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Browns defenders wearing boxing gloves in practice (Yahoo Sports)
 The Browns are ready to rumble. To prepare for the NFL's crackdown on defensive holding this season, the team is making its cornerbacks and safeties wear boxing gloves during training camp practices. The smaller, mitten-like gloves - used by kickboxers and in mixed martial arts - are meant to deter players from latching on to the jerseys of wide receivers, an allowable tactic in the past but one that will draw a penalty flag now. When he first saw the padded gloves, Browns Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden didn't know what to think. More...
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