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Rooney and Agent Scurry To Deny James Harrison's Claim That Coach Mike Tomlin Gave Him A Bounty For Concussion-Causing HitIt’s no secret that the NFL has been struggling to find solutions to players’ safety....

Brett Favre's Vikings Had A "Bounty" Program TooThis excerpt from Gunslinger: The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre by Jeff Pearlman is reprinted with the permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Buy it here. ...

Former NFLer: I Paid "Rathole Money" For Big HitsThis is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...

Let's Talk About The Secret To Gregg Williams's Success

We told you earlier in the week how Gregg Williams was simultaneously reinstated by the NFL and hired by the Tennessee Titans. But that's not entirely true, is it? It seems quite clear that the real Gregg Williams never did make it back from his backpacking expedition through the "remote villages o...

NFL Reinstates Gregg Williams, And He's Already Been Hired By The Titans

Sean Payton's suspension was lifted a couple of weeks ago, and Payton wasted little time reminding the Saints he was back in charge. And now that Gregg Williams has also been freed, we've come to learn his bounty exile didn't just include a backpacking adventure through the remote regions of Burma a...

Reports: The Rams Have Let Gregg Williams Go

As of yesterday, Gregg Williams was apparently still the nominal defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams. As of today, Gregg Williams is apparently not still the defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams. Apparently Williams's Eat, Pray, Kill the Head vision quest did not sufficiently impress ...

On Further Review, Roger Goodell Fucked Up This NFL Season From End To End

Cowboys-Redskins was the biggest matchup of the year, a win-or-go-home game for two division rivals. It turned out to be the most-watched regular-season sporting event in 15 years. But one familiar face was missing from the FedEx Field suites: commissioner Roger Goodell, who found something else to ...

Sean Payton Will Be Coaching The Saints For A Long Time

Cowboys fans were pre-disappointed last week, so this probably doesn't sting too badly: Two months after the NFL voided Sean Payton's contract with the Saints, sending fans in New Orleans into a gumbo-gobbling stress-eating binge, Payton has re-upped with the Saints for multiple years. Jay Glazer re...

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Paul Tagliabue Lifted Anthony Hargrove's Suspension Because Of Brett Favre's Penis

Earlier today, former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue vacated the punishments of the New Orleans Saints players implicated in the bounty scandal. One of those players is defensive end Anthony Hargrove, a current free agent who was suspended seven games for allegedly lying to investigators. Tagliabu...

by Samer Kalaf|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Paul Tagliabue Ruling: The NFL Doesn't Have A Bounty Problem; It Has A Roger Goodell Problem

When Roger Goodell appointed Paul Tagliabue to hear the Saints' bounty appeal, the players fought to get the ex-NFL commissioner to recuse himself. There was no way, they thought, that Tagliabue would kneecap his successor, invalidating the suspensions that Goodell had pronounced from his unassailab...

by Tommy Craggs|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Paul Tagliabue Agrees With Goodell's Bountygate Findings, Vacates All Player Fines And Suspensions, Confuses Everyone

Just a few minutes ago, former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who was tabbed to hear the second round of appeals brought forward by the players involved in the Saints bounty scandal, passed down his ruling. And it is confusing. NFL spokesperson Greg Aiello is currently tweeting out Tagliabue's st...

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Read The Weird Email That Kicked Off The Saints Bounty Investigation

So I have info on Saints Joe Vitt Lying to your NFL Investigators on Bounties from 2010, along with proof!!! I was there, in the cover up meetings, with players and Joe, I love the NFL and want to work there again, but I am afraid if I tell thge [sic] truth I will never coach again in NFL, But I was...

by Jack Dickey|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Scott Fujita’s Noble Battle Against The NFL

Originally published in Bloomberg View....

by Tommy Craggs|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

American Hero Poses With Roger Goodell While Wearing "Free Sean Payton" Shirt

On Monday, Roger Goodell went on the air for a "SiriusXM Town Hall" event with Michael Strahan in New York. The only news to come out of the radio spot was Goodell's threat to kill the Pro Bowl if players didn't start trying harder. ...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Roger Goodell has recused himself from hearing the Saints bounty case. Paul Tagliabue will step in....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

The NFL Was Completely Fine With "Smash-For-Cash" Bounty Programs 16 Years Ago [Updated With Video]

The four players implicated in the Saints bounty scandal are in a kind of limbo, as their suspension appeals make their way through through federal court, as well as the league's CBA-mandated appeals process. The latest movement comes in a Louisiana District Court, where yesterday the NFLPA filed...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Yep, A Saints Fan Filed A Class-Action Lawsuit Against Roger Goodell And The NFL Over Bountygate

Surely it was just a matter of time. When it turned out that months of whiny baby complaining and conspiracy claims weren't going to change anything, a lawsuit became the only rational weapon left in Saints' fans arsenals. (Rational being a relative term, but everyone on every side of the bounty sca...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Jonathan Vilma Will Reportedly Play In At Least One Shitty Football Game This Season

Jonathan Vilma was suspended for the entirety of the season by Roger Goodell due to his alleged participation the the Saints bounty program. His suspension was then overturned on what amounted to a technicality. Then he was placed on the physically unable to perform list because of a knee injury. N...

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Roger Goodell Reinstates Saints Bounty Program Suspensions, Writes Prickish Letters To Those Involved

Roger Goodell, having tripped all over his dick as regards the Saints' bounty program, is back to swinging the stupid thing in our faces again. Today, he reinstated the suspensions of all four players, although three of them were given more lenient punishment this time around. Scott Fujita's suspen...

by Tom Ley|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

The NFL Will Allow Sean Payton To Attend The Saints' Next Game [UPDATE: He'll Be There]

Heading into this Sunday night's game against San Diego, Drew Brees is one TD pass away from breaking Johnny Unitas' 52-year-old NFL record for most consecutive games throwing for a score. That, Brees deemed, was a big-enough occasion to decide to personally email Roger Goodell and ask if he'd allow...

by Erik Malinowski|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

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