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Fantasy football trade tips: Yes, you should trade ‘TD machine’ Melvin Gordon; The Panthers are paying the price for letting Josh Norman walk away; In banning Tom Brady, NFL hoped to gash Patriots. Turns out, it was just a scratch.; Quarterback may be the most precarious position in the NFL this season; NFL Week 4 – Steelers, Le’Veon Bell roar back; Cam Newton, Trevor Siemian leave with injuries; Fantasy football 2016: The most important, must-read tips and takeaways from NFL Week 4; Raiders look like they’re for real after reeling off three road wins; Cam Newton and the Panthers face a stack of problems along with their 1-3 start; Redskins climb back to even record with victory over Browns; The Virginia Tech Hokies are ranked for the first time since 2014; The Colts’ rapid regression shows how faith in Chuck Pagano, Ryan Grigson may prove costly; The final day of the season? Maybe not. A guide to MLB’s playoff scenario chaos.; Clemson pulls off a rip-roaring win over Louisville to cap a cross-country whirlwind; Kevin Durant and the Warriors’ traveling circus make first stop north of the border; College football winners and losers: Georgia celebrates first, Tennessee celebrates last; Toronto Raptors lock arms during anthems before preseason game against Golden State; From Washington to Clemson, a reporter goes around the college football world in a day; Long-dormant Washington throttled Stanford and put college football on notice; 76ers star rookie Ben Simmons suffers fractured bone in right foot; Still mourning Jose Fernandez, the Miami Marlins arrive at the end of their season; Texas reportedly will fire Charlie Strong after the season; Ravens fan is in critical condition after alleged fight with Raiders fans; Dez Bryant says his rough week makes him ‘America’s most hated’; Tom Brady is free to return to the Patriots, marking the official end of Deflategate; A big decision in Big D: Tony Romo or Dak Prescott at quarterback?; The NFL isn’t buying Antonio Brown’s ‘Key and Peele’ two-pump celebration; LeBron James officially endorses Hillary Clinton for president; ‘I have said enough for a lifetime': Vin Scully ends his legendary career; Brandon Marshall says he’s ‘going down in the boat with Ryan Fitzpatrick’; Trevor Siemian carted off with shoulder injury, Paxton Lynch in for Broncos; If Colts want to win, they need to start protecting Andrew Luck; Home runs will make the difference for the Orioles against the Blue Jays; It’s hard to take the Rams seriously when their offense stinks; The Patriots have one problem even Tom Brady can’t fix; After Julio Jones’s monster game, Panthers must admit they are in trouble

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Fantasy football trade tips: Yes, you should trade ‘TD machine’ Melvin Gordon

The Chargers running back is a prime candidate to sell high, while others should be acquired on the cheap.

By Des Bieler • Read more »

The Panthers are paying the price for letting Josh Norman walk away

The defending NFC champs are staggering at 1-3 after surrendering 300 receiving yards to Julio Jones and more than 500 passing yards Sunday to Matt Ryan. That and more in NFL 1st and 10.

By Mark Maske • Read more »

In banning Tom Brady, NFL hoped to gash Patriots. Turns out, it was just a scratch.

In the end, the Patriots' punishment over Deflategate will end up being not much of a penalty at all.

By Adam Kilgore • Read more »

Quarterback may be the most precarious position in the NFL this season

Cam Newton, Carson Palmer and Trevor Siemian are just the latest in the NFL's growing club of injured quarterbacks.

By Rick Maese • Read more »

NFL Week 4 – Steelers, Le’Veon Bell roar back; Cam Newton, Trevor Siemian leave with injuries

The NFL action started bright and early Sunday in London.

By Washington Post • Read more »

Fantasy football 2016: The most important, must-read tips and takeaways from NFL Week 4

What were the biggest surprises of Week 4 in fantasy football? Who disappointed? All that and more in our recap analysis.

By John Romero • Read more »

Raiders look like they’re for real after reeling off three road wins

The Raiders look the part of a playoff contender.

By Mark Maske • Read more »

Cam Newton and the Panthers face a stack of problems along with their 1-3 start

The Panthers have lost more games already than they did all of last year.

By Adam Kilgore • Read more »

Redskins climb back to even record with victory over Browns

Sunday’s 31-20 defeat of winless Cleveland makes Washington 2-2 on the season. This is a developing story. It will be updated.

By Washington Post Staff • Read more »

The Virginia Tech Hokies are ranked for the first time since 2014

No. 25 Virginia Tech will play No. 17 North Carolina at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

By Ava Wallace • Read more »

The Colts’ rapid regression shows how faith in Chuck Pagano, Ryan Grigson may prove costly

Indy falls to 1-3 with Sunday's loss to the Jaguars in London.

By Mark Maske • Read more »

The final day of the season? Maybe not. A guide to MLB’s playoff scenario chaos.

Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, MLB

By Barry Svrluga • Read more »

Clemson pulls off a rip-roaring win over Louisville to cap a cross-country whirlwind

From a sea of purple on Friday to an ocean of orange on Saturday, a college football whirlwind ends in the deep South.

By Chuck Culpepper • Read more »

Kevin Durant and the Warriors’ traveling circus make first stop north of the border

In case you haven't heard, the team that set a regular season record for wins added a pretty notable free agent this offseason. Our first look at the 'new' Golden State came Saturday in Vancouver.

By Tim Bontemps • Read more »

College football winners and losers: Georgia celebrates first, Tennessee celebrates last

The Vols keep finding a way to rally, Michigan holds off Wisconsin and North Carolina chops past Florida State.

By Patrick Stevens • Read more »

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