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Mark Brown/Getty Images The Jacksonville Jaguars are reportedly expected to sign free-agent wide receiver Terrelle Pryor on Thursday. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport , the Jags quickly made Pryor a contract offer after he worked out for the team Wednesday.  The 29-year-old veteran appeared in eight games last season with the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills , and finished with 16 receptions for 252 yards and two touchdowns before Buffalo released him in November. This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available. Get the best sports content from the web and social in the  new B/R app . Get the app and get the game. Read More from Daily Trends Hunter http://bit.ly/2XhjbaW

Arab leaders have gathered in Saudi Arabia for a three-day emergency summit following attacks on Gulf oil assets this month that Riyadh pins on Tehran. Thursday’s events comes after Riyadh accused Iran of ordering drone strikes on oil pumping stations in the kingdom, which were claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group, and the sabotage of oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ). A top United States ‘ security official said Iranian mines were “ almost certainly ” used in the tanker operation. Tehran denies any involvement. Analysts said the emergency summit will be watched closely for whether or not the Saudis will endorse Qatar  as a mediator in the dispute with Iran the same way as the US has. Earlier this month, Al Jazeera reported that Qatar’s foreign minister had  held talks with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran aiming to defuse the escalating tensions in the Gulf. “Washington seems to have bet on Doha to de-escalate by opening back cha...

China has ramped up the rhetoric in its ongoing trade war with the  United States , saying that deliberate provocations of commercial disputes amount to “naked economic terrorism”. The world’s two largest economies are at loggerheads as trade talks have apparently stalled, with US President Donald Trump hiking tariffs on Chinese goods earlier this month and blacklisting telecommunications giant Huawei. “We are against the trade war, but we are not afraid of it,” Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Hanhui said on Thursday at a press briefing to preview President Xi Jinping ‘s trip to Russia next week. “This premeditated instigation of a trade conflict is naked economic terrorism, economic chauvinism, and economic bullying,” Zhang told reporters in Beijing, stressing that China opposed the systematic use of “big sticks” such as  sanctions, tariffs and protectionism. “There is no winner in a trade war,” he warned.  “This trade conflict will also have a serious negative impa...

Adam Glanzman/Getty Images The St. Louis Blues won a Stanley Cup Final game Wednesday for the first time in franchise history. St. Louis defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime in Game 2 at TD Garden and evened the 2019 Stanley Cup Final at one game apiece. The Blues also seized home-ice advantage after blowing a 2-0 lead in the opening contest. Carl Gunnarsson scored the game-winning goal in the extra period, while Robert Bortuzzo and Vladimir Tarasenko each found the back of the net for the victors in the first period. Goaltender Jordan Binnington saved 21 of the 23 shots he faced, keeping his team in contention until Gunnarsson delivered. What’s Next? The series shifts to St. Louis for Saturday’s Game 3 and Monday’s Game 4. This article will be updated to provide more information soon. Get the best sports content from the web and social in the new B/R app . Get the app and get the game. Read More from Daily Trends Hunter http://bit.ly/2XeaP3P

B/R Hoops Bronny and Bryce James, the sons of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James , will be enrolling at Los Angeles’ Sierra Canyon High School, according to the  Los Angeles Times ‘ Tania Ganguli . The two attended Crossroads School in Santa Monica this past year. Per Ganguli, LeBron and his wife, Savannah, believe Sierra Canyon will offer their sons a better opportunity to further their basketball careers. Tarek Fattal of the Los Angeles Daily News reported Bronny’s move has been a “done deal for at least six weeks” and noted he’ll be joined by Zaire Wade, Dwyane Wade’s son.   The 14-year-old Bronny has been putting together highlight reels for years now. While he moved to California when LeBron signed with the Lakers, the 5’10”, 150-pound teenager has continued to play for the North Coast Blue Chips:  His play has already   gotten the attention   of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Now, with colleges (and the NBA) watching, Bronny will be ...

Tim Bradbury/Getty Images When the two sides sit down at the negotiating table for the next collective bargaining agreement, owners may pursue an expanded regular-season schedule with the National Football League Players Association.   According to the Washington Post ‘s Mark Maske , some of the league’s 32 owners are in favor of an 18-game season, partly because “ additional regular season games would generate a significant revenue boost.” The change wouldn’t necessarily extend the NFL season itself, though, because   Maske   wrote the league would potentially pare down the preseason. Maske   reported owners might pursue an expansion of the playoffs from 12 to 14 teams in the event an 18-game season fails to gain traction with the   NFLPA. FiveThirtyEight’s  Scott   Kacsmar   argued in January 2018 that playoff expansion would water down the drama, but that probably wouldn’t stop the league from   padding its wallet ...