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The Dallas Cowboys will pick up the fifth-year option for edge rusher Micah Parsons (above), although Parsons and the team are still working on a long-term extension, as well as a contract extension with receiver Cee Dee Lamb. (Photo courtesy of TRENDRADARS.COM)
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Cowboys to pick up Parsons’ fifth-year option

The Dallas Cowboys have picked up the fifth-year option for a fairly-popular member of their roster, you might say. The Cowboys have picked up the 2025 fifth-year option on edge rusher Micah Parsons, the franchise said Wednesday afternoon. But the

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Houston running back T.J. Pledger IV (5) looks for running room against Arlington, but Renegades linebacker Colin Schooler (36, right) isn't about to give an inch. The Renegades did, though, as Houston won the battle between the two teams Sunday, 17-9. (Photo by ALEX NABOR - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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Houston holds off Arlington, 17-9

HOUSTON – Two teams looking for their first win of the season, and their first-ever United Football League win, met here at Rice Stadium Sunday, in a game where defense was king (at least in the first half). In the

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The Los Angeles Chargers introduced Jim Harbaugh (left) as head coach on Feb. 1; Harbaugh posed with John Spanos, head of business operations, for this photo. The Chargers are a team wanting very much to trade out of the No. 5 pick in next week's NFL Draft. (Photo by ASHLEY LANDIS / Courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Chargers want to deal out of fifth pick

It sounds like the Los Angeles Chargers are a team willing to deal out of the number five overall pick in next Thursday night’s first round of the NFL Draft. And it sounds like they’re wanting everyone and their brother

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Birmingham Stallions quarterback Adrian Martinez threw for over 300 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another in a 33-14 home win over Memphis on Saturday night, in week three of United Football League play. (Photo courtesy of AL.COM)
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UFL week 3 roundup (except Arlington-D.C.)

The Birmingham Stallions got their championship rings – the final championship rings ANYBODY will get from the USFL – on Friday. And then they won big on Saturday. The Stallions got a 33-14 win in front of the home crowd

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Arlington-DC photo gallery

EDITOR’S NOTE: A gallery of outstanding photos from the UFL’s Arlington-D.C. Defenders game Saturday, April 13, by The Football Beat’s own Dennis Jacobs. D.C. won the game, 29-28, with a late comeback, and on a 49-yard kick as time expired

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San Antonio quarterback Chase Garbers (14) will duel with St. Louis's A.J. McCarron on Sunday in the Alamodome. Sunday's other game has Houston at Michigan. On Saturday, the D.C. Defenders play at Arlington in the early game, and Birmingham hosts Memphis Saturday night. (Photo by JACOB LUCAS - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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UFL has strong slate this weekend

It’s already week three of the United Football League. Time to start separating the contenders from the pretenders. As always, there are four games this weekend, all easily accessible either on ESPN or FOX. The schedule: The D.C. Defenders play

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Retired NFL quarterback Tom Brady, on track to become a part of FOX NFL coverage this fall, a seven-time Super Bowl-winner, has said he'd be open to resuming his playing career if a team called him late in the upcoming season. (Photo courtesy of YAHOO! SPORTS)
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Brady open to late-season comeback

Do the kids still say, “OMG?” We may ALL be saying “OMG” if this deal goes down. In the latest from the world of the GOAT (that would be the “greatest of all time” definition of the GOAT, not the

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