Jurors deadlock, judge declares mistrial in Miami football murder case​

A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the murder trial of former Miami Hurricanes player Rashaun Jones, accused of the shooting of teammate Bryan Pata in 2006.

About an hour after the six jurors began their second day of deliberations, Florida 11th Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda came into the courtroom to address the attorneys, reading a statement from the jurors: "At this point we are deadlocked with no one willing to move." Miranda instructed them to keep trying, but after about another hour, they again said they could not render a verdict.

Afterward, one jury member who asked to remain anonymous told ESPN that only one of the six jurors wanted to convict Jones.
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Alvarez said the defense will "certainly try" to introduce new evidence at a retrial. Miranda, who ruled against most defense motions regarding other possible theories in the case, apparently would preside once again.

Pata's brother Edwin spoke for the victim's family saying, "Bryan would want us to continue to press, to continue to fight, to continue to stay strong, and that's what we're going to do.
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Sources: Commanders to release CB Marshon Lattimore, save $18.5M​

The Washington Commanders informed cornerback Marshon Lattimore that he will be released before the league year begins next week, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter, a move that had been expected since Lattimore suffered a season-ending injury in November.

The new league year begins at 4 p.m. ET on March 11. The Commanders will save $18.5 million in salary cap space; they currently have the fifth-most space available. Washington is expected to be aggressive on the free agent market, particularly at corner, according to league sources.

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Barnes joined Mississippi State in 2024 after previously serving as the defensive coordinator at Memphis and in roles at Ohio State and Maryland.

Former Ohio State DC gets a coaching job at Maryland​

Barnes has left the Bulldogs in order to take a job at Maryland. He is back in the Big Ten, as is now the new special teams coordinator for the Terps. He is back in the Big Ten after five years away.

Jagdaddy said:

The stunner to me is that McAfee's 36. I don't pay much attention to him but I thought he was 45 or so.

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Article’s a couple years old. He’ll be 39 in a couple months.

OregonBuckeye said:

They're diverting me from watching them with their uninspired play

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Me too.

Steve19 said:

From AI, but I checked and accurate...explains the original attraction of Big12 members to the SEC a bit more fully?

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Having a large alumni base is certainly an advantage, but I wonder what the Venn diagram between dues paying alumni and alumni that spend money on/donate money to the football program looks like for various universities. Are the dues paying alumni typically athletic department supporters, academic supporters, or both?

36" vertical at the combine. And he blocks like a fucking boss. Give me Will any day of the week in the NFL.

*also 4.74 40. Not bad.

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Bell has actually been with the Buffaloes since last year, but had not formally been announced as a member of Colorado’s coaching staff until Saturday. His promotion to safeties coach comes after former Colorado defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, who doubled as Colorado’s safeties coach, left the Buffaloes to be the defensive passing game coordinator and secondary coach for the NFL’s Denver Broncos.

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But there is one thing I do know. The University of Cincinnati deserves $1 million in damages.

The boys…

I’m excited for this guy. Different size and he plays mean too

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That's funny because I got a reservation for this weekend. My son and I went to the Ohio State - Texas game and we got there SUPER early. (I never know how early to leave or predict the traffic.) The stadium scoreboard had an ad for this. So I got home and looked into it, and made this our Christmas gift to a bunch of the family.
I'm hoping it's as awesome as I want it to be.

So-so book, too much emphasis on his religion and not enough on football. He did indicate why he ended up in New Orleans in lieu of Miami. In the end New Orleans was the only team that offered him a contract for QB1 money. Every other team that had made an offer, it was for QB2 money. Originally Miami had offered QB1 money too; however, they pulled that offer in favor of one with QB2 money "at the last minute".