Football Page 845 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Takkarist McKinley Is Enjoying Life
Atlanta Falcons defensive end Takkarist McKinley, who stole the show at the NFL draft when he gave an emotional speech while holding a framed photograph of his grandmother, recently signed his rookie contract with the Falcons. Let’s check in to see how things are going for him:...
Jets And Browns Exchange Hostages
The Jets and Browns made a rare player-for-player trade this morning, with safety Calvin Pryor going to Cleveland and inside linebacker Demario Davis headed back to North Jersey. Because both players are Jets draft busts, this deal feels like a ransom agreement....
ESPN Reporter Walks Off In Middle Of Live Shot
That’s Todd Archer, ESPN’s Dallas Cowboys beat man, just up and taking off on Hannah Storm during today’s 10 a.m. Eastern edition of SportsCenter. Just a hunch, but from the way he appears to reach into his pocket and glance at his phone before ghosting, Archer may have gotten a call (from a source?...
Report: Michigan State Banned Texans' Keith Mumphery From Campus For Violating Sexual Misconduct Policy
Current Houston Texans and former Michigan State receiver Keith Mumphery is banned from his alma mater’s campus until 2019 as the result of a university investigation into a report of sexual assault, the Detroit Free Press reported today. The ban was a stipulation of Mumphery’s 2016 expulsion from M...
John Clayton Among The ESPN Layoffs
One more big name has emerged from the recent round of 100 or so layoffs at ESPN: Longtime NFL Insider John Clayton is out. The news was first reported by Sporting News....
Michigan State Fires Suspended Football Staffer Three Months Into Rape Investigation
The Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday that Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio decided not to renew the contract of Curtis Blackwell, a football staff member who was previously suspended with pay the same week that three separate investigations were initiated to look into a reported rape. ...
Illinois Reaches $250,000 Settlement With Victim Of Tim Beckman's Abusive Coaching
The University of Illinois has agreed to pay Simon Cvijanovic, a former left tackle for the Illini football team, a one-time payment of $250,000 for injuries and medicals expenses Cvijanovic incurred while playing for head coach Tim Beckman, who was fired after an investigation substantiated claims ...
Ron Rivera Would Appreciate If You Wouldn't Talk About Kelvin Benjamin Looking Fat
The only consistently good thing about the NFL training camp news cycle are stories about players who may or may not be fat. I wake up every morning in May and June thirsting for grainy or oddly angled photos of football players so that I may spend hours scrutinizing them in an attempt to reach a ve...
Colorado President To Decide If Mike MacIntyre Will Be Punished For Failing To Report Assistant's Alleged Abuse
The Daily Camera reported Tuesday that Colorado’s board of regents elected to have president Bruce Benson determine the form of any punishment action taken against head football coach Mike MacIntyre, athletic director Rick George, and chancellor Phil DiStefano for actively choosing not to report all...
ESPN: The Seahawks' D Really Resents Russell Wilson<em></em>
ESPN’s Seth Wickersham went long on the simmering drama that’s affected the Seattle Seahawks for a while now, with Russell Wilson’s goal-line interception at the end of the Super Bowl nearly three years ago still haunting the locker room. The gist is that the defense—and Richard Sherman in particula...
Just Like The First-Round Pick He Traded For Trent Richardson, Ryan Grigson Is Going To The Browns
Ryan Grigson finally left the Indianapolis Colts in January after five seasons as the team’s GM. He picked Andrew Luck and T.Y. Hilton but the team stalled out under his guidance and he utterly failed to build anything close to a suitable offensive line to protect his MVP-level quarterback. Jim Irsa...
Jalen Robinette Does Not Graduate From Air Force, Qualifications Under Review
Air Force’s all-time leading receiver Jalen Robinette did not graduate as planned from the Academy during this morning’s ceremony....
Brock Osweiler Says There's Proof That He Doesn't Suck
Maybe Brock Osweiler will be a better quarterback for the Browns. It’s possible that the Texans’ offensive scheme didn’t make the most of his abilities, which led him to throw 15 touchdowns against 16 picks and complete 59 percent of his 510 pass attempts. (This is admittedly an incredibly generous ...
Let's Stop Pretending To Care When NFL Players Skip OTAs
Every May, without fail, the NFL storylines are the same. (Take, for example, “the most May 22 tweet of all time.”) A particularly common one is the raft of headlines shouting “[PLAYER] Is Skipping OTAs,” followed by reams of copy that purport to explain why, and what it all means. It means nothing....
B.J. Symons Rips Tommy Tuberville For Saying Lubbock "Looked Like Iraq"
A spat broke out recently between a middling former Texas Tech football coach and a celebrated ex-Red Raiders quarterback over whether Lubbock, Tex., is a hellhole....
On His Second Try, 9-Year NFL Vet Brad Culpepper Proved Perfect For <i>Survivor</i>
You think Survivor is a reality show, but it’s in many ways actually a sport—and former professional athletes have not been very good at it....
Jack Del Rio Wants To Know What's Really Going On With Seth Rich's Murder
Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio seems to be a man willing to a hear out a broad variety of opinions on a topic. Maybe that’s a common attribute for football coaches, an occupation that demands approaching a problem with multiple possible solutions and can reward unconventional thinking. That...
Four-Star Football Recruit Announces Decision With Paintball Battle Royale Video
Jalen Mayfield, a 4-star offensive tackle from Grand Rapids, was committed to the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and then he took them out on the field of (paintball) battle. Mayfield is ranked as the top offensive tackle in the state of Michigan and Scout has him as the 16th-best tackle in the nation. S...
Roberto Aguayo Is Having Trouble With His Accuracy Again
Roberto Aguayo, the most accurate kicker in college football turned second-round disappointment for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is still struggling to kick the football through the goalposts....
The 2021 Super Bowl Will Move To Tampa Thanks To L.A.'s Stadium Construction Delay
After massive rainfall delayed the construction of the Los Angeles NFL stadium by one year, NFL owners voted today to give the 2021 Super Bowl to Tampa Bay and push L.A.’s Super Bowl back to 2022....