Football Page 956 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Rex And Rob Ryan Scuffle At A Nashville Bar
Twin brothers and failed NFL coaches Rex and Rob Ryan were in Nashville for the Stanley Cup Final, and they had more fight in them than P.K. Subban and Evgeni Malkin....
Leonard Williams Restrains Man Who Appears To Be Teammate Darron Lee From Allegedly Harassing Woman
Jets defensive lineman Leonard Williams was filmed breaking up a fight between a man who appears to be teammate Darron Lee and a woman at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City last night....
Eric Mangini Is Still Waiting For Bill Belichick To Be His Friend Again
It’s now been a decade since then-New York Jets head coach Eric Mangini set off Spygate by alerting the NFL to the New England Patriots videotaping opponents’ signals. And he still wants to repair his friendship with Bill Belichick, who hasn’t talked to him since. ...
Michigan Wide Receiver Grant Perry Back With Team With Criminal Sexual Conduct Case Pending
Six months after Michigan said that Grant Perry would be “indefinitely suspended” while awaiting trial on charges of criminal sexual conduct and assaulting a police officer, the wide receiver is back with the team....
Three Ex-Penn State Officials Get Jail Time
Former Penn State president Graham Spanier, who was convicted on one count of child endangerment following his failure to act on accusations of child abuse toward former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, will serve two months in prison. Former athletic director Tim Curley and former vice pr...
Broncos Safety Will Parks Charged With Misdemeanor Domestic Violence And Harassment
Broncos safety Will Parks faces misdemeanor charges of harassment and domestic violence for an incident with his ex-girlfriend, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by 9 NEWS, Denver’s NBC affiliate....
Ex-Baylor DE Shawn Oakman's Trial To Be Postponed After Unpaid Lawyers Withdraw From Case
The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that the trial of former Baylor defensive end Shawn Oakman, originally scheduled to to begin Aug. 22, will now likely be postponed. Court officials informed the paper of the delay after the former Bears star’s lawyers, Russ Hunt and Michelle Tuegel, filed a motion on ...
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....