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Andre Smith Tricks Bengals, Gets Drafted Sixth
Remember Andre Smith? The guy who went AWOL at the combine. The same guy that completely bombed his pro day. Yeah, he’s the one that got suspended from Alabama’s BCS game. That’s the one.
Well after several months of speculation that Smith had screwed his stock up so much that he went [...]
Five Years Later: Remembering Pat Tillman
There are two days in my life in which I will never forget waking up to a phone ringing off the hook. The first was September 11, 2001, as being on the West Coast, I found out what was going on by phone before I turned on my television that morning. The second was April 23, 2004, when the news of Pat Tillman’s death got to me.
Duke Point Guard Paulus to Play in the NFL?
Greg Paulus was an accomplished high school football star, breaking many of the quarterback records in the state of New York. He was also one hell of a basketball player. When forced to choose between quarterbacking at Notre Dame and point-guarding at Duke, Paulus chose the latter.
Four years later, Paulus lost his job [...]
NFL Draft Prospects Can’t Stay Away From Weed
Highly rated draft prospect B.J. Raji tested positive for marijuana at the NFL Scouting Combine, casting doubt as to just where he’ll fall in the draft now.
Raji, a defensive tackle from Boston College, missed an entire season in college due to academic issues, and also had a previous positive test for marijuana at Boston College.
He [...]
Cutler Gets His Wish, Dealt to Bears
Jay Cutler’s rocky relationship with the Denver Broncos and their new head coach officially came to an end Thursday, as the Broncos dealt him and a fifth-round draft pick to the Chicago Bears for Kyle Orton, two first-round picks (2009, 2010) and a third-round pick.
Now, getting two first-round draft picks is a great way to [...]
Stallworth Facing 15 Years for DUI Manslaughter
Donte’ Stallworth’s NFL career could be over.
Stallworth will be charged with DUI manslaughter for killing a man with his vehicle while driving drunk last month. Stallworth’s blood alcohol content was .12, comfortably above the .08 limit in the state of Florida.
The charge would carry a maximum 15 years in prison if convicted. Stallworth [...]
Dallas Cop Resigns After Moats Incident
Robert Powell, the Dallas police officer that stopped NFL player Ryan Moats and his family and detained them while a relative died, resigned from the police force because of the incident. Powell had been on paid administrative leave since the incident while it was being investigated.
In a statement made through his attorneys, Powell said [...]
Cutler as Good as Gone in Denver
Jay Cutler’s bumpy ride in Denver this offseason appears to have begun its final descent. Cutler’s refusal to communicate with the team has led them to determine that he has no intention of playing there again, and they will honor his trade request and try to move him.
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen said that the [...]
Officer Detains Football Player and Wife While Relative Dies
NFL running back Ryan Moats and his wife received a phone call last week that Moats’ mother-in-law was literally on her death bed, about to succumb to cancer. So Moats and his family piled into his SUV and headed to the hospital to say their goodbyes.
Prior to reaching the hospital, Moats went through a [...]
NFL to Expand Regular Season?
The NFL could vote as early as May to expand the regular season to 17 or 18 games, which would then take effect as early as 2011.
The league has been looking for a solution to its scheduling problem for years, and expanding the regular season seems to be the solution that they have settled on.
The [...]
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