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Here's Why The NFL Is Full Of Shit
There was no reason not to look at the tape. That's really all you need to come to the conclusion that the NFL is completely full of shit when it comes to the entire Ray Rice affair. ...
Janay Rice Releases Statement: "This Is Our Life"
This morning, Janay Rice posted the statement to her (now-private) Instagram account. Rice told the Baltimore Sun that it was intended to be released publicly....
NFL Statement Says League Never Asked Casino For Ray Rice Video
Almost immediately after the release of security footage of Ray Rice punching out his then-fiancée in a casino elevator, Rice's fate became secondary to the question of whether the NFL had seen the tape before handing down a two-game suspension. The league said it hadn't, despite earlier reports t...
TMZer: NFL Employees Saw The Ray Rice Video Before Monday
The NFL has vigorously claimed that the league office did not see the surveillance footage of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancée Janay Palmer before settling on a two-week suspension as just punishment for what was, then as now, an undisputed act of appalling viol...
ESPN's Dilfer, Berman Praise NFL In Ridiculous Recap Of Ray Rice Case
Tonight's the worst night of the NFL season, the one evening ESPN capitulates to Chris Berman's demand and puts him on a Monday Night Football telecast. Berman tried to discuss the Ray Rice fiasco with analyst Trent Dilfer, and the entire thing was a disaster....
Mike Ditka Laments Ray Rice Suspension: "His Earning Power Is Destroyed"
Mike Ditka is a nasty, miserable, old man, who is paid by ESPN to talk about football in part because he is nasty and miserable and old. So there's really no surprise that when asked to weigh in on Ray Rice being released by the Baltimore Ravens four months after he knocked his then-fiancée unconsci...
Ray Lewis: "There's No Comparison Between Me And Ray Rice"
ESPN rolled out Ray Lewis to talk Ray Rice tonight, because Lewis had mentored Rice during his time in Baltimore, and presumably also because Lewis was involved in one of the NFL's highest-profile criminal investigations in the past decade. But when Suzy Kolber brought that up, Lewis shut it right d...
Keith Olbermann On Roger Goodell: "An Enabler Of Men Who Beat Women"
Keith Olbermann annihilated Roger Goodell on his program today, claiming the NFL commissioner conspired with the Baltimore Ravens and Atlantic County prosecutors to cover up Ray Rice's assault of his then-fiancée Janay Palmer. Olbermann said that Goodell "must resign."...
The Ravens <em>Just</em> Deleted That Terrible Janay Rice Tweet
You know the one? The one that somehow stayed up for more than three months, a decision exceeded in inexplicability only by the fact that someone thought it was a good idea to tweet it in the first place? Yeah, it's gone....
Ravens Release Ray Rice; NFL Suspends Him Indefinitely
The Baltimore Ravens, who are still pretending they hadn't seen video of Ray Rice slugging his fiancée until this morning, despite evidence to the contrary, just announced in a one-sentence press release that they have cut Rice....
<em>Fox & Friends</em> Idiots Discuss Ray Rice, Crack Some Jokes
The permafaced dipshits who comprise the cast of Fox & Friends decided to carve out a minute of this morning's show to talk about Ray Rice knocking out Janay Palmer in an elevator. They decided to end the segment with some jokes....
Ravens Player: Ray Rice Lied To Teammates, Has Lost Our Support
Bleacher Report's Mike Freeman has a column up that explores the possibility of the Ravens cutting or deactivating Ray Rice for the rest of the season. Within it is a quote from an anonymous Ravens player indicating that Rice may no longer have the support of his teammates....
Adam Schefter Is Fed Up With The NFL
ESPN's Adam Schefter has been all over SportsCenter this morning to discuss the newly released video of Ray Rice knocking out Janay Palmer, and he has gone weapons free....
Someone Is Lying About Whether The NFL Saw The Ray Rice Tape
Now that we've all seen video of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knocking out his then-fiancée Janay Palmer, a set of related and legitimate questions comes up. Who all saw this video before today? When did they see it? Did the NFL use it to determine Rice's two-game suspension?...
Has Peter King Read His Own Reporting On The Ray Rice Fiasco?
On July 29, SI.com's Peter King, who covers the league from the centermost pleat on Roger Goodell's khakis, reported that "NFL and some Ravens officials" had seen unreleased security-cam footage of the Ray Rice altercation from within the elevator. At the time, it was important for the NFL to establ...
Video: Ray Rice Knocks Out His Fiancée In An Elevator
Below, via TMZ, is the punch that got Ravens running back Ray Rice a two-game suspension from the NFL. The woman on the other end of that left hook is Janay Palmer, who is now Rice's wife....
Maurice Jones-Drew Bicycle-Kicks His Fumble Into Derek Carr's Hands
Maurice Jones-Drew was fortunate enough to kick his own fumble back to quarterback Derek Carr. He definitely knew what he was doing. No fumble luck here. Seriously though, impressive awareness by Carr to watch the play and reel in the ball....
NASCAR Race Goes Yellow Due To Idiot On The Catch Fence
Tonight's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Richmond went under caution with 70 laps remaining after an idiot Idiot climbed the catch fence to, according to bystanders, take a selfie. ESPN's broadcast didn't want to say much about what happened, so here is some video....
RIP, Dick Butt
This obituary appeared in the Spokesman Review last weekend. Richard A. Butt must have been a very cool guy, because anyone who willingly goes by the name Dick Butt for 93 years can't really be anything else....
The Seahawks' Read-Option Fake Was Just A Gorgeous, Perfect Play
What have we learned? The Seahawks are still good, as it turns out. Percy Harvin, when healthy, is one of the most fun players to watch. ("Lord have mercy," Russell Wilson said afterward, "we've got Percy.") And the read option is alive and well....