NFL: Tom Brady likely "aware" of deflated footballs

"Deflate-gate" probe finds that New England Patriots employees likely deflated footballs used in AFC Championship game

• May 6, 2015

Text messages tell the tale in "Deflate-gate" probe

NFL report cites series of texts between New England employees as key evidence that team likely deflated footballs

• May 6, 2015

NFL player may go to trial on revenge porn charges

Jermaine Cunningham, formerly of the New York Jets, is accused of distributing racy photos of a woman

• May 6, 2015

Jacksonville Jaguars player takes teen with cancer to prom

After a hospital visit, defensive tackle Sen'Derrick Marks picked up 18-year-old Khameyea Jennings in his Lamborghini

• May 4, 2015

NFL draft first round: Doubt loses out

Many players -- including the top two -- were chosen despite questions about them off the field or even on

• May 1, 2015

NFL draft kicks off with highly anticipated first pick

Tampa Bay Buccaneers announce which football player the team's taking from this year's crop of talent

• May 1, 2015

Athletes who served

You might be surprised to know that, before they turned their attention to sports, some of the world's top athletes served in the military

• Apr 29, 2015
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Prized NFL prospect to be questioned in woman's death

Investigators want to talk to La'el Collins, a former Louisiana State University offensive tackle, who they say was romantically involved with pregnant woman who was murdered

• Apr 29, 2015

NFL relinquishing tax-exempt status

In a letter to team owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell calls issue a distraction

• Apr 28, 2015

NFL draft prospect cited for marijuana possession

Shane Ray, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound defensive lineman from Missouri, is expected to be an early pick in this week's NFL draft

• Apr 28, 2015

NFL Commissioner Goodell: "We didn't get it right"

League boss admits policies weren't in place on player misconduct, but in spite of that and myriad other challenges, insists he's going to "make the NFL better"

• Apr 28, 2015

Judge OKs $1 billion deal over NFL concussions lawsuit

Awards for players who suffer from Alzheimer's disease or moderate dementia average out to $190,000 per person

• Apr 22, 2015

Aaron Hernandez to be called to testify in lawsuit

A lawyer for the family of Odin Lloyd - the man Hernandez was convicted of killing - says the ex-NFL star won't be able to plead the fifth

• Apr 22, 2015

Sheriff: Aaron Hernandez is a master manipulator

Despite being convicted of murder, former NFL star "still had a swagger in his step," law officer says

• Apr 21, 2015

Quarterback Tim Tebow set to make NFL return

Three years after being released from his last football team, Tebow is making another run at the pros, this time in Philadelphia

• Apr 19, 2015

Ex-NFL running back's cellmate death ruled homicide

According to officials, ex-NFL star Lawrence Phillips, who is an inmate at the Kern Valley State Prison, is suspect in the death of Damion Soward

• Apr 17, 2015

NFL gives big news to Vikings running back Adrian Peterson

The Minnesota Vikings star was suspended last November after a case of child abuse surfaced

• Apr 16, 2015

Big athletes in big trouble

Dallas Cowboys' defensive end Greg Hardy is just the latest in a long line of star athletes making news for their plays off the field

• Apr 15, 2015
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Aaron Hernandez guilty of first-degree murder

The former New England Patriots' star was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Odin Lloyd

• Apr 15, 2015

Ex-NFL RB suspected of killing prison cellmate

Lawrence Phillips' cellmate at Kern Valley State Prison was found lifeless early Saturday and later pronounced dead, prison spokesman Lt. Marshall Denning said in a statement

• Apr 14, 2015

TV cameraman banned from Aaron Hernandez trial

Camerman acknowledged following jurors deliberating in the ex-NFL star's murder trial

• Apr 9, 2015

Hernandez jurors say TV station tailed them

Judge says accusations two jurors were followed during deliberations is a serious matter, warns station it could be banned from courthouse as ex-NFL player's murder trial nears a verdict

• Apr 9, 2015

Against the odds, wife and mom of 3 now NFL referee

Sarah Thomas, once a college basketball standout, caught the eye of the league and will be the first woman to officiate a male-dominated game

• Apr 8, 2015

Jury asks about weapons charges in Hernandez trial

Jurors deliberating fate of ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez asked judge for clarification on weapon and ammunition possession charges he faces

• Apr 8, 2015

Jurors can review phone records in Hernandez case

The first full day of deliberations is underway in the trial of former the former New England Patriots player, charged in the June 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd

• Apr 8, 2015

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