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Nearly five years after being suspended indefinitely by the NFL, the league has reinstated wide receiver Martavis Bryant, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.
Bryant, who will turn 32 next month, has not played in the NFL since 2018 when he was with the Oakland Raiders.
The 2014 fourth-round pick played with the Pittsburgh Steelers and showed promise early on. He recorded 1,314 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns in his first two seasons. That second season in Pittsburgh saw his first suspension — a four-game ban — for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.
In March 2016, the NFL suspended Bryant for the entire 2016 season for another violation.
After sitting out the 2016 season, Bryant was conditionally reinstated in April 2017 and returned to the Steelers. He played 15 games that season and recorded 603 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Bryant was traded to the Raiders in April 2018. Nearly five months later, he was released by the team and re-signed 10 days later while facing an indefinite suspension by the league.
A knee injury ended Bryant's season in early December 2018, and a week later he was suspended indefinitely for violating the terms of his conditional reinstatement from a previous ban. He applied for reinstatement that summer.
Since exiting the NFL, Bryant has still been around football. He had two stints in the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts and Edmonton Elks but never played a game with either team. He was suspended and later released by the Argonauts for failing to report to training camp and was cut by the Elks before joining the team.
In 2021, Bryant signed with the Massachusetts Pirates of the Indoor Football League, then moved on to the FCF Beats with the short-lived Fan Controlled Football League a year later. He most recently played with the XFL's Vegas Vipers, catching 14 passes for 154 in eight games.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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