The NFL has one more pivotal stop before the 2026 NFL Draft: the NFL League Meetings, which are taking place in Arizona this week.

Team owners, executives, and head coaches will participate in meetings throughout the week and speak with the media.

On Monday, Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry provided several updates on the roster. Among the topics discussed was star running back Quinshon Judkins.

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Berry offered a significant update on the former Ohio State product.

Judkins appears closer than ever to making his return, just months after suffering a gruesome, season-ending injury.

He fractured his leg and injured his ankle in a late-season matchup against the Buffalo Bills. The heartbreaking moment dealt a major blow to what had been a strong rookie campaign.

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Judkins took over the reins at running back following the departure of Browns legend Nick Chubb, who joined the Houston Texans after the 2024 season.

During his 2025 rookie campaign, Judkins recorded 827 rushing yards and seven touchdowns. Now, he aims to return to form and build on the promise that made him a high draft pick.

The Browns selected Judkins 36th overall in the 2025 NFL Draft. Evaluators viewed him as a Day 1 or early Day 2 prospect, and he showed every bit of the potential the Browns expected.

The question now remains: Will Judkins bounce back stronger than ever?

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ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Players held small backpacks as Iran's national soccer team used a match against Nigeria on Friday to honor the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school.

More than 165 people were killed, most of them children, when a Feb. 28 strike, likely launched by the U.S., hit the school in southern Iran. Neither the United States nor Israel has accepted responsibility for the attack, which has come under staunch criticism from the United Nations and human rights groups. The U.S. military is investigating and has said it would never target civilians.

During the national anthem Friday, the Iranian team honored the memory of the slain children by placing small pink and purple school backpacks in front of them.

Video of the ceremony also showed the players wearing black armbands in remembrance of those killed since the war began.

The match was played in Antalya, southern Turkey.

Nigeria won 2-1 in a game that was a World Cup tuneup for Iran, ahead of the tournament being co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada.

The Islamic Republic's team is scheduled to play three group-stage matches in June in the U.S. The Iranian ambassador in Mexico City has said the country asked FIFA to move those three games to Mexico after U.S. President Donald Trump discouraged the team from attending, citing safety concerns.

Iranian government and soccer officials have said they do not want to boycott the World Cup but that it is not possible for the national team to go to the U.S. because of military attacks on Iran by Israel and U.S.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has dampened Iran’s attempts to move its matches, saying global soccer’s governing body wants the tournament “to go ahead as scheduled.”

Separately on Friday, Iran’s judiciary threatened to seize the property of soccer player Sardar Azmoun, two semiofficial news agencies said. The announcement follows threats from Iran’s hard-liner judicial chief that authorities planned to seize the assets of celebrities viewed as critical of the government.

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Michael Johnson is to return a $500,000 (£374,000) payment he was alleged to have received “secretly” in the days before Grand Slam Track (GST) collapsed, in a new proposed deal between the league and its creditors.

A legal filing made at a US court alleged the former Olympic champion took out the $500k eight days before GST filed for bankruptcy, and while athletes were still owed millions, a claim GST said was “unfounded and false”.

But a GST spokesperson has now confirmed: “While Mr Johnson has been clear that the $500k was a reimbursement and not a payment, to avoid disruption and continue moving forward he and Winners Alliance have agreed to fund the $500k to the plan so that all creditors can benefit and receive a greater distribution in connection with the company's reorganisation and efforts to resurrect the league.”

As reported by the BBC, a spokesperson for Johnson also said: “Michael has asserted defences to the claim, including that this was a partial reimbursement of over $2m (£1.5m) of expenses advances by Michael for the benefit of the athletes.”

The inaugural season of GST lasted just three events – in Kingston, Miami and Philadelphia – before the fourth meet in Los Angeles was cancelled when the league ran out of money. A key sponsor, Eldridge Industries, pulled out its major funding and GST filed for bankruptcy in December.

It left GST owing several major athletes – including Britain’s Josh Kerr, significant sums – mainly in prize money and appearance fees. And Winners Alliance, GST’s primary funder, is reportedly owed more than $15m.

Speaking at the World Indoor Athletics Championships earlier this month, Kerr said: “Of course I’m frustrated. I’m owed a lot of money, so in any business anyone’s going to be frustrated. I don’t particularly know right now where to push those frustrations and where they should sit.

“I’ve had conversations with Michael, I’ve had information given to me by my agents on this stuff. I don’t think these are bad people. I think this is a horrible situation.”

Meanwhile, Johnson will not work on BBC Sport’s athletics coverage this year. His spokesperson said in a statement: “Michael wishes to clarify that it was his decision not to continue with the BBC after the Paris 2024 Games. With his contract up for renewal after the Olympics, and Grand Slam Track launching soon after, he chose to focus fully on the project.

“The BBC understood his decision, and he remains grateful for their support and his longstanding relationship with the broadcaster.”