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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...
Ravens Fans Explain Why They're Wearing Ray Rice Jerseys Tonight
"I don't believe in domestic violence, but I will say: any woman who can hit a man, a man shouldn't have to sit there and take the abuse."...
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....
Everything Is Public Relations Now
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....
Something Very Weird Happened During ESPN's Interview With Bill Polian
Former NFL executive Bill Polian was brought onto SportsCenter this morning to give some insight into the NFL's bungling of the Ray Rice situation. He was specifically asked if he, as someone who has worked in the NFL office, thought it was possible for an NFL executive to have obtained a copy of ...
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....
Here's the Atlantic County prosecutor discussing why he agreed to a deal that kept Ray Rice out of prison, and here's some good analysis. The upshot? It's rare and difficult in this country to prosecute domestic violence without the cooperation of the victim, and the sentences usually don't include ...
Hey, Roger, Get The Fuck Out
So, this is all fairly simple now. Thanks to an AP report that contradicted every shitty, lawyered-up statement that he made on national TV this week, Roger Goodell is a proven liar. No one in the NFL saw the Ray Rice elevator tape? LIE. Couldn't legally obtain the tape? LIE. Didn't know what ...
49ers Play-By-Play Guy Suspended Two Games For Janay Rice Remarks
The San Francisco 49ers have reportedly suspended play-by-play radio announcer Ted Robinson for two games for his comments on Ray and Janay Rice during an appearance Monday on radio station KNBR....
Congress Asks Roger Goodell To Explain Himself
Members of the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today, demanding more transparency of the league's handling of the Ray Rice case and of its standing policies regarding domestic violence....
Keith Olbermann: Roger Goodell Needs To Be Fired
Keith Olbermann had another chance to tear apart Roger Goodell tonight, not calling for his resignation, but for the NFL commissioner to be fired in light of today's AP report that the NFL received the Ray Rice elevator footage in April....
Goodell Was Wrong When He Said Casino Couldn't Have Given Up Rice Video
In his letter to owners yesterday, Roger Goodell addressed the question of why (in his version of events) the NFL never approached the Revel Casino about getting a copy of the surveillance tape....
Ravens GM: "What We Saw On The Video Was What Ray Said"
There's been a lot of back-and-forth—conducted via reporters' unnamed sources—over who knew what happened in that casino elevator and when. Now the Ravens braintrust has put that question to bed, acknowledging that Rice was up front with them all along....
That Water Isn't Going To Carry Itself
Roger Goodell has canceled a scheduled appearance at a banquet tonight honoring Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, leading Pro Football Talk to conclude: "But at least he's not going to allow his presence to be a distraction on a night when one of his biggest supporters is being honored." Pravda was l...
OTL has the scene immediately after Ray Rice dragged his then-fiancé unconscious out of an elevator, from hotel staff, security, and first responders: "When she regained consciousness she said, 'How could you do this to me? I'm the mother of your kid,'" that same staffer told "Outside the Lines." [E...