Tag: NFL

“Judge me for what I do on the field,” Michael Sam asks in a new Visa commercial. Unfortunately for the University of Missouri defensive end, that’s just what NFL teams are doing. It’s Day Three of the NFL Draft, and

LeBron James, the Akron, Ohio native who is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan, was reportedly upset that the Cowboys did not select quarterback Johnny Manziel in the First Round of the NFL Draft on Thursday.  James and Manziel are friends

NFL legend and Nigerian-American Christian Okoye wants to know why it has taken so long for the Nigerian government–and the rest of the world, for that matter–to pay attention to the plight of the 276 girls kidnapped by Islamist terrorists

Who killed it in the first round of the NFL Draft? Who killed their team’s future? We posed these and other questions to NFL insider Dan Leberfeld, who covered last night’s proceedings from Jets headquarters in Florham Park, New Jersey.

Drake, a sports groupie who raps on the side, hung out with Johnny Manziel after last night’s draft. His songs hung around Radio City Music Hall all night long. The NFL allowed draft picks to select their own walk-up music,

How enormous is the NFL? Like the State of the Union, the NFL Draft is too big for one channel. Add up the ratings of last night’s two NBA playoff games, including one featuring the league’s marquee player, and the

The 2014 NFL Draft started as everyone expected it to with Roger Goodell saying Jadeveon Clowney’s name. From there, the first round of the 79th annual NFL Player Selection Meeting traveled into unanticipated and interesting directions. “I had no idea,”

Jedeveon Clowney was taken first. Blake Bortles was the first quarterback taken. No running backs were taken in the first round for the second straight year. A homeless man may have convinced the Cleveland Browns to take Johnny Manziel. No

The Cleveland Browns spent $100,000 studying what type of quarterback would best fit in the NFL after years of comically failing to find a franchise quarterback, but a homeless man may have ultimately convinced the Browns to draft Johnny Manziel

Roger Goodell read Jadeveon Clowney’s name as the first selection in the 2014 NFL Draft. The crowd responded to Goodell’s announcement with cheers and Clowney responded with hugs and handshakes before donning a Houston Texans hat and embracing the NFL

On Wednesday, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, who famously went on a diatribe against San Francisco 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree on camera, then followed that act up by calling all those who called him a “thug” racist, has now said

The winds of change that swept through Houston last year swept out the longest-tenured coach in the Texans’ short history, as well as their quarterback. With the 2014 NFL Draft upon us, and the Texans holding the #1 overall pick,

Richard Sherman, the shutdown cornerback of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, signed a contract extension with the team today. “I am blessed to announce that the Seattle Seahawks and I have reached an agreement on a contract extension,” Sherman

The bandwagon for professional football cheerleaders suing their teams just got another member. According to an NBC Bay Area report, New York Jets cheerleader “Krystal C.” has filed a class-action lawsuit against the team “seeking damages for unpaid wages and

A lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Philadelphia contends that the $765 settlement between the National Football League and retired players doesn’t provide enough funds to cover the football-related ailments of all former NFL competitors. Attorney Steven Molo challenged

Pat Tillman went from the NFL to the Army Rangers. Alejandro Villanueva hopes to go from the Army Rangers to the NFL. The Philadelphia Eagles signed the 6′ 9” defensive lineman to their 90-man roster today. Villanueva led the West

The Sports Hangover recovers from the best weekend in sports–five NBA Game 7s, the second round of the NHL playoffs, Mayweather-Maidana, the Kentucky Derby, and more–that you’ll see all year. May the fifth be with you. Donald Sterling’s Silly Rabbit

Reggie Love, the president’s former “body man,” called the NBA’s ban on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling “appropriate” in comments made to The Hill. Sterling told a girlfriend that she shouldn’t post pictures of herself with African Americans online

On Thursday, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama threw an Obamacare party at the White House for athletes and celebrities who helped the administration push the law. According to Time, the “Obamas cracked open the champagne” for about

Keyshawn Johnson famously said, “Give me the damn ball!” “Give me the damn ring!” apparently sums up his girlfriend’s attitude. The couple’s April fight, which resulted in a the former NFL receiver’s arrest, has been dismissed as a legal matter

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) believes the Washington Redskins should “probably change” their name.  On the Dan Patrick Show on Friday, McCain said that if Native Americans think the Redskins name is “that offensive and terrible,” then it may have to

Democrat Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid (NV) is now using the NBA’s punishment of Clippers owner Donald Sterling as another excuse to attack the NFL for not banning the use of the team name “Redskins,” calling the moniker a “tradition