Football Page 912 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
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....
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Janoris Jenkins's Brother Charged In Connection With Dead Body At Player's Home [Update]<em></em>
The Bergen County, N.J., prosecutor’s office and Fair Lawn, N.J., police have charged William Jenkins, the older brother of Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins, with aggravated manslaughter in relation to a dead body found at Janoris’s home....
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Dead Body Found At Janoris Jenkins's Home While Giants CB Was Out Of State [Update]
Police in Fair Lawn, N.J., responded to a 911 call Tuesday morning and discovered a dead body at the home of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins. Jenkins, however, has reportedly been in Florida since OTAs ended earlier this month....
How The NFL's New <em></em>Helmet Rule Could Change Football As We Know It
Last month, the NFL approved a rule that attempts to define what players are permitted to do with their helmets, in the name of player safety. It’s pretty much a given that the rule is going to create some chaos, at least initially. But it might also portend a fundamental change in how the game is p...
Tyler Hilinski's Autopsy Shows Former Washington State QB Had CTE
Washington State QB Tyler Hilinski’s family opened up to Sports Illustrated’s Greg Bishop about their son’s death by suicide and how they’ve been coping since. Hilinski was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in January, and according to an autopsy of Hilinski’s brain performed...
The Bucs Did This To Themselves
Jameis Winston is about to be suspended by the NFL for groping an Uber driver while waiting for food at a Mexican drive-thru. And it’s a very NFL thing that the three-game suspension initially reported by Adam Schefter isn’t necessarily a gimme, because NFL officials have yet to finish inputting all...
The NFL Won't Let Dr. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Put "M.D." On The Back Of His Jersey
Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif graduated from medical school at McGill University in Montreal last month, becoming Dr. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, M.D. But Duvernay-Tardif won’t be able to show off his new title during the Chiefs’ games next season. According to TVA Sports’ Andy Maill...
New Jameis Winston Details Emerge; Convicted Ex-Vanderbilt Football Rapist Says Bucs QB Was Alone With Uber Driver
The third man who was hanging out with Jameis Winston and Ronald Darby the night in March 2016 an Uber driver says the Buccaneers quarterback groped her has been revealed, and it’s Brandon Banks—the former Vanderbilt player currently serving a 15-year sentence for his role in raping a woman in 2013....
Report: Jameis Winston Will Be Suspended Three Games For Alleged Uber Driver Groping
The NFL plans to suspend Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston for the first three games of the season for “violating the league’s personal conduct policy,” per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. This confirms ESPN Tallahassee host Jeff Cameron’s earlier report that the disciplinary action is in response to an incident i...
Baker Mayfield Turns Colin Cowherd Into A Punching Bag
Cleveland Browns draft pick Baker Mayfield, who will have some kind of documentary series air on Fox next month, has frequently been criticized by rat boy Colin Cowherd. That part in between the commas is presumably why Mayfield appeared today on The Herd, where he handed Cowherd’s ass to him when t...
Report: Sorry, You're Not Getting Rid Of Jeff Triplette That Easily<em></em>
Cries of joy rang out all around the NFL during Wild Card Weekend when referee Jeff Triplette, the league’s worst official, decided to retire, with his fitting finale featuring him bungling about a half-dozen plays in the Titans-Chiefs playoff game. But while we can continue to celebrate that Triple...