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Tampa Bay Bucs Cheerleaders Win $825K Lawsuit Settlement Against Team
And another one! Following in the footsteps of the Raiders, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have settled the lawsuit brought by former cheerleaders to the tune of $825,000....
LaRon Landry Suspended For PED Use (Again)
The NFL reportedly suspended LaRon Landry for 10 games today for violating the league's PED policy. Landry's currently a free-agent safety who last played for the Colts....
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Report: Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks Agree To One-Year Deal [UPDATE]
Per Adam Schefter, the Seahawks and Marshawn Lynch have agreed to a new deal. John Clayton added the contract details: one season for $11 million. (Update below.)...
Walmart: We Don't Have Any Dez Bryant Parking Lot Video
Well, it's on the record: Walmart says it has no video of Dez Bryant from July 11, 2011, the day police were called to investigate a disturbance in a Lancaster store's parking lot....
Jets Trade For Brandon Marshall
The Bears have agreed to send WR Brandon Marshall to the Jets, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. The haul hasn't been reported yet (Update: a fifth rounder), but it shouldn't be huge: Chicago was desperate to move Marshall before his $7.5 million guarantee kicked in next week....
The Steelers Really, Really Hope Troy Polamalu Retires
The NFL is vicious. There's no player so respected or so beloved that he won't be forced out the door when his abilities no longer justify his cap hit. It happens to everyone, eventually. It's happening to Troy Polamalu....
Aldon Smith Has Given Up Nearly All Of His Guaranteed Money
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has agreed to restructure his contract with the team so that most of the $9.75 million he was set to earn this season will no longer be guaranteed....
New Fake Indian Joins Old Fake Indian In NY High School's R-Word Fight
The "Redskins" name controversy has played out all over America for years now, in precincts high and low. It's now turned up, though, in the last place you'd expect—Lancaster, N.Y. Some of the same spurious Indians defending the NFL team's name jumped in the small-town fray this week....
Maurice Jones-Drew Is Retiring
Running back Maurice Jones-Drew just announced his retirement from the NFL, which is oddly affecting, because he was tiny and strong and great and so much fun to watch....
Fake Larry Donnell Gets On MSNBC, Says "Fuck Her Right In The Pussy"
Giants tight end Larry Donnell was on the plane that crashed into a fence in New York today. The guy who called into Andrea Mitchell's MSNBC show was not. Guess how the interview ended....
No Brandon Marshalls Have Been Traded
It's hot-stove season (or whatever) in the NFL, and we've already seen our fair share of surprising moves. But with free agency still yet to actually open, a fake Twitter account and a player with the same name as another have teamed up to sow some quality confusion....
Giants TE Larry Donnell Was On Plane That Skidded Off Runway
A Delta flight from Atlanta to New York skidded off the end of the runway at snowy LaGuardia airport this morning, coming to rest on a berm specifically put there to keep planes from splashing into Flushing Bay. A reported 130 people were board the MD-80, including Giants tight end Larry Donnell, ...
Patriots Move On From Vince Wilfork
Vince Wilfork's 11-year career with New England appears to have come to an end. As expected, the Patriots have declined to pick up Wilfork's option—saving them $8 million against the cap—and the longtime anchor of the Pats' D is going to have to move on....
Whatever Happened To That Dez Bryant Video?
It's impossible to prove a negative, but with each passing day, it seems more and more likely that the Dez Bryant video—the subject, over the last two weeks, of rumors so intense that they were, in themselves, semi-legitimate news—simply doesn't exist. ...
Bills Trade For Matt Cassel
The Bills announced they've agreed on a trade with the Vikings for QB Matt Cassel, with undisclosed draft picks heading both ways. Doesn't really matter! The new-look Bills have a quarterback. Sort of....
Billboard Bad
As defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh gets ready for free agency, billboards are now popping up, hounding him for ... liking money? I'm not sure exactly what's going on, here. Maybe it's one of those statements where your takeaway is what you want it to be. Is it Banksy?...
Reports: LeSean McCoy "Not Happy" About Going To Buffalo
A truly shocking, star-for-star trade happens so rarely in the NFL. (Today is the 11th anniversary of Champ Bailey heading west for Clinton Portis!) The Bills swapping talented young LB Kiko Alonso for Eagles star RB LeSean McCoy absolutely qualifies. But as we're learning today, it wasn't so clean ...
The Vikings Will Try To Woo Back Adrian Peterson Today
A Vikings contingent will fly to Texas today in an attempt to smooth things over with Adrian Peterson, and if all goes well, perhaps to convince the start running back to play for Minnesota this year. It'll be a tough sell....
Report: Bills Will Trade Kiko Alonso To Eagles For LeSean McCoy
From Adam Schefter, here's an unexpected swap: The Bills will trade linebacker Kiko Alonso to the Eagles for running back LeSean McCoy. Damn....
Andre Johnson Is Done With The Texans
Andre Johnson was drafted by the Houston Texans before the team's second season of existence, and he's spent the last 12 years becoming the face of the franchise. Johnson caught over 1,000 balls and racked up 13,597 yards while suiting up as the primary wideout for a number of mediocre Texans team...