Tag: NFL

The NFL visits London three times this season, fueling speculation that the games will serve as the advance party for a full-fledged football invasion of the United Kingdom. In Week 4, the Oakland Raiders play the Miami Dolphins. In Week

Tennessee Titans safety Bernard Pollard can add one more accomplishment to his list of life-long successes. Along with his eight-year professional football career, he can now claim the title of inventor. Pollard, a second-round NFL draft pick in 2006 for

A liberal blogger and campaign manager for Democratic candidates has resigned his position as blogger for the Washington Redskins less than two weeks after his hiring. Ben Tribbett had come under attack from former political allies for his job defending

What Dark Lord Sauron snatched Jim Brown’s NFL championship ring? Lelands auction house lists the three-time Associated Press NFL MVP’s 1964 Cleveland Browns championship ring on its website. But the football and lacrosse Hall of Famer maintains he never sold

Life is going from bad to really bad for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, who was pulled over and arrested early Saturday morning in Raleigh, North Carolina for speeding and driving while impaired (DWI). According to NBC3 WKYC, the

Americans hear a familiar refrain: this World Cup will finally conquer America for soccer. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, old enough to remember Pele’s 1970s swansong with the New York Cosmos sparking such bold declarations, isn’t buying it. In an article at Time,

Evidently, Cleveland Browns quarterback and former Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel didn’t get owner Jimmy Haslam’s message when he was told to tone it down while he’s off the playing field. Early this week, according to Sports Illustrated, Manziel was

What’s in a name? More than $5 million for Jimmy Graham. An NFL arbitrator ruled that the Saints stud plays as a tight end and not a wide receiver today. By applying the franchise tag on the lanky hybrid as

The Washington Redskins name received no formal public complaints in the months before the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled the Redskins trademark last month. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, in a 2-1 ruling, determined that “Redskins” was disparaging

Democrats are trying to hold onto the Senate by ramping up their attacks against the Washington Redskins, hoping to mobilize enough Native American voters in key states in the Mountain West and Alaska to eke out some Senate races.  According

As Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel continues to develop his party boy image–drawing criticism from the media, past and current players, and others for his behavior–the player known as “Johnny Football” defiantly insists he is doing nothing wrong. In

Any football historian could attest to the fact that spying and football are no strangers. But modern technology, specifically drones, might just take that to a whole new level. A column published in the Contra Costa Times recently raises this notion

Last year, Joey Patterson allegedly murdered the two-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. This week, Patterson allegedly kidnapped and assaulted the deceased boy’s mother, Ashley Doohan. How did the criminal justice system allow an accused child murderer

Arizona Cardinals defensive end Darnell Dockett issued another offensive comment on his Twitter account by tweeting that he excuses OJ Simpson for killing his wife. As reported by PFZ, Dockett immediately expunged the remark and said, “I deleted my last

Senator Rand Paul said that the name of a professional football team isn’t a legitimate concern of the federal government on Meet the Press Sunday morning. “I’m not much for the government getting involved in the NFL,” the Kentucky Republican

A two-day auction of the entire contents of the Pontiac Silverdome was recently completed giving fans the opportunity to buy all sorts of stadium memorabilia. Up for sale: the contents of the stadium’s 25 bathrooms. All 25 bathrooms were sold

When the reigning Super Bowl champions travel to Landover, Maryland in week five of the upcoming NFL season, don’t expect the team’s hometown newspaper to acknowledge their opponent by name. The sports editor of the Seattle Times vows to censor

The town of Metarie, Louisiana has seen its fair share of trials, hearings, and odd-ball characters over the years. In 1911, the family of future-crime boss Carlos Marcello settled into a decaying plantation house in Metarie. There the young Capo-to-be

Earlier this week, Aaron Hernandez’ attorneys complained that his former team, the New England Patriots, was dragging its feet on releasing the ex-player’s employee records. Now Hernandez’ lawyers are asking a judge to issue a subpoena to force the team

On Wednesday, Bob Raskopf, the Redskins’ trademark attorney, said the team expects to win its appeal of the Patent Office’s ruling to cancel the team’s trademark and emphasized that the trademarks will still be effective during the process. “We’ve seen this

In his dissent in the Redskins trademark case on Wednesday, Administrative Trademark Judge Marc Bergsman blasted three non-Native American “experts” who concluded there was a “clear trend” to label the term “Redskin” as offensive despite a preponderance of the evidence.

When an ordinary human being decides to create his twitter account bio it really doesn’t matter how one describes himself. But when New Orleans Saints super star Jimmy Graham decided to call himself “Tight End” it may have cost him