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EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JANUARY 02:  Antonio Brown #81 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks on against the New York Jets during the game at MetLife Stadium on January 02, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Why Brown just went too far even for NFL

Antonio Brown peeled off his jersey, tossed away his pads, flipping peace signs to confused fans as he departed the field. It figures to be just about the strangest end to just about the strangest NFL career we have seen.

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Antonio Brown quits midway through a game

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said the wide receiver is no longer a part of the team after Brown appeared to simply quit midway through a game against the New York Jets

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ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 04: Alabama Crimson Tide Punter James Burnip (86) during the SEC Championship game between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Georgia Bulldogs on December 04, 2021, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. (Photo by Jeffrey Vest/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Aussie punters take over college football

When the first College Football Playoff semi-final takes place Friday between Alabama and Cincinnati, both of the punters will be from Australia because, well, of course they will be.

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Raiders' head coach John Madden celebrates in the Oakland 32-14 win over the Vikings at the Super Bowl XI game of the Oakland Raiders vs the Minnesota Vikings played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on  January 9, 1977. (Photo by Dennis Desprois/Getty Images)

NFL icon John Madden dead at 85

The coach who led Oakland to a Super Bowl victory, transformed the way people watch sports, then lent his name to the best-selling sports video game of all time has passed away.

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ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 06: Mac Jones #10 of the New England Patriots throws a pass in the second half of the game against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on December 06, 2021 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)

Belichick brings back the classics

One of the most successful NFL coaches of all time, Bill Belichick, put his mad genius on display once again this week as the Patriots beat the Bills with just three passes.

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St. Louis Rams quarterback Case Keenum (17) gives his teammates the play call in the huddle during a game between the St. Louis Rams and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015, at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis. The Rams won, 31-23. (Chris Lee/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Rams and NFL settle for $US790m

Local governing bodies in St. Louis successfully sued the NFL for what they describe as violating their own terms about the franchise’s relocation to Los Angeles.

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AFL dropout Arryn Sippos is realising his dream in the NFL.

From St Kilda to playing against Tom Brady

With his AFL career over at 22, Arryn Siposs settled into the idea of teaching and playing lower-grade footy. But a punt on college gridiron catapulted him into the big time for the Philadelphia Eagles.

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The first Aussie NFL star who ended up murdered

Cold case murder of an Aussie pioneer

A teen Olympian, a footy player with Carlton and the first Aussie to play in the NFL. Colin Ridgway is an Australian pioneer and his murder remains a great mystery in two countries.

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Colin Ridgway Australian high jumper VFL player with Dallas Cowboys NFL 1965

Kidnapped in Mexico, murdered in Dallas

In Part Two of our special investigation into the cold case murder of sporting pioneer Colin Ridgway, Australia’s first NFL player, we examine his tumultuous final years.