WASHINGTON (New York Times) — The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to eliminate its sports blackout rule, which for nearly 40 years has prevented cable...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the NFL’s 2014 season warms up, Minnesota Vikings running back, Adrian Peterson, prepares to face charges...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pro football pays the bills in prime-time television. NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” charges $627,300 for a 30-second advertisement, more than any...
DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The NFL said Tuesday that Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah should not have been penalized...
JOSH DUBOW, AP Sports Writer ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Raiders promoted offensive line coach Tony Sparano to interim coach on Tuesday, a day after...
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer has been formally charged with assaulting his wife during two arguments in July at their Phoenix...
Kurt Helin, NBC SPORTS CHARLOTTE (NBC Sports)—A league shouldn’t need what happened with Ray Rice and the NFL to take domestic violence cases more seriously...
(NBC Sports) – When is an independent investigation not really independent? It depends. Actually, it doesn’t. True independence includes both the ability and willingness to ask...
DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer For weeks, amid allegations involving several NFL players, domestic violence has been the focus of intense national attention. Does the turmoil...
DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti refuted a report suggesting he and other team officials tried to...
(USA Today) – Baltimore Ravens owner Stephen Bisciotti’s anger and indignation are sadly misplaced. Bisciotti spent 45 minutes Monday criticizing an ESPN story that questioned the Ravens’...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I am sick and tired of all the hypocrisy swirling around pro athletes and the National Football League (NFL) in particular....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has finally emerged from his self-imposed witness protection program, held a press conference, and even attended a...
(USA Today) – It was the third largest margin of defeat in franchise history, but it might as well have been the worst loss ever...
(USA Today) – Ten or 15 years from now, the business barons who run the National Football League will look back at the 2014 season...
(Politico) – A majority of Americans disapprove of the way the National Football League has handled the issue of domestic violence in the wake of the...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL finally will have HGH testing, perhaps as early as the end of this month. And of more immediate impact...
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is under pressure from sponsors, fans and lawmakers for its handling of domestic violence allegations against several players. At...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading black women’s group is calling the NFL’s decision not to include any African-American women as consultants...
(Houston Chronicle) – Seated on a couch at her home overlooking a golf course in Spring, Bonita Jackson dabbed her eyes with a tissue as she...
Mae Anderson, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)—Major sponsors including Anheuser-Busch are adding to the chorus of disapproval over the National Football League’s recent scandals, but the companies...
John Boyle, HERALDNET.COM SAN DIEGO (Herald Net)—Not that the Seattle Seahawks wanted to make people learn the hard way, but Seattle’s loss in San Diego...
David Bauder, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — CBS and Rihanna are splitting up, more fallout from the Ray Rice domestic violence incident and the turmoil it...
(The Washington Post) – Facing two major scandals — first Ray Rice, and now Adrian Peterson — the NFL continues to weather one of the...
BARRY WILNER, AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The players’ union on Tuesday plans to appeal the indefinite suspension the NFL handed to Ray...
