The new NFL substance-abuse policy will reduce the penalty for positive marijuana tests and will make it easier for players to pass urinalysis screenings by increasing the amount of chemicals in the system that would trigger a positive result, reports
The 2014 NFL Draft started as everyone expected it to with Roger Goodell saying Jadeveon Clowney’s name. From there, the first round of the 79th annual NFL Player Selection Meeting traveled into unanticipated and interesting directions. “I had no idea,”
Hello, Cleveland! Johnny Manziel, the charismatic quarterback predicted to go first by some and not even in the first round of the draft by others, wound up with the Cleveland Browns. The AFC North team appeared to be a natural
Roger Goodell read Jadeveon Clowney’s name as the first selection in the 2014 NFL Draft. The crowd responded to Goodell’s announcement with cheers and Clowney responded with hugs and handshakes before donning a Houston Texans hat and embracing the NFL
“I don’t think the locker room has changed all that much,” former NFL lineman Conrad Dobler tells Breitbart Sports. “I think the public perception of what is acceptable and what is not acceptable has changed. Everybody has to be politically
Conrad Dobler was Richie Incognito before Richie Incognito. Dubbed “Pro Football’s Dirtiest Player” on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1977, the St. Louis Cardinals guard intimidated massive defensive linemen and, if you can believe his enraged opponents, clawed, eye-gouged,
Can Mike Pouncey pass a Rorschach test? What will John Jerry tell a psychiatrist about his childhood? What kind of psychotropic drugs could transform Richie Incognito into a mild-mannered human being? The NFL is about to find out. Asked at
In response to louder calls to change the name of his football team, Dan Snyder has decided to launch a foundation subsidizing Native American causes. “For too long,” Redskins owner Dan Snyder writes, “the struggles of Native Americans have been
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — If this was Jabari Parker’s last home game at Duke, what a farewell it was. The freshman phenom scored a season-high 30 points and added 11 rebounds in the fourth-ranked Blue Devils’ 93-81 win over No.
Johnny Manziel hasn’t taken a snap in an NFL game. But the Texas A&M product is already a millionaire. The quarterback signed a multiyear endorsement deal with Nike on Thursday that figures to eclipse similar agreements entered into by other
A Harvard professor has written to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to urge him to fund studies to determine if medical marijuana can aid in the treatment of concussions. Goodell has said that the league, which prohibits medical marijuana, may allow
Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin said that it was “absurd” for the NFL to penalize the use of the N-word on the field because it was a “term of endearment.” “I think it’s absurd,” Baldwin told the News-Tribune on Monday.
Are you a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers or Arizona Cardinals and believe that the football gods screwed your team out of a rightful playoff berth this season? Roger Goodell has your back. Under a plan pushed by the NFL
Maybe Charles Barkley was right. Kids shouldn’t look up to athletes. They’re bound to let them down. One of the latest heroes to fall is accused serial rapist Darren Sharper, a five-time Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champion, and, until his
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made $44.2 million in 2012, according to tax returns the league has submitted. Goodell earned $35.1 million in salary, bonus and pension compensation. Based on IRS reporting guidelines, his total 2012 compensation
Michael Sam led the Southeastern Conference in sacks, won first-team All-American honors, and earned the Associated Press’s nod as the “best defensive player” in the nation’s best conference. So, casual fans assume that Sam, who announced his homosexuality to ESPN,
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants the Windy City to host the Super Bowl and the NFL Draft. “I would say that there are two things in pro football I would love to see in Chicago, either one of them or
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers has written a public letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell demanding that the league he oversees denounce the nickname of the Washington Redskins. “We are writing to express our disappointment with the National Football League’s
The NFL missed having the “Ice Bowl” by approximately six hours. Before Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that playing a Super Bowl in an open stadium in a Northern
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Even Commissioner Roger Goodell joked before the Super Bowl about making it known that, no, actually, the NFL “cannot control the weather.” Only his all-powerful league, it seems, could get away with a February title
So I’m floating on the Hudson River with the Denver Broncos. The party boat borrowed from a late-’90s rap video serves as a strange backdrop for a team that repeats variants of their coach’s assertion, “We’re on a business trip.”
NEW YORK — Roger Goodell gave a state of the sport address at Rose Hall in Manhattan today that tackled everything from a team in London to altering the league’s policy outlawing marijuana to expanding the playoffs. But his most controversial
In a series of text messages, Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin may have confessed to Richie Incognito that he smoked marijuana, which is a substance the NFL has banned and for which players can be suspended for after a positive test.
A pro-marijuana group purchased five billboard ads this week around MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, where the Super Bowl will be played on Sunday between two teams from the only two states where recreational marijuana is legal. The showdown between
Count record-breaking kicker Matt Prater as among those opposed to Roger Goodell’s scheme floated to eliminate the kicked point-after touchdown. Breitbart Sports sat down with the Denver Broncos kicker Wednesday, when he discussed making the longest kick in NFL history,
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he is not “cheering” for the type of post-game smackdown that Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman delivered after he helped secure a trip to the Super Bowl for his team last Sunday. “It’s an emotional
Ahead of what is being dubbed the first-ever Marijuana Bowl–between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos–NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league may allow players to use medicinal marijuana to treat concussions if medical experts approved the treatment. “I’m not
On “CBS This Morning” on Thursday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made a joint appearance with General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt to discuss brain science and what that means for concussions in the NFL. Goodell also addressed a number
Does Roger Goodell forget that the organization he leads calls itself the National Football League? “The extra point is almost automatic,” Goodell observed on the NFL Network in floating the idea of eliminating extra-point kicks. “I believe we had five
The NFL will consider getting rid of the extra point after touchdowns. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told the NFL Network that the league will consider proposals to abolish the extra point in the offseason. “The extra point is almost automatic,”
ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio believes that a poll conducted by a liberal polling outfit that found that over 70% of the country is against a name change should “alarm” the Redskins. He blamed the Redskins for putting the controversy “back on
A Public Policy Polling poll found that 71% of the country–including a majority of Democrats, Republicans, and independents, do not want the Washington Redskins to change their name. According to the poll, 90 percent of Republicans, 59 percent of Democrats,
Week 17 of the NFL summed up the league and this season in a microcosm. Commissioner Roger Goodell’s baby is spoiled. The number one sport in the country just isn’t what it was. Forget about the great run of the
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell indicated this week that the league is looking to change the league’s workplace rules after it compiles a special report about what led Dolphins lineman Jonathan Martin to leave the team. Martin has accused fellow teammate
(AP) 5 former Chiefs sue team over head injuriesBy BILL DRAPERAssociated PressKANSAS CITY, Mo.Five former Kansas City Chiefs players who were on the team between 1987 and 1993 filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the team hid and even lied about
(AP) Steelers’ Tomlin: On-field foray was ‘inexcusable’By WILL GRAVESAP Sports WriterPITTSBURGHMike Tomlin was “mesmerized.” He was also, the Pittsburgh Steelers coach admits, out of position. Way out of position. Tomlin was so awed by the way Baltimore’s Jacoby Jones raced
(AP) AP sources: Martin considered quitting footballBy STEVEN WINEAP Sports WriterDAVIE, Fla.Before Miami Dolphins tackle Jonathan Martin left the team saying he was bullied, he told multiple people that he was considering quitting football, two people familiar with the situation
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appointed New York attorney Ted Wells to conduct an independent investigation into the Miami Dolphins in the wake of harassment allegations against suspended blocker Richie Incognito. Incognito, an offensive guard, allegedly used racist language and repeated
In a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, the Oneida Nation asked the NFL to sanction the Redskins for using a “slur” and pass bylaws banning NFL teams from using “dictionary-defined racial slurs.” Roy Halbritter, the Oneida Nation representative, also
Washington Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder told NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday that he has no plans of changing the team’s name when the two met about the Redskins name. According to a Washington Post report: According to one person,
