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The New York Knicks are sitting on one of the more politically charged decisions in recent NBA memory. The reigning champions have yet to confirm whether they'll make the trip to the White House under President Donald Trump, which would make them the first NBA title team to do so in this era. The league is watching closely, and so is everyone else.
Meanwhile, Jerry Jones is doing what Jerry Jones does — talking, and not necessarily making anyone feel better. The Cowboys are a deflating one and two after one of the ugliest late-game collapses the NFL has seen in years, a stunning meltdown against Baltimore that left Jones himself admitting there is simply no satisfying explanation. Dallas is in trouble early, and the clock is ticking.
And in a story that cuts right to the heart of college football's cutthroat landscape, a former Auburn staffer named David Rudolph Jenrath has been arrested on two felony counts — theft of trade secrets and computer tampering. Prosecutors say the twenty-four-year-old stole proprietary football program information and sent it to competitors. He's currently sitting in Lee County Jail on a fifteen thousand dollar bond.
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