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Sherman dresses up for Muggles

Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman got into the Halloween spirit at his weekly news conference last
week, dressing up as Harry Potter.
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman got into the Halloween spirit at his weekly news conference last week, dressing up as Harry Potter.

Richard Sherman, a cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks, is known for putting on a bit of a show for the media. Last week at a news conference, he showed he might have magical origins as well.

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New England Patriots President Jonathan Kraft

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Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones walks across the field during warm ups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, in Arlington.

Sherman told the media his son wants him to dress up for Halloween, so he did at the news conference.

"Five quarters of football is pretty tough, but Quidditch -- the beaters, the chasers, trying to find the golden snitch, things like that -- that's tough. Five quarters of football, though, in the elements, I'd say that'd take the cake," Sherman said.

Sherman was deep in character and rocking his Griffyndor colors, and he was waving around his Elder Wand. He must have some serious magical powers.

Sherman went on to say that he really felt at home at Hogwarts.

"When you're a wizard like we are out here, sometimes you have to show it to the Muggles out in the world," he said. "I just went to Harry Potter land. I felt like that was home."

One can relate while living in the real world. Sometimes it's just so much more satisfying to sip a butter beer and eat some Every Flavor Beans.

Sherman said he plans to go out trick-or-treating, and he's got the perfect disguise.

"[My son's] going to have a mask on, I'm going to have this on, nobody's going to have any idea," he said. "This is all you've got to do. Clark Kent did it. You've just got to put the glasses on. Bam, no longer Richard Sherman. Can't even tell anymore, right?"

Even though the secret's out, still don't tell anyone

Happy Halloween, Richard.

Suits ruffled?

Things did not escalate quickly at a recent owners meeting, New England Patriots President Jonathan Kraft clarified Sunday on 98.5 The Sports Hub.

There was reportedly a disagreement between Kraft, the son of Patirots owner Robert Kraft, and Dallas Cowboys owner and North Little Rock native Jerry Jones. But that "discourse," which stemmed from the NFL's adjustments to their social media policy, may have gotten a bit overblown.

CBS Sports reported Kraft left the meeting after the exchange got heated. Kraft said Jones wanted clarification about whether the Cowboys could live stream their practices. The Patriots regularly stream their practices -- all teams are allowed to do so.

"It was not a heated exchange. I had planned on leaving early," Kraft said, adding later, "I definitely didn't storm out. I wanted to get home to a high school football game.

"He had some thoughts on it, as a lot of people did," Kraft said Sunday of the owners meeting. "I would never walk out of a discourse. That's OK. Whoever told them about it, they didn't have all the facts right."

CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora wrote about the alleged disagreement between Jones and Kraft.

"Jones made an impassioned defense of the member clubs, claiming the highlights were team-generated content and clubs should be able to do what they want with them on social media.

"Jones also expressed his belief that if the league can post the videos then the teams should do so as well. Kraft actually got up and left the meeting room at one point, sources said."

SPORTS QUIZ

Where did Richard Sherman attend college?

ANSWER

Stanford

Sports on 10/31/2016

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