A coalition of prominent African-American women is asking for an emergency meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and urging him to hire Black women to serve on the NFL’s all-white Domestic Violence Advisory Board. Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and National Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable, […]
ESPN has suspended Bill Simmons for three weeks after he repeatedly called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a liar during a profane tirade on a podcast. ESPN announced the suspension Wednesday. “Every employee must be accountable to ESPN and those engaged in our editorial operations must also operate within ESPN’s journalistic standards,” ESPN said in a statement. […]
Roger Goodell now admits that he’s dropped the ball on a huge issue in the NFL. The NFL commissioner held a press conference Friday, When…
Roland Martin talks to Avis Jones DeWeaver about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s lack of diversity on the new Domestic Abuse Leadership team. “He’s really mixing apples and oranges here. We wanted to give him advice and guidance around selecting black women who have spent their entire career around domestic violence. We do exist,” DeWeaver said. Click […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Three experts in domestic violence will serve as consultants to the NFL. Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams Monday announcing that Lisa Friel, Jane Randel and Rita Smith will work as “senior advisers.” They will “help lead and shape the NFL’s policies and programs relating to domestic violence and […]
There’s now movement in the Ray Rice suspension situation NBC Sports is reporting that Rice will appeal the indefinite suspension on Monday (09-15-14). The appeal will be handled by the NFLPA and by an outside lawyer hired by Rice. Because the indefinite suspension was imposed under the personal-conduct policy, Commissioner Roger Goodell will have the […]
Support is growing for former secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to take over as NFL commissioner following criticism of how the league dropped the ball on former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice. The Ravens swiftly canceled Rice’s five-year contract and the NFL suspended him indefinitely on Tuesday, one day after video surfaced on TMZ.com showing […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn’t see the violent images until this week. The person played The Associated Press a 12-second voice mail from an NFL office […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As questions arose about how the NFL investigated domestic violence allegations against Ray Rice, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday the league asked for, but was not given, video showing the ex-Ravens running back punching his then-fiancee on an elevator. Goodell told CBS that “no one in the NFL, to my […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Ray Rice and Janay Palmer can be heard shouting obscenities at each other, and she appears to spit in the face of the three-time Pro Bowl running back right before he throws a knockout punch in a video shown to The Associated Press by a law enforcement official. The video, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Acknowledging he “didn’t get it right” with a two-game suspension for Ravens running back Ray Rice, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced After Rice, NFL Increases Domestic Violence Bans tougher penalties for players accused of domestic violence, including six weeks for a first offense and at least a year for a second. […]
