Pin ItemailprintNFL commissioner Roger Goodell has suspended Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison for one game for his concussion-inducing hit on Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy in last Thursday night’s Steelers victory. Harrison will not be able to practice with Pittsburgh until one week from today. With suspension coming early in the week and the Steelers [...]
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Just three days after what may have been the greatest game in the history of the Ravens franchise, the fines are coming in against Baltimore as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers. Steelers safety Ryan Clark has been fined $40,000 for a helmet-to-helmet hit during Baltimore’s thrilling 23-20 victory on Sunday night – and he’s not [...]
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Longtime Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis is dead at the age of 82. Davis’ football career began 60 years ago as an assistant with the then-Baltimore Colts. In 1992, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The team’s official website posted the news, displaying a simple tribute (below) with [...]
Is the end finally in sight? Tonight, NFL owners approved a proposed 10-year labor deal with the NFL Players Association, which could spell the end of the 2011 NFL lockout if players approve it as well. NFL owners voted 31-0 in Atlanta to accept the proposed collective bargaining agreement, with the Oakland Raiders abstaining. In [...]
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James Harrison has decided to open his pie-hole again to see what kind of trouble he can stir up for himself this time, and boy is he doing a good job of it. In a recent interview with Men’s Journal, the already-heavily-fined Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker calls NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a “crook” and a “devil” [...]
One of our local heroes is gone. Former Baltimore Colts tight end John Mackey is dead at the age of 69. The retired Hall of Famer died last night here in Baltimore. The Colts legend had been battling dementia for several years. John Mackey grew up on Long Island and played for the Baltimore Colts [...]
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Matthew Rush is still pretty pissed off. The 40-year-old Steelers fan is one of about 400 people who bought tickets to Sunday’s Super Bowl XLV, but were turned away because the section in which they were supposed to sit hadn’t been finished yet. After spending the whole day being moved around, Rush said was finally [...]
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It seems not everyone enjoyed Super Bowl XLV last night, and I’m not just talking about Steelers fans. A super seating screw-up of epic proportions at Cowboys Stadium resulted in some 400 fans being displaced. The unlucky fans lost their seats because a temporary seating structure hadn’t been approved by a fire marshal, and they [...]
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It’s one of my favorite times of the year…NFL playoff time! Today, commissioner Roger Goodell announced the full playoff schedule for 2011, complete with sites, dates and times for the NFL Wild Card games next week (weekend of January 8-9) and the Divisional Playoffs (weekend of January 15-16). Check out the full schedule below (all [...]
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The chips have fallen and the NFL has spoken. Today, the league ruled that Brett Favre did not violate the NFL’s Personal Conduct Policy in dealing with Jenn Sterger. Favre was fined $50,000, however, for failure to cooperate with the investigation. Sterger and her lawyer are both furious about the decision. Her attorney says, “Our [...]
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Brett Favre has offered a tearful apology to his Minnesota Vikings teammates. In the wake of a scandal involving allegedly racy text messages the QB sent to Jenn Sterger, a former employee while they both worked for the New York Jets, Favre addressed his colleagues at a team meeting on Monday morning. He apologized for [...]
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Troubled Pittsburgh Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger has been suspended for six games without pay for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. He has also been order to undergo behavioral evaluation. Football commish Roger Goodell made the announcement on Wednesday, one week after prosecutors opted not to charge Roethlisberger in an incident where a 20-year-old college [...]
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