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AFGHS co-signatory countries ask health care users to help fill the financing gap
Hundreds of thousands of Ugandans living with HIV on antiretrovirals could be targeted for user fees or community health insurance schemes requiring modest premium payments, according to the April 2026 version of the country’s America First Global Health Strategy implementation narrative.1 As part of the “sustainable financing for the private not for profit sector” strategy, 491 facilities will be targeted for a phased introduction of user fees and scale up of community health insurance programs.2 In the Ugandan context, PNFP facilities include faith-based hospitals and other health facilities, US missionary organizations and centers of excellence—services that are often co-located at government facilities but run with additional financial and technical resources. 402,000 people—or about 28 percent of the total Ugandan adult PLHIV population on treatment—get ART from the private not for profit sector. The selected facilities provide the majority of ART and prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) services. The plan doesn’t give the total number of clients served by the 491 facilities, so it is not possible to give a precise number. But the majority of 402,000 is a figure in the hundreds of thousands—hence the estimate I’m using.3 The April draft of the Ugandan implementation plan narrative is the only one I’ve been able to review. But the government of Uganda is not alone in turning to health care users to help fill the financing gaps caused by the abrupt withdrawal of US funds. In July 2025, the Government of Liberia introduced user fees for previously free services including “registration, accommodation, patient feeding, hospitalization, and a wide range of surgical and diagnostic procedures.”4 Earlier that year, Liberia rolled out a revolving drug fund designed to stabilize drug supplies by “allowing patients to pay a small fee for standardized, quality medications,” according to a Ministry of Health press release.5 (Both of these approaches had been proposed in the National Health Policy 2022-2031; media coverage explicitly connects the launch with the US foreign aid cuts.) The health financing strategies proposed by Uganda and established in Liberia are qualitatively different from user fees officially adopted by specific health facilities to cover funding shortfalls caused by the new US approach.6 The latter is a stopgap, adhoc change. The former is a national governmental adoption of policies that pass costs on to health care users, despite evidence that such approaches can exacerbate inequities and leave deficits unfilled. Two countries does not make a pattern, but they do point to urgent questions: Have other countries, including Liberia, included user fees or community health insurance schemes in their implementation plans? If so, do any of these narratives have what Uganda’s lacks: a fall-back plan in place in case these strategies for sustainable health systems fail to deliver—as they have before? I wonder if you think about it Subscribe Predictable pitfalls Both community-based health insurance and user fees are as old as the hills. And after decades of people climbing up these hills, duking it out, climbing back down—neither strategy has shown the results the Ugandan implementation plan is counting on. This is, in fact, a hill some folks are willing to die on. (You knew I’d get there, right?) In November 2025, an African-led team of health system experts published a paper directed at low- and middle income country governments trying to figure out how to create self-sustaining health systems. The money wasn’t coming back. It had been more than nine months since the season of freezing, waivering and wood-chippering; two months since AFGHS tumbled into the world touting co-financing requirements and reductions in future US government health aid. Governments were looking for strategies for sustainable, self-financed health systems, the authors wrote. For countries considering user fees and community health insurance to fill the financing gaps, they had a simple message: Don’t. On user fees, the paper states: “Reliance on user fees is ultimately a regressive and inequitable approach. It places a disproportionate burden on the poor and undermines health system goals of equity and financial protection. […] There is overwhelming evidence that user fees mobilise very limited resources for the public health sector, making it an inefficient mechanism for revenue mobilisation.” On community health insurance: “Attempting to shift the burden of funding previously donor-funded services, such as HIV care and management, and TB treatment, onto contributory schemes would exacerbate their fragility and fail to protect the population.”7 The WHO says that community-based health insurance “cannot be expected to provide a major source of funding or coverage,” and noted that most schemes offer only moderate benefit to individuals paying into them, and exclude the poorest segment of the population.8 And yet, the US-Ugandan implementation plan says that community health insurance is “the central pillar of this [PNFP] sustainability strategy” and that this approach that will generate “pre-paid pooled funding at facility and community level [that] improves financial risk protection for households, reduces catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure, and generates structured, transparent revenue streams that can progressively absorb recurrent costs including health worker salaries.” Unfortunately, Uganda’s own history suggests the pillar might not be able to bear this weight. Ugandans Have Been to this Rodeo Before—and Some Want Their Money Back Uganda introduced its first community health insurance scheme in 1996 with support from international donors.9 Thirty years later, somewhere between 0.2 and 0.3 percent of the population is covered by CHI; just over 1 percent has any kind of health insurance.10 User fees were universally introduced in 1993 as a condition of a World Bank loan.11 They were abandoned in 2001, and in 2004—the year I moved to Uganda to watch the free HIV program get underway—a definitive study found that the fees did not improve health systems and outcomes.12 In 2004, most clinics and hospitals had ‘free’ and ‘fee for service’ options for getting care.13 The fee for service, or “cash and carry” programs had often been established in the years prior to PEPFAR and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. People who could afford to paid for the drugs, often at facilities in the private-not-for-profit (PNFP) sector. When free drugs arrived, some people who’d been paying kept on doing so, perhaps because of shorter wait times, greater confidentiality, convenience or other factors. But in the year that I spent visiting the same clinics around the country week after week—including a “center of excellence” that maintained separate days for cash and carry clients and those accessing free ARVs—lots of people who had been paying tried to switch to the free option. They’d paid because they had no other choice. They’d sold pieces of family land, begged family members for loans, bought pills by the week, and sometimes by the day. Or they were just cash-strapped, like most of us, and wanted the funds for other things. 14 Twenty-two years later, this hasn’t changed. Ugandans pay out of pocket for 30-40 percent of their health care costs, leading one paper to declare that “falling ill is more than a health crisis. It is a financial emergency.”15 One recent study found that up to 48.5 percent of households dealing with tuberculosis sold something, took out a loan or dug into savings to defray the costs of TB care—which is supposed to be universally free.16 The Ugandan implementation plan does anticipate challenges. It proposes a phased approach, with 187 facilities introducing user contribution systems in Year 1, 152 in Year 2, and 153 in Year 3. Willingness to pay and feasibility studies will precede roll out; fees will be tiered by region, and a waiver system is proposed to ensure that no one has to pay who is unable to. Moreover, the plan provides for quarterly reviews of epidemiological data to “ensure that user contributions do not compromise epidemic control gains, ART continuity for the client cohort, TB case management, or PMTCT services.” Alt text: A screenshot of a table included in the implementation plan narrative that is the subject of this stack. It’s got a fetching pink bar at the top. It uses the abbreviation “CHI” which is Community Health Insurance, and FBO which is Faith Based Organizations, and it details the number of facilities that will implement user fees with waivers and community health insurance schemes over the five years of the agreement. As I said in the footnote, this is a super interesting document with a lot of other rich material. Tell me what you see—and what you would have focused on. And if you’ve seen something like this, or anything else that strikes you, in another implementation plan, tell me that too. You can use the Substack message platform or try me on Signal at @endaplague_again.25 (because @mercoonfan was, weirdly, taken). But the plan doesn’t fully explain what will happen if this approach doesn’t work out. Yes, progress will be monitored, and corrective action triggered. However, there is no specified funding replacement if premium and fee revenue prove inadequate. Instead, the authors write, “Currently, COEs serve a total client cohort of over 180,000 across 28 facilities. In the initial years, the U.S. Government (USG) will provide financial support for clients; over time, user fees generated by COEs will become the primary source of funding for sustaining their services.” Failure does not really seem to be an option. Health insurance schemes are more acceptable to the Ugandan population than user fees. Members of Parliament and civil society traveled to Ethiopia to see how that country’s scheme worked. In a follow up report, a veteran civil society group recommended allowing the “health insurance ecosystem to grow organically and [to] keep reviewing the law and regulations as this growth takes root.”17 One study found that more than three-quarters of Ugandans were willing to join a health insurance program.18 However, coverage of community-based health insurance is minimal, as is coverage of any kind of insurance—including private plans.19 A national health insurance scheme bill has been stalled for several years and presently sits with President Yoweri Museveni.20 Community-based health insurance scheme that do exist are expanding in number, but losing enrollees. Between 2022 and 2026, the number of community-based health financing schemes across the country increased by 42 percent, while the number of people enrolled decreased by nearly 11 percent.21 None of this means that community-based health insurance should not happen in Uganda—or that people do not want insurance. It doesn’t even mean that user fees and waivers won’t ever work. But there is highly relevant evidence from Uganda and the surrounding region that it is quite optimistic to describe community health insurance and user fees as central supports for sustainable financing in any sector of the health system. And now for the best-case scenario In the best-case scenario22, the Ugandan approach does exactly what it sets out to do, and so does the Liberian fee structure and revolving pharmacy fund—though I’ve not confirmed that these are in the MoU. In one best-case scenario, Uganda is an outlier, and user fees and community health insurance are not recurrent pillars of self-sustaining financing in other countries’ implementation plans. In another best-case scenario, all countries that include these strategies enjoy success beyond anyone’s evidence-informed wildest dreams: reliable funding generated by health care users fees, great health care outcomes for everyone, no exacerbation of inequities, no crippling household debt. No sold land, repurposed school tuition or high-interest loans. In the best-case scenario, not one of the hundreds of thousands of Ugandans living with HIV receiving antiretrovirals from 491 PNFP facilities misses a refill or leaves care because of user fees or community health insurance premiums. This is the best-case scenario for these people for their own health, and for their families. It is also the best-case scenario if Uganda wants to stay on the path to eliminating HIV as a public health threat. According to the country’s most recent data, 96.5 percent of people living with HIV on antiretrovirals are virologically suppressed. Epidemic control depends ensuring that 95% of people living with HIV know their status, 95 percent of those individuals are on ART, and 95% of those individuals are virologically suppressed. Uganda is still struggling with the first “95"—a frankly abysmal 85.3 percent. If HIV epidemic control and the attendant prevention of new infections, avoidable suffering and premature death matter, the country cannot afford to lose any clients who are currently in care.23 As I write this a couple hours before the polls close for the US elections in the city I live in, I say with soul-deep sincerity: I am rooting for the best-case scenario. I think it’s safe to say that we all are.24 I think it’s also safe to say that if the US and co-signatory governments have inked plans that lead to successful expansion of community health insurance and strategic use of user fees, we all would like to know, now, so that we don’t miss the opportunity to celebrate when success happens. The implementation plan narratives have to enter the public domain. They are the fullest expression of a strategy co-created by two governments. There are assumptions and details that people living in the US and co-signatory countries need to understand that are not available in the MoUs or, to date, in the Congressional Notifications. Some of these details can help other countries that are, as I write this, still working on implementation plans. Others, like a solid count of how many other countries have plans for expanding user fees or health insurance, are important for regional and global health architecture reform initiatives. No matter how this election night turns out, there will be a slew of new Congressional member orientations, briefings and talking points papers in the next few months. Release of implementation narratives should be a bullet point in every context that AFGHS is discussed. These documents can be redacted so that procurement sensitive information isn’t disclosed. There is much more historical precedent for sharing such documents than there is for relying on user fees to fill health financing gaps. Let’s look at the information together so we can hope for the best and prepare for, you know, the other thing. Alt text: A substack first: a bicep selfie! It’s my arm - peachy-white skin, black shirt (flannel, notch neck, too hot for this appallingly balmy November weather, if you’re wondering) and a sticker that says I VOTED 2026. Beige letters on red for I voted. Beige on blue for 2026. You bet I did.25 In your wildest dreams. Subscribe 1 This is a really, really rich 95 page document. There are fascinating ideas and detailed plans in it. It is all worth reading AND I have, in this post, highlighted an instance of content that could pose challenges and certainly posits success of strategies that haven’t worked before. I would love to hear what readers’ see that’s interesting and should be lifted up as something to check for in other implementation plans. I will also shortly be adding a static page to the substack site where implementation plan documents will live. I will put the url into this footnote and it will also be there on emilybass.substack.com by the end of the week. Uganda Implementation Narrative Section 4 April 22 2026 Draft 1.51MB ∙ PDF file Download Download 2 User fees are costs charged for visits, labs, medicines or other health services, usually at the time they are provided. Community health insurance, or community-based health insurance, is what the World Health Organization calls “micro insurance,” which is health insurance targeted at low-income people. 3 As usual (by which I mean always), please prove me wrong. 4 https://smartnewsliberia.com/liberias-ministry-of-health-announces-2025-hospital-service-fees-for-public-facilities/?utm 5 https://moh.gov.lr/news/2025/grand-cape-mount-leaders-residents-embrace-new-community-pharmacy-program/?utm 6 https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/hiv-usaid-pepfar-africa-foreign-aid-cuts-mission-hospitals/?utm 7 https://gh.bmj.com/content/10/11/e021270 8 https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/community-based-health-insurance-CBHI 9 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2827475/ 10 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861328/#b3-jpmph-23-110 11 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC527704/ 12 Same citation as the footnote 2 - the article is called “Learning from failed health care reform in Uganda.” To which I say: If only. If. Only. 13 There is a whole taxonomy of user fees to be aware of, if not commit to memory. Out of pocket costs are everything that someone pays for themselves. In this Stack, user fees are planned and policy-supported out of pocket costs. There are also out of pocket costs that people pay to buy drugs or receive tests or health care assessments that would be free if the drugs were on the shelves, or the machines or kits were available, or the staff were on site. A user fee is usually designed to be modest, pegged to willingness to pay, and may be waiveable at the point of care for anyone who is unable to do so. The costs for things that would otherwise be free are whatever the market will bear and people either have to pay them or go without. Out of pocket costs for services and stuff that aren’t available in public facilities are different again from bribes or unofficial fees that some health workers may impose, even though most are indefatigable, tireless and tired, and devoted to their clients. 14 For the record—which really is these footnotes—I would give a whole stack of fridge magnets for a systematic analysis of the economic and social impact of the Mass Unemployment Event in AFGHS countries among the very people who used to be able to afford and cover user fees, both for themselves and vast family networks. Locally employed USAID technical staff, house cleaners, caregivers, drivers and technicians were financial anchors for cousins, friends, friends’ children, friends’ childrens’ cousins, teachers, pastors, neighbors and so many other kinds of kin. Aid recipients lost direct funding; many other people who had not been aid recipients, but parts of the elaborate care webs that function as safety nets for so many people, lost crucial support too. And that’s even before we get to the people who worked at the hotels and restaurants and bars where people employed by the US and its implementing partners used to spend disposable income. Those businesses have lost revenue; those folks have lost jobs. It will be some time coming—and someone will have to fund this work—but I do hope it happens. And I hope, as usual, to be proven wrong. 15 https://eprcug.org/blog/how-out-of-pocket-healthcare-costs-keep-driving-ugandans-into-poverty/ 16 Another straight-to-the-point journal article title. Households experiencing catastrophic costs due to tuberculosis in Uganda: magnitude and cost drivers. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32938411 17 https://www.cehurd.org/download/technical-policy-brief-on-community-health-insurance-scheme/?wpdmdl=13661&refresh=6ae9122f5d4ed1793659439 18 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10125197/ 19 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861328/#b3-jpmph-23-110 20 https://ugandapost.news/uganda-to-make-health-insurance-mandatory-by-2026/ 21 https://shu.org.ug/download/235 22 With a nod, tip of the stack hat, and wag of the Mercoon tail to a deeply valued reader who told me that I have a tendency to speculate about the worst-case scenarios a little too much of the time. 23 https://news.mak.ac.ug/2026/10/uphia-2025-shows-ugandas-hiv-status-awareness-gap-despite-strong-treatment-outcomes/ As you’ll see in the next footnote, I’ve already written a subSubstack on another topic, so I will be brief with regard to the study referenced in this article. The Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment, or UPHIA, will never happen in this way again. For more than a decade, PHIAs have been supported by the US government as a way to generate accurate estimates of country progress on key HIV indicators. They are a holdover from the PEPFAR program that was laser focused on ensuring US taxpayer dollars subsidized progress in pandemic control. There may be other population-level surveys and the data may even be publicly released, as the entire set of FY2026 MER data have not. But PHIAs will never happen again. If you’re wondering whether the estimates of HIV progress at country level might get less reliable….you’re not alone. 24 Ooh baby, I hate “we” in almost all forms. But sometimes I go there, when I am looking for company, which I am. Because this Stack moves into the somewhat-uncharted territory of assessing what the implementation plan narratives may suggest about co-signatory countries’ roles and responsibilities to the people living within their borders. The MoUs, specimen and data sharing agreements were templates. Countries’ answers fit into pre-specified questions that did not include, “how are you going to fill financing gaps and stabilize your health system as this plan unfolds?” In contrast, the implementation narratives are open form—the product of co-creation between the two governments. Co-creation can mean lots of things, but nothing leads me to believe that implementation plans are ghost-written by the US government, or that contents were imposed by the US counterparts. Instead, I think the parts of the plans that read like country government initiatives are endorsed, if not initiated by, those governments. For instance, the Ugandan implementation plan narrative describes plans for revenue-generation through fees charged for equipment calibration, repair and maintenance provided through Uganda’s National Equipment Calibration Laboratory, and laboratory accreditation through the Uganda National Accreditation Service (UGANAS), targeting private sector, PNFP, research and academic clients. That’s super specific and also quite ambitious. It doesn’t read like an American idea. There’s also a provision for solar panels, and other stuff that feels country owned and driven. This is where it gets interesting. If co-creation is the case, then both the US and co-signatory governments are accountable for the contents and the outcomes. Most discourse about AFGHS to date has focused on the decisions that America has made, or demanded that other countries make. The AFGHS architects have monopolized the hot seat. As they should, in so many ways. America absolutely created the conditions under which countries needed to come up with health financing strategies to fill unanticipated, catastrophic funding gaps. And with not-too-long a lens, we can look back and see that America is also on the hook for its role in the Bretton Woods institutions that made user fees and health system fiscal austerity conditions of loans during the era of structural adjustment. But in the here and now, it is not at all clear to me that the US is requiring Uganda or any other country to implement specific approaches to sustainable financing. Instead, it is as the authors of that paper up in footnote 6 suggest: African governments have agency. As implementation plans roll out—whether or not the narratives are shared—it will be important to understand what this agency looks like and what it means for people, including the poorest of the poor. And it will be important to figure out how to talk about it safely, respectfully and critically in places other than the literal and metaphorical footnotes. 25 This week’s song is “Once upon a time” by the Moody Blues. (I know, this is gonna be a weird, largely banger-free end of 2026 playlist. HMU with requests.) AND please do watch the video and appreciate the truly amazing opening sequence—a drum kit wasteland, a coupla plastic bags, a bit of sand. Sort of like the hill where fiscal austerity policies that put costs on health care users might go to perish. But then there’s a lady with amazing hair. It’s worth it.
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2027 NBA Draft Prospect Preview: BYU Cougars’ Bruce Branch III
Now that the prospects of the 2026 NBA Draft are beginning their NBA careers, it is time to take a closer look at the 2027 NBA Draft. To be sure, the talent of this coming draft doesn't compare with the number of franchise-changing players in both the 2025 and 2026 drafts. Nevertheless, 2027 still has …
The earliest Saints’ Jordyn Tyson could return from hamstring injury
The New Orleans Saints are currently enjoying a bye week as they gear up for next week’s clash against the Cleveland Browns. The Saints sit at 2-5 on the season, having played every game so far without first round draft pick wide receiver Jordyn Tyson , who has been dealing with a prolonged hamstring issue. Now, the team has gotten the latest […] The post The earliest Saints’ Jordyn Tyson could return from hamstring injury appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Marlins will Enter Rule 5 Draft Facing Important Roster Questions
The Fish will have to consider some prospects to protect over the next few weeks; the event is scheduled for December 9
Chiefs Get Intriguing Insider Take on Commanders’ Stefon Diggs
With a 1-4-1 record, the Washington Commanders have reason to consider moving veteran players before the Nov. 10 trade deadline. Trading players who don’t fit into their long-term plans could help Washington add draft picks and build toward future success.Stefon Diggs is one player who could be available. The veteran wide receiver is playing on […] The post Chiefs Get Intriguing Insider Take on Commanders’ Stefon Diggs appeared first on HEAVY.
Zach Charbonnet Injury Update: Seahawks RB’s Week 7 Status Revealed
Zach Charbonnet was supposed to be the leader of the Seattle Seahawks backfield in 2026, but the veteran running back has yet to suit up thanks to an ACL injury he suffered during the team's Super Bowl run last season. Originally selected in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft, the UCLA product spent …
Dante Moore not expected back this season for Oregon — leaving NFL Draft status uncertain
Moore has not played since getting concussed on a late hit at Southern California in late September. He resumed practicing earlier this month but remained in the concussion protocol.
Jerry Jeudy Trade: Giants Connected to Browns WR
Jerry Jeudy is not living up to his paycheck, and one prominent NFL insider believes the Cleveland Browns could trade him despite the team's winning record. A first-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Jeudy began his career with the Denver Broncos and established himself as a good but not great pass-catching weapon. However, he …
Maple Leafs Management Criticized After Kraken Loss: ‘Biggest Mistake’
The Toronto Maple Leafs were among the teams fans were most excited to watch during the preseason and offseason, as the franchise made significant moves and major changes to its management structure and roster, adding quality players, including 2026 NHL Draft first overall pick Gavin McKenna.However, several analysts and fans apparently remain unconvinced by the […] The post Maple Leafs Management Criticized After Kraken Loss: ‘Biggest Mistake’ appeared first on HEAVY.
49ers Insider Gets Real on Jets’ Garrett Wilson Trade Speculation
The San Francisco 49ers are one of the favorites in the NFC to reach the Super Bowl this season. Ahead of the Nov. 10 trade deadline, the Niners have already made one move by trading for DeForest Buckner to beef up their defensive line. San Francisco sent a 2027 fourth-round draft pick to the Indianapolis […] The post 49ers Insider Gets Real on Jets’ Garrett Wilson Trade Speculation appeared first on HEAVY.
Georgia Farmers Face Mental Health Crisis as Suicide Rates Increase
Rising costs, debt and isolation are weighing on Georgia farmers. Advocates say stigma around mental health is slowly easing in farm communities.
Dunwoody council discusses expanding entertainment districts
Dunwoody City Council explored expanding entertainment districts and approved High Street campus modifications in recent sessions.
Every Málaga player drafted by the Golden State Warriors
Let's take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Warriors out of Málaga.
Capitals Trade For Devils’ 25-Year-Old Goalie
The Washington Capitals have traded for a goalie. The news was announced officially Sunday morning that the Caps completed a trade with the New Jersey Devils for Remi Poirier. The Capitals are sending the Devils a fourth-round draft pick in return. #NEWS: We’ve acquired a 2027 seventh-round pick from the Washington Capitals for goaltender Remi […] The post Capitals Trade For Devils’ 25-Year-Old Goalie appeared first on HEAVY.
LSU Football’s NFL Draft Stock: Entering Week 9
Injuries begin to hurt NFL Draft stocks, but a return could change that.
Colts' Draft Haul in 2027, 2028 After Huge Trades
What picks do the Indianapolis Colts have in the 2027 and 2028 NFL Drafts after making two big trades on Tuesday?
Every NYU player drafted by the Boston Celtics
Let's take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Celtics out of NYU.
Panthers elevate Cardinals draftee for TNF amid cornerback injury crisis
The Carolina Panthers are turning to veteran cornerback Marco Wilson as injuries leave their secondary dangerously thin ahead of Thursday Night Football against the Green Bay Packers . ESPN reporter Jeremy Fowler recently highlighted Carolina’s shortage, with only two healthy cornerbacks remaining on the 53-man roster . The Panthers are elevating […] The post Panthers elevate Cardinals draftee for TNF amid cornerback injury crisis appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Five 2027 Draft Prospects Who Fill Washington Commanders Needs
With the Washington Commanders currently in position to land the fourth overall pick in the 2027 NFL Draft, who are some of the names that can address needs?
Jets Get Blunt Garrett Wilson Update Amid 49ers Trade Speculation
Although the Nov. 10 trade deadline is still days away, the San Francisco 49ers have started making their moves to bolster the team for the second half of the 2026 season. The Niners have already made one move by trading for DeForest Buckner to beef up their defensive line.San Francisco sent a 2027 fourth-round draft […] The post Jets Get Blunt Garrett Wilson Update Amid 49ers Trade Speculation appeared first on HEAVY.
Kyle Larson’s Championship Moment Comes at Talladega
Conquering his drafting-track demons, Larson surged from mid-pack chaos to secure a historic Hendrick 1-2 finish, building a massive points cushion that places the title within reach
Jauan Jennings Trade: Raiders, Vikings Connected In Rumor
Jauan Jennings has not lived up to expectations with the Minnesota Vikings, and the team could part ways with the veteran receiver before the trade deadline. A seventh-round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, the Tennessee product spent his early years in a supporting role before earning more snaps later in his career. He first …
Packers add ex-Raiders QB to practice squad
The Green Bay Packers pulled off one roster move Monday. But they’re not moving running back Josh Jacobs despite his name being linked to trade rumors. Instead, coach Matt LaFleur and company are bringing in former Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Cam Miller The past NFL Draft pick for the Raiders is heading to Lambeau Field , per ESPN NFL insider […] The post Packers add ex-Raiders QB to practice squad appeared first on ClutchPoints.
2027 Mock Draft Makes the Lions Wait on Secondary Help
Detroit's secondary is the glaring hole, and the newest 2027 mock draft has the Lions fixing something else first. #OnePride
FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration’s move to ease peptides access
A plan to give people in the United States easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with its development.
NFL Draft order for 2027 following Week 8
Here is the current first round order for the 2027 NFL Draft
Oregon's Dante Moore Believed to be Considering Return to College Football
Following a season-ending concussion and rising NFL draft concerns, the Ducks star may bypass the pros to reclaim his momentum and health through another collegiate campaign.
From World Series Champion to Astros GM: Meet Randy Flores
The former Cardinals assistant GM has a history of finding talent in the draft. Now he’ll try to do the same for Houston.
The Big Question: How has sports wagering shown up in your life?
New Hampshire is expecting record-breaking amounts of money spent on sports wagering this year.
Yaxel Lendeborg Shuts Down Media Training Question
The Golden State Warriors have a special rookie after drafting Yaxel Lendeborg and already seeing major results. Lendeborg has been Golden State’s second best player behind Stephen Curry. Pundits view Yaxel as having a realistic chance to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award due to hit hot start, overall talent, and role in […] The post Yaxel Lendeborg Shuts Down Media Training Question appeared first on HEAVY.
Packers Draft: College Football Discussion, Week 8
Mississippi-Texas is the premier SEC matchup of the week
Packers Sign Former First-Round Pick to Practice Squad
The Green Bay Packers signed a former Dallas Cowboys draft pick one day after embarrassing them in primetime.
Eagles Trade Pitch Swaps Draft Pick for New Starting QB
Philadelphia Eagles trade pitch lands new starting QB from AFC contender. The post Eagles Trade Pitch Swaps Draft Pick for New Starting QB appeared first on HEAVY.
Jamari Sharpe Early 2027 NFL Draft Profile
The Indiana Hoosiers stunned the college football world by going undefeated and winning the national championship last season. Despite losing a number of important contributors from that squad, most notably Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza, the Hoosiers sit at 7-1 and are ranked No. 4 in the country. Indiana did return cornerback Jamari Sharpe, who …
Patriots reportedly cut one of Bill Belichick's final draft picks
The Patriots are reportedly releasing former starting punter Bryce Baringer.
FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration's effort to ease peptides access
WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to give Americans easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with the p...
Yankees take a calculated risk on Jazz Chisholm free agency
Jazz Chisholm Jr. can talk to other clubs without the draft-pick penalty attached to a qualifying offer. For the Yankees, […]
NFL Draft stock report- strong sell: Bryce Underwood, QB, Michigan
Rated the number one overall recruit, regardless of position, in the high school class of 2025, expectations were sky high for Bryce Underwood.
Clemson NFL Draft Prospect Could Return to School in Stunner
This Clemson Tigers NFL Draft prospect could ultimately decide to return to school in 2027.
Every Partizan player drafted by the Golden State Warriors
Let's take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Warriors out of Partizan.
Zaccharie Risacher Praised by Mavericks Teammate Kyrie Irving
Dallas Mavericks forward Zaccharie Risacher was praised by his new teammate Kyrie Irving following a strong start to his season.Risacher, the former No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, fell out of favor with the Hawks and was traded to the Mavericks this summer.So far, it’s proven to be […] The post Zaccharie Risacher Praised by Mavericks Teammate Kyrie Irving appeared first on HEAVY.
Todd Monken says Ravens matchup “not personal … strictly business,’ but not everyone believes him
Todd Monken downplayed the reunion with the Ravens. He said he wouldn’t have gotten the job as Browns coach without the three years as offensive coordinator in Baltimore under coach John Harbaugh. He complimented the organization, including for listening to the assistants in the draft process. He mentioned that his first interview with the Browns
2027 NFL Draft: Chargers mock draft update
The Chargers currently hold the No. 1 overall pick in the 2027 NFL Draft and we updated our Los Angeles mock draft with an eye on the offense.
College football’s top Cowboys draft targets in Week 9
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Xavier Gilliam projected to Cowboys in NFL mock draft
Xavier Gilliam projected to Dallas in 2027 NFL mock draft.
Every Andover player drafted by the Golden State Warriors
Let's take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Warriors out of Andover.
Ex-Spur Jeremy Sochan becomes a Legend
The Dallas Legends used the top pick in Saturday's G League draft on Sochan, who will look to salvage an NBA career that has not gone as expected for the former lottery selection.
AI chatbots could make healthcare more accessible, but some doctors are still wary
AI chatbots are everywhere these days, helping to write emails or draft resumes and answer users’ burning questions about everything from their love life to medical advice.