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NFL Union Tells Players to Brace for Lockout

It advises them to save paychecks this season

(Newser) - The NFL players' union is ramping up the rhetoric regarding a potential lockout next season. It sent a letter to players this week advising them to save their last three paychecks from this season to prepare for a year without a salary, reports AP . The letter said the lockout would...

NFL Fines Broncos for Spying on 49ers
 NFL Fines Broncos 
 for Spying on 49ers 
spygate II
Nov 27, 2010 2:54 PM CST

NFL Fines Broncos for Spying on 49ers

Coach, team out $50K each; video director is fired

(Newser) - The NFL has another case of illegal snooping on its hands. In a flap reminiscent of the Patriots' "spygate" scandal , the league has fined the Denver Broncos and coach Josh McDaniels $50,000 each for filming the practice of the 49ers before a game in London last month. The...

Michael Vick: MVP?

 Michael Vick: 
 MVP? 
OPINION Roundup
Nov 16, 2010 1:40 PM CST

Michael Vick: MVP?

Record-setting win leaves everyone gushing

(Newser) - Michael Vick eviscerated the Washington Redskins last night, throwing for 333 yards and four touchdowns, and running for another 80 yards and two more touchdowns, an unprecedented, record-breaking accomplishment. “He’s got my MVP vote,” Washington linebacker London Fletcher told the Washington Post after the game. Is the...

Blackout Halts NFL Game
 Blackout Halts NFL Game 
Nov 15, 2010 1:22 AM CST

Blackout Halts NFL Game

Double power crash occurred at Meadowlands

(Newser) - A double power outage at the Meadowlands sports stadium in New Jersey temporarily halted an NFL game yesterday between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys. The snafu plunged the packed stadium into total darkness, and some players hit the ground, apparently fearing an attack, CNN reports. Investigators are...

Favre Fracture Might End 315-Game Streak

The man is 41, after all

(Newser) - At last, another part of Brett Favre's anatomy is making headlines: The 41-year-old QB has a stress fracture in his left ankle that may sideline him come Sunday for the first time in 291 consecutive starts (315, counting playoff games). Favre was hit tossing the first of three interceptions yesterday...

Colts Punter Arrested After Drunken Swim

Pat McAfee was nabbed at 5am

(Newser) - Well at least he wasn't behind the wheel. Colts punter Pat McAfee was arrested for public intoxication after he reportedly took a very early morning swim in a canal in Indianapolis's nightlife district. Police, who nabbed the 23-year-old at about 5am, says his blood-alcohol content was 0.15, nearly twice...

NFL May Crack Down on Violent Hits

Player safety at fore after weekend of scary hits

(Newser) - Long a culture that rewarded hits that have come ever harder, the NFL is looking to crack down on players who deliver illegal or dangerous blows to fellow players. On the heels of several breathtaking instances this weekend, the AP reports that the league is considering suspensions or fines as...

Ogled Reporter Slams Female Sportswriters

Group 'acted impulsively,' writes Sainz in 'My Sept. 11' column

(Newser) - The Mexican TV reporter who was the target of hurled footballs and catcalls by the New York Jets has slammed the women's sportswriters group that rushed to her defense. "Today I wonder why a well respected association acted so impulsively," Ines Sainz wrote in a column in El ...

Michael Vick Named Eagles Starter

Andy Reid flip-flops, gives him the job

(Newser) - It's official: Michael Vick is back. The notorious ex-con will take over as the Philadelphia Eagles' No. 1 quarterback, said coach Andy Reid, just a day after he announced he would go back to Kevin Kolb. "When someone is playing at the level Michael Vick is playing, you have...

Broncos' Kenny McKinley Dead in Apparent Suicide

23-year-old wide receiver found too late in Denver home

(Newser) - Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley has been found dead at his home from what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The 23-year-old athlete, who had been on the team's injured reserve list since early August with a knee injury, had recently returned from a visit to family in...

After Reporter Harassment, NFL Will Brush Up on Rules

Jets owner to foot bill for training program

(Newser) - The NFL says that although there was "unprofessional conduct," New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and his staff acted promptly to correct the situation that arose last weekend when TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz said she felt uncomfortable in the team's locker room. Commissioner Roger Goodell said today...

Ogled Reporter: Jets Behavior Grotesque

Though earlier she said behavior wasn't 'gross'

(Newser) - Hottie Mexican reporter Ines Sainz described New York Jets' catcalls as she was working on a story in their locker room as "grotesque." It "mustn't happen again," she told the New York Daily News . Of course "you feel it when you are being stared at...

When a Winning TD Isn't
 When a Winning TD Isn't 
Sep 13, 2010 9:52 AM CDT

When a Winning TD Isn't

Cowboys' last-play score negated by penalty

(Newser) - One of the biggest talkers out of Week One in the NFL is the Dallas Cowboys' heartbreak last night against Washington. Tony Romo threw an apparent game-winning TD pass to Roy Williams on the final play—only to see it called back on a holding penalty. More game details at...

NFL Probes Jets' Harassment of Mexican Reporter

Footballs, Catcalls Greeted Pretty Broadcaster

(Newser) - The NFL has launched an investigation into treatment of a pretty TV reporter from Mexico who became the target of catcalls and footballs hurled at her during Jets practice while she was working on a story about quarterback Mark Sanchez. Team general manager Mike Tannebaum was meeting with a representative...

Patriots Hand Brady NFL's Top Contract

Hopefully check takes sting out of auto accident

(Newser) - The "Golden Boy" got a golden ticket yesterday, turning around what had threatened to be a rather crappy day. Just hours after a two-car accident earned him a brief ride in an ambulance, the Patriots awarded Tom Brady a new four-year deal that will make him the highest-paid player...

NFL Probes Chatroulette Sex Tape

Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes linked to video

(Newser) - NFL officials are investigating a sex tape ostensibly starring New England Patriots linebacker Brandon Spikes on Chatroulette. On the tape , shopped around by a Chatroulette viewer, a naked man who looks like Spikes appears on a bed in a hotel room with a woman, and the two have oral sex....

Ocho Cinco Slapped With $25K Tweet Fine

Player fined '2 Bugatti payments' for in-game tweets

(Newser) - Chad Ocho Cinco has been fined $25,000 for giving fans 140-character updates during preseason games last Friday. The Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver sent his 1.1 million Twitter followers two messages during his team's 22-9 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The league fined him for possession of an electronic...

Lions Fan, 63, Walks 425 Miles to Inspire Team

Joe Paquette Jr. walks to team's front door, bringing 'sisu'

(Newser) - A 63-year-old Lions fans walked 425 miles to training camp, aiming to inspire his team to reach new heights this season, the Detroit News reports. Joe Paquette Jr. says he made the trip from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to a Detroit suburb to give the Lions a little "sisu"—...

Victoria's Secret Slights Saints, Enrages Fans

Champions excluded from NFL undies collection

(Newser) - Victoria's Secret has enraged Louisiana's female football fans—reputedly some of the most intense around—by excluding the New Orleans Saints from its Pink NFL lineup, Advertising Age reports. Not only are the defending Super Bowl champs missing, but the line does include the Boston Red Sox, which was not...

Hall of Fame Inducts Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith

A legendary night in Canton

(Newser) - Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith can stop the chase now. Linked as the NFL's leading receiver and rusher, two of the greatest players football has seen entered the Hall of Fame last night. Both admitted their destinies are fulfilled. "This is finally it," Rice said. "There are...

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