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Yahoo
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49ers' Jauan Jennings gets trade update during contract dispute
The 49ers can't afford to lose another wide receiver. ESPN's Adam Schefter reported last week that Jennings, who is in the final year of his contract, wants an extension or to move on to a new team. As training camp gets started it appears San Francisco will be keeping the wide receiver around. Vic Tafur of The Athletic reported that a Jennings trade is "unlikely" according to a league source. There's a couple reasons for this. The first, and most important, is that the 49ers' wide receiver situation is one of the worst in the league. Brandon Aiyuk just received his new contract but suffered a torn MCL and ACL in October that's put his status in jeopardy to start the season. Deebo Samuel was traded to the Washington Commanders. Second-year wideout Ricky Pearsall is recovering from a hamstring injury that has sidelined him to start training camp. That leaves Jennings, who led all 49ers' receivers with a career-high 77 catches, 975 yards, and six touchdowns last year. He appears to have some leverage with the lack of wide receivers available but the 49ers don't have the capital to give him a massive extension. After handing out big contracts to Aiyuk and Brock Purdy, San Francisco has had to cut key players to make the money work. So with no plans to trade him and a lack of financial flexibility, where does that leave John Lynch and the 49ers' front office? Could a player of Jennings' caliber warrant a holdout during training camp? It's drama that San Francisco was hoping to avoid after dealing with Aiyuk's holdout last offseason. Unfortunately for them, it's as tumultuous as it was a year ago. MORE: Seahawks make NFL history with rookie contract to build new 'Legion of Boom' under Mike MacDonald
New York Times
6 days ago
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Oakmont suspends Wyndham Clark for damaging lockers after missing U.S. Open cut
A recent U.S. Open winner has been suspended from an iconic U.S. Open venue. Oakmont Country Club barred Wyndham Clark from the property after he damaged its 121-year-old locker room in a fit of rage after missing the cut at the U.S. Open last month. In a letter written to members this week, first obtained by Golf Digest, Oakmont president John Lynch said that Clark is not allowed at the club after discussions with the United States Golf Association (which runs the U.S. Open) and the Oakmont board. Advertisement Clark's reinstatement is contingent upon 'a number of specific conditions, including full repayment for damages, a meaningful contribution to a charity of the Board's choosing, and the successful completion of counseling and/or anger management sessions,' according to Lynch's letter. The incident in question happened after the second round of the U.S. Open, when Clark missed the cut by a stroke at 8-over par after bogeying his final hole. Shortly after, a social post from No Laying Up's Todd Schuster showed a photo of Oakmont's lockers kicked in, which Clark later confirmed were from his actions. — Tron Carter (@TronCarterNLU) June 15, 2025 The U.S. Open returns to Oakmont in 2033. With the Open Championship beginning Thursday at Royal Portrush, Clark has not spoken about whether or not he intends to meet any of the club's requirements for reinstatement. Clark, who won the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, apologized for the locker damage the following week at the Travelers Championship. But his apology garnered even more scrutiny when he implied he just wanted to move on for himself and 'for Oakmont.' 'I made a mistake that I deeply regret,' Clark said. 'I'm very sorry for what happened. But I'd also like to move on, not only for myself but for Oakmont, for the USGA, and kind of focus on the rest of this year and things that come up. I still want to try to make the Ryder Cup team. I still am on the outside looking in for the FedEx Cup. So I'm starting to move on and focus on those things.' Clark's entire rise in golf has largely been followed by the storyline of his mental health journey, overcoming anger issues and the loss of his mother with the help of performance coach Julie Elion. In 2023, he won the Wells Fargo Championship before jumping into stardom with his win at LACC for a major championship. He's since become a mainstay on U.S. Cup teams at both the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup and is a member of the tour's new TGL indoor league. But in 2025, Clark has struggled, going three months between finishes inside the top 25. Advertisement That culminated with his missed cut at Oakmont, and he had other incidents with anger in that timeframe. At the PGA Championship in May, Clark threw a club behind him that flew through a tee sign. Since the incident at Oakmont, Clark finished T17 at the Travelers Championship and T11 at the Scottish Open. 'Yeah, I mean, I made a mistake in a moment of rage with, you know, a bad year and everything coming together and it just was more than anything a good wake-up call for me to say, 'Hey, you know what, let's get back on track and things aren't that bad,'' Clark said last week in Scotland. 'I live a great life and I'm not that far off from playing good golf, so I feel like I've turned a page and we're now maybe on the right track of playing some good golf.'
