The NFL and the Dallas Cowboys have asked a judge to dismiss the class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Super Bowl ticket holders who were denied their seats at Februarys game. A motion filed Thursday says the NFL went “beyond its contractual obligations” with offers of compensation to the displaced ticket holders. It also says [...]
Posted on May 30th, 2011 by admin
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The closest thing the St. Louis Rams had to a coach stood in the middle of the huddle, holding the closest thing the St. Louis Rams had to a playbook. A white sheet of paper, held by second-year quarterback Sam Bradford, detailed the formations, assignments and terminology of the play in question. Bradford in turn [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2011 by admin
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Lockout or not, the Green Bay Packers will receive their Super Bowl rings in a June 16 ceremony at Lambeau Field. Although contact between players and team officials generally is prohibited during the leagues ongoing work stoppage, the team says the NFL granted a special exemption allowing it to hold the ceremony. In a statement [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2011 by admin
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Rookie first-round pick Marcell Dareus wasnt going to pass up a chance to join his new Buffalo Bills teammates for informal workouts, even if it meant watching mostly from the sideline. The opportunity to start bonding with players was just as important to Dareus as the limited amount of work the defensive lineman out of [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2011 by admin
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Former NFL kicker Matt Stover will retire after a stellar career in which he scored more than 2,000 points. The Baltimore Ravens say Stover will make the announcement on Thursday afternoon at Baltimores training complex. Stover, 43, ranks fourth in NFL history with 2,004 points. He made 471 field the seventh-best success rate in league [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2011 by admin
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The Buffalo Bills have during the NFL lockout and potentially the rest of the year, in addition to across-the-board paycuts that had been previously announced. Chief executive officer Russ Brandon confirmed in an e-mail to the Associated Press on Tuesday that the Bills had stopped paying into the 401K plan for the duration of the [...]
Posted on May 25th, 2011 by admin
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Instead of coach Mike Shanahan, the authority figure at the center of the post-practice huddle was the head of group formerly known as the players union. Instead of burgundy and gold uniforms with numbers, the 41 players on the fiel simply wore something with the name of their college on it. Instead of Redskins Park, [...]
Posted on May 25th, 2011 by admin
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NFL players who sued the league for alleged antitrust violations liken the league to a “cartel” in their latest court filing, again urging an appeals court to lift the lockout. In arguments filed in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, just minutes before Fridays midnight deadline, attorneys for the players reiterated their argument that [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2011 by admin
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A Florida appeals court has ruled against several media companies seeking to open a key pretrial hearing in the slaying of former Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. The appeals judges sided with Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Dennis Murphy, who closed Fridays hearing to avoid undue publicity that might influence potential jurors. The hearing involved whether statements [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2011 by admin
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The unions for hockey, baseball and basketball are siding with the players in the NFL lockout court battle, saying the leagues lockout should be lifted. The players associations for MLB, the NHL and the NBA filed a brief Friday with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, saying the case presents “vitally important issues” for [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2011 by admin
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