While NFL fans enjoy the exploits of dynamic Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, the man who blazed a path for him and other Black quarterbacks has been largely forgotten. His name is Marlin Briscoe and he has been acknowledged by the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the first Black quarterback to start a professional […]
Surely Lamar Jackson has put that ugly stereotype to rest, once and for all. Let’s hope we never hear again how some dynamic young African-American quarterback would be better off at another position because — wink, wink — he’s just not cut out to read defenses or up to the mental challenge. That narrative has […]
Veteran defensive backs and team leaders Richard Sherman of San Francisco and Malcolm Jenkins of Philadelphia are among 32 nominees for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. The award, now in its 50th year — it was named after the late Hall of Fame running back in 1999 — will be handed […]
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Felicia Edmunds would rouse her three preteen boys from bed hours before school — and even on vacation — to put them through a rigorous daily workout of long runs and suicide sprints. If Trey, Terrell and Tremaine Edmunds aspired to one day play in the NFL, Felicia’s phys-ed teacher […]
NFL week 14 is behind us now and man it was a good one. Both the Saints and 49ers put up over 40 points but the 49ers came out on top! The Falcons put a whooping on the Panthers and the Steelers beat the Cardinals by 4. Kansas City and Patrick Mahomes beat Tom Brady […]
Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick just can’t escape his past as an animal abuser, as thousands have signed several online petitions demanding the NFL remove him from the list of captains at the 2020 Pro Bowl. One of the petitions on Change.org has received more than 170,000 signatures. Joanna Lind, creator of the petition, said she is “absolutely disgusted” […]
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Odell Beckham Jr.’s disappointing first season with the Browns isn’t even over, and the star wide receiver is already making predictions about the next one. “2020’s going to be my year,” he said. He didn’t say if it would be in Cleveland. Beckham was vague about his future on Thursday during […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will have surgery on his injured left foot next week, interim coach Perry Fewell said on Wednesday. Newton suffered a Lisfranc injury in the preseason and started two games in the regular season before being placed on injured reserve. Fewell said he had no other details about […]
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — It’s easy to forgive Ravens coach John Harbaugh for forgetting this weekend’s showdown of two of the AFC’s more dynamic quarterbacks won’t be the first meeting between Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson and the Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen. The score was so lopsided and the 15 months which have passed feel more […]
Several players with the Seattle Seahawks celebrated their Monday night win over the Minnesota Vikings, by breaking out into a dance mimicking New Edition’s “If It Isn’t Love” music video. Singer Johnny Gill was watching the game live when the Seahawks receivers paid homage to his group with their TD celebration, TMZ reports. “That was freakin’ hilarious,” Gill tells the outlet. […]
Yahoo Sports reports that former Notre Dame running back George Atkinson III has died at the age of 27. No cause of death has been reported, but Pete Sampson of The Athletic tweeted that Atkinson had been suffering from depression since his twin brother Josh died by suicide in January 2019. In a letter written in […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Ron Rivera era has come to an abrupt end in Carolina. The Panthers fired their all-time winningest head coach with the team on a four-game losing streak and headed to its third non-playoff season in four years. Cam Newton on Instagram on #Panthers’ firing Ron Rivera: “This one hurt […]
