Former Lee/Alabama WR Henry Ruggs III spoke to us shortly after being drafted by the Raiders
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Henry Ruggs III, who is from Montgomery, played football at Lee High School before becoming a star wide receiver for Alabama.
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If Conor McGregor manages to knock out Floyd Mayweather Jr., Las Vegas bookmakers will suffer the biggest single event loss in the history of sports betting. McGregor fans are flooding casinos with small bets on the longshot mixed martial artist. He makes his pro boxing debut Saturday night against Mayweather, who is 49-0 and considered the best defensive fighter of…
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) – Heavy hitters in Nevada’s casino industry are going to bat for a project backed by one of their competitors, saying a proposed NFL stadium and a convention center expansion in Las Vegas are game-changing opportunities that Nevada lawmakers shouldn’t pass up. Steve Wynn of Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren and Caesars Entertainment…
CLEVELAND (AP) – A former NFL player who stole money from Cleveland nonprofit groups he once ran has pleaded guilty to federal charges. A plea agreement signed Wednesday by ex-Cleveland Browns wide receiver Reggie Rucker calls for a federal prison sentence of about two years. The 68-year-old Rucker is scheduled to be sentenced in May. Rucker was charged last week…
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Right fight; wrong strategy. That’s what many ranchers and sympathizers of the armed occupation at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon have concluded. They say the weekslong standoff that ended Thursday with the arrests of the final occupiers has only strengthened the resolve to fight federal government control over public lands. But many say the strategy…