(PhatzRadio / AP) — CHICAGO – Brian Urlacher wasn’t sure how dominant he could be any longer, so he’s calling it a career after 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. And what a career it was: —Eight Pro Bowl seasons; —Defensive Player of the Year in 2005 —A trip to the Super Bowl as 2006 [...]
NFL: Star LB Brian Urlacher says he’s retiring after 13 seasons with Bears
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NFL: Browns’ Jimmy Haslam explains probe to NFL owners
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) on the practice field during organized team activities at Gillette Stadium. David Butler II, USA TODAY Sports Story Highlights Haslam, approved in October, has a federal investigation hanging over his family-owned business Haslam: ‘I thought it was important … I wanted to address them face-to-face’ (PhatzRadio / AP) [...]
Report: NFL and NFLPA on verge of pushing draft to May, moving start of season up before scouting combine
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NFL: Reviewing options for Tom Brady – Patriots
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(PhatzRadio / SI) — Considering what a transcendent talent Tom Brady is, the career he’s had, and that he turns 36 in 11 weeks, this statement he made to me over the weekend is significant: “Going into my 14th year, I have never had more confidence in how I am throwing the football. I’ve never [...]
NFL: Seahawks’ Bruce Irvin suspended for failed PED test
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Seahawks defensive end Bruce Irvin won’t appeal his four-game suspension for failing a test for performance enhancing drugs.(Photo: Steven Bisig-US PRESSWIRE US PRESSWIRE) Story Highlights Irvin said in a statement he will not appeal his suspension Irvin will miss games against the Panthers, 49ers, Jaguars and Texans With Irvin out, free agent Cliff Avil should [...]
NFL: Patriots release DT Kyle Love after his diabetes diagnosis
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Story Highlights Love has lost 20 pounds while dealing with Type-2 diabetes Starting defensive tackle did not miss a game for the Patriots over the past two seasons (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Kyle Love recently received a dose of bad news when he was diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes. Wednesday, he was dealt another blow [...]
NFL: Manti Te’o makes first impression on Chargers veterans
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Story Highlights QB Philip Rivers said Te’o ‘didn’t standout, which was a good thing’ The team prevented Te’o from speaking with reporters after his first day practicing with veterans SAN DIEGO (AP) — Philip Rivers thought Manti Te’o had a decent first interaction with San Diego Chargers veterans. “It didn’t seem like he was lost [...]
NFL: O.J. Simpson resurfaces in court to seek new robbery trial
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(Reuters) – O.J. Simpson, the ex-football star famously acquitted of murder in 1995, appeared in court on Monday seeking a new trial in a Las Vegas armed robbery case that sent him to prison as witnesses testified to what they said were blunders by his lawyer. Simpson, 65, appeared older, grayer and heavier after five [...]
NFL: Safe to say, Roger Goodell doesn’t trust medical survey
May 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
(DeMaurice Smith revealed that 78 percent of NFL players do not trust their teams’ medical staffs. Scott Halleran/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / Boston Hearld) — The number was stunning to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, but it was much more than that. It was unbelievable, a feeling he still holds three months after the NFL Players Association [...]
NFL Dan Snyder: Redskins will ‘never’ change team name
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(PhatzRadio / AP) — Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder said Thursday that as long as he owns the team, the Redskins name would “never” change because of the tradition associated with the name. “We will never change the name of the team,” Snyder said in an interview with USA Today’s Erik Brady this week. “As [...]
