May 20, 2013

Golf: Vijay Singh v. PGA Tour – Why Singh sued

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(PhatzRadio / Golf.com) — When Vijay Singh spoke to Sports Illustrated in January about using deer antler spray, he clearly didn’t expect the PGA Tour to suspend him. After all, Mark Calcavecchia admitted to using deer antler spray in 2011 and did not face discipline from the Tour. Singh also insists the PGA Tour is [...]

NFL: NFL lifts Payton’s suspension

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Team owner of the New Orleans Saints and the New Orleans Hornets Tom Benson shakes hands with New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton during a game between the New Orleans Hornets and the Toronto Raptors at New Orleans Arena on December 28, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (December 27, 2012 – Source: Chris Graythen/Getty [...]

Saints Bounty Scandal: Vilma’s defamation suit against Goodell dismissed

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Jonathan Vilma #51 of the New Orleans Saints celebrates after scoring a touchdown off of an interception against the Carolina Panthers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on December 30, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (December 29, 2012 – Source: Chris Graythen/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma’s defamation lawsuit [...]

NFL Goodell: Bounty players should be punished

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell listens to a question during a news conference after the NFL owners meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, in Irving, Texas.(Photo: LM Otero, Associated Press) IRVING, Texas (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he “fundamentally disagrees” with former league boss Paul Tagliabue’s decision not to discipline players in the New Orleans [...]

Saints Bounty Scandal: Tagliabue vacates bounty suspensions

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Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, shown in 2006, issued his rulings in the bounty appeals Tuesday.(Photo: Phil McCarten, AP) Story Highlights Tagliabue’s ruling came after a new round of hearings that for the first time allowed players’ attorneys to cross-examine witnesses (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- The implicated players in the New Orleans Saints bounty [...]

Saints Bounty Scandal: Tagliabue bounty ruling coming on Tuesday

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than nine months after the NFL first disclosed its bounty investigation of the New Orleans Saints, four players will finally get a ruling on whether their initial suspensions are upheld, reduced or thrown out. Former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, who was appointed to handle a second round of player appeals to [...]

Saints Bounty Scandal: Anthony Hargrove confirms NFLPA rejected settlement in bounty scandal

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Anthony Hargrove #95 of the Green Bay Packers participates in warm-ups before a preseason game against the Cleveland Browns at Lambeau Field on August 16, 2012 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Browns defeated the Packers 35-10. (August 15, 2012 – Source: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Anthony Hargrove’s agent, Phil Williams, [...]

Saints Bounty Scandal: Saints players at hearing to appeal bounty suspensions

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(Photo: Louis Lanzano,AP) Story Highlights The hearing is being conducted by former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — WASHINGTON — New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma, accompanied by defensive end Will Smith, exited a black SUV at 7:30 a.m. this morning outside a downtown Washington, D.C. law office to hear testimony from [...]

Saints Bounty Scandal: Paul Tagliabue refuses to recuse himself

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(Photo: M. SPENCER GREEN, AP) Story Highlights Tagliabue says he won’t step down as the arbitrator in bounty case Goodell appointed Tagliabue to role last month The hearings were originally slated for last week but were postponed due to Hurricane Sandy (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- In news as expected as “Mark Sanchez refuses to [...]

Saints Bounty Scandal: NFL refuses to recuse Paul Tagliabue from bounty hearings

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — When NFL Comissioner Roger Goodell stepped aside as arbitrator in the New Orleans Saints bounty case, the Saint’s Jonathan Vilma took it as a positive step in the appeals process. Now he may be regretting his words. Vilma and the NFL PLayers’ Association filed a motion to have Goodell’s replacement, Paul [...]