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Geno Smith has not played a down of college football since December 29th as the once 5-0 Mountaineers lost to Syracuse in the lowly Pinstripe Bowl, ending their season 7-6 in a rough first year in the Big12. None of

The National Football League (NFL) is still considered a nonprofit organization even though the NFL makes over $9 billion a year in profits, spends over $1.1 million in lobbying, and makes roughly $250 million from the Super Bowl, its signature

Philadelphia (AP) –Michael Vick took a significant pay cut to stay with the Philadelphia Eagles and compete for a starting job. The four-time Pro Bowl quarterback agreed Monday to a restructured three-year contract with the Eagles, just two seasons after

The Miami Dolphins will try to get tax money to finance upgrades for their stadium through a local referendum.  According to the Associated Press, the public funds “would come from a $3 million state subsidy and an increase in Miami-Dade County’s

Five NFL legends use the Sandy Hook tragedy to push for gun control in a new commercial paid for by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group. Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino founded, is

The NFL tried to assuage football fans who are worried that Super Bowl XLVIII, which will be held at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands in the New York/New Jersey region in 51 weeks, will be an Ice Bowl played in

The fight for the Big East brand is on, with the “Catholic 7” and football schools trying to legally keep the money behind the brand. Fox recently bought YES network for a rumored $3 billion for one primary reason –

Manufacturer: Device setting caused Bowl outage By KEVIN MCGILLAssociated PressNEW ORLEANS An electrical device that had been installed expressly to prevent a power outage caused the Super Bowl blackout, the stadium’s power company said Friday as it took the blame

Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise, after suggesting the Redskins should be shamed into changing their name, suggested Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III should be more socially conscious and push Washington owner Dan Snyder to change the team’s name. Speaking

Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and his brother, San Francisco head coach Jim Harbaugh, have not spoken since Baltimore defeated San Francisco 34-31 in last Sunday’s Super Bowl.  Appearing on CBS’ “The Late Show With David Letterman” on Thursday, John

On National Signing Day, Breitbart Sports had a 90% accuracy rate, far outpacing the the country’s best ratings agencies – like Rivals.com – by predicting correctly where 18 of the nation’s top 20 high school prospects would attend college. Correctly

On Thursday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reinstated Gregg Williams, the disgraced former defensive coordinator who was caught on tape encouraging players to knock out and deliberately target the heads of opposing players on offense.  And Tennessee Titans head coach Mike

When one of the nation’s top high school recruits committed to Vanderbilt on Wednesday, he said he chose Vanderbilt because the school’s  educational opportunities would open more doors for him in the future and serve as an insurance policy in

Manti Te’o, who allegedly got duped on Twitter with a “catfishing” scam, has deleted his infamous Twitter account. According to reports, Te’o will be off Twitter for an “indefinite period of time” to focus on the NFL Draft. Te’o’s Twitter

On Wednesday, a coalition of groups representing student athletes urged each state to adopt a “Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights” and presented the document with the proposed rules to lawmakers on Capitol Hill.  The Youth Sports Safety Alliance, which

On Tuesday, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) said it was doubtful that Congress could solve the NFL’s concussion problem, and it would not be a wise use of time to attempt to do so with hearings.  “The idea that Congress,

Do Americans care more about their taxes, the 2nd amendment, jobs … or sports? The high point for Americans tuning into the Presidential Election was the first debate, and here is the breakdown of how that event compares to the

After reports indicated Beyonce’s halftime show may have contributed to or caused the Super Bowl blackout, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Monday that Beyonce was not to blame. “There’s no indication at all that this was caused by the

Boomer Esiason, the former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback and co-host “The NFL Today” on CBS, said Beyonce’s halftime performance may have been responsible for the 34-minute blackout during Sunday’s Super Bowl between Baltimore and San Francisco.  “And by the way, Beyonce

The 49ers looked in control in the open field as Colin Kaepernick hit Michael Crabtree and he broke away from Corey Graham before 37-year-old Ray Lewis clung on for dear life at the Ravens 40. On the next play Frank

The Baltimore Ravens survived a furious San Francisco rally and a 34-minute Superdome blackout to win Super Bowl XLVII 34-31 in what was Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis’ last game as a professional football player and the first major title game