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Report: Ray Rice Will Appeal His Suspension
On Friday, the NFL finally informed Ray Rice why it had increased his suspension from two games to "indefinite." That gave him three business days to appeal. According to Pro Football Talk, Rice needs just the one: he will reportedly appeal his suspension tomorrow....
Report: Vikings Won't Cut Adrian Peterson, Could Look To Trade Him
According to the New York Post's Bart Hubbuch, Vikings management will hold a conference call tonight to discuss what to do with Adrian Peterson in the short-term. It's a thorny question in the wake of the RB's indictment and booking on a felony count of child abuse, but the Vikings reportedly have ...
ESPN's Hannah Storm: "What Exactly Does The NFL Stand For?"
ESPN anchor Hannah Storm signed off this morning's SportsCenter with thoughts on covering the NFL and their handling of Ray Rice, and essentially questioned if the league she enjoys actually cares about female fans, families, or the issue of domestic violence....
CBS Instructed Pregame Broadcasters To Avoid Calling Anyone Out
CBS had already made some changes for its inaugural Thursday night football broadcast in the wake of the Ray Rice mess, axing a musical "high-energy" intro featuring Rihanna and cutting a "comedic segment." SportsBusiness Daily reports that things went even further, with CBS Sports chairman Sean McM...
The NFL Finally Explains Why It Suspended Ray Rice Indefinitely
First, the NFL suspended Ray Rice for two games. Then video came out, which the league pretended it hadn't seen, and the NFL suspended Ray Rice indefinitely. Last we heard, the NFLPA and Rice were still waiting on an official explanation from the league, which was pretty strange. The NFL has to at l...
All Of Roger Goodell's Lies And Half-Truths About Ray Rice (So Far)
It's honestly getting very difficult to keep track of all the things that Roger Goodell has said this week that have turned out to be either patently false or extremely unlikely to be true. Let's see if we can put them all down in once place....
NFL Team Security Job Description Is Basically "Security-Footage Getter"
The NFL and Roger Goodell have claimed repeatedly there was no effort made to get the Revel Casino's elevator surveillance footage directly from the casino itself. (Goodell said he believed that would be illegal, something refuted by the New Jersey Attorney General's office the next day.) Here comes...
Ravens Fans Stand Up For Ray Rice
What would possess a fan to wear a Ray Rice jersey last night? Nearly every one—and there were more than a few—said they wanted to make the statement that Rice doesn't deserve what's happened to him....
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....