Tag: Ray Rice

The arrests of Aaron Hernandez, Ray Rice, and Adrian Peterson have reinforced the perception of the NFL as the National Felons League. But police actually arrest NFL players at about one-eighth the clip of the rate for comparable men in

In light of the Ray Rice episode, it’s hard to imagine that the NFL would once again undershoot on a player punishment–and yet that’s exactly what has happened in the Vontaze Burfict “ankle gate” case. Amidst a consensus among sports

How to stop as pervasive and destructive a problem as domestic violence? Public-service announcements, of course. The same powerful force that ended the nation’s drug problem through a fried-egg visual in the ’80s and abolished pollution through the arresting image

Katy Perry has agreed to play the Super Bowl halftime show according to numerous reports.  The event takes place at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on February 1.  “I would be honored, of course,” Perry told ESPN’s GameDay

The Team USA backup for American women’s star goalkeeper Hope Solo suggests that instead of celebrating Solo’s recent record of 73 shutouts, U.S. Soccer should be concentrating on shutting out domestic violence. Jillian Loyden, founder of the Jillian Loyden Foundation and

“I used to beat people up,” Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson writes in an editorial on Derek Jeter’s The Players Tribune website, which launched earlier this week. “I used to beat people up a lot.” Given Wilson’s squeaky clean image,

Weis fired. Orgeron rumored. Ole Miss takes on Alabama. Texas A&M wins in OT. Roger Goodell seeks out Charlie Strong. Here are five takeaways from the weekend in college football. Charlie Weis Ousted Charlie Weis was the first coaching casualty

The Associated Press’s anonymous source from law enforcement has lifted the anonymity of the person at the NFL to whom he allegedly sent the elevator video of Ray Rice punching Janay Palmer-Rice. It’s Jeffrey Miller. Unfortunately, the league’s director of

If you have any interest in the NFL, and the Ray Rice/what-did-Roger-Goodell-know-and-when-did-he-know-it case, then you have probably heard ESPN contributor Bill Simmons’s f-bomb-laced rant on the topic. Simmons, who edits the sports and entertainment website Grantland and comments on the

Confession: At first I was supportive of the NFL’s two-game suspension of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice. Why? Because the incident that ignited the scandal took place inside of a casino elevator, and casinos have security cameras everywhere (Initially, we only

Roger Goodell’s NFL is coming apart at the seams. America’s most popular league has been deteriorating for years under Goodell thanks to his ridiculous rule changes, obsession with London, his force feeding of horrendous Thursday Night games, and his erratic way of

Ray Lewis, owner of a missing white coat, proclaimed Sunday: “There’s some things you can cover up and then there’s some things you can’t.” In what played as an awkward moment, Lewis, the former star linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens

On Sunday, Grantland editor-in-chief and ESPN host Bill Simmons penned one of his eminently entertaining mailbags. In it, he discussed ad nauseum the situation surrounding NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, and former Baltimore Ravens running

In the face of a public relations crisis surrounding domestic violence issues involving Ray Rice and several other players, Procter & Gamble/Crest Toothpaste pulled a planned 32 NFL team campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports

Fans lined up around the block in front of M&T Bank Stadium on Friday to take advantage of the Baltimore Ravens’ offer to return their Ray Rice jerseys. Last week the Ravens announced that fans that had purchased a Ray

Embattled NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pledged to “get it right and do whatever is necessary to accomplish that” in a New York press conference on Friday afternoon. “We can use the NFL to help create change,” Goodell announced, “not only

The courts refused to punish Ray Rice. The NFL did. Nevertheless, the White House has chided the league, rather than judges or the politicians who appoint them, for not exhibiting “zero tolerance” toward players involved in hitting women or children.

It turns out that the guys in the stands hit their wives a lot more than the guys on the field. But because TV cameras obsess over the activities of football players and not football watchers, the guys in the

Ray Rice has more company on the sidelines. Police arrested another NFL running back on domestic violence charges on Wednesday.  The Arizona Cardinals deactivated running back Jonathan Dwyer after his arrest for aggravated assault and other charges. The allegations stem

When Anheuser-Busch speaks, the NFL listens. The leading television sponsor of the last five Super Bowls has chastised the league for its handling of player misbehavior. Video of three-time Pro Bowler Ray Rice knocking out the woman he subsequently married,