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Congress Asks Roger Goodell To Explain Himself
Members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today, demanding more transparency of the league's handling of the Ray Rice case and of its standing policies regarding domestic violence....
Goodell Was Wrong When He Said Casino Couldn't Have Given Up Rice Video
In his letter to owners yesterday, Roger Goodell addressed the question of why (in his version of events) the NFL never approached the Revel Casino about getting a copy of the surveillance tape....
Ravens GM: "What We Saw On The Video Was What Ray Said"
There's been a lot of back-and-forth—conducted via reporters' unnamed sources—over who knew what happened in that casino elevator and when. Now the Ravens braintrust has put that question to bed, acknowledging that Rice was up front with them all along....
Report: NFL Received Ray Rice Video In April
According to the Associated Press, the NFL in April received a DVD containing the surveillance video of Ray Rice slugging his fiancée, despite Roger Goodell claiming repeatedly that no one in the league had seen it before this week....
Come Correct To P.K. Subban About His Corsi Or Don't Come At All
The NHL is holding its annual player tour, in which it drags many of its top stars to New York for days of interviews and appearances. ESPN's Craig Custance took advantage of the opportunity (Insider link) to ask players what they thought of their own unconventional analytics, aka fancystats. ...
Roger Goodell Tells Owners NFL Did Not Ask Casino For Ray Rice Video
Roger Goodell sent a letter to all team owners and presidents regarding his handling of the Ray Rice case. It is probably most helpful and most accurate to read this as the NFL getting its ducks in a row, and giving executives the league's official story and talking points. ...
Don't Fuck With Deer
This morning our work chat room was debating who would win in a fight between a turkey and a deer. People actually thought the turkey would win, and it was unanimous, until this video got dropped in. No one stanned for the turkey after this....
To Prove He's Not Evil, Roger Goodell Pleads Incompetence
Roger Goodell and the NFL desperately need you to believe they did not see the Ray Rice tape until this week. We do not believe them, nor do those reporters who were hung out to dry by the league. If it emerges that the NFL did view the video before suspending Rice for just two games, well, now we'r...
Floyd Mayweather Thinks The NFL Was Too Hard On Ray Rice
Boxer and serial batterer of women Floyd Mayweather said yesterday that he doesn't think it was fair that Ray Rice received more than the initial two-game suspension, and that the NFL overreacted to video of Rice cold-cocking his fiancée....
Ravens Owner Says Team Stopped Trying To Obtain Ray Rice Video
About 30 minutes ago, Ravens majority owner Steve Bisciotti sent an email to PSL holders in which he claims that no one from the Ravens saw the video of Ray Rice striking his fiancée, and halted attempts to obtain the video after formal requests to the Revel Casino, police, and prosecutors were unsu...
Poor Bastard Loses Fantasy Matchup On Last-Second QB Kneeldown
Say it with me now: "No one cares about your fantasy team." But this dude got boned....
The FCC Will Vote To Dump Its NFL Blackout Rules
Less than a year into his tenure as chairman of the Federal Communication Commission, Tom Wheeler has announced that at the end of the month, the FCC will vote on killing the 39-year-old rule mandating local blackouts for NFL games that don't sell out....
Two Arrested In Connection With Derek Boogaard's Death
Two men were arrested this morning in connection with the death of hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard, who died in 2011 from an overdose of alcohol and prescription painkillers....
ESPNers Are Pissed At The NFL Over Its Ray Rice Video Claims
There is every reason to believe that the NFL is lying, that league executives had seen the video of Ray Rice punching out his fiancée—not least of which is the fact that at least one NFL reporter described the contents of the tape, accurately and in detail, months before it was released by TMZ....
Report: Terry Pegula Wins Bidding For Buffalo Bills
Pegula, the owner of the Sabres, has reportedly reached an agreement to purchase the Bills. The final purchase price is not yet known. Pegula was the front-runner all along, and has made clear his intentions to keep the team in Buffalo. [Buffalo News]...
Alex Ovechkin Lamely Explains Away Photo In Support Of Ukrainian Rebels
Last month, Alexander Ovechkin posted the above photo to his Instagram account last month. It featured the caption, "Our grandparents have seen the horrors of fascism. We will not allow it in our time!!" and the hashtag #savechildrenfromfascism....