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According to NFL Media, which cited unidentified sources, the Cowboys running back is set to fly back to the Dallas area this week after training in Mexico. The report noted a deal is not done and some obstacles remain, but Elliott will be in town in case the two sides can reach an agreement. ESPN later reported that Elliott and the Cowboys are “very close” to an agreement and are “acting with a sense of urgency to finalize a deal in the next 24 hours....

Elliott, who is seeking a contract extension after shouldering a massive workload in his first three seasons in the NFL, was not on the plane to training camp carrying a majority of his teammates, according to an ESPN report — which cited unidentified league sources. However, he could still show, but previous reports don’t suggest he will if a deal is not done. Right now, though, Dallas will seemingly prioritize other players like quarterback Dak Prescott, who is set to be a free agent next summer, and aren’t rushing to work out a deal with Elliott, who still has two years left on his contract....

The 24-year-old’s standing in the NFL’s running back hierarchy has been a topic of discussion this week, with the Tennessee Titans agreeing to a long-term deal with Derrick Henry, and the Madden video game releasing their latest rankings. Elliott is joint-third on that list - behind Carolina Panthers star Christian McCaffrey and Henry, and level with the Cleveland Browns’ Nick Chubb - after amassing 5,405 rushing yards in his four years in the NFL, over 1,000 more than any other back in that timeframe....

On the final play of Sunday’s NFC wild-card matchup, Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott ran the ball up the middle and took it inside San Francisco’s 30-yard line. The Cowboys had no timeouts remaining, so the offensive unit sprinted to the line of scrimmage in order to spike the ball and stop the clock. MORE: Four Mike McCarthy decisions that doomed Cowboys Just one problem there: The umpire is required to spot the ball before the play can start....

Elliott, who is in the process of appealing the league’s ban, led the NFL in rushing last year, his rookie season. He’s an integral part of the Cowboys’ offense, one who will be missed when Dallas opens its season Sept. 10 against the New York Giants. But one person who thinks Elliott’s absence won’t derail the Cowboys’ season is former starting quarterback-turned CBS analyst Tony Romo. Speaking Wednesday at a CBS media event, Romo said if there’s any team that can manage losing Elliott, it’s Dallas....

The Cowboys’ new feature back made his much-anticipated debut in Seattle in Thursday’s third preseason game. With it, he shot his exceedingly high expectations through the Space Needle. MORE: 2016 fantasy running back rankings There was the big, bad, reigning No. 1 run defense of the Seahawks. Then there was Elliott, powering behind Dallas’ reigning No. 1 run-blocking line and laying the boom on “The Legion of Boom.” After a quiet first series that was overshadowed by quarterback Tony Romo going down hard on his back, Elliott fired up all the hype with carries of 9, 9, 13 and 8 yards to help fellow rookie Dak Prescott deliver another touchdown drive....

Kelly, aged 19, is accused of injuring a number of other people during the rampage that he is alleged to have filmed on Facebook Live. The shooting spree began around 12:56 a.m. on Wednesday and continued until about 8:30 p.m. On Wednesday, police issued a warning to city residents to stay indoors unless absolutely necessary. “ALERT!! ARMED AND DANGEROUS!!!” Memphis police said in their initial Twitter post. “Be on the lookout for a [Black male] occupying a blue or silver sedan (possibly an Infiniti or Nissan) who is responsible for multiple shootings....

Klinsmann not surprised by firing The U.S. international has been out of action since Dec. 6 with an Achilles tendon injury, but appears as though he’ll be available when the Foals return from the Bundesliga winter break at SV Darmstadt 98 next Saturday. The U.S. international has made 12 Bundesliga appearances for Gladbach this season, scoring one goal and adding one assist. 

Fabregas set up Willian’s second of the match as Chelsea provided an instant response to Peter Crouch’s 64th-minute equaliser at Stamford Bridge. It meant the Spain international reached three figures in terms of assists in his 293rd appearance in England’s top flight, comfortably bettering the 367 games it took Manchester United great Ryan Giggs. Another Old Trafford favourite, Wayne Rooney, is next on the list with 445 matches to reach 100, while Chelsea’s all-time record goalscrorer, Frank Lampard, hit the landmark in his 559th game....

The Chelsea midfielder went up for a challenge with Graziano Pelle but ended up on the floor holding his face, despite the Italian’s arms only hitting the midfielder in the chest. To make matters worse, Turkish official Cuneyt Cakir booked Pelle for his part in proceedings, but Fabregas slipped away scot-free. Italy had the last laugh though, as goals from Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle dumped Spain out of the tournament....

Speaking amid a widespread boycott campaign attempting to impact the tech giant’s bottom line, chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg conceded that Facebook will make updates, but says they will be the result of a two-year independent civil rights audit—not due to financial reasons linked to the work of civil rights activism. In a post on Tuesday ahead of a meeting with groups spearheading the “Stop Hate for Profit” movement, Sandberg said Facebook “stands firmly against hate....

Publication of the audit comes as Facebook is embroiled in a vast ad boycott led by a coalition of civil rights groups, which have accused the Mark Zuckerberg-led platform of failing to stop the spread of hateful content, misinformation and extremism. But the report has been brewing for years, led by civil liberties expert Laura W. Murphy and a team from law firm Relman Colfax, led by partner Megan Cacace....

The social media website’s hate speech policy will now include Holocaust denial, Zuckerberg said in a post of his own on Monday. It’s a decision that he “struggled” with because it required him to walk a fine line between “standing for free expression” and the harm caused by “minimizing or denying the horror of the Holocaust.” “Drawing the right lines between what is and isn’t acceptable speech isn’t straightforward, but with the current state of the world, I believe this is the right balance,” Zuckerberg said....

Who exactly are they talking about? According to data from Sports on Facebook, the vast majority of the country is buzzing about Ohio State. MORE CFB PLAYOFFS: Title game uniforms | Ohio State hype video | Numbers that matter From information taken from actual Facebook conversations between January 1-11, the Buckeyes are leading the way in 45 states. The Ducks are the hot topic in just Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Hawaii....

Maryland Rep. Jamie Baskin asked Zuckerberg whether he plans to manage the “use of Facebook to engender social division” in the U.S. during the often-heated hearing. Baskin noted that some have notoriously used Facebook as a platform for election interference, pro-Trump advocacy, racism and white nationalism in the past. Baskin pointed to a profit motive for Facebook to overlook the 6.5 billion fake accounts created per year, since the company reports those numbers to investors....

The jury could deliver its verdict in the trial of Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer accused of murdering of George Floyd last year, as soon as this week. In an announcement on Monday, Facebook said it would identify and remove calls to bring arms to Minneapolis and would offer a higher level of protection to content about Floyd’s death than to content about Chauvin. Facebook outlined its approach to moderating posts concerning the verdict that it said was designed to allow “people to speak about the trial and what the verdict means” while “protect[ing] everyone’s safety....

Previously, the company banned official military accounts from Facebook and Instagram, as well as military-controlled state media and stopped those companies from advertising on the platforms. The lawsuit, filed in California Tuesday, said the company failed to stop hateful posts that promoted violence against the minority of Rohingya Muslims in the country in 2017, which allegedly led to the killing of thousands. In February, the military seized control from Aung San Suu Kyi, the previous elected leader of the country, and reportedly have been using excessive, often lethal force to stop protests against the military’s control....

It claims that serial numbers on Tochka-U missiles used in the Ukrainian conflict provide proof that it was in fact the Ukrainian Armed Forces behind the missile strike on a rail station in Kramatorsk, which resulted in dozens of civilian deaths on April 8. The Claim The clip starts with a BBC News logo flashing briefly in the center of the video, before the BBC watermark pops up in the left corner, along with the label “Kramatorsk, Ukraine” along the right edge....

“If you guys are wondering what actual feminism is, it’s Donald Trump having the courage to stand up on stage and call out the insanity of biological men dominating women’s sports,” Owens wrote in a tweet Sunday that garnered thousands of reactions. On Monday, she addressed her trending status on Twitter. “I’m trending right now and would like to publicly offer a non-apology for having stated the obvious: people purporting to be feminists that have not spoken out against the trans agenda currently eating women’s rights—are frauds....