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Prosecutors Drop Extremely Bullshit-Smelling Charge Against Michael Bennett
Last March, Michael Bennett was indicted seemingly out of nowhere, on a felony charge of injury to the elderly. At an utterly bizarre press conference the next day, Houston’s chief of police called Bennett “morally bankrupt” and “morally corrupt,” and alleged that Bennett had shoved a 66-year-old pa...
Dubious Roughing Call On Michael Bennett Sets Up Vikings Touchdown
The Eagles went into halftime of their game agains the Vikings down 17-3, thanks in part to a roughing the passer penalty that prevented the Vikings from facing a third-and-long and set them up to score a touchdown right before the half....
Pete Carroll Needed New Players Because He Exhausted His Supply Of Motivational Anecdotes
The Seattle Seahawks have nine players from their 2014-15 Super Bowl season left on their current roster. Two of them, Cliff Avril and Kam Chancellor, might be so injured that they’ll never play again. Two former players say that the significant turnover might in part be because head coach Pete Carr...
Lawyer: Michael Bennett "Never Touched" Paraplegic Stadium Worker
Michael Bennett appeared in a Houston courtroom today and posted bail on his felony charge of injury of the elderly. The charge was filed last week when prosecutors said that, in a rush to get onto the field at Super Bowl 51, Bennett pushed through a crowd and hurt a paraplegic security worker. Toda...
Grandstanding Houston PD Chief Calls Michael Bennett "Morally Corrupt" In Bizarre Press Conference
Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo held a weird press conference this afternoon to address Michael Bennett’s indictment on felony assault charges and explain the case against him. Acevedo called Bennett “morally corrupt,” “morally bankrupt,” and said, “I think it’s pretty pathetic that you’...
Michael Bennett Indicted On Felony Charge After Allegedly Pushing Past Stadium Worker At Super Bowl LI
As announced by the Harris County (Texas) District Attorney’s office, Eagles defensive end Michael Bennett was indicted by a grand jury today on the felony charge of injury of the elderly. The incident in question took place on Feb. 5, 2017, at Super Bowl 51 in Houston....
New Michael Bennett Video Shows Exactly Whatever You Want It To Show
Las Vegas police have released body camera and surveillance footage of the August 26 detainment of Michael Bennett after the Mayweather-McGregor fight, showing the panic inside the casino and the actions of officers after Bennett was in handcuffs:...
Las Vegas Police Union Releases Insane, Flag-Humping Statement About Michael Bennett
This is exactly what Roger Goodell created for his NFL: the belief that NFL investigations can solve everything. That’s why today the Las Vegas police union sent him the whiniest letter asking the commissioner to investigate Seahawks player Michael Bennett, who said he was profiled, wrongly handcuff...
Las Vegas Cops Can't Explain Why An Officer Handcuffed And Detained Michael Bennett [Updated]
Hours after Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett posted on Twitter today that an Las Vegas police officer held a gun to his head and threatened to “blow [his] fucking head off” the night of the Mayweather-McGregor fight, Undersherriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department held a ...
Video Shows Michael Bennett Being Cuffed By Las Vegas Police<em></em>
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett posted today about a Las Vegas police officer pinning him down on the ground and threatening to “blow [his] fucking head off” during the weekend of the Mayweather-McGregor fight....
Michael Bennett: Las Vegas Police Threatened To "Blow My Fucking Head Off"
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett posted on Twitter today a story in which he says he was profiled and violently harassed by police in Las Vegas, Nevada, while in town for the Mayweather-McGregor fight. ...
Why Is John Lynch So Worried About People Who Think Equality Is Bad?<em></em>
Yesterday, San Francisco 49ers GM John Lynch was asked about Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett’s decision to sit for the national anthem before a preseason game last weekend. Here’s part of what Lynch had to say about it (via ESPN):...
Real Big Dumbass Writes Real Dumb Column About Michael Bennett
Sometimes you run across a column that is just so plainly stupid and written in bad faith that it’s hard to muster the indignation necessary to give it a proper critique. How do you even begin to tell the guy eating his own feces that eating his own feces is bad?...
Michael Bennett Sits For National Anthem After Charlottesville Violence
Seahawks DE Michael Bennett became the latest NFL player to sit for the national anthem, ahead of Sunday’s preseason game against the Chargers. He referenced the still-unsigned Colin Kaepernick (of whom Bennett has said, “of course he’s being blackballed”), but Bennett said this weekend’s white supr...
Seattle Columnist Who Pissed Off Michael Bennett Admits He Got It Wrong
In the wake of Michael Bennett’s threat to boycott his newspaper, Seattle Times columnist Matt Calkins has taken the L....
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Michael Bennett Says He'll Boycott Seattle Newspaper After Columnist Criticizes His Maturity [Updated]
Michael Bennett is mad at the Seattle Times. The Seahawks defensive lineman didn’t take kindly to a recent column by Matt Calkins:...
Michael Bennett Withdraws From Group Of NFL Players Touring Israel Due To Human Rights Concerns
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has decided not to accompany a group of NFL players touring Israel next week, citing human rights concerns....
Michael Bennett Turned His Penalized Sack Dance Into A Christmas Sweater
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has been known to unleash an homage to Ravishing Rick Rude after recording a sack, and he hit the Rams with a particularly saucy one after sacking Jared Goff last Thursday. Bennett was penalized for the dance, but that didn’t stop him from commemorating it with...
Michael And Martellus Bennett Are Still Talking Outrageous Shit About, Well, Everyone
Nobody in the NFL gives nearly as good a quote as Michael and Martellus Bennett do. The brothers welcomed fans to the NFL season by dishing out burns to Eli Manning, Sam Bradford, Roger Goodell, and plenty of others. E:60 has a full profile of the brothers coming soon, and they released a minute’s w...
Please Enjoy Michael And Martellus Bennett Roasting The Rest Of The NFL
ESPN’s Mina Kimes has written a great profile of Michael and Martellus Bennett, the two brothers who consistently provide the best soundbites in the NFL. The whole story is an enjoyable read, but one highlight is the brothers issuing raw takes on other figures around the league....