In his first show as co-host of “First Take” on ESPN2, Max Kellerman reacted to a video of what is believed to be the NFL’s Aldon Smith smoking marijuana by questioning why it is outlawed in the NFL when alcohol’s effects
After being released by the Cleveland Browns, troubled quarterback Johnny Manziel once again tries to straighten out his life.
The president of a leading organization dedicated to supporting the families of North Texas first responders suffering death and grave injury on duty offered only three words for Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell after his social media post depicting a police officer getting his throat cut went viral: I forgive you.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) angered Cleveland fans Monday at the Republican National Convention. Ryan, a Green Bay Packers fan, was handed the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Terrible Towel” after he got up to speak. “I want to win this election so
After spending nearly $700 million in tax dollars to build the Vikings’ new U.S. Bank Stadium, officials have now announced the Vikings and the taxpayers will spend an additional $300,000 on a study to determine whether or not the stadium is responsible for too many bird fatalities.
For the first time in five years, an NFL franchise is more valuable than the usual soccer juggernauts of Europe. The Dallas Cowboys now lead the world with an overall value of $4 billion despite their championship drought. Forbes’ annual
Emory University professor Michael Lewis ranks NFL sports fans every summer using data that reflects statistical models of fan interest.
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett took aim at the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player for overcharging young basketball players (ages 9-16) to participate in “The Warriors Overnight Camp Featuring Stephen Curry.”
Last year, New York Giants star defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul lost a finger and suffered severe damage to his right hand in a fireworks accident. Pierre-Paul’s injury cost him millions of dollars and almost ended his career, but he was able to come
Not since 1985 has San Antonio enjoyed a professional football team within its immediate media market. If the Oakland Raiders have their way, the Alamo City could be competing with Las Vegas for Texas’ third franchise, at the expense of local taxpayers according to a Breitbart Texas interview with Stanford University economics professor Roger Noll.
Former NFL head coach and influential defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan died Tuesday. He was 82.
Mike Florio, the editor of NBC’s popular “Pro Football Talk” website, wonders if the NFL will be able to keep playing games in England after the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Only days after the National Hockey League awarded Las Vegas its first major professional team, the debate over how Sin City would pay for a stadium for its first football team resulted in the largest taxpayer subsidy ever proposed for an NFL team.
Tennessee Titans linebacker Derrick Morgan wants the NFL to spend more time researching medicinal marijuana and the potential health benefits it could provide players.
Wide receiver Dez Bryant, one of the most popular players on the Dallas Cowboys, just got served with a lawsuit by a sitting Texas state senator over damage to a rental house the politician alleges the player perpetrated.
[LANGUAGE WARNING] On Wednesday, Bill Simmons debuted his new HBO show “Any Given Wednesday.” The former ESPN personality welcomed actor Ben Affleck, and the two discussed the New England Patriots and “Deflate-gate.” Affleck called the investigation a “smear campaign” against
Philadelphia Eagles long snapper Jon Dorenbos is a 14-year veteran and two-time Pro-Bowler. On Tuesday’s “America’s Got Talent” on NBC, he showed he may have a bright future ahead in the world of magic. Dorenbos has been practicing magic since
In a stunning reversal for major professional sports leagues in America, the once taboo Sin City will likely host the NHL’s 31st franchise, perhaps the NFL’s Raiders, and maybe an MLB team in the not so distant future.
U.S. Customs has reported the seizure of some $680,000 in counterfeit championship rings representing most of the major North American sports leagues.
After years of being bombarded by sports media over his personal travails, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston insists he is trying to stay on the straight and narrow. But now one of the QB’s teammates is saying that Winston has been unfairly vilified by the press because it is filled with racists.
Father’s Day is this Sunday, and Courtyard Hotels released a video of NFL players’ children being asked about what they love about their fathers. New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown, Houston Texans defensive tackle Vince Wilfork
The NFL reported on Tuesday that its Twitter account had been hacked after a tweet went live telling fans that league Commissioner Roger Goodell had died.
The Giants have filed an appeal of their property tax bill, claiming the value of their stadium has fallen by millions despite property tax rates going up for everyone in the city.
After years of repeated fines and suspensions drug and testing issues, former Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams has announced a role working for the world’s first “cannabis-friendly gym.”
Abiola Aborishade wants a chance at the NFL. The former UMass-Dartmouth wide receiver has been standing outside the New England Patriots parking lot since April just hoping to get a tryout with the team, says a report by ABC7 Chicago. Aborishade is there
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell criticized Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) for issuing a report critical of unpaid NFL medical advisors without bothering to contact those doctors.
A report by congressional Democrats charging the NFL with tampering in the granting procedures of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has collapsed after revelations that nearly half of the NFL money already allocated by the federal agency went to the group the league supposedly sought to blackball.
Gaining the worldwide rights to stream 10 NFL Thursday Night games is a positive for Twitter, but it does not address the erosion of its Monthly Average User (MAU) numbers, and competition from Facebook, YouTube and WeChat.
A new Washington Post poll finds that fully nine in ten Native Americans do not take offense at the name of the Washington Redskins football team.
A one-time member of the NC State Wolfpack jumped to his Facebook account to slam NFL quarterback Russell Wilson over claims the QB made about his treatment on the school’s football team back in 2011.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has officially agreed to allow Naval Academy star Keenan Reynolds to play for the NFL in the 2016 season.
A teenager in Ohio got quite the surprise on prom day this weekend, says a Fox 8 report. Elyria High School senior Elna Wright, 17, has a rare progressive disorder called Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia. She was originally planning on going to
Defensive end Michael Sam is attributing his inability to get signed to an NFL squad to his publicly coming out as gay in 2013, while others insist he just doesn’t have what it takes for the big leagues and that Sam was never more than a “stunt” for the NFL.
Santa Clara County prosecutors charged former NFL great Dana Stubblefield with raping a developmentally disabled woman back in April of 2015.
On the Friday ESPN Radio broadcast of “Mike and Mike,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league will be working to “get the right policies and the right laws in place” in North Carolina in response to the state’s “bathroom
During Thursday’s NFL Draft on ESPN, analyst and former NFL coach Jon Gruden reacted to a video tweeted out by former Ole Miss offensive tackle and newly-drafted Miami Dolphin Laremy Tunsil smoking weed out of a gas mask. Tunsil claims his
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appeared on the Thursday broadcast of “CBS This Morning” to discuss the four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Goodell called the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to reinstate Brady’s suspension the “right
Just ahead of the 2016 NFL Draft, first-round hopeful Laremy Tunsil got some news he probably did not welcome. His stepfather is once again suing him, this time for “emotional distress.”
After being indicted by a Texas grand jury on charges he assaulted his girlfriend, former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel says he intends to plead “not guilty” to the charges.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s four-game suspension for deflating footballs is back on, reports ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter. Schefter said Monday on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” that U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled Brady must serve the initial four-game
