Latest us sports news update for 08/15/2023 #football #nfl #michaeloher #dallascowboys

Zack Martin, previously in a holdout with the Dallas Cowboys, has reached an agreement for a revised deal. Under the new terms, Martin is set to receive $36 million in guaranteed payments across the next two seasons. This amount represents an increase from the $27.5 million he was initially due to earn in 2023 and 2024. Both years of the contract are now fully guaranteed. This adjustment propels Martin's position from the eighth highest paid guard to the third, trailing behind Chris Lindstrom of the Atlanta Falcons and Quenton Nelson of the Indianapolis Colts. Notably, Nelson set the market at $20.5 million, followed by Lindstrom at $20 million.

The Tennessee family accused by retired NFL star Michael Oher of manipulating him into a conservatorship and appropriating earnings from a highly successful film depicting his life, countered these accusations on Tuesday. They asserted that Oher had issued a threat to make his story public unless they paid him $15 million.