Welcome to the NFL. Ryan Kerrigan sacked Johnny Manziel in the first quarter of the Cleveland-Washington preseason game. Redskins teammate Brian Orakpo added insult to the setback by rubbing his thumbs and fingers together in the iconic “money” gesture that Manziel
How long until the networks blur over the midfield logo of the Washington Censoreds? Phil Simms announced that he will opt to not say Washington’s team name while broadcasting their games this NFL season. ”My very first thought is it will
Johnny Manziel was all about rubbing thumbs and index fingers together in college. In the pros, he has taken to gestures involving the middle finger. Johnny Football flipped the Redskins bench the bird in the third quarter of the Cleveland-Washington
During Friday’s preseason game, New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham drew two penalties for dunking the football over the cross bar of the goalposts bringing the player to finally admit, “I just got to stop doing that now.” After
The Associated Press preseason Top 25 is out. Take a look at how the ballots break down, and find out what to watch for when the college football season begins this month: ___ ‘NOLES NATION DOMINATION Finish No. 1. Start
What can the New York Jets do to restore the mediocre franchise to past glory? Bring back Joe Namath? Okay. Call the New York Sack Exchange back into session? Sure. Encourage a Curtis Martin comeback? Yeah. But bring back Fireman
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kenesaw Mountain Landis is remembered for throwing out the Black Sox, Ford Frick for an asterisk, and Bowie Kuhn for squabbles with players and owners. A. Bartlett Giamatti ran Pete Rose out of baseball, Fay Vincent suspended
Major League Baseball announced that its thirty owners voted unanimously for MLB Executive Vice President Rob Manfred as the game’s new commissioner on Thursday. Even Saddam Hussein always made sure to include a few dissenters in the final tally to
Magic Johnson says that Los Angeles will have an NFL franchise within 24 months. The city has been without a team since Christmas Eve 1994, when the Raiders lost to the Chiefs 19-9, cleared out their lockers, and moved back
When the politicians speak, the politician’s son listens. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, according to a report in the Washington Post–a few politicians read that paper–looks to increase the penalties for players involved in domestic violence. A source familiar with the
Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who threatened to boycott the NFL over its lenient two-game suspension of Ray Rice for domestic violence, believes the NFL is promoting murder by not giving Rice a harsher penalty. After arguing last week that
A backup Arizona State offensive lineman is believed to be the first openly gay college football player. According to the Arizona Republic, “Chip Sarafin, a non-scholarship offensive lineman, has come out publicly as gay.” He is a fifth-year senior and
MLB Commissioner Bud Selig has one more significant move he wants to make before he leaves his job: open up the baseball market to the world by playing games in Europe by 2015. Possible venues for the games include London
When Oakland goes into battle with other NFL teams, Raider Nation goes with them. Coaches may rethink the wisdom of inter-team preseason practices, popular with Bill Belichick and other elite field generals, after the Raiders-Cowboys brawl on Tuesday. “The brawl
On Wednesday, AMC premieres “4th and Loud,” a reality series focusing on the Los Angeles KISS (or LA KISS, as the logo renders it), an expansion team of the resurgent Arena Football League, playing out of the Honda Center in
Johnny Manziel helped the NFL Network shatter its preseason ratings record in his debut on Saturday night at Ford Field against the Detroit Lions. As good as Detroit Lions quarterback Kellen Moore was in leading the Lions to a 13-12
Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick has been handed a four-game suspension for taking the illegal drug MDMA, often called “Molly,” allegedly while on vacation in Mexico. The NFL suspended Scandrick without pay for the first four games of the season but
This week, the Democrat governors of Maryland and Virginia disagreed about whether the Redskins should change their name. Their answers probably reveal that Martin O’Malley, Maryland’s governor, is running for president while Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s governor, is not. The Redskins
Richie Incognito for once lives up to his name. The lineman at the center of the Miami Dolphins 2013 bullying scandal peruses the NFL want-ads concealed, camouflaged, hidden, obscured–incognito. Less than a year after such loud antics as vowing to
The Dallas Cowboys are in the middle of a public relations maelstrom. Racy pictures of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones with two young women were posted online and someone appearing to be NFL VP of officiating Dean Blandino was caught leaving
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that the University of Minnesota is pressuring the Minnesota Vikings to elide the “Redskins” name from “promotional and game date materials” when the teams meet in their November 2 game at university’s s stadium. The newspaper
American football is a game of tradition–as exemplified in last weekend’s induction of players into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. But it’s also a game constantly chasing the next thing. A century ago, with little protective
Scott Mitchell looks like he ate Wayne Fontes. The former Detroit Lions quarterback competes on NBC’s Biggest Loser this season. He weighs in at 366 pounds, 33 pounds heavier than the largest lineman on the current Lions roster. Mitchell
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Johnny Manziel will start Cleveland’s exhibition opener on the sideline. Browns coach Mike Pettine chose Brian Hoyer as the starting quarterback for Saturday’s game in Detroit, giving the veteran the first chance to impress before Manziel
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals on Monday made Andy Dalton one of the highest-paid quarterbacks in the league. Dalton signed a six-year extension. According to multiple reports, the deal is worth up to $115 million and will prevent Dalton
