The NFL announced 32 compensatory draft selections for next month’s NFL draft, giving 23 teams affected by free-agent comings and goings additional picks from Rounds 3 through 7 in the 2011 draft. Along with the 221 previous selections already set […]
Tag: NFL
Fan sues NFL over player lockout
A new twist in the NFL labor dispute. A Cleveland Browns fan has sued the NFL, and its teams, over the player lockout. Ken Lanci, the fan and “self-made millionaire” that ran for a seat on the county government in […]
Painkillers killing former NFL players
When Drew Hill died of two massive strokes about a week ago, it was a message. Athletes need help. Much more than they are currently being offered. Strokes are nothing new to the NFL. UTEP NFL Draft hopeful Robby Felix […]
Former Cowboy, Lockhart, in trouble
More Cowboy woes. This morning, ex-Dallas Cowboy Eugene Lockhart Jr. is set to go to trial on an alleged $20 million mortgage fraud scam. Multiple tweets have reported his difficulties. Lockhart was charged with mortgage fraud in 2009 and released […]
Dez Bryant’s saggy pants
Really? Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant was thrown-out of a Dallas shopping mall after management took exception to his sagging pants. Really. No joke. Turns out, NorthPark Center security officers happened-upon Bryant and three friends wearing pants a little lower […]
L.T. gets six years probation as sex offender
Arguably the greatest linebacker of all-time, former New York Giants star Lawrence Taylor, could be tackling a new lifestyle – the life as a registered sex offender. THE [LATEST] from the Associated Press: Former football star Lawrence Taylor has been sentenced in […]
NFL kickoff rules may be changing
The NFL is still locked in a labor battle, but that doesn’t mean the owners aren’t moving ahead with amending certain rules of the games. NFL competition committee is talking about changing a few rules on kickoffs. Chairman, Rich McKay, […]
Drew Hill dies from stroke
Another former NFL player has died of a stroke. Two-time Pro Bowl selection Drew Hill died in Atlanta late Friday. He was a part of the Houston Oilers “Run and Shoot” offense of the 1980s. He played in 211 career […]
Donovan McNabb joins Comcast SportsNet family
With the NFL Lockout well underway, current players are turning their attentions to other areas to find things to do. Washington Redskins quarterback and former college basketball player Donovan McNabb will serve as an in-studio college basketball analyst for Comcast […]
NFL Lockout: Preliminary Injunction, April 6
We’ve got our next date to circle on the NFL labor calendar. The preliminary injunction hearing to possibly lift the NFL lockout is scheduled for April 6 before Judge Susan Nelson. As Daniel Kaplan of the Sports Business Journal notes, […]