NFL To Change Extra-Point Kicks To Longer Distance
The NFL is moving back extra-point kicks and allowing defenses to score on conversion turnovers.
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The NFL is moving back extra-point kicks and allowing defenses to score on conversion turnovers.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will not appeal the $1 million fine and loss of two draft choices the NFL penalized the team for its role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC championship game.
The NFL's May owners meetings always include some interesting and key issues for the league. Many times, there are proposed rules changes tabled at the annual meetings two months earlier.
Former Detroit Lion Ndamukong Suh has put his Birmingham home up for sale.
Dennard played in 14 games last season as a rookie, getting most of his time when the score was lopsided. He didn't have an interception.
Speaking of acting, tight end Steven Borden's father, Steve Sr., was a pretty good one in his own right.
Adrian Robinson, the former Temple defensive lineman who recently signed with the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, has died. He was 25.
The NFL hammered Tom Brady for his role in "DeflateGate" for good reason. We can't have the best players in America's favorite sport toying with the rules.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday night he will personally hear the suspension appeal of Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady, who challenged the league's punishment for his role in using deflated footballs during the AFC championship game.
Lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez have filed an appeal of his murder conviction, saying it was based on "improper speculation, conjecture and guesswork."
The most egregious to New England fans appears to be the suspension of Brady - claiming there is no direct connection to Brady and the action of deflating the footballs.
A Patriots lawyer says the "deflator" nickname used by a ballboy and cited in the NFL's decision to suspend quarterback Tom Brady was about weight loss, not footballs.
Wootton played in 15 games for the Vikings last season and totaled 16 tackles. He also recorded a sack.
Tom Brady's challenge to his four-game suspension by the NFL is set to begin.
A Mecklenburg County Sheriff's spokesman says the 10 guns seized last year from Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy's apartment following a domestic violence incident will be sold or auctioned off at a later date.
The Lions expect Abdullah to contribute in both the run game and on special teams as a rookie.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has earned $50,000 for childhood cancer research playing "Celebrity Jeopardy."
Salas played 10 games for the New York Jets last season and had eight catches for 167 yards.
Quin now has a base salary of $745,000 for the 2015 season and a base salary of $4 million for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.
Aaron Rodgers won celebrity Jeopardy last night and Alex Trebek did his version of the discount double check on the show.
"They're going to pay, they're going to have people all over the place," he added. "If something is not right, TMZ is going to find it. They're just bulldogs and they've got the resources to do it."
Moore played in 14 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers last season and totaled 14 receptions for 198 yards.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid says the National Football League is more concerned with air in footballs than the Washington Redskins' "racist" name.
ESPN's NFL wild-card game will also air on ABC this season, with the league looking to expand the audience a year after it televised a playoff matchup on cable for the first time.
