EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The NFL Players Association has filed an expedited grievance with the NFL to reinstate Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. The NFLPA cited Monday “explicit language in a signed agreement” from Sept. 18, when Peterson was placed on a special commissioner’s exempt list following his indictment on felony child abuse […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — If Adrian Peterson is allowed to return to the Minnesota Vikings this season, the reunion probably won’t happen swiftly. The NFL formally began a review of the star running back’s case for potential punishment under the league’s personal conduct policy, informing Peterson on Thursday that his status on paid leave from the […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s son said Wednesday she supports a plea deal that gave Peterson probation on a charge of abusing the boy. She also hopes the NFL doesn’t impose any additional punishment. Peterson acknowledged using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son earlier this year. […]
NFL star Adrian Peterson has reached a plea deal in his child-abuse case and is not expected to serve any jail time, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Michele Steele. The Minnesota Vikings player will enter a plea Tuesday afternoon to a lesser charge than the felony child-abuse charge that he is currently facing, the source […]
CONROE, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has tentatively set a Dec. 1 trial date for Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson on a charge of felony child abuse for using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son. Judge Kelly Case set the date Wednesday as Peterson made his first court appearance in suburban […]
A day before Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson makes his first court appearance in Texas, ESPN is reporting that he will plead not guilty to child abuse charges, and not even consider pleading guilty in an attempt to expedite his return to the playing field. Mary Flood, the spokesperson for Peterson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, […]
Right now, my soul is divided. For I am both a man of a generation where children were spanked and people believed in their privacy. Things as critical as keeping your children in check and your mouth closed about your private life with a spouse, girlfriend or partner have all been compromised. Which begs the […]
The mother of Adrian Peterson came to his defense Wednesday in her first public comments since the running back’s indictment for child abuse, saying he has six kids and “wants to be a good father to them all,” reports ESPN.com. “I don’t care what anybody says,” Bonita Jackson, 50, said in an interview with the […]
Republicans and African Americans may not agree on much, but they tend to be on the same page when it comes to spanking, according to…
Republicans and African Americans may not agree on much, but they tend to be on the same page when it comes to spanking, according to…
They say timing is everything. With that in mind, maybe Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush should have kept his thoughts on disciplining his daughter to himself. Yesterday Bush was out doing interviews as part of a sponsor campaign for Taco Bell. However, after his chat on WFAN radio, most folks won’t be thinking about […]
More bad news for Adrian Peterson. Like they say money talks. We had a feeling that when the NFL’s advertisers decided they didn’t like the messy situation they were seeing things would change. We told you about Radisson Hotels suspending their sponsorship of the Minnesota Vikings due to the team’s and Peterson’s messy circumstances. It […]
