It's okay people. We can all relax. Apparently the NFL didn't purposefully mislead us! Former FBI director Robert Mueller today announced that an indecent investigation into the NFL's handling of the Ray Rice domestic abuse case found "no evidence" that the league or any associated league executive "saw or was in possession" of a video that displayed in-elevator footage of Rice hitting and nocking out his then fiancee Janay. Extremely well compensated NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and his buddies, New York Giants owner John Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers chief Art Rooney are all in the clear and apparently didn't lie when punishing Rice, y'know, twice for the same offense. Nothin' to see here folks. Read More »
Were the Detroit Lions robbed of a crucial penalty call against the Dallas Cowboys in their wildcard round game of the NFL playoffs? Former refs, players and fans certainly believe so. When Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford threw a pass to receiver Brandon Pettigrew, Cowboys defensive safety Anthony Hitchens appeared to be called for a pass interference penalty... which was then controversially rescinded. Of course, it didn't help that Stafford terribly under-threw the pass and Pettigrew had no chance to catch the ball... and that the Lions still would have had to score to stay in the game, but NFL fans and talking heads are debating the call endlessly today. Read More »
Welcome to the 2015 NFL playoffs wildcard round! The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys will battle it out on the turf at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, January 4 at 4.40 p.m. EST for the final game of the wildcard round. It's Tony Romo against Matthew Stafford, so read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of Sunday afternoon's game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores. Read More »
Welcome to the 2015 NFL playoffs wildcard round! The Cincinnati Bengals and Indianapolis Colts will do battle on the turf at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday, January 4 at 1 p.m. EST for the third game of the wildcard round. It's Andrew Luck against Andy Dalton, so read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of Sunday afternoon's game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores. Read More »
Welcome to the NFL playoffs wildcard round! The Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens - two traditional AFC North foes and longtime rivals - will do battle on the turf on the banks of the three rivers at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, January 3 at 8.15 p.m. EST for a special playoff edition of Saturday Night Football. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of Saturday night's game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores. Read More »
Welcome to the NFL playoffs wildcard round! The Arizona Cardinals take on the Carolina Panthers on the turf of the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina on Saturday, January 3 at 4.35 p.m. EST for the first playoff game of 2015. Read on to see where fans can watch and listen to a live stream of Saturday's game online and catch up-to-date feeds and coverage on highlight plays and scores. Read More »
This has been one crazy year for the Baltimore Ravens. First Ray Rice was let go after knocking out his wife, Janay Palmer, who was his fiancee at the time in an Atlantic City elevator during Valentine's Day weekend, and now the team's head of security, Darren Sanders, has been accused of assaulting a woman during the team's December 14th game. Read More »
Ndamukong Suh was initially suspended for stepping on the leg of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in a move that appeared intentional, but now Suh will be fined instead, at a hefty $70,000 clip. The Cowboys would have probably paid that much to keep Suh off the field. Probably more. Suh has collected 36 sacks in his five-year career, and is a main component in the Lions excellent run defense. The Cowboys rely on their run game to give quarterback Tony Romo a break. According to ESPN, Suh has been flagged for 38 penalties since 2010 and fined over $200,000 in his career, over which he's earned the reputation as one of the NFL's dirtiest players. Rodgers was peeved after the incident, saying he believed Suh stepped on him on purpose. Read More »
Jim Harbaugh has been announced as the new coach of college football's University of Michigan Wolverines. After taking the San Francisco 49ers to three straight NFC championship games and to the 2013 Super Bowl against his brother John and the Baltimore Ravens, endless speculation was finally put to rest as the former NFL coach took the stand at Michigan and tried to explain why he'd rather coach unpaid teens as opposed to professional athletes at the highest level of the sport. Read More »
Gore has spent all of his 10 seasons as a member of the 49ers, so he knows a lot of the media members well. The five-time Pro Bowler was twice named team MVP and was a AP Second Team All-Pro in 2006. While rumors have been circulated that Gore will retire, the Los Angeles Times reported Gore said "I'll be back," at the pizza party, indicating that maybe he won't. But even if this is Gore' last hurrah, what a better way to thank the media that's been along with him on the ride. Read More »
Wait, wait. Hold on a second. Manziel is right. He deserves a break. After all, he did play in TWO games this season for the Browns, attempting a total of 35 passes. Whew! He must be absolutely spent. Read More »
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has gotten his team the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the NFL playoffs, and he's also just helped them try to win this coming offseason, restructuring his contract and sacrificing a potential $24 million in the process. As the Pats prepare for their playoff bye week - hosting the lowest seed remaining from the Indiana Colts vs Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens wildcard match-ups - Brady has given the Pats breathing room under next season's salary cap, which could be used to resign stars such as Darrelle Revis, Nate Solder and Shane Vereen. But, as some pundits point out, that's pretty easy to do when you're married to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who, according to Forbes, made $47 million last year. Read More »
Black Monday came and the Buffalo Bills lost a major piece of their puzzle, but it might not have been the kind of loss you're thinking of. Instead of a coaching change, which has yet to come and still in the rumor phase, according to the "Buffalo News," the Bills lost their starting quarterback. Kyle Orton announced his retirement. So no coaching or front office changes ... yet. The Bills were 7-5 in Orton's 12 starts this season, and he retires after a 10-year career playing for five different teams, according to syracuse.com's Matt Fairburn. The Bills finished 9-7 overall and missed the playoffs despite a second-place finish in the AFC East. "I just have been going at it for 10 years and it's just a family decision and I've decided to get home and be a dad and call it a day," Orton said in a news release, according to syracuse.com. The news detracted from what was supposed to be a bloodbath in Orchard Park, if rumors are to be believed, according to the "Buffalo News." The "News" reported that whispers of a front office shakeup overshadowed the Bills's 17-9 victory over the New England Patriots Sunday, Dec. 28, at Gillette Stadium. This from the "News": "It began Saturday, [Dec. 27,] when Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk speculated that former Bills General Manager Bill Polian was on the verge of returning to the team that went to three consecutive Super Bowls on his watch. Florio went so far as to say Polian could be on the job, in an unspecified capacity, by Monday. Afterward, Polian told The Buffalo News the story wasn't true." The Bills's new owners want coach Doug Marrone to return, reports ESPN. The second-year coach has an escape clause in his contract that gives him three days to terminate his contract now that the season is over, according to ESPN. We're almost through one day, the biggest, baddest Monday in the NFL cycle, and Marrone is still the coach of the Bills. Read More »