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Lawrence Taylor stomped the symbolic, spiritual, and legal line when he became sexually intimate with a minor. A girl. This spikes the hairs on any dad's back and quickens the pulse of people like me, who spent my high school Sundays kneeling at the altar of LT.
Defiant ex-Giants great Lawrence Taylor, hours after receiving six years' probation for sexual misconduct and having sex with an underage prostitute on Tuesday, told Fox News' Shepard Smith the girl "wasn't hiding behind no school bus."
While the labor dispute was the "primary focus" of two days of owners meetings, according to Roger Goodell, the league also carried on with business as usual, discussing rules changes that included moving kickoffs up 5 yards to the 35, and using replays on all scoring plays.
Former Giants star Lawrence Taylor was sentenced to six years probation on Tuesday for sexual misconduct and having sex with an underage prostitute.
Few plays are as memorable or dangerous as long kickoff returns. Highlight shows can't get enough of Devin Hester, Leon Washington or the Jets' Brad Smith breaking one. The NFL wants those "game-breaking" plays to be safer.
While NFL players prepare for the lockout long haul, here are some tips that they must follow to survive the upcoming financial hardships.
The NFL has asked a federal judge to keep its lockout in place, saying there are no legal grounds to stop it and accusing the players of trying to manipulate the law.
The NFL's locked-out players wrote back to Commissioner Roger Goodell on Saturday, responding to his letter to them by saying: "Your statements are false."
Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote NFL players Thursday, outlining the league's last proposal to the union and cautioning that "each passing day puts our game and our shared economics further at risk."
DeMaurice Smith joined Mike Francesa on WFAN Thursday for a long interview that focused on the negotiations between the NFLPA and the NFL owners.
Tiki Barber may have plenty of detractors among Giants fans and ex-teammates, but don't count Lawrence Taylor as one of them.
Giants president and CEO John Mara remains optimistic that there will be an NFL season in 2011. But, to keep Giants fans at ease, he said on Wednesday that season-ticket holders won't have to make payments until the lockout is resolved.
The NFL asked a federal judge Wednesday to deny the players' union bid to release details in a $4 billion TV revenue dispute, saying information should be kept confidential because it is commercially sensitive.
New York Giants owner John Mara joined Mike Francesa on Wednesday to discuss the NFL labor talks.
The NFL will be more aggressive in suspending players next season for illegal hits, and also could make changes to instant replay and kickoffs.
