First-year candidates Junior Seau, Kurt Warner and Orlando Pace are among 18 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The list of nominees was reduced Thursday to 15 from the modern era, one senior and two contributors. A finalist must receive at least 80 percent of the votes from the 46-person selection committee to […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Heisman Trophy O.J. Simpson won in 1968 has been recovered more than 20 years after it was stolen in a burglary at the University of Southern California, police said Tuesday night. The trophy and a Simpson jersey were stolen in a burglary at Heritage Hall, home to USC’s athletic department, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Detroit-Dallas game Sunday averaged 42.3 million viewers on Fox, the third-highest total in NFL wild-card history. The broadcast trailed only the San Francisco-Green Bay game last year on Fox at 47.1 million and the 2012 Pittsburgh-Denver game on CBS at 42.4 million, the NFL and Nielsen said Monday. The Lions-Cowboys […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints linebacker Junior Galette was arrested Monday in a domestic violence case in which a woman says her face was scratched and her ear bloodied after an earring was ripped off. Galette was booked with misdemeanor simple battery stemming from the disturbance at the player’s house in Kenner, a […]
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — Former Washington Washington Football Team defensive back Fred Smoot has been acquitted of misdemeanor domestic assault following a bench trial in Virginia. Smoot testified in his own defense Monday in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. He denied hitting his former girlfriend, Valerie Jackson, though he admitted kicking down a bathroom door […]
In this quarterback-driven league, nothing could be better than teams driven by their QBs meeting in the playoffs. So next weekend can’t come soon enough: Denver’s Peyton Manning vs. the man who replaced him in Indianapolis, Andrew Luck. Baltimore’s Joe Flacco, who twice has defeated the Patriots and Tom Brady, heading to New England. Aaron […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — The security director of the Baltimore Ravens was charged Tuesday night with a sex offense and is due in court in February, according to court records. Online court records for Baltimore City District Court on Tuesday night showed Darren Sanders was charged with fourth-degree sexual offense, related to an incident that occurred […]
UPDATE: December 30, 2014 Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh can play in Detroit’s playoff game after his one-game NFL suspension was reduced to a $70,000 fine. Hearing officer Ted Cottrell heard Suh’s expedited appeal Tuesday and ruled that Suh can play Sunday at Dallas but must pay the fine. Suh originally was suspended for stepping […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael Sam dismissed the thought that his sexuality has cost him a spot in the NFL. “I don’t like to think that way,” Sam said in an Oprah Winfrey Network documentary that aired Saturday night. “But I do believe I’m a very talented football player and I’m going to continue working […]
Those needing confirmation about whether other gay football players exist in the NFL can look to Michael Sam. In a tell-all interview set to air on the OWN network this weekend, the athlete confirmed to Oprah Winfrey that he knows of other gay men currently playing in the league. In fact, some of them have […]
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Humbled by his rough rookie season, Johnny Manziel promised to be a more committed quarterback. The NFL knocked some of the air out of Johnny Football. “I’m not the guy that I’ve always been,” he said. “I’m not the Johnny Manziel that came in here a year ago. It’s been a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A woman alleges former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald sexually assaulted her after a night of drinking and after she injured her head in a fall by his swimming pool, according to court documents unsealed Monday. The woman told authorities she has no memory of the sexual encounter that […]
