On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-host Mika Brzezinski decried the violent nature of football and its effects on people. However, in making her case, she offered that domestic violence increases on Super Bowl to bolster her argument, which
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Nick Foles threw a tying touchdown pass with 3:25 to go, and then set up Cody Parkey for the winning 36-yard field goal as time expired, lifting Philadelphia to a 30-27 win at Indianapolis on Monday night.
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins are optimistic that Robert Griffin III will return this season. Less clear is how much more Griffin can take before the “injury-prone” label supersedes anything else he accomplishes in his NFL career. An
On Sunday, many Vikings fans didn’t let child-abuse charges against Adrian Peterson deter their support for the All Pro running back. Many wore his number 28 jersey to their game against the Patriots at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. One
On Monday, exactly one week after he was suspended indefinitely by the NFL and cut by the Baltimore Ravens, Ray Rice will appeal the suspension, according to NFL sources. Rice has apparently engaged an attorney and his case will be
Richard Sherman can dish it out. Can he take it? After Keenan Allen caught five balls for sixty yards while covered by the shutdown corner in San Diego’s 30-21 upset of Seattle, Chargers receivers observed that Sherman isn’t superman–or even
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Chargers used an old, familiar combo — Philip Rivers to Antonio Gates — to upset the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. Gates had three touchdown catches, including a spectacular, one-handed grab, and
DENVER (AP) — It took the Denver Broncos three tries to put away the Kansas City Chiefs. Terrance Knighton batted away Alex Smith’s fourth-and-goal pass to Dwayne Bowe with 15 seconds left, preserving the Broncos’ 24-17 win over the scrappy
On Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s “NFL Today,” former NBA great and current TNT basketball announcer Charles Barkley reacted to Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s child abuse allegations by suggesting there are cultural customs in black communities in the South
It was quite an ugly week for the NFL with the Ray Rice mess, and a new major off-the-field scandal involving one of the biggest stars in the league, Adrian Peterson, accused of beating his son with a switch. “Adrian
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (AP) — Ray Rice attended a football game at his high school in a New York City suburb. WABC-TV in New York reports that the recently released running back attended the game at New Rochelle High School
A South African judge this week found runner Oscar Pistorius guilty of killing his girlfriend. Despite that verdict, the International Paralympic Committee rules that he can still compete in the 2016 games. On the other hand, American football player Ray Rice,
Did the Ray Rice domestic abuse case make a case against Adrian Peterson possible? The running back maintains he merely disciplined his child. A Texas grand jury agreed. But a zealous prosecutor opted to take the case to a second
Jon Stewart isn’t buying the NFL’s story that they never laid eyes on the Ray Rice domestic violence video until it was released by TMZ last week. An AP source reported that New Jersey law enforcement sent the video to
A bevy of Baltimore fans stood up for Ray Rice, protesting what they perceive as an unfair additional suspension and his release from the team after the video of him punching his then-fiancee went public, at Thursday night’s Ravens-Steelers game
On his Friday show, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh reacted to the previous evening’s monologue from CBS announcer James Brown during the pregame show of the Pittsburgh Steelers-Baltimore Ravens football game. In that monologue, Brown offered a number of
As unrealistic as so-called reality shows can be, it’s easy to forget that real people participate on them. And, every now and then, something real happens–or, at least, one can hope it did. On Sunday, Fox premiered Utopia, a $50 million
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest indicated that President Obama did not have an official position as to whether NFL commissioner Roger Goodell should resign as a result of the domestic violence scandal surrounding Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice.
Sixteen female Senators–14 Democrats and two Republicans–wrote NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday demanding a “zero-tolerance” policy for domestic abuse days after TMZ released the shocking footage of Ray Rice sucker punching his then-fiancee Janay Palmer in an elevator. Rice
UPDATE: CBS has canceled Rihanna’s performance. CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus says said: “We thought journalistically and from a tone standpoint, we needed to have the appropriate tone coverage.”— In an unfortunate coincidence, Rihanna, who was beaten by then-boyfriend Chris Brown in
Tim Tebow will be joining ABC’s Good Morning America as a contributor. The former Heisman Trophy winner’s first day will reportedly be on Monday, Sept. 15, and he will “appear in-studio and live on location in towns across America” as part
Ray Rice reportedly spat in the face of his then-fiancee Janay Palmer twice–once outside the elevator and once in the elevator–before clocking her unconscious. ESPN spoke to two security staffers who were on duty and another who had “full access to the
Ray Rice is reportedly blaming alcohol for causing him to spit on his wife’s face and sucker punch her unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator in February. According to TMZ, the outlet the leaked the video, “Rice told the
NFL owners are reportedly ready to oust NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell if an investigation shows that he lied about having not seen the video tape of Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancee Janay Palmer before Monday. Goodell has insisted that
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, attempting to protect the shield, has brought in a famous badge. The league has hired former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III to investigate the NFL’s actions in handling evidence in the Ray Rice domestic violence
