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Browns trade ’13 top pick Mingo to New England

CLEVELAND – Barkevious Mingo never really fit in with the Browns.

The Patriots will try to find an ideal spot for him.

A major disappointment in Cleveland, Mingo, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2013 draft was traded to New England on Thursday.

The Browns received a fifth-round pick in the 2017 draft for the linebacker.

Mingo, a former LSU standout, has recorded just seven sacks in three seasons and spent much of last season on special teams.

Mingo’s size – 6-foot-4, 240 pounds – and speed have made him intriguing, but Cleveland’s coaching staff couldn’t find the best way to utilize him. The Browns moved the 25-year-old Mingo from outside linebacker to inside earlier this summer.

Cleveland declined to exercise the fifth-year option on Mingo’s rookie contract in May. With the trade of Mingo, left tackle Joe Thomas and cornerbacks Joe Haden and Justin Gilbert are the only first-round selections by Cleveland from 2007 to 2014 that are still with the team.

Vegas down to 2 sites

LAS VEGAS – Backers of a proposed NFL stadium said they’ve whittled their list to two sites just west of the Las Vegas Strip and refuse to accept any less than $750 million in public funding toward the project, which they hope will soon be home to the Raiders.

Representatives from Majestic Realty and the Las Vegas Sands casino company updated an oversight committee Thursday on their quest to build a 65,000-seat domed stadium, showing off their slick renderings of the proposed venue in a video with AC/DC’s “Back in Black” as a soundtrack. They lamented that the price tag rises on a daily basis and is now $1.9 billion, and said they’d walk away from the project if state lawmakers don’t meet their minimum financial demand.

“Not to be difficult, but we’re not negotiable,” said Sands President Rob Goldstein, who spoke on behalf of billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his family. “If we can’t get 750, we respectfully thank you but we’re going to move on.”

Judge won’t dismiss suit

MIAMI – A Miami federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by New York Giants lineman Jason Pierre-Paul against ESPN over disclosure of his medical records from a 2015 fireworks accident.

Pierre-Paul attorney John Lukacs said Judge Marcia Cooke issued her ruling Thursday after a hearing on ESPN’s motion to dismiss. The case is set for an August 2017 trial.

Pierre-Paul was hospitalized in Miami after the Fourth of July accident, which caused serious injury to his right hand. The lawsuit claims ESPN and a network reporter violated his privacy and Florida medical confidentiality laws by posting the records on social media.

McCoy, Chargers want Bosa

SAN DIEGO – A day after the Chargers took their contract dispute with rookie defensive end Joey Bosa public, San Diego coach Mike McCoy had nice things to say about the former Ohio State star.

“I think everybody understands the business side to this,” McCoy said Thursday. “But we all understand the type of player Joey is. He loves the game, he plays with passion. So I’m sure he is going crazy being back home and not with his teammates. We all want him here.”

“Once he walks in the door, he is one of us,” McCoy added. “That is how we are going to approach it.”

Elsewhere:

n The Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins say they’ve intensified mosquito-control treatments at their stadiums because of the Zika virus.

The Dolphins’ stadium is more than 10 miles from the nearest area of the virus outbreak. Even so, the Dolphins say they decided weeks ago to undertake additional treatments as a precaution.

Marlins Park is about 2 miles from the nearest area of virus outbreak.

n The Minnesota Vikings have sold out their new stadium for the inaugural season.

The team announced that they’ve started waiting lists for tickets and suites. The official capacity at U.S. Bank Stadium will be 66,655, with more than 60,400 seats committed for the entire season and the remaining single-game seats also sold out.

n John Elway, Bruce Arians and Tom Coughlin have been added to the NFL’s powerful competition committee, a person familiar with the appointments tells The Associated Press.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the league has not publicly announced the additions to the committee that recommends rules changes.

Rams coach Jeff Fisher has left the committee.

Other members are Falcons President Rich McKay, the chairman; Giants owner John Mara; Packers President Mark Murphy; Cowboys executive Stephen Jones; Texans general manager Rick Smith; Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome; and coaches Marvin Lewis of Cincinnati and Mike Tomlin of Pittsburgh.

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