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Giants' once-promising young tight end could be on the roster bubble this summer
New York Giants tight end Daniel Bellinger (82) on the field for day two of mandatory minicamp at the Giants training center on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in East Rutherford. Danielle Parhizkaran/ / USA TODAY NETWORK During his rookie 2022 season, Daniel Bellinger showed a lot of promise for the New York Giants. However, since then, he has been largely phased out of the offense and could now find himself on the roster bubble entering the 2025 season. Is Daniel Bellinger on the roster bubble? As a rookie third-round draft pick in 2022, Bellinger flashed potential. Advertisement He totaled 30 receptions for 268 yards and two touchdowns receiving (plus one rushing touchdown) across 12 games before being knocked out of the lineup due to a fractured orbital bone. New York Giants tight end Daniel Bellinger (82) grabs his face after a tackle by Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Devin Lloyd (33) which took Bellinger out of the game with an injury to his face late in the second quarter. The Jacksonville Jaguars hosted the New York Giants at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, FL Sunday, October 23, 2022. The Jaguars trailed at the half 11 to 13. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union] Jki 102322 Hsfb Bs Jaguars Vs Giants 46 Prior to that injury, Bellinger was locking down the Giants' starting tight end job. But then the Giants traded for Darren Waller in the offseason, derailing Bellinger's development into the starting role. After Waller retired last offseason, the Giants drafted Theo Johnson, who then took over as the starter. Once again, Bellinger was supplanted. The Giants could save money by releasing Bellinger Now entering the third season of his career, Bellinger finds himself in an uphill battle to make the roster. Johnson is the projected starter, but behind him, Bellinger finds himself in a competition with the rest of the team's depth pieces. Advertisement Among those competitors is rookie seventh-round pick Thomas Fidone II, and veterans such as Chris Manhertz, Greg Dulcich. Unfortunately for Bellinger, he finds himself as the most expensive of the three options. Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Releasing Bellinger would result in $3.4 million in cap savings for the Giants. He is the highest-paid tight end on the roster, despite being TE2 or even TE3 on the depth chart at this point. As a result, the Giants could move on from Bellinger this summer. Training camp will be crucial for the third-year tight end as he fights to prove he is worth holding onto this season. Related Headlines
Forbes
a day ago
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The Lesson MLS Desperately Needs To Learn From The FIFA Club World Cup
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JULY 13: Cole Palmer #10 of Chelsea FC celebrates scoring his team's ... More second goal with team mates Joao Pedro #20 of Chelsea FC and Reece James #24 of Chelsea FC during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Final match between Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium on July 13, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by) The FIFA Club World Cup had plenty of issues, from dangerous summer conditions to matches played before tens of thousands of empty seats. Even so, in terms of overall sporting spectacle, the competition exceeded most peoples' expectations. All the clubs – even the disgruntled European powers – took the tournament seriously, helped in no small part by a total purse around $1 billion. The competition finished with an average attendance just under 40,000 per game, which puts it on near-equal footing with the top domestic leagues on earth. And thanks in particular to fans from Latin America and North Africa, the atmosphere at most games was every bit as genuine as a big UEFA Champions League or Copa Libertadores fixture. Many blasted the event as a contrived money grab, and they have a point. But the outcome underscored this fundamental truth about pro sports: Money grabs can be successful and even lead to sporting progress if they also satisfy a competive need. And the FIFA World Cup clearly did this, giving the majority of a club football world that is too often overshadowed by Europe a chance to compete with the global powers concentrated in the Big Five leagues. It's a lesson Major League Soccer's front office and ownership had better contemplate as it tries to use the momentum created by Lionel Messi's involvement to move the league forward. And so far, some ideas are far better than others. Even as the league prepares to celebrate its 30th season Wednesday at the 2025 MLS All-Star Game in Austin, Texas, there are three somwhat consistent criticisms where both MLS fans and American soccer fans who prefer other competitions would like to see improvements: Short-Term Focus Hinders Long-Term Growth There are ways to tackle all three desires in ways that can also be financially beneficial to club owners and the league. But too often, such initiatives are so laser focused on the short-term bottom line that they contradict MLS longer-term interests. One of the best examples is the upcoming Leagues Cup, which for two years pitted every team in MLS and Liga MX against each other, and will pit 18 MLS teams against the entirety of 18-team Liga MX in 2025. The idea is actually one of the best to emerge on the continent in recent years and helps the two leagues combine their strengths: Liga MX far outperforms MLS on U.S. TV, while American clubs lead most of Liga MX in terms of global visbility. And the United States-Mexico rivalry has been a defining force of Concacaf Circle for the better part of four decades, making the appeal for even casual fans obvious. But in both leagues' desire to maximize short-term revenue, every single tournament match is still played on American soil. While this maximizes ticket revenue by targeting MLS fans in local markets, plus Mexican American fans who can't regularly see their Liga MX teams in person, it undermines competitive integrity. The fomat tweak in 2025 should help some Mexican clubs in the league phase of the tournament, but the knockout round still heavily favors MLS clubs. And the result is an event that really doesn't capture much attention in the markets where those Liga MX teams actually play their league matches, and therefore does not achieve the legitimacy of similar tournaments like the UEFA Europa League or Copa Sudamericana won't earn that credibility. Unintended Consequences Domestically, similar instances in MLS abound. For example, reportedly at Apple TV's bequest, MLS expanded both the playoff field and the number of Round One games beginning in 2023, in an effort to boost the number of high-leverage games on the MLS Season Pass streaming service each year. What they actually accomplished was to sabotage previous attempts to make the regular season more meaningful. The format lessens the comparative benefit of finishing first over fourth, as well as fifth over ninth. And it more less assures all but the truly awful teams are in contention until the last month. In the Western Conference, Austin FC has been shut out nine times and sits eighth. In the East, New England has won once since May 7 and is still only eight points out. Promotion/relegation advocates will assert this is a symptom of a closed system, but it's only partly true. Liga MX regular season matches have far more urgency despite a playoff system that sees two-thirds of the league qualify, because the playoff structure is tiered to offer more rewards to top-four finishers, and the split-season format gives every league game more meaning. In other words, there were other ways to give Apple TV more playoff games while perhaps improving the regular season urgency, but MLS instead opted for the model that gave more owners a playoff home game. Then there's the whole debacle of the league's attempt to jilt the U.S. Open Cup, presumably because they were no longer directly connected to the marketing or televising of the event. While MLS isn't alone in lacking imagination around how to leverage the Open Cup, the distinct lack of interest in using the event to grow exposure in markets outside its own was comically negligent from a long-term business perspective. It only takes a brief look at the event's history to reveal how it helped contribute to MLS expansion in places like Cincinnati and Orlando. The FIFA Club World Cup wasn't perfect. Its organizers certainly had questionable motivations and questionable financiers. But they also took real risks that involved balancing the immediate bottom line with competitive concerns while giving an under-represented portion of the world's fans something they had long salivated for. Thirty years after MLS was founded, when soccer is far more in the mainstream in the United States than ever, the league's leadership and financial backers still seems unwilling to take similar risks and show faith in the fanbase it is trying to cultivate. Until that changes, a large chunk will continue to seek their soccer elsewhere.
Yahoo
a day ago
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Caleb Followill Back Onstage After Shattering Heel as Kings of Leon Join Zach Bryan and Bruce Springsteen in New Jersey
Caleb Followill is back onstage — with some assistance from Bruce Springsteen and Zach Bryan. Months after suffering a "freak accident," the Kings of Leon singer made a triumphant return to performing, appearing with the rock band three nights in a row at MetLife Stadium on July 18-20 while touring with Bryan, 29. During their final show in East Rutherford on Sunday, July 20, Bryan brought Followill, 43, and The Boss out to perform a special rendition of Springsteen's 1982 song "Atlantic City," capping off a successful weekend back on the road. Bryan introduced Followill as the "sweetest man I've ever met," according to a fan video. He then welcomed "one of the greatest men to ever exist, a New Jersey native, Mr. Bruce Springsteen." The crowd cheered on the surprise guest and chanted "BRUCE" for the 75-year-old icon as he hugged Bryan. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. This performance comes months after Followill had to put his tour on hiatus due to a major injury. On May 28, Followill announced that he shattered his heel and several Kings of Leon shows would be canceled as a result. The band was meant to kick off this leg of 10 European shows in Paris on June 10 and conclude in Portugal the following month. "Unfortunately, I regret to inform you that those shows will have to be canceled due to a freak accident that happened the other day. Broke my foot pretty bad just playing with my kids," he said in an Instagram video. "It's pretty gnarly. I'll spare all the details but we're fortunate enough to have some great doctors here in Nashville that gave me emergency surgery. And I'm on the mend, but they've told me that I can't be on my feet or traveling or anything for the next eight weeks or so." "And that's a big bummer, man. We were so excited," added Followill. 'We had a lot of exciting things planned, and now we're just gonna have to pivot and find a new way to continue the work that we've started,' he said of the band, made up of brothers Nathan and Jared and cousin Matthew Followill. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! "I'm very excited when we do get to show you the stuff that we're doing, and in the meantime, we're gonna do whatever work we can while I have these limitations." While Followill continues his recovery, Kings of Leon will perform at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in August before heading to Europe for shows in the UK, Norway and France into early September. The band returns to North America in late September. Kings of Leon released their ninth studio album Can We Please Have Fun in 2024. It's now available to stream. Read the original article on People
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2 days ago
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Popular TV Star Reveals What Taylor Swift Said to Her from Eras Tour Stage
Popular TV Star Reveals What Taylor Swift Said to Her from Eras Tour Stage originally appeared on Parade. Lola Tung is looking back on the surreal interaction she had with while attending one of the singer's Eras Tour concerts. In 2023, the star of Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty was in attendance for one of Swift's concerts in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where the "Karma" songstress actually spotted Tung in the crowd. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 While making an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, July 15, Tung, 22, recalled attending the concert with Jenny Han, the author of the 2009 novel that the hit TV show is based on. "We were right by the stage, and [Swift] looked at us, and she kind of waved and was like, 'I love you guys,'" Tung said, while recreating the heart hands gesture that Swift did at the time. "I nearly passed out. It was great." "We were right by the stage when she played 'False God,' which was also on the show," Tung said during the late-night appearance, for which she was accompanied by her co-stars and . Swift, 35, has a number of songs from her discography that have been used for the show's soundtrack, including some upbeat classic hits like "Delicate" and "Cruel Summer," as well as some deep cuts like "Last Kiss," "Exile" and "Bigger Than the Whole Sky." When asked to name her favorite Swift track that's been featured in the show, Tung said she couldn't choose between "The Way I Loved You" and "Delicate." The first two episodes of the third and final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty are set to premiere on Prime Video on Wednesday, July TV Star Reveals What Taylor Swift Said to Her from Eras Tour Stage first appeared on Parade on Jul 16, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 16, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
CNN
2 days ago
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Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance at a Zach Bryan concert
The Boss performed with the artist who has become known as his 'heir.' Bruce Springsteen surprised the audience at Zach Bryan's concert Sunday night at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, according to video shared by concertgoers on social media. 'One of the greatest men to ever exist, a New Jersey native, Mr. Bruce Springsteen,' Bryan said as he welcomed Springsteen to the stage. The two, accompanied by Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon, performed Springsteen's song 'Atlantic City' from his 1982 album, 'Nebraska.' The legendary rocker also joined Bryan for his encore, Bryan's song 'Revival.' Bryan's songwriting style has been compared to Springsteen's and the pair last performed together last August at Bryan's concert in Philadelphia. Bryan is hailed in the country music scene for his raspy tone and mix of that genre with folk music in a way many believe captures modern day Americana. His two most recent projects, 2023's 'Zach Bryan' and last year's 'The Great American Bar Scene: have been both critically acclaimed and commercially successful. Springsteen's early career is the subject of the eagerly awaited forthcoming biopic, 'Deliver Me From Nowhere.' Actor Jeremy Allen White of 'The Bear' is set to star as Springsteen in the film.
