On Thursday during the 2015 NFL Draft, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell came up to the podium to announce the second overall pick for the Tennessee Titans to the tune of many boos, which has long been a tradition of the draft.
Many sports fans are probably unaware that the National Football League has been afforded a nice perk from the IRS: the league enjoys tax-exempt status. Now NFL chief Roger Goodell and the billionaire owners of the NFL have agreed to give up that special tax status.
Roger Goodell, who has been harshly criticized by some for his actions dealing with Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice, sought to head off another potential maelstrom by meeting last Thursday with the prospective number-one pick in the upcoming NFL draft Jameis Winston.
On Thursday’s airing of “Olbermann,” fill-in host Pablo S. Torre, substituting for the suspended Keith Olbermann, discussed recently announced news that NFL free agent and first openly gay player to be drafted is going to be on ABC’s show “Dancing
Roger Goodell is not the person to lead the NFL out of the dark clouds that encircle the league. How could he be? His name prompts disgust in casual fans.
Deflate-gate and Marshawn Lynch’s unusual behavior with the media at the Super Bowl played as two hot topics in NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s State of the NFL press conference Friday at the Phoenix Convention Center.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, appointed by the NFL as a special investigator to look into the Ray Rice affair, reports that he discovered nothing to substantiate charges that the league viewed video of Ray Rice knocking out his fiancée prior to meting out punishment.
The NFL Players Association, claiming that the arbitrator in the Adrian Peterson case acted unjustly and in opposition to the league’s collective bargaining agreement last Friday by upholding his suspension, has filed a lawsuit against the NFL. The association asserts
On Friday, the NFL denied Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s appeal of his suspension for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. According to a ruling by arbiter Harold Henderson, Peterson was unable to demonstrate that “the process and procedures surrounding
The NFL’s 32 owners approved a new personal conduct policy on Wednesday in the wake of the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson controversies. The policy empowers the league to conduct their own investigations independent from law enforcement and suspend players
Time has named Roger Goodell as one of its finalists for “Person of the Year.” The magazine announces its selection on Wednesday. The NFL commissioner managed such crises in the past year as the settlement of the concussion lawsuit against
Time Magazine has released its short list for the annual Person of the Year award. Among the group of this year’s candidates are best-selling pop artist Taylor Swift; the first openly gay fortune 500 CEO, Tim Cook; Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir
The national president of the Fraternal Order of Police tells Breitbart Sports that the “hands up” pose by St. Louis Rams players in solidarity with a “criminal” who assaulted a policeman has angered his membership and the NFL’s refusal to
Janay Rice, who was knocked unconscious by her then-fiance Ray Rice in February, appeared on the Today show to issue a public statement that Rice, now her husband, had never abused her before the February incident and has not abused
The NFL won’t discipline the Rams players making “hands up, don’t shoot” poses at Sunday’s game at the Edward Jones Dome in downtown St. Louis, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and others report. When asked about possible disciplinary measures, the NFL responded
GQ Magazine has released their list of the least influential people of 2014, with President Obama coming in at number two. Here’s how the magazine justified President Obama’s presence on the list: Why are you still on Martha’s Vineyard?! Missouri
Jeff Taylor, the Charlotte Hornets small forward suspended 24 games by NBA commissioner Adam Silver, won’t appeal. Yahoo Sports reports that the Swedish-American player will accept the remaining 13 games of his suspension after sitting for the last 11. The
The NFL Players Association has asked Roger Goodell to recuse himself from the appeals process of Adrian Peterson as he seeks reinstatement in the league. “The NFL is making up the process and punishment as it goes–a blatant violation of
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson for at least the remainder of 2014 on Tuesday morning. The indefinitely-long exile comes in the aftermath of Peterson’s plea deal in his child-abuse case. The agreement put a
The NFL Players Association decried Roger Goodell’s indefinite suspension of Adrian Peterson as unfair. The commissioner indefinitely suspended the Minnesota Vikings running back on Tuesday morning. Peterson’s hiatus, according to the league, will last at least the rest of this
Ray Rice’s appeal of his indefinite suspension got a boost on Thursday as Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome testified that on June 16 he heard Rice tell NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that Rice had struck his then-fiancée, Janay. Newsome’s
The NFL is not ready to let Adrian Peterson return to the Minnesota Vikings yet, even though Peterson reached a plea agreement to avoid standing trial for the alleged abuse of his four-year-old son. Fox Sports reports that Peterson, his
Charles Barkley didn’t mince words in criticizing NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith. Sir Charles bluntly declared, “They dropped the ball on this domestic violence thing.” The NBA Hall-of-Famer expressed that he didn’t understand
On Thursday, PGA of America President Ted Bishop compared English golfer Ian Poulter to a “little school girl squealing.” On Friday, the PGA of America ousted Ted Bishop. After Poulter treated Nick Faldo and Tom Watson harshly in his book
How soon until fans hear “God Save the Queen” before NFL games? British treasury chancellor George Osborne told the London Evening Standard that he has been in talks with the NFL to bring a franchise to Wembley Stadium. “This is
