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Officer Who Stopped Ryan Moats Cries No Mas, Quits Dallas PD
You've seen the video, you've marveled at the tattoo. But you won't have Dallas police officer Robert Powell to kick around anymore; his attorney announced today that Powell has resigned....
This Is Why You Shouldn't Loan Out Your Home For Drug Murders
Jonathan Vilma doesn't play for New York anymore and hasn't lived in his Long Island condo for two years, but that doesn't mean he should let his drug-dealing "cousin" carry out executions in the kitchen....
Saying Goodbye To Trader Lou
Lou Saban, who coached just about everywhere from high school to the NFL, has passed away at the age of 87. [NBC Sports]...
Who's Sorry Now? Dallas Cop Apologizes For Moats Stop
Officer Robert Powell, who stopped Ryan Moats from seeing his dying mother-in-law during a traffic stop on March 18, has gone into full 'save-my-job' mode, apologizing in a letter through his attorney. [CBS Sports]...
More Thinking Outside The Box From The NFL Meetings
The NFL "is exploring the possibility of having sponsor logos worn unobtrusively on practice jerseys." For the Bengals I suggest Chico's Bail Bonds. [USA Today]...
Meanwhile, On The Kensington Expressway ...
Bills vandals fans welcome Terrell Owens in their unique way. He should be in town eight times this season, so hopefully he'll see this....
Tonight You're Partying With Vince Young And Albert Haynesworth
LenDale's birthday was in December, when Albert Haynesworth was still in Nashville and Vince Young was still ... whatever it was he was doing back then. After the usual shout-outs and big ups and whatnot, it's just a couple guys hanging out at the club, not getting drunk on premium water sponsorship...
Ryan Moats Denied Deathbed Visit To Mother-In-Law By Heartless Cop
Former Eagle claims an overzealous policeman prevented him and his wife from rushing to the hospital to visit her dying mother. Maybe he should have flashed his lights? [Lew P]...
NFL Can't Stop Tinkering With The Game
More rules changes today, including protecting quarterbacks while also creating more opportunities for them to get hurt and finding a way to have even more riding on the outcome of playoff games....
Will Raiders Go Truly Retro On NFL's Opening Throwback Weekend?
How quickly we forget that before Al Davis took over the team in 1963, the AFL franchise was scheduled to be named the Oakland Senòres. [San Francisco Chronicle]...
New Lions Logo 23 Percent More Fierce, Should Result In Super Bowl Title
Shrouded in secrecy and guarded around-the-clock, Detroit's new logo was still somehow leaked to the public via a toy advertisement on NFLshop.com. You don't expect that from a well-oiled machine like the Lions' front office....
The NFL Kindly Asks Players To Stop Killing Each Other
The NFL has approved four rule changes for next season that will theoretically lower the incidence of player injury, but will hopefully not make highlight packages more boring. (Illegal hits are still great for marketing.)...
Josh McDaniels Wonders Why Jay Cutler Is Ignoring His Facebook Friend Request
Refusing a face-to-face meeting is one thing, but you know the relationship is damaged when Broncos' quarterback Jay Cutler ignores your text messages. Poor Josh McDaniels....
Stop Trying To Figure Out The Detroit Lions
"Sources" and "reports" have been saying today that the Detroit Lions are in negotiations to think about deciding who they might choose to consider maybe picking as the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft....
Adrian Peterson Will Not Save Your Community College Football Program
This just in: Adrian Peterson is not donating $150,000 to save the North Iowa Area Community College football program, as was reported on Friday. Also, there is no Batman. Sorry everyone....
Lions Retire Corey Smith's Number For ... One Year?
Lions announce they'll retire the late Corey Smith's number 93 for one year, but bring it back the following season. Full disclosure: No one was wearing it this coming season anyway. [Detroit Free Press]...
Requiem For The Crackback?
The crackback block, which caused Warren Sapp to demand that Mike Sherman "put on a jersey!" and other fun confrontations, may be on its way to extinction....
NFL Player Tries To Straighten Out His Woman With A Mop Handle
Oakland Raiders offensive lineman Cornell Green seems to have been upset with the mother of his two children over something. Sometimes it takes a little more to get a lady to just listen. [TBO]...
Hooray! It's Wonderlic Scores Time!
Gather around, everyone! Time to be awed and amused by the basic problem solving abilities of future NFL stars. Spoiler alert: the wide receiver class struggled....
NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (6) West Virginia Vs. (11) Dayton
Your live blogger for this game will be Drew Silva of MLB Trade Rumors and Rotoworld. Hey, wait, those are baseball sites!...