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Shannon Eastin Makes NFL History

She's the first woman to officiate a regular-season game

(Newser) - Shannon Eastin has made NFL history. Eastin was the line judge in today's St. Louis Rams-Detroit Lions game, making her the first woman to be an official in a regular-season game. She is among the replacement officials hired by the league while the regular officials are locked out. Replacement...

NFL Urges Judge to Toss Concussion Suits

Issue is a labor dispute, league argues

(Newser) - Thousands of former players suing the NFL over football-related brain injuries should have their lawsuits dismissed because the issue is a "labor dispute," the league argues. The NFL filed a motion yesterday to shut down the lawsuits, reports AP . Some 3,377 former players, including 26 Hall of...

Titans Receiver Dies; Suicide Suspected

Police found OJ Murdock with apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound

(Newser) - Tennessee Titans reserve receiver OJ Murdock has died of an apparent suicide, Tampa police say. Officers found the 25-year-old Murdock inside his car this morning with what appeared to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds. The car was parked in front of Middleton High School, where Murdock attended school. He was taken...

&#39;Chad Ochocinco&#39; Is No More
 'Chad Ochocinco' 
 Is No More 

'Chad Ochocinco' Is No More

NFL player's new last name? Same as the old one

(Newser) - Who wouldn't want the last name Ochocinco? Chad Ochocinco's wife, apparently, so the former NFL phenom has changed his name back to Chad Johnson, NPR reports. "The main reason behind the name change was due to his marriage to Evelyn Lozada," said the OchoCinco News Network...

Researchers Want a Look at Junior Seau's Brain

To look for signs of repeated head trauma

(Newser) - Did Junior Seau have football-related brain damage? The Boston University Center for Traumatic Encephalopathy wants to look at his brain to find out, Peter King reports on Twitter today. The Center has studied the brains of a number of deceased football players, and almost every time it's found evidence...

Peyton Manning Picks Broncos: Report

 Peyton Manning 
 Picks Broncos: 
 Report 
Tebow to be Traded?

Peyton Manning Picks Broncos: Report

Denver will try to trade Tim Tebow

(Newser) - Is Tebow-mania on its knees in Denver? Peyton Manning has told his agent to begin negotiations with the Broncos, sources tell Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen of ESPN . In a TV appearance, Schefter said Manning "fully intends" to play in Denver, and has already discussed the parameters of a...

Kyle Williams Gets Twitter Death Threats

Big game miscues lead to angry online backlash

(Newser) - San Francisco fans weren't happy with Kyle Williams last night—and they let him hear it online. After Williams fumbled two punts to essentially cost the 49ers the NFC Championship game, fans lit into him on Twitter, telling him to kill himself and/or "burn in hell," Mashable...

Giants, 49ers, Ravens Head to Championship Games

Next Sunday's games will determine who advances to Super Bowl

(Newser) - For Eli Manning and the New York Giants, Lambeau Field has become a familiar launching pad. After beating the Green Bay Packers at home for the second time in four years, they only hope this trip ends the same way—at the Super Bowl. Manning threw three touchdown passes and...

New York Giants Rout Atlanta Falcons in NFC Wild Card Game
 Giants Rout Falcons, 24-2 

Giants Rout Falcons, 24-2

New York's defense stifles hapless Atlanta in wild-card game

(Newser) - Even Eli Manning's feet are dangerous. Manning punctuated his best pro season today by throwing for three touchdowns and scrambling for a 14-yard gain that woke up New York's offense. He sparked the Giants to a 24-2 rout of the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC wild-card game, his...

Madness and Brilliance Mixed in Raiders Owner Al Davis


 Madness Mixed 
 With Genius 
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Madness Mixed With Genius in Al Davis

He 'always thought he knew best,' even when team was losing

(Newser) - Al Davis: madman. Call him "prickly," "peripatetic," "nettlesome"—even "anachronistic throwback"—but the former Oakland Raiders owner who died today proves that "no great genius is without a requisite dose of madness," writes Len Pasquarelli on CBS Sports . He "...

Congress Should Force NFL to Play Ball
Congress Should Force NFL to Play Ball
Arlen Specter

Congress Should Force NFL to Play Ball

Arlen Specter: Congress should step in to break gridlock

(Newser) - NFL owners and players can't seem to figure a way of their legal fight , raising the very real possibility that we'll have no season this year. This goes way beyond sports, writes former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter in the New York Times . It would be a devastating economic...

NFL Draft: Carolina Panthers Pick Auburn Quarterback Cam Newton First
 Carolina Makes 
 QB Cam Newton 
 No. 1 Pick 
 
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Carolina Makes QB Cam Newton No. 1 Pick

No surprise: Panthers draft Auburn star

(Newser) - The No. 1 pick in this year's NFL draft is—no drum roll necessary—Auburn quarterback Cam Newton. As expected, the Carolina Panthers picked him first, reports ESPN . Newton won this year's Heisman and led Auburn to the national title. The draft's first round runs tonight, followed...

NFL Talks Collapse; Brady, Others Sue League

Developments put next year's season in doubt

(Newser) - NFL labor talks broke down just hours before the latest contract extension expired today, putting America's most popular sport on a path to its first work stoppage since 1987. Despite 16 days of negotiations with a federal mediator, the sides could not agree on a new deal. The league said...

No NFL Lockout— for Tonight Anyway

Both sides agree to 24-hour extension in talks

(Newser) - The NFL and the players' union agreed to a 24-hour extension of the current collective bargaining agreement today so negotiations can continue. The CBA was set to expire at midnight, which would likely have prompted the first work stoppage since 1987 for a league that rakes in $9 billion a...

Dear NFL Owners, That's Our Money, Not Yours

Sally Jenkins: Why do these guy think they're owed so much?

(Newser) - NFL owners apparently think they are unique creatures in the annals of business, writes Sally Jenkins in the Washington Post . "They believe they are entitled to make money every year, even in the midst of disastrous recessions." That's essentially what's going on in the labor dispute that looks...

Brett Favre Files for Retirement From NFL

Quarterback might really, really, really be done this time

(Newser) - Brett Favre is making it official, again: The 41-year-old quarterback has filed retirement paperwork with the NFL, Fox Sports reports. He's unretired more than most people send racy photos to massage therapists, but the third time might just be the charm: Favre has consistently said 2010 would be his last...

Train Conductor Turns Down Jets' Offer to Come Play

Ex-player says he'd rather stay with ailing parents

(Newser) - Most guys would kill for a chance to play in the NFL, but not Keith Fitzhugh. The 24-year-old currently makes a humble living as a railroad conductor, but when the Jets called him up yesterday and asked if he’d like to play safety for them, he demurred. “I...

Michael Vick: MVP?

 Michael Vick: 
 MVP? 
OPINION Roundup

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...

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...

Brain Injury Eyed in Penn Player's Suicide

Concussion-related brain disease found in Owen Thomas, 21

(Newser) - Doctors have discovered signs of a trauma-related brain disease in a University of Pennsylvania football player who killed himself earlier this year. The doctor who conducted the autopsy on Owen Thomas says that while chronic traumatic encephalopathy—CTE—shouldn't be considered the main cause of the 21-year-old athlete's suicide, the...

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