Cam Newton talked to only one other team in offseason aside from Patriot...

The hype behind Cam Newton has been high since news broke over the weekend that he agreed to a deal with the New England Patriots, but one NFL insider says only one other team in the leaguewas interested in talking with the 2015 MVP. Newtons future in the NFL began to dwindle after he was cut from the Carolina Panthers and remained a free agent well into the offseason as quarterback slots began to fill up. ODELL BECKHAM JR. SHOOTS DOWN PATRIOTS TRADE RUMORS: WE GOT UNFINISHED BUSINESSOn Sunday, multiple reports revealed that Newton and the Pats agreed to a one-year contract, which could be worth up to $7 million in incentives. ESPN reported that it was Newtons only offer, albeit still a good one, and that the only other team to even approach the injury-prone quarterback was the Cleveland Browns.



The truth of the matter is that Cam Newton did not have any other offers from any other teams. There was nobody that was calling him and lighting up his phone, trying to recruit him to a certain city, ESPNs Adam Schefter saidTuesday.



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COVER SEATS NEAR FIELD: NOT READY TO GIVE UP YETThere was one other team that did have one conversation with him. It was very brief, it didnt go very far but the Cleveland Browns did speak to Cam Newton at one point and time but those talks never really went anywhere. Newton expressed his excitement to join the Patriots franchise in a video Monday but reiterated previously claims that he never wanted to leave the Panthers.



CLICK HERE TO GET MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS. COMIll say this right now: I never once wanted to leave Carolina. Dont let them make you believe anything else. It was their decision, I stuck with it, and I knew that, so I asked for a trade. Everything else? Thats BS.



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Bogus Ideas Have Superspreaders, Too

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You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. If the Rock encouraged his 58 million Facebook followers to vandalize a fast-food restaurant, Facebooks policies would treat it the same as if your neighbor blasted this to his 25 friends.  President Trumps tweets can subject people to relentless harassment, but Twitter applies the same (or even looser) rules to his account as to ours. This past week (and forever), internet companies have been trying to figure out how to handle posts that can encourage violence, contribute to social division and harassment, or spread false information about elections or other high-stakes topics. When online companies make these decisions, they largely consider the substance of the message, divorced from the messenger, to decide whether a post is harmful and should be deleted or hidden. But whether they intend it or not, celebrities, politicians and others with large online followings can be superspreaders  not of the coronavirus but of dangerous or false information.  And I wonder whether these prominent people need to be held to stricter rules.







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California professors in support of renaming John Wayne Airport argue ac...

Two college professors in Orange County who called for theJohn Wayne Airport to be renamed are speaking out after the late American icons son, Ethan Wayne, came to his defense on Monday. Dr.  Fred Smoller and Dr.  Michael Moodian are two of the three individualsin Orange County, Calif.  -- including Ada da Briceo, chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County -- whose names are listed on the resolution that calls for John Waynes name and likenesses to be removed from the airport over his past racist and bigoted statements decades ago.  In a statement to Fox News, the two Chapman University professors now call out the actors son for proclaiming that John Waynewas not a racist. It is commendable  though not surprising  that Ethan Wayne would come to the defense of his famous father.  However, there is nothing in the historical record to support Ethans assertion that if John Wayne were here today, he would be in the forefront demanding fairness and justice for all people, and that, He would have pulled those officers off of George Floyd, because that was the right thing to do.  He would stand for everyones right to protest and work toward change. JOHN WAYNES FAMILY RESPONDS TO ACTORS CONTROVERSIAL 1971 INTERVIEW WITH PLAYBOYSmoller and Moodianauthored the op-ed that kicked off the campaign to rename the John Wayne Airport.  They denounced the statement Ethan Wayne gave to Fox News on Monday, in which he said that the late actors 1971 interview with Playboydid not convey his true feelings. In the interview at the time, John Wayne is quoted saying, I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility.  I dont believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people.  He also said he felt no remorse for the subjugation of Native Americans and called movies such as Easy Rider and Midnight Cowboy perverted.





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