In a landmark ruling on Wednesday, the United States Patent Office canceled six Washington Redskins trademarks because it determined that “Redskin” is “disparaging” to Native Americans. As USA Today noted before the ruling, the Redskins would still be allowed to use the
On Monday, Baltimore Ravens star running back Ray Rice and his wife met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss how the league would deal with his February arrest for aggravated assault against his wife. The NFL has a personal
Every four years, large swaths of the world pause to enjoy the World Cup, a tournament of the 32 best national teams in soccer. Like clockwork, American sports writers and fans mark the occasion with loud commentary about how “stupid”
The prophecy tattoo didn’t come true for Eric Hartburg and Mitt Romney. It nearly worked for Tyler Austin Black and the University of Kentucky basketball team. For Tim Connors and the Seattle Seahawks, a preseason prediction of a Super Bowl
Al Michaels, the iconic play-by-play announcer, bluntly told talk-show host Jim Rome that the controversy over the Washington Redskins’ name is “nuts.” Michaels asserted on Rome’s Showtime program that he had spoken to Redskins’ owner Daniel Snyder about the issue
Champ Bailey, the New Orleans Saints cornerback who started his career with the Washington Redskins, has jumped on the bandwagon of those who want to see the team change their team’s name. Bailey told USA Today: I don’t know where
Details are emerging about the murder case brought against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. The grand jury met 24 times and reviewed some 272 pieces of evidence in a 2012 double murder. Hernandez stands accused in the
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has retained a lobbying firm to fight for his NFL team’s interests. The move follows the team launching a nonprofit to help distressed American Indians and an unambiguous pledge to keep the team’s nickname despite
Rock and Roll bands are famous for their long lists of crazy contract riders that promoters have to fulfill to get them to play a venue. The NFL took that concept to the extreme with the “riders” that the league
Former Philadelphia Eagles stand-out wide receiver and current Washington Redskins speedster DeSean Jackson filed papers contesting an arbitration decision that ordered him to pay $516,000 to his former agent Drew Rosenhaus. According to Deadspin.com, Jackson alleges that he was bribed
Since 1971, the NFL has been using classy Roman Numerals on its Super Bowl logos. But the league is just going with “Super Bowl 50” instead of Super Bowl L, the Roman Numeral for 50, for the 2015 season’s final
Rugged quarterback Colin Kaepernick signed a lucrative contract extension with the San Francisco 49ers that could bring him as much as $126 million (an average payout of $21 million per year or roughly $1.3 million per game) over a six
Johnny Manziel brings the fans. Unfortunately, on Wednesday, he brought the rain, too. The Cleveland Indians invited Manziel to throw out the first pitch for Wednesday night’s game. The city’s fans gobbled up tickets as though it were 1999. The
Wachowski’s ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Delayed 7 Months – February 2015 With Warners’ promotion machine already in second gear (but not 5th), the movie predicted to be the biggest flop of the summer has been delayed for 7 months just 7 weeks
College football legend and NFL outcast Tim Tebow is about to launch his debut as an analyst for ESPN’s new SEC Network in August. Yet, the former Heisman Trophy winner would rather be launching spirals for an NFL franchise and
One plaintiff in the new lawsuit against the NFL made it all the way to the Hall of Fame. Several of his co-plaintiffs never even made it into an official game. Dan Marino played seventeen seasons in the NFL, setting
Media critic Neal Gabler calls the NFL a league for white males. Did he intend to hit the “H” on his keyboard instead of that “F” two buttons away? “It isn’t a coincidence that the rise of the National Football
Barack Obama said yesterday at the White House Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit that he’s “sure” he endured concussions playing on the gridiron as a kid. We knew he grabbed a lot of “interceptions.” Who knew he played
On Thursday, the head of the NFL Players Association said he believes the Redskins name is racially insensitive. “I have conveyed my thoughts on this issue both to Roger and to the team,” DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players
On Thursday at a White House Sports Concussion Summit, President Barack Obama said he was “sure” that he may have had “mild” concussions when he played football in his youth. “Before the awareness was out there, when I was young
Wednesday on the House floor, Del. Eni Faleomavaega, (D) of American Samoa, slammed the the Redskins owners Dan Snyder for refusing to change the “racial slur” team name. The non-voting house member blasted the NFL for not punishing Snyder like
Native American activist groups will use hashtag activism to pressure NFL players to support changing the Redskins name. The Oneida Nation, the National Council of American Indians and 77 other groups sent a letter to NFL players on Wednesday that argues
Ex-NFL star Lito Sheppard says Elliot Rodger’s ability to prey on University of California-Santa Barbara students would have been greatly diminished “if more people were legally carrying guns.” The disturbed narcissist killed seven students, including himself, over the holiday weekend.
Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey, implicated in the Miami Dolphins bullying scandal by the Wells Report, revealed he hasn’t undergone psychological testing as ordered by the NFL as a precondition to playing this season. Roger Goodell announced the requirement in
Johnny Football and Renan Barao surely feel a bit groggy in the wake of Memorial Day Weekend. Welcome to the Sports Hangover. Johnny Vegas Johnny Manziel partied by the pool with Rob Gronkowski and DJ Pauly D and a bunch
