Becoming an Olympian

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3. Caitlin Clark's Olympic Snub
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10. Free Jon Gruden

Say What? Oct. 28 — Nov. 3

"This goes back to 'darned if you do, darned if you don't.' The QB is the most important position on the field. He has to protect himself a little better. . . . It was called down from the league and they wanted to do further evaluation. When I went in there at halftime, he wanted to go back out there. But obviously he didn't pass the test. I'm not going to get too far into that. At the same time, he went out there and threw a couple good balls after, I guess, the supposed hit put him in the protocol." — Pats coach Jerod Mayo on QB Drake Maye