Micah Parsons requests trade from Cowboys after contract negotiations fall apart: 'I no longer want to be here'

Micah Parsons requests trade from Cowboys after contract negotiations fall apart: 'I no longer want to be here'

Micah Parsons wants a trade from the Dallas Cowboys. The star pass rusher released a lengthy statement Friday, detailing his frustrations with the team's approach to negotiating his next contract. Parsons posted hisstatement on Xwith the caption, "Thank you Dallas." In the note, Parsons detailed the timeline of his contact negotiations with the team. Early in the note, Parsons wrote, "I no longer want to be here." He then claimed he and his agent reached out to the Cowboys prior to the start of the 2024 NFL season and again after the 2024 season about a new contract, only to be ignored by the team. Parsons then confirmed earlier reports suggesting he met with team owner Jerry Jones in March "to talk about leadership." At that meeting, Parsons claimed Jones started to discuss Parsons' next contract. Parsons said he engaged in a back-and-forth with Jones over contract details, but did not feel it was "a formal negotiation." At the end of that meeting, Parsons said he told Jones his agent would reach out to further discuss the new deal. When Parsons' agent got in touch with the team, the Cowboys went silent, according to Parsons. [Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2025 NFL season] At the end of the note, Parsons said the Cowboys have yet to speak with his agent regarding a new contract. He then confirmed he submitted a trade request to team COO and co-owner Stephen Jones. "Up to today the team has not had a single conversation with my agent about a contract. Not one demand has been made by my agent about money years or anything else. Still I stayed quiet but again after repeated shots at myself and all the narratives I have made a tough decision I no longer want to play for the Dallas Cowboys. My trade request has been submitted to Stephen Jones personally." Despite that request, the Cowboys reportedlyhave no desire to trade Parsons, according to Diana Russini of The Athletic. Parsons, 26, has one year left on his current contract. He's set to make $24 million in 2025 before hitting the free-agent market. Since being drafted by the Cowboys with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, Parsons has emerged as one of the best defenders in the league. He's made the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons and is a two-time first-team All-Pro selection. Despite his contract situation,Parsons showed up at voluntary workoutsin April to lend his support to new head coach Brian Schottenheimer. Parsons alsoshowed up for training camp, though he has not participated in practices due to his contract situation. [Get more Cowboys news: Cowboys team feed] Friday's trade request comes a day afterParsons tweeted out a GIFimplying it would be his final season with the Cowboys. Prior to Parsons releasing his statement Friday, at least two Cowboys defenders showed support for the star pass rusher by changingtheir social media avatarsto pictures that included Parsons. Star receiver CeeDee Lamb weighed in on the situation, telling the Cowboys to "just pay the man" in a post on X.

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Micah Parsons requests trade from Cowboys after contract negotiations fall apart: 'I no longer want to be here'

Micah Parsons requests trade from Cowboys after contract negotiations fall apart: 'I no longer want to be here' Micah Parsons wants ...

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Jake Retzlaff still loves BYU but expresses faith in his fresh start at Tulane

Jake Retzlaff still loves BYU but expresses faith in his fresh start at Tulane

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jake Retzlaff is embracing some new nicknames. "BYJew" is anendearment of the past. Now, "Kosher Cannon," "Shabbat Shotgun" and "Bayou Jew" are among the monikers mentioned bythe sizeable Jewish communityat Retzlaff's new school, Tulane. It's a fresh start for Retzlaff, but one the former BYU quarterback wasn't necessarily seeking until May, when he was named in a since-dismissed civil sexual assault lawsuit. Retzlaff maintains that he loved playing for the Cougars, despite being one of very few Jews on BYU's predominantly Mormon campus in Provo, Utah. "BYU was an amazing place. It made me into an amazing human being. I feel like it helped me grow in so many ways on and especially off the field," Retzlaff said, wearing a Star of David on a chain around his neck. "It helped me connect stronger with my faith than I did before, because I was in a place where it was so faith-oriented that it was just right in front of you." Retzlaff went 11-2 as a starter for a 2024 BYU team that finished the season at No. 13 in the finalAP Top 25 Poll. Hisdecision to withdrawcame while he reportedly faced a suspension for acknowledging what he described as a consensual sexual relationship while defending himself against the lawsuit. The university's honor code requires students to abstain from premarital sex. Speaking on Friday for the first time since arriving at Tulane about a week ago, Retzlaff declined to address the factors that led him to leave BYU, where he spent the past two years. "I'm just worried about where my feet are," Retzlaff said. "I'm just worried about this next chapter, being at Tulane, winning football games." Tulane coach Jon Sumrall said the university's administration vetted Retzlaff before clearing the way for Sumrall to bring him to the Green Wave, where he'll now have to outperform three other transfer QBs — Kadin Semonza from Ball State, Donovan Leary from Illinois and Brendan Sullivan from Iowa — to win the starting job. "I was very transparent with the guys in the (quarterback) room. I was also very up front with Jake," Sumrall said. "None of them were promised anything in regards to who's going to start." Retzlaff said he had other offers, but remembered fondly his recruitment by the then-coach of Troy in 2023 — Sumrall. Retzlaff recalled telling his father, Steve, that he could envision playing for Sumrall one day. "I knew he's a guy I want to be around," Retzlaff said. Tulane didn't have a scholarship available for Ratzlaff, but the 22-year-old graduate transfer said that being a walk-on suits him because he plays with a chip on his shoulder and doesn't want to be short-sighted about money at the expense of setting himself up for long-term success. "I know that I'm going to get what I deserve, hopefully, at the next level," Retzlaff said. "If that means sacrificing a little bit of money on my side (now) .. so what? Let's go win football games." First, he has to learn a new offense, which he said has meant a lot of late nights. He also is working to acclimatize himself to oppressively hot, heavy air of swampy south Louisiana in the summer, even wearing a sweat absorbent wrist band on his throwing arm for the first time. "I'm soaked right now," he said after practice, contrasting his new home to the cooler, mountainous, semi-arid Salt Lake area. "I haven't sweat this much in my life." One adjustment he won't mind is being on a campus where around 40% of students are Jewish. "It's a cool deal. It's so opposite" from BYU, Retzlaff said. "My faith is super important to me. So, that fact just made it that much sweeter to come here." He said he's felt welcome in the locker room as well. "The guys have been nothing but great to me — every guy on the team and especially the quarterback room," Retzlaff said, noting that he has tried to eat each meal of each day with different players in an effort to get to know them better. Whoever plays quarterback for Tulane will do so for a team that has appeared in three straight American Conference title games, but also had a lot of turnover after last season — including the loss of one-year starter Darian Mensah to Duke in the transfer portal. Sumrall not only isn't projecting Mensah's replacement, but said he might play two quarterbacks in the Green Wave's season opener against Northwestern in New Orleans on Aug. 30. "No matter what, this is a new chapter in my life," Retzlaff said. "I'm excited to attack it and make the most of it." ___ AP college football:https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-pollandhttps://apnews.com/hub/college-football

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Jake Retzlaff still loves BYU but expresses faith in his fresh start at Tulane

Jake Retzlaff still loves BYU but expresses faith in his fresh start at Tulane NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jake Retzlaff is embracing some new nickna...

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At town hall, GOP congressman booed defending Trump's tariffs

At town hall, GOP congressman booed defending Trump's tariffs

In a rowdy town hall on Thursday night, Wisconsin Republican Rep. Bryan Steil was booed when he expressed support for President Donald Trump's trade policies. An attendee pressed Steil onTrump's tariffs against scores of U.S. trade partners. "I really feel that this is a terrible tax that's going to be placed on the citizens of the Unites States. I would like to know what dire economic circumstances put Trump in a position of deploying tariffs on over 190 countries?" the attendee asked, prompting applause from the crowd. "You have allowed him to do that and it's sad. So tell me the dire circumstances that triggered his tariff wars." MORE: Trump unveils sweeping tariffs in 'new system of trade' Steil's response prompted loud boos from participants. "As we look at the broader tariffs back and forth with the administration, this really is, at its core needs to be, an opportunity to make sure other countries are treating the United States fairly," the congressman said. In the Elkorn town hall, the congressman was also pressed on other topics, including the impacts Trump's megabill will have on Medicaid and other services. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated the cuts to Medicaid included the sweeping tax and spending cut bill, which Trump signed into law on July 4, will result in 10 million Americans losing health insurance. MORE: Inside the GOP's mission to deliver Trump's megabill Responding to the eventon X, Steil wrote "despite a handful of individuals attempting to disrupt the discussion, we had a great dialogue about the issues that matter most." He committed to holding future events. Some in the room were local protestors,ABC News affiliate WISN reported, including members of a group who last week carried a mock cardboard coffin to Steil's home to protest Medicaid cuts. Earlier this year, Rep. Richard Hudson, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, encouraged House Republicans to domore virtual events over in-person town hallsafter severalHouse Republicans faced fiery constituents at in-person town halls. House Democrats are being challenged at their town halls, too, facing pushback on topics such as the response to the war in Gaza. Earlier this week, Illinois Rep. Bill Foster, a Democrat, hosted a town hall event where he was repeatedly interrupted by anti-war protesters.

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At town hall, GOP congressman booed defending Trump's tariffs

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Kamala Harris' revealing interview with Colbert on election loss, political future

Kamala Harris' revealing interview with Colbert on election loss, political future

(Correction:Joe Bidenwas the 46th president of the United States. An earlier version of this story included the wrong number in the order of U.S. presidents.) WASHINGTON —Former Vice President Kamala Harrisdenied that she wassitting outnext year's California governor's racebecause she's holding outfor a different office. "No, no,"she told"The Late Show"host Stephen Colbertduring a July 31 appearance. "Honestly, it's more, perhaps, basic than that." Harris said she thought a lot aboutrunning for governorin her home state. The 2024 Democratic nominee wholost to President Donald Trumphad also previously served as California attorney general and one of the state's two U.S. senators. The 60-year-old who made history as the nation's first female, Black and Asian-American vice president was born in Oakland and now lives near Los Angeles. More:Kamala Harris' decision kickstarts the 2028 Democratic presidential primary: 5 takeaways "Recently I made the decision that, for now, I don't want to go back into the system, I think it's broken," Harris said. Harris said she long believed that the country's systems would be strong enough to defend the nation's core principles but she does not currently believe that's the case. "I want to travel the country, I want to listen to people, I want to talk with people, and I don't want it to be transactional, where I'm asking for their vote," Harris, who has run for president, told Colbert. Earlier in the week, Harris released a statement that she would not compete in the California gubernatorial race in 2026. Yet, she left the door open to a 2028 presidential bid by saying that "for now" she would stay out of public office. She repeated the phase on Colbert as she addressed his question about the California governor's race, while indirectly addressing speculation that she could launch a third presidential campaign. Harris said Democrats have "lots of leaders" they can look to at present and argued that it would be a "mistake" to put the future of the party on "the shoulders of any one person." Harris ran a short-lived campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination before joining Biden's ticket and serving as his vice president. She became the Democratic nominee for president in 2024 after Biden dropped outless than four monthsbefore the general election. During her abbreviated White House campaign Harris faced questions from voters and party insiders - plus Trumpattacks- about whether she was doing enough to distinguish herself from Biden, who is now 82. In the Colbert interview, Harris signaled that she would not be commenting on her former boss' health and fitness for office when he quit the race. Harris said she has an "incredible amount of respect" for Biden, and she encouraged her audience to remember the former 46th president of the United States as someone who believed in the rule of law and the importance of public service and integrity. "And that's where I'll leave that," she said. As for the 2024 campaign, Harris said did not want to "pile on" Biden after he dropped out. "There was a lot of piling on at that time, and I wasn't going to participate in that." The former vice president was on the program to promote her memoir, "107 Days," the publication of which she announcedin a videothat morning. The book will be published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 23. More:Kamala Harris leaves door open for potential 2028 presidential run It was Harris' eighth appearance on the program, which wasCBS cancelled last monthand will end next year, and her first interview about her forthcoming memoir. During the interview she teased a passage in the book about her last birthday. She said her husband, Doug Emhoff, "kind of dropped the ball," last October when she turned 60 just before the election. Harris said she didn't watch the news for months after her loss to Trump. "You know, I'm just not into self-mutilation," she joked. Instead, Harris said she turned to cooking shows. "'The Kitchen' is one of my favorites," she said. During the Colbert interview, Harris also reflected on her drive to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2025, for the certification of Trump's election win. Harris presided over the process in her capacity as president of the Senate and officially declared Trump, who received 312 votes at the Electoral College to her 226, the winner of the 2024 presidential contest. That act invoked memories of the assault on the Capitol four years earlier, when lawmakers and former Vice PresidentMike Pencewent through the same process to certify Joe Biden and Harris as the nation's next leaders, Harris said. During the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, Harris was in her final days still representing California in the U.S. Senate and was at the Capitol. "It was a difficult day, because it brought up - it conjured a lot, in terms of what that exact day was, what that day has meant in the history of our country, the recent history of our country," she said. Harris said she had not spoken to Pence but complimented him for upholding the Constitution. (This story has been updated with more information and video.) This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Kamala Harris gives revealing take on 2024 election loss to Colbert

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Kamala Harris' revealing interview with Colbert on election loss, political future

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ESPN obtains RedZone, other media assets from NFL in blockbuster deal, per report

ESPN obtains RedZone, other media assets from NFL in blockbuster deal, per report

In one of the biggest media deals this century, ESPN and the National Football League agreed to a deal that will send popular entities such as RedZone over to the network,according to The Athletic. The deal, according to the report, could be worth billions and is expected to be formally announced next week. ESPN is gearing to start its direct-to-consumer service within weeks, which consumers are expected to pay nearly $30 a month, allowing buyers to cut cable subscriptions even further as people have more choices than ever in how they consume content featuring the nation's most popular and attended spectator sport. The network is expected to absorb the aforementioned RedZone, NFL Network, headquartered in Inglewood, California, and to take on its slate of games this season as well as the league's popular fantasy football franchises. It is not expected that NFL Films is part of the deal, but the league is likely to take a 10% stake in the majority Disney-owned ESPN. The league is currently in an 11-year, $111 billion media rights deal with Amazon, CBS, ESPN, Fox, and NBC, which is set to expire in 2033. The deal still needs to be approved by government regulators, but is expected to be done in plenty of time for the network to gear up for its Super Bowl 61 coverage. The game is set for February 14, 2027, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The game is to be aired by ABC, another Disney-owned property. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:NFL deals RedZone, NFL Media assets to ESPN in blockbuster deal

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ESPN obtains RedZone, other media assets from NFL in blockbuster deal, per report

ESPN obtains RedZone, other media assets from NFL in blockbuster deal, per report In one of the biggest media deals this century, ESPN and t...

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