Organized team activities — OTAs as they’re termed in NFL vernacular — are usually non-events. They are voluntary pad-less practices, lost in the soft part of the league’s offseason calendar between the April draft and June veteran mini-camp and long bef...
The players union claimed yesterday that the NFL imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season that cost the players at least $1 billion. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, which oversees the Reggie White settlem...
A year ago, a spirited player who was disappointed not to be selected in the NFL Draft was signed by the Giants to compete for a spot on the roster at fullback. That player, Henry Hynoski, became a role player as a rookie and helped the Giants win Super ...
Almost as soon as the NFL settled one showdown yesterday, its owners set the stage for another. After an arbitrator upheld the league’s punishment of the Cowboys and Redskins for salary-cap violations in the morning, the owners provoked the union in the ...
The NFL-NFLPA cold war is now extending even to something as minor as leg pads. In just the latest skirmish between the two sides since the end of the lockout, the union signaled yesterday it will file a grievance if the owners go ahead with their plan a...
IRVING, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he feels the "window closing" on his team's hopes of making a run at the Super Bowl. But doesn't a window have to open at some point before it can begin to close? Other than Wade Phillips' 2007 campai...
Already uneasy about the idea of letting her 7-year-old son Jason start playing tackle football, Elizabeth Giancarli made up her mind when former NFL star Junior Seau committed suicide. While many of her son's friends are moving on to tackle, he'll be pl...
LONG BEACH, Calif – A onetime California high school football star who spent five years in prison on a false rape allegation is hoping that at age 26 he still has a shot at an NFL contract. "I think that any team that gives me an opportunity will be real...
NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith used the same fiery and defiant language that was heard on the same sidewalk in front of the union’s headquarters a year ago. “Simply stated, cartels do what will cartels do when left unchecked,”...
WASHINGTON – The NFL and its referees' union have agreed to federal mediation. George Cohen, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, will conduct the talks between the on-field officials and the league. Cohen also mediated between the...
AP The Bears’ reluctance to offer a lucrative long-term contract to Matt Forte stems in part from concerns that his knees won’t allow him to remain an upper-echelon NFL running back for much longer. The wear and tear Forte took during a college career at...
There was a time -- oh, about 10 months ago -- when we were told HGH testing for NFL players was drawing near. Although this was before the lockout ended, NFL attorney Jeff Pash said the league wanted testing instituted for the 2011 season and that the N...
Add New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott to the list of current and former NFL players who don't want their children to pursue a career in football. Scott told the New York Daily News this week that the threat of longterm health consequences has led him t...
May, 26, 2012 May 26 4:45 PM ET Clifton Brown, who covers the NFL for the Sporting News, ranks the league's 32 head coaches in a piece now posted on Sportingnews.com. He puts Bill Belichick second. "With three Super Bowl rings, no current coach can match...
Bryce Paup was an NFL star and had it all. He was the leagues defensive player of the year in 1995 and a four-time Pro Bowl linebacker. During 11 seasons with four different teams, including the Green Bay Packers, Paup earned enough money to set himself ...
