May 19, 2013

NFL: Safe to say, Roger Goodell doesn’t trust medical survey

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(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 to fight anti-gay bias, says N.Y. attorney general

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(Reuters) – The National Football League will step up its efforts to fight discrimination based on sexual orientation, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said on Wednesday. The action comes after at least three college football players said they had been asked about their sexual orientation during NFL recruitment interviews earlier this year. As a [...]

NFL News and Notes: Steelers receiver Emmanuel Sanders signs Patriots’ offer sheet

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The NFL restricted free-agent market is active once again. Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders has signed an offer sheet with the New England Patriots, his agent Jordan Woy confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The offer sheet Sanders signed is a one-year, $2.5 million contract, according to a person informed [...]

NFL News and Notes: NFL wants brain injuries suit dismissed as ‘workplace’ issue

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(Former NFL RB Dorsey Levens consoles Mary Ann Easterling, the widow of former NFL player Ray Easterling. Matt Rourke/AP) (PhatzRadio / Reuters / AP) —- Lawyers argued in federal court on Tuesday over whether 4,200 former NFL players can sue the league over brain injuries or whether the issue should be decided under the players’ [...]

NFL Winter Meetings: NFL owners basking in labor victory

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association director DeMaurice Smith pose with the new Collective Bargaining Agreement on the front steps of the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 5, 2011 in Canton, Ohio.(Photo: Michael Loccisano, Getty Images) Story Highlights CBA deal in 2011 looks even worse for the players now Stars hoard [...]

NFL: NFLPA to look into Elvis Dumervil contract dealings

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Quarterback Brandon Weeden #3 of the Cleveland Browns delivers a pass agaisnt the defense of defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson #99 and defensive end Elvis Dumervil #92 of the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on December 23, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos defeated the Browns 34-12. (December 22, 2012 – Source: [...]

NFL: NFLPA head rips Roger Goodell on trust in HGH talks

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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at press conference at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in advance of Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights NFLPA president Domonique Foxworth said players aren’t willing to trust Roger Goodell in HGH talks Foxworth said that [...]

NFL Super Bowl XLVII: Roger Goodell addresses tackling, HGH, Rooney Rule, more

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media during a press conference for Super Bowl XLVII at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on February 1, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (January 31, 2013 – Source: Christian Petersen/Getty Images North America) NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to share the blame. “Safety,” [...]

NFL Super Bowl XLVII: Smith chastises NFL for lack of player safety

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — NEW ORLEANS — The NFL Players Association challenged the league’s commitment to player safety on Monday, going so far as to call some teams’ behavior “reckless” when diagnosing and treating players. Executive director DeMaurice Smith, speaking in a second-floor conference room at the downtown convention center, pointed to Chargers physician David [...]

Super Bowl XLVII: Ray Lewis denies using banned deer antler spray

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Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was asked during media day if he used a banned substance, as reported by Sports Illustrated(Photo: John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights Sports Illustrated reports Ravens linebacker inquired about deer-antler velvet extract “Two years ago, that was the same report. It’s not worthy of the press,” Lewis says (PhatzRadio [...]