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The NFL "found no such evidence" that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph directed a racial slur at Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett just prior to last week's brawl, league spokesman Brian McCarthy said Thursday. Garrett made the allegation during an appeal hearing with the NFL on Wednesday, sources told ESPN's Josina Anderson and Adam Schefter. Rudolph has strongly denied it. "Mason vehemently denies the report of being accused of using a racial slur during the incident Thursday night in Cleveland," Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten said in a statement. "He will not discuss this accusation any further and his focus...

Since at least some of you are probably watching football right now anyway, this seems like an opportune time to tackle the question. (Pun intended.) If you follow our weekly NFL threads where Ed Morrissey and I try to predict the outcome of various games, you’re likely already up to date on the beating the Steelers took at the hand of the Browns last week. Sadly, it was a literal beating as well as a figurative one, with multiple Browns players taking penalties for various unsportsmanlike acts of aggression. The worst of these, however, came from Myles Garrett, who ripped...

Full title: Cleveland Browns' Myles Garrett suspended indefinitely after brawl with Steelers, teams fined $250G eachCleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett was suspended indefinitely for his role in a brawl that took place at the end of Thursday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the league announced. Garrett will be suspended “at a minimum for the remainder of the regular season and postseason and must meet with the commissioner’s office prior to a decision on his reinstatement, the league said in a statement Friday. He was also fined an undisclosed amount. Garrett’s teammate Larry Ogunjobi and Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice...