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Mets Closer Jeurys Familia Suspended 15 Games After Domestic Violence Arrest
Four days before Opening Day, MLB has announced its long-awaited suspension for New York Mets pitcher Jeurys Familia after a November 2016 arrest after an alleged domestic violence incident involving his wife. ...
War Machine Found Guilty On 29 Of 34 Charges Of Violence And Sexual Assault
A Las Vegas jury found former MMA fighter War Machine (born Jon Koppenhaver) guilty today on 29 charges for when he brutally beat ex-girlfriend Christy Mack and her male friend Corey Thomas back in 2014. The jury deliberated for a day and a half before finding War Machine guilty of most of the charg...
Detroit Lions GM Says It's "A Disappointment" That Joe Mixon Isn't At The NFL Combine
Joe Mixon was the most notable player excluded from this year’s NFL Combine, a result of the running back’s decision to punch Oklahoma student Amelia Molitor in the face at a Norman restaurant in July 2014. Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn thinks that’s a real shame. ...
Trent Richardson Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge In Alabama
Former Indianapolis Colts running back Trent Richardson was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Hoover, Ala., on Thursday night, according to reports....
Josh Brown Goes On <i>Good Morning America</i> To Plead For Another NFL Opportunity
Former New York Giants kicker Josh Brown appeared on Good Morning America Thursday morning for his first full interview regarding the domestic violence allegations—that Brown himself has admitted to—that caused him to lose his job as an NFL place kicker....
Report: University Rules That Kansas Basketball Player LaGerald Vick Likely Punched Female Student
According to a report from the Kansas City Star, Kansas Jayhawks guard LaGerald Vick was the subject of a university investigation which ruled that Vick likely punched a female student and kicked her in the face back in December 2015 and January 2016. The school’s Office of Institutional Opportunity...
Colorado Assistant Asked To Resign After Ex-Girlfriend Accuses Him Of Physically Abusing Her For Over A Year<em></em>
The University of Colorado announced today that safeties coach and interim defensive coordinator Joe Tumpkin had resigned after disturbing domestic violence allegations came out—and the school asked him he to leave. Tumpkin had been with the school for two seasons and was calling plays for the defen...
SB Nation Fires Writer For Social Media Conduct Following Domestic Violence Arrest
SB Nation fired part-time social media editor and blogger Jacob Price Wednesday after he went on a tweetstorm over the weekend about a May 2016 arrest for allegedly choking his then-girlfriend. The charges against Price have since been dropped....
D.A. Looking Into Whether Johnny Manziel's New Year's Partying Violated Deal To Dismiss His Domestic Violence Case
Last month, ex-Browns QB Johnny Manziel reached a deal with prosecutors to dismiss a domestic violence charge brought against him by his former girlfriend, Colleen Crowley. The terms of the agreement said he had to seek treatment for anger issues and counseling on substance abuse, as well as avoid c...
Video Shows Former 49er Ray McDonald Threatening Ex-Fiancée And Child
In a video released Tuesday by her attorney, Kendra Scott can be heard asking former San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald why he’s doing this and telling him to get away from her while she holds their infant son. Near the end, she screams “STOP, STOP!” at the top of her lungs as he chases ...
Jeurys Familia Will Not Face Criminal Charges In Domestic Violence Case<em></em>
Prosecutors in Fort Lee, New Jersey dropped assault charges against New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia today. He appeared in court alongside his wife, who had previously requested that the case be dismissed....
Kansas Forward Carlton Bragg Jr. Charged With Battery For Allegedly Striking Girlfriend, Pushing Her Down Stairs
Kansas Jayhawks sophomore forward Carlton Bragg Jr. was charged today with one count of misdemeanor battery after prosecutors said his girlfriend called 911, saying he struck her and pushed her down the stairs. Bragg was initially arrested on suspicion of domestic battery, but the Douglas County Dis...
Johnny Manziel Reaches Plea Deal In Domestic Abuse Case
Former Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel has made a deal with prosecutors that will lead to the dismissal of a domestic assault case involving his former girlfriend, Colleen Crowley....
Roger Goodell On How Election Will Affect Roger Goodell: It Will Affect Roger Goodell<em></em>
Roger Goodell was interviewed on stage earlier today at the New York Times’s DealBook conference. He and Andrew Ross Sorkin spoke about the election intermittently throughout the 30-plus minute conversation. Goodell—the son of a former Republican congressman whose been known to rub elbows with the G...
Ezekiel Elliott Named In February Police Report Of Possible Battery
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott was named in another police report, this time for possible battery, involving the same woman who called police in July. This report was from a call to police in South Florida back in February and, like the July case, resulted in no criminal charges being ...
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Report: Jeurys Familia Arrested For Domestic Violence One Month After Starring In Anti-DV Campaign [Update]
New York Mets closer Jeurys Familia was reportedly arrested Monday for domestic violence in Bergen County, New Jersey....
Zero Tolerance For Domestic Violence Will Only Make It Worse
Over and over in her interviews with law enforcement, Molly Brown said that money was one of the topics that made her husband, New York Giants kicker Josh Brown, angry. A fight over financial mail preceded him pushing her into a door while she was pregnant; years later, when she called King County s...
Eli Apple's Mother Shares Her Personal Story Of Domestic Abuse
Annie Apple, a contributor to ESPN’s Sunday NFL Countdown and the mother of New York Giants rookie Eli Apple, was outspoken about Giants owner John Mara’s comments on what the team knew about kicker Josh Brown’s extensive history of assaulting his wife. Now she’s dedicated her most recent column at ...
Here Are All The Times The NFL Got Josh Brown Records From The Sheriff's Office
Once again, the NFL has insisted that its inability to comprehend the repeated abuse suffered by a woman—Molly Brown, in this case, the ex-wife of New York Giants kicker Josh Brown—wasn’t due to its own incompetence. After blaming the victim a few months ago, NFL leaders decided this time around to ...
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Josh Brown Placed On Commissioner's Exempt List [Updates]
The NFL is suddenly very concerned about Giants kicker Josh Brown, now that the sheriff’s office in King County, Wash. has released documents in which Brown described in his own words how he abused his wife, Molly. The league was less concerned a month ago, when it suspended Brown one game despite t...