Joe Morris To Announce Giants' Pick At NFL Draft; Marty Lyons For Jets
Joe Morris, Marty Lyons and 30 other retired NFL stars will announce their former teams' second or third-round picks at the NFL draft next Friday.
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Joe Morris, Marty Lyons and 30 other retired NFL stars will announce their former teams' second or third-round picks at the NFL draft next Friday.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told Giants season-ticket holders in a conference call on Wednesday that the league is planning to start the 2011 season on time.
If the NFL settles its labor dispute, the New York Giants will open the 2011 season in Washington on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Jonathan Tisch and Woody Johnson announced Monday that Alfred F. Kelly Jr. will oversee preparations for the game at the New Meadowlands Stadium in February 2014, the NFL's first open-air, cold-weather Super Bowl.
Might the court-ordered mediation between the NFL and its players foreshadow progress toward ensuring that pro football goes on this fall? Or is it merely a formality that will yield little as long as a key legal ruling on the lockout is still pending?
The judge who will rule on the NFL players' request to lift the lockout imposed by the owners told both sides she "will impose forced mediation," according to USA Today.
The federal judge overseeing the NFL players' request to lift a lockout by the owners says it will take "a couple of weeks'' to rule.
NFL players are defending their decision to disband the union, saying employers cannot force workers to unionize, and dissolution is "not akin to turning off a light switch."
Rex Ryan never has been someone who passes up a good punch line, particularly at the expense of the Patriots. He was in fine form Tuesday during the NFL's coaches breakfast.
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.
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.
March is an ornery month, a month removed from football, a tease for baseball, and an irritant to an already irritated fan base frothing for action. Basketball is a few drips of water in the deep chasm between the NFL and MLB. We have no choice.
"I tell guys, 'Why do you need that $250,000 car? A Mercedes is a great car and it's $85,000. You can afford that on your salary, and what's that ($250,000) car going to do for you?' "
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."
Rumors of a competing event against the NFL Draft persist. So will this year's top rookies walk across the stage to shake hands with Roger Goodell? Jets free agent cornerback Antonio Cromartie thinks they should.
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.
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.
The NFL will be more aggressive in suspending players next season for illegal hits, and also could make changes to instant replay and kickoffs.
Ray Anderson, the NFL's chief disciplinarian, said Wednesday that repeat offenders or players committing flagrant illegal hits will have a much greater chance of being suspended during the 2011 season.
Appearing on the NFL Network Tuesday night, Roger Goodell that there has been virtually no dialogue with the NFLPA since mediated negotiations collapsed last Friday. "For us to go back to mediation, you call me and we'll be there," Goodell said.
As the NFL labor fight moves from the mediation room to the court room, players are trying to learn the ins and outs of filing a lawsuit on the fly.
Celebrate good times! Terry Collins is ready to name a Luis as his starting second baseman, and it's not Luis Castillo.
