player in demand and it has nothing to do with his football skills.

It is because he is a Muslim playing in the big game on the heels of a controversial executive order.

"It's a very tough situation and I just pray that us as a country and a world can be united as one," Sanu told reporters in Houston. "It's really hard for me to talk about this right now. It would take a lot of time so I just want to focus on the game and focus on football."

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Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson withdrew from the proposed Raiders' stadium deal, presenting the franchise's relocation from Oakland to Las Vegas with a significant financial roadblock.

The 83-year-old billionaire had committed $650 million to the $1.9 billion stadium project, but backed out after saying he wasn't included in the creation of a lease document presented to the Clark County Stadium Authority.

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Reading between the lines is not difficult when the typeface is bold, 50-point and ends in an exclamation.

The endorsement of new San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch from soon-to-be head coach Kyle Shanahan was such a stamp, even as questions bubbled over about Lynch's inexperience in any type of football evaluator role.

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Don't expect to see Rex Ryan crawling back to the NFL for any old job.

The former Buffalo Bills and New York Jets coach told the New York Daily News that he won't accept a position as a defensive coordinator and would only consider another head coaching job.

Ryan joined ESPN on Monday as an analyst for its Super Bowl LI coverage.

Ryan has done more losing than winning as a coach, going 61-66 in his eight seasons between the Jets and Bills. Ryan went 15-16 in two seasons with the Bills, including a 7-8 mark in 2016. Buffalo failed to make the postseason for the 17th consecutive season, and the Bills fired Ryan on Dec. 27. (Editing by Frank Pingue)

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