Suspensions Not Enough Medicine For NFL Headaches
The NFL brass is downright delusional if they think the laws already on the books are tough enough to make the problem go away.
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The NFL brass is downright delusional if they think the laws already on the books are tough enough to make the problem go away.
Giants safety Antrel Rolle and Jets wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery joined Benigno & Roberts to recap another good week for New York football.
NFL executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson told WFAN's Boomer & Carton on Tuesday that the NFL will start instituting suspensions for illegal hits - effective immediately.
Football can be a hurt business, but there was so much hurting going on in Week 6 of the NFL season that alarms went off at league headquarters.
The New York Jets have been outstanding at times, lucky at others and coming up with victories any way they can.
The NFL could soon start suspending players for dangerous helmet-to-helmet hits, vice president of football operations Ray Anderson told The Associated Press on Monday.
Brett Favre took quite a pounding in Minnesota's 24-21 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. The 41-year-old quarterback will face another tough test in just a few days.
It was a big return for Big Ben Roethlisberger, who looked as though he barely missed a beat.
Several helmet-to-helmet hits Sunday caused injuries to some of the NFL's top playmakers.
Cablevision and Fox parent News Corp. will meet again Monday, Fox spokesman Scott Grogin said
Ines Sainz of TV Azteca says she suggested to the National Football League that she conduct player interviews on the field or on the sideline.
Brett Favre said that it was his elbow, not the Jenn Sterger investigation, that hampered him against the Jets.
The Texas Rangers took care of business Tuesday night, as Cliff Lee pitched his squad into the ALCS. All that, Marisa Miller, more on the Brett Favre saga, and more...
As imperfect as these Jets have been through five games, they're still tied for the NFL lead with four wins and impressing their opponents on a weekly basis.
Football's violent nature is part of its wide appeal. But as more is learned about the long-term damage of head trauma, broadcasters have to walk a fine line between savoring good, tough play and glorifying hits that can cause serious harm.
Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Marisa Miller is teaming up with the NFL, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Super Bowl hangover, anyone? The Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, and the team they beat, the Indianapolis Colts, both are 3-2 five weeks into the season.
The NFL said it would review allegations involving the Vikings' Brett Favre, who the Web site Deadspin said sent racy messages and photos to former game hostess Jenn Sterger while he was the Jets' quarterback in 2008.
Things could start getting sorted out in the NFC Least, uh, East, this Sunday as all four teams in the league's most disappointing group play non-divisional games.
The NFL said it would review allegations involving Brett Favre, who the website Deadspin said sent racy messages and photos to a former game hostess while a Jets quarterback in 2008.
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith sees new signs that owners are preparing for a football-free 2011.
On a night when the Chicago Bears wound up allowing 10 sacks, the most ever for them, Jay Cutler started taking a beating as soon as he stepped on the field.
Progress for the St. Louis Rams at 2-2 is distress for the Indianapolis Colts, who surprisingly have the same mediocre record.
The president of the AFL-CIO is offering to mediate the NFL's labor negotiations. The league has a very basic problem with that.
The annual report card by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida on Wednesday gave the NFL its first 'A' on racial hiring practices in 18 years.
