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Former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason and Phil Simms will no longer co-host “The NFL Today” on CBS. James Brown, Nate Burleson and Bill Cowher will remain on the show, and will be joined this season by former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan and former Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, according to the New York Post. Brown, Cowher, Esiason and Simms were all at the end of their current contracts this year, leading many — including the Post — to speculate that changes might be in the wind for the show’s hosting lineup. Esiason will remain as co-host on WFAN’s...

President Trump has lambasted the NFL more than 20 times for players’ “Total Disrespect of Our Great Country.” Ratings are down for NFL games and Trump figures it’s because some players aren’t standing, hand over heart, and mouthing the words to the national anthem. Trump may have made some political hay out of all this, but one only has to follow the money to learn the real reason pro football ratings are down — competition from college football. The fact is, “Their product isn’t very good these days,” Nick Bogdanovich told the Las Vegas Sun. He is the chief oddsmaker...

Matt Ryan Pulls A Hillary Clinton While Tom Brady Trumps The Falcons In 2017 Super Bowl! ***WARNING LANGUAGE** (Tommy give his post-Super Bowl commentary)

HOUSTON — It is time for even the most ardent supporter to admit that there is a problem with the guy at the top. The brash New Yorker’s all-consuming and neurotic insistence on controlling the message has virtually sidelined the fourth estate. Dangerous stuff. Welcome to the world of Roger Goodell. A world in which the commissioner simply deletes what does not please him, or God forbid, might embarrass him. Between Deflategate and Trump, Roger has some flanks to cover.

A special election will be held Tuesday, June 17 to fill the 168 District Seat in the state house left vacant by the death of Matt Ryan. The candidates are Republican Thomas Killion and Democrat Bill Thomas. The winner will serve the remainder of the term, which expires in January 2005. Killion is a former County Council chairman. Thomas challeged Ryan for the seat in November. The 168th District includes includes Newtown, Media, Middletown, Edgmont, Upper Providence and Thornbury. ©CountyPressOnline.com 2003

A special election will be held June 17 to fill the vacant seat in Delaware County's 168th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Matthew J. Ryan -- one of the most influential persons in Pennsylvania -- died 9 p.m., Saturday, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from complications associated with stomach cancer.