QB Winston suspended for personal conduct violation
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston was suspended for the first three games of 2018 for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
Winston’s punishment comes in the wake of a lengthy NFL investigation into allegations that he groped a female Uber driver in March 2016 in Scottsdale, Arizona, with evidence gleaned from electronic devices and other communications.
Television: Terry Mcaulay will serve as an on-air rules analyst for NBC’S “Sunday Night Football” and work Notre Dame football games for NBC, and fellow recently retired referee Gene Steratore will join CBS as a rules analyst for the NFL and college basketball.
Panthers: The NFL fined outgoing owner Jerry Richardson $2.75 million after an investigation into workplace misconduct for three cases of sexual harassment and the use of a racial slur toward an African-american team scout.
Giants: William H. Jenkins, 34, the brother of cornerback Janoris Jenkins, had an alleged altercation in his brother’s New Jersey home that led to the death of Roosevelt Rene, 25, the Bergen County prosecutor’s office said.
Draft: Cornerback Sam Beal, one of four players available in the July 11 supplemental draft, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.47 seconds and had a vertical jump of 37 inches at his pro day at Western Michigan.
Jaguars: Defensive tackle Marcell Dareus attended a ground-breaking ceremony to begin a three-classroom building in Haiti that will be named in his honor after he donated $125,000 to fund the structure.
Officiating: Clay Martin, who spent the past three seasons as an umpire, was promoted to referee, in the wake of four referees retiring this offseason.