By his count, Ron Rivera interviewed for head coach jobs with eight different teams before landing the Carolina Panthers gig two months ago. “Most of those [interviews] came after 2006 and the Super Bowl,” said Rivera, the defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears team that lost to Indianapolis in Super Bowl XLI. “I guess I [...]
Posted on March 31st, 2011 by admin
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Dez Bryant apparently began living the lifestyle of a well-heeled professional athlete long before he became a first-round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys. According to a pair of lawsuits, Bryant loaded up on gold and diamond jewelry plus tickets to watch the Cowboys and Mavericks in the playoffs, and LeBron James playing in Dallas. [...]
Posted on March 30th, 2011 by admin
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A man accused of acting as a pimp for an underage prostitute patronized by former NFL star Lawrence Taylor has pleaded guilty in federal court in New York City. Rasheed Davis entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday. Davis had been charged with sex trafficking in connection with the May 6 meeting [...]
Posted on March 30th, 2011 by admin
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A co-defendant in the Michael Vick dogfighting case has been returned to prison for 11 months for violating his probation. Quanis Phillips declined to speak Monday before a federal judge in Richmond sentenced him. Phillips admitted lying to his probation officer when he denied contacting Vick during the Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks birthday party in Virginia [...]
Posted on March 29th, 2011 by admin
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Four former NFL players, including Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller, sued the NFL on Monday in hopes of joining current players in their antitrust fight against the league. Eller, three-time All-Pro running back Priest Holmes and ex-players Obafemi Ayanbadejo and Ryan Collins are listed as plaintiffs in the 44-page complaint filed in federal [...]
Posted on March 29th, 2011 by admin
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Former NFL lineman Barret Robbins has been sentenced to five years in Florida prison for a drug-related probation violation. A Miami-Dade County judge imposed the sentence Friday, more than a year after crack cocaine was found in Robbins car after a traffic stop near Dallas. Robbins had been on probation for a 2005 fracas in [...]
Posted on March 26th, 2011 by admin
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Troubled Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly has been arrested on another drug charge in Houston. Houston police spokesman Victor Senties said Jolly was pulled over about 12:45 a.m. Friday. Senties said officers discovered a bottle containing 600 grams of codeine under the passengers seat and another bottle with an unidentified substance in the [...]
Posted on March 26th, 2011 by admin
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Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik is in serious condition in a hospital near his Pennsylvania home. A nursing supervisor at St. Lukes Hospital in Bethlehem would not provide additional information on the condition of the 85-year-old former star. Bednarik played linebacker and center for the Eagles long after the heyday of two-way players. [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2011 by admin
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NFL players concluded their annual meetings Thursday while receiving words of support from former players. The NFL Players Association dissolved as a union hours before being locked out by the league March 11. Now it looks toward April 6, when a lawsuit filed by 10 players requesting an injunction to end the lockout will be [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2011 by admin
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Switching from football to soccer wont be easy for Chad Ochocinco, if it happens at all. Locked out of his day job, Ochocinco opened a four-day tryout with Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday and by the end of his first day with the Major League Soccer team the star receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals was [...]
Posted on March 24th, 2011 by admin
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