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What's The Matter With Jim Brown?
Originally published in the December 1986 edition of Sport magazine, as part of a special 40th anniversary issue devoted to "The 40 Who Changed Sports." This story is a good analytical companion to Pete Dexter's insane 1981 profile of Brown, reprinted here last week ....

Cards RB Jonathan Dwyer Arrested In Domestic-Violence Incident
Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer was arrested today on domestic violence allegations following an incident with his wife....

Greg Hardy Goes On Exempt List As He Awaits Domestic Abuse Trial
Following the lead of the Vikings' Adrian Peterson, Panthers DE Greg Hardy will be placed on the exempt list, which will effectively suspend him indefinitely and with pay as he awaits a jury trial on domestic violence charges....

Brandon Marshall's Pissed, But What Did ESPN Do Wrong, Exactly?
ESPN's newsmagazine show E:60 broadcast a segment on Bears receiver Brandon Marshall tonight and he is pissed off about it. Marshall took to Twitter to air his grievances before the show even began:...

Arian Foster Thinks A Beer Company Hassling The NFL Is Bullshit
Sponsors are beginning to distance themselves from the NFL—especially Adrian Peterson—and that doesn't sit right with Texans running back with Arian Foster. ...

Jim Harbaugh: "We're Not Going To Flinch" And Bench Ray McDonald
The 49ers are in a thorny situation with starting DE Ray McDonald, who has played the first two games despite an ongoing investigation into accusations he assaulted his pregnant fiancée. But McDonald has not been charged, and to Jim Harbaugh, that's enough. "We're not going to flinch based on publ...

You <em>Could</em> Watch Floyd Mayweather's Shitty, Overpriced PPV. But Why?
Since our article on Floyd Mayweather ran in July, I've received notes from countless fans and even a number of professional boxing writers who've said that they cannot continue to support a man with his history of battering women and utter lack of remorse. Even ESPN got in on the act—well, ESPNw d...

Mayweather, On Being A Serial Woman Beater: "Only God Can Judge Me"
Floyd Mayweather beats women. This much is obvious, but for whatever reason it took Rachel Nichols on CNN's Unguarded to actually ask "Money" about his long history as a misogynist and domestic abuser in light of his upcoming bout Saturday against Marcos Maidana. His answers will leave you quite u...

"But If Your Thing Is ... Beating Up Women," The Girl Said To Jim Brown
Over at The Stacks, we've reprinted Pete Dexter's 1981 profile of Jim Brown, written 15 years after the legendary running back retired. Much of the profile is concerned with Brown's romantic and personal relationships, including those that earned him a reputation as an abuser of women....

CBS's James Brown Calls On Men To Improve The Way They Treat Women
Before tonight's Steelers-Ravens game, CBS's James Brown delivered a powerful speech regarding domestic violence in America and what men should do to take responsibility. Brown touches on the language men use and the attitude it displays. The speech was eloquent, acknowledging all women who are vict...

The Only Thing Unusual About Ray And Janay Rice Is That Anyone Noticed
One of my first homicide stories as a young crime reporter was about a woman killed by her boyfriend. One of my last stories as a crime reporter was about a woman killed by her husband. In between, there were too many dead women to count. A few stand out in memory, the ones whose deaths were especia...

The Latest Excuse For Roger Goodell Is Offensive Horseshit
In the latest seriously-fucked-up development in the NFL's handling of the Ray Rice investigation, the league appears to be trying to shift the blame to Janay Rice—and in doing so, restates its woeful inability to grasp even the most basic concepts of domestic violence....

Jim Brown Won't Let Just Anybody In
Originally published in the Sept. 30, 1981, edition of Inside Sports. Reprinted here with the author's permission. Photos by Barbra Walz....

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....


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....

Documents Explain Why Prosecutors Dropped Charges Against Thiago Silva
On the Fourth of July, Thaysa Silva boarded a Miami plane bound for São Paulo and never came back, according to prosecutors. She took the domestic violence case against UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva with her. ...

Pizza Apologizes To Victims Of Domestic Violence
DiGiorno Pizza stirred up some shit late last night, when Pizza stumbled upon the Twitter hashtag #WhyIStayed, in which domestic-violence victims spoke on why they stayed in abusive relationships. It's well documented that Pizza is trolly and corny and stale, but yesterday Pizza went too far:...

New Jersey State Police Say NFL Statement Is Inaccurate
This morning, the NFL released a statement that doubled down on its assertion that it had never seen footage of Ray Rice knocking out Janay Palmer in an elevator until yesterday. That statement isn't quite right, according to New Jersey state police....