Football Page 775 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
<i>Bachelorette</i> Contestant And Former NFLer Colton Underwood Eats Conch, Reveals He's A Virgin
Team, you may be wondering: What kind of coach is leading us? Why would she go radio silent for weeks on end? Well, I’m a firm believer in being quiet until it’s worth being heard, and this week it was time to whip out the bullhorn. Colton, former NFL player and founder of the Colton Underwood Lega...
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Police: LeSean McCoy's Ex-Girlfriend Was The Victim Of A Targeted Home Invasion [Updates]
Earlier today Bills running back LeSean McCoy was accused of beating his ex-girlfriend, Delicia Cordon. The accusation was made by a friend of Cordon’s in a since-deleted Instagram post that included a picture of Cordon’s battered face. Now, police in Georgia are saying Cordon was the victim of a ta...
Jerry Richardson's Statue Is Staying Put At The Carolina Panthers' Stadium
The Panthers may have wiped their hands clean of former owner and creep Jerry Richardson, but his face isn’t going to be forgotten by fans any time soon....
LeSean McCoy Accused Of Domestic Violence, Denies Accusations<em></em>
This morning, a friend of a woman named Delicia Cordon, who has previously been known to be Bills running back LeSean McCoy’s girlfriend, accused McCoy of beating Cordon. The accusation was made on the woman’s Instagram account, where she posted a graphic photo of what she claims to be Cordon’s batt...
Giants Lineman A.J. Francis Says TSA Spilled His Mom's Ashes All Over His Suitcase
New York Giants defensive tackle A.J. Francis spent the past week with family and friends in Arkansas and California following the June death of his mother, Carrie Leanne Francis. On Monday morning after a flight, Francis posted a photo of the inside of his suitcase, which had been searched by the T...
Steve Sarkisian Lost His Wrongful Termination Suit Against USC
Current Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator and former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian has lost his $30 million lawsuit against his old employer, which he filed in December 2015 after USC fired him for the public problems caused by his alcoholism. While coaching at USC, Sarkisian got drunk and yel...
Brandon Browner Arrested After Allegedly Breaking Into Ex-Girlfriend's House, Threatening To Kill Her
Former NFL cornerback Brandon Browner was arrested in La Verne, Calif., yesterday after police say he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s house, harmed her, threatened to kill her, and then stole from her....
Arizona Cardinals GM Steve Keim Cited For Driving Under The Influence On July 4
Arizona Cardinals general manager Steve Keim was charged with driving under the influence after a traffic stop in Arizona the night of July 4, reports KTAR News 92.3. AZ Central says Keim was nabbed by a checkpoint in Chandler, southeast of Phoenix, just after midnight on July 5, and was released f...
Can Aaron Rodgers Break The Mold Of NFL Contracts?
Aaron Rodgers has two years left on his contract, but he and the Packers are trying to get a new deal done this summer. As a top-shelf quarterback in a league in which substantial sums of money tend to flow toward top-shelf quarterbacks, Rodgers has more leverage than most players. And as NFL Media’...
Hunter S. Thompson Told Jim Irsay To Draft Ryan Leaf Over Peyton Manning
Hunter S. Thompson predicted, in the most general sense, the coming of Donald Trump, or at least the flourishing of the reactionary, retaliatory, mutually-assured-destructive base that put him and his ilk into power. (He also noted, as early as anyone, that the American experiment had peaked and per...
For The Last Time: NFL Ratings Are Not Down. They're Up, Compared To Everything Else
I am once again forced to use this space to explain something that is evident to anyone who has been paying attention to the nature of the television industry over the past few years....
Report: Escalating Beef Leads To Former NFL Wideout Jabar Gaffney Being Charged With Vandalizing Former Teammate Lito Sheppard's BMW
In what appears to be an appalling case of Gator-on-Gator crime, a warrant has reportedly been issued in Jacksonville, Florida, for the arrest of Jabar Gaffney on felony criminal mischief charges after he allegedly vandalized the BMW of former teammate Lito Sheppard last month. Per the News 4 JAX I-...
What The Fuck Is Kirk Cousins Grilling?
Kirk Cousins spent his Independence Day somewhere scenic in his home state of Michigan, where he spent his time, uh, grilling some kidneys, apparently?...
For The Love Of God, Please Do Not Ruin Your Fourth Of July By Looking At Jason Pierre-Paul's Exploded Hand
I’m really warning you on this one, guys. Do not scroll down if you are squeamish. Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, formerly of the Giants and now of the Buccaneers, shared a picture late last night showing the full, graphic damage of his blown-up right hand after his fireworks accident three years ...
Kam Chancellor Says He's Done, And That's A Bummer
Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor tweeted out a grim announcement last night, saying he had to “walk away from the game because of the risk of paralysis.” A neck injury had wiped out the final seven games of his 2017 season, and, as Chancellor put it, a “final test showed no healing.” Chancellor is don...
Attorney: Ronald Darby's Text Messages Showed He Wasn't With Jameis Winston, Despite Claiming He Was
Jameis Winston took the NFL equivalent of a deal earlier this week, agreeing to be suspended for three games in return for not appealing his league-sanctioned punishment after an Uber driver said he groped her. In return for Winston agreeing to his suspension, the NFL hasn’t revealed much about what...
The NFL Concussion Settlement Keeps Failing People It's Supposed To Help
On Thursday, the federal judge overseeing the NFL concussion settlement denied an appeal filed by the family of a deceased former player with CTE. Under the terms of the settlement, that CTE diagnosis could have been worth as much as $4 million. The reason for the denial? The player’s family missed ...
The NFL Did A Deal With Jameis Winston
The NFL was very pleased with itself back in 2014 when it announced its new hardline policy that “violations of the Personal Conduct Policy regarding assault, battery, domestic violence or sexual assault that involve physical force will be subject to a suspension without pay of six games.” Though th...
Jameis Winston Suspended Three Games For Groping Uber Driver
As expected, the NFL has issued a three-game suspension to Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston. Winston is accused of grabbing an Uber driver’s crotch at a drive-through window in March 2016, after his rookie season. The driver, known only as Kate, told her story to Buzzfeed in November 2017....
NFL Fines Jerry Richardson $2.75 Million
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has been hit with a $2.75 million fine following an NFL investigation that concluded the “allegations of improper workplace conditions” against him were “substantiated,” according to a league statement....