(Reuters) – The Oakland Raiders have agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 90 members of the team’s cheerleading squad who alleged they were underpaid or faced lengthy delays in receiving their wages in violation of
College football brought us quantity in Week 1. There were a ton of games, a ton of really good games, but little in the way of high-ranking teams and arch-rivals facing off. This week is the polar opposite of that.
A service that tracks sports merchandising claims that sales for Washington Redskins gear has fallen 35 percent. SportsSourceOne believes that charges that the team wears a racist insignia and sports a racist name has hurt the brand. “People are having
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has reversed the league’s position on gambling, acknowledging that legalized sports betting is “inevitable.” Only two years ago, in November 2012, former NBA Commissioner David Stern had joined the Department of Justice, the NCAA, NFL, MLB,
The economy created only 142,000 jobs in August, down from 212,000 in July, indicating the economy significantly slowed this summer. Jobs creation is well below the pace needed to reemploy all the workers displaced during the financial crisis–the economy is
SEATTLE (AP) — Russell Wilson made sure everyone knew Percy Harvin was healthy. Marshawn Lynch bullied his way to another 100-yard rushing performance. And Richard Sherman? He was just bored. The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks started 2014 the same
The NFL was reportedly scared of the mainstream media blowback that it would receive if Michael Sam, the league’s first openly gay player, did not make a team. When the Rams cut Michael Sam last weekend, the NFL reportedly called
On Wednesday, MSNBC’s Luke Russert, who somehow will be a regular Meet The Press panelist, said NFL teams did not flock to sign Michael Sam after the Rams cut him because he is gay. “So, let’s call a spade a spade,”
BRISTOL, Conn., Sept. 3 (UPI) –Tim Tebow, a former Heisman trophy winner currently not employed by the NFL, is owned in 1.3 percent of ESPN’s fantasy leagues. Tebow is spending this season in front of the camera as an analyst
The family of Junior Seau has opted out of the NFL concussion lawsuit settlement. The deal grants the survivors of victims of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that Boston University researchers report finding in Junior Seau upon autopsy,
The NFL regular-season opener tonight could either erase a painful memory or create a whole bunch of new ones. The Green Bay Packers brave the roar of the 12th Man to face off against the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks
Native American and social justice activists will reportedly send a letter to television and radio outlets in every NFL city demanding that “Redskins” be banned. According to the Washington Post, the National Congress of American Indians and the Oneida Nation
You can’t make it up. On Wednesday, the Huffington Post announced that former NFL player Donte Stallworth, a 9/11 truther who also once killed a pedestrian while driving drunk, will cover national security for the outlet. Welcome to the team,
On Wednesday, Mort Zuckerman’s New York Daily News announced that it will no longer refer to Washington’s football team as the “Redskins” and use the team’s logo anywhere in the paper. Zuckerman, the publishing mogul, actually helped Redskins owner Dan
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has spoken up about the manufactured controversy over the name of the Washington Redskins. Rubio said that he doesn’t think the team should be “forced” by anyone to change the name. In a discussion about
In timing that can only seem fortuitous for the league, the NFL suspended Denver Broncos slot-receiver Wes Welker for four games for violating league’s performance-enhancement policy on the same day the league announced a six-game suspension and $500,000 fine for Indianapolis Colts
In light of polling data confirming what we already knew–that the vast majority of NFL fans, players, and Americans want the Washington Redskins to keep their name–ESPN is doubling and tripling down on the network’s thinly-veiled political crusade to force owner
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — True innovation in the NFL can be tough. Successful schemes breed imitations and force opponents to adjust. Eventually, even for the soundest of systems, the code is bound to be cracked. Consider the case of
As a rash of suspensions and fines hit NFL players for misconduct off the field, the NFL has now sanctioned an owner with the suspension and fining of Jim Irsay after the Colts owner pleaded guilty to charges of driving
“Redskins” isn’t a divider. It’s a uniter. In a divided America, one alleged controversy–the Washington Redskins–actually unifies. Very few people want the team nickname changed. An ESPN poll shows that more than seven in ten Americans support Washington’s NFL franchise keeping its
(Reuters) – Defensive end Michael Sam’s bid to become the first openly gay player in the National Football League (NFL) looked even more remote on Monday when he failed to make the St. Louis Rams’ 10-man practice squad. Two days
Michael Sam finds himself on the couch rather than on the defensive line as the NFL regular season gets underway this week. That doesn’t mean athletic opportunities remain closed to the former Missouri Tiger. The Montreal Alouettes have reportedly reached out
Michael Sam boasted three preseason sacks and led the St. Louis Rams in tackles in their game against the Dolphins. So why is the pass rusher on the outside of the NFL looking in upon week one of the season?
Days after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell instituted harsher penalties for domestic violence offenses, San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald reportedly got arrested for allegedly beating his pregnant fiancee. McDonald is out on bail and reportedly said the “truth will
On Saturday, the St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam. According to ESPN, Sam did not make the 53-man roster but is still a candidate for the practice squad. Sam “officially hit waivers Saturday at 4 p.m. ET when all NFL
