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Brian Banks was on "Cloud 10" Friday, his first full day of exoneration for a crime he did not commit.

Roger Goodell is winning. He hasn’t met a player or an issue he couldn’t beat with a superior gaze. You have to admit that he is a success as NFL commissioner, if the definition of success is exercising control over 1,700 athletes and 32 owners without ever removing your suit coat, or showing a bead of sweat on your condescending forehead. Read full article >>

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- First he cried. Then Brian Banks – exonerated of a rape conviction that cost him five years in prison – walked outside the courthouse and seized the moment of freedom he had dreamed of for so long."This is the first step in reinventing my life," he said after a judge issued his ruling Thursday, promising to pursue the interrupted dream of playing pro football.Read More...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- NFL players union chief DeMaurice Smith says the league isn't exactly refuting his organization's claim of collusion.

Brian Banks' accuser recants 2002 kidnap-rape claim that jailed him for 6 years, dashed his NFL dreams NYPD: Man Implicates Himself in Etan Patz CaseOhio Teen to be Charged as Adult in School Killings

NFL players union chief DeMaurice Smith says the league isn't exactly refuting his organization's claim of collusion.

It's been 18 years since Al Cowlings chauffeured O.J. Simpson in that wild low-speed car chase through L.A. -- but a new mystery is now surrounding the former NFL player ... specifically ... WHAT CAR IS AL DRIVING NOW?!?!?!?A couple hints -- it's…

Did the NFL and its teams secretly impose a salary cap of $123 million in the uncapped 2010 NFL season? Were teams threatened by the league with "serious consequences" if they exceeded the secret cap? The NFLPA asserts yes to both questions, and earlier today filed Reggie White, et al. v. NFL, a collusion lawsuit against the league in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. The p...

Helena (SID) - Der ehemalige NFL-Quarterback Ryan Leaf ist am Freitag in seiner Heimatstadt Great Falls wegen des Verdachts auf Drogenbesitz und Diebstahl festgenommen worden. Das teilte die Polizei ...

Die Spielergewerkschaft der amerikanischen Football-Profis NFLPA hat gegen die Profiliga NFL und deren Besitzer eine Klage wegen verbotener Absprachen eingereicht.

Franchise has played one regular-season game annually in Canada since 2008, an arrangement it says is key to its survival in small-market Bu ...

N.F.L. owners mandated the use of thigh and kneepads by players beginning with the 2013 season.

Was it the sweet opera singer from Wales? The sexy Latin heartthrob? Or the smiling NFL star?

An Orange County woman and a former NFL linebacker -- both convicted of plotting the 1994 murder of her wealthy Newport Beach boyfriend, part of an apparent effort to cash in on the man's $1-million life insurance policy -- are to be sentenced.

The New Orleans linebacker files a defamation lawsuit, claiming that the NFL commissioner, who suspended him for next season, has tarnished his reputation and hindered his ability to earn a living.Suspended New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , claiming the league's top executive made false statements that tarni...

New York (SID) - Das Team der New York Giants ist dreieinhalb Monate nach dem Sieg beim Superbowl der nordamerikanischen Football-Profiliga (NFL) in seiner Heimatstadt mit den obligatorischen Meister...

NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson joins former NBC anchor Stone Phillips and pathologist Bennet Omalu for a discussion of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among football players. [More]

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Former National Football League star Junior Seau, who killed himself last week, was buried on Friday after a private ceremony in his California hometown, with tens of thousands expected to attend a public memorial service later in the day.

Minnesota lawmakers approved plans for a nearly $1 billion stadium for the Vikings to keep the NFL team in Minneapolis for at least another three decades.

Die von der Concussion Crisis erfassten Ligen NFL und NHL sind wachgerüttelt

NFL star Tom Brady is taking some heat for his latest hairstyle, which he debuted on the red carpet of the Met Costume Institute Gala in New York Monday night.

A Texas judge gave the former NFL star temporary custody of his children and ordered that his estranged wife, Pilar, stay at least 500 yards away from their Dallas mansion. After an April 23 domestic scuffle between Deion Sanders and his wife Pilar Sanders, State District Judge Ray Wheless gave the Hall of Famer temporary [...]

A proposed NFL stadium has sailed through government approvals, but a rail project for the Port of Los Angeles has dragged along for seven years.Consider two projects that could have profound impacts on Los Angeles: Both would create thousands of jobs. One would increase traffic a bit; the other would significantly decrease it. One would be "carbon neutral," meaning it would not help the global...

OCEANSIDE, California (Reuters) - Hundreds of surfers paid their respects to Junior Seau on Sunday with a "paddle-out" ceremony in the Pacific, just beyond the beachfront home where the football great and avid surfer committed suicide at age 43.

Harvey, LA, May 5, 2012-- The challenges of many single moms are numerous.  The question on everybody's mind is how do we meet the needs of single moms who need help?  Just ask the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  A very grateful single mom recently became the...

Says an ex-teammate of the NFL star who died this week of a self-inflicted gunshot wound: "Junior played for 20 years. That's five concussions a game, easily. How many in his career then? That's over 1,500 concussions. I know that's startling, but I know it's true. I had over 1,000 in my 15 years. I [...]

Un exjugador de los Chargers de San Diego fue hallado muerto en su vivienda con un disparo en el pecho. La policía no descarta que se quitara la vida.

Rachel Bird constructs a cardboard likeness of the NFL star for the dance

 The apparent suicide of NFL legend Junior Seau makes him the latest member of the 1994 San Diego Chargers who died a premature death. INSIDE EDITION looks at the tragic situation and the question that's being raised—is the football team cursed?

A celebrated NFL linebacker has become the third former player in just over a year to commit suicide, sparking renewed debate over long term brain injuries in the sport of American football.

Die NFL trauert um einen ihrer jahrelangen Vorzeigespieler. Junior Seau ist am Mittwoch tot in seinem Schlafzimmer in Oceanside in Kalifornien aufgefunden worden. Der 43-Jährige hatte ein Einschussloch in seiner Brust. Die Polizei fand nach eigenen Angaben eine Waffe in der Nähe der Leiche und geht von Suizid aus.

Junior Seau, ein jahrelanger Vorzeigespieler der National Football League (NFL), ist tot in seinem Schlafzimmer aufgefunden worden. Angabne zufolge hatte der 43-Jährige ein Einschussloch in seiner Brust.Mehr zum ThemaSchadensersatz wegen Rufmord - Claudia Pechstein will ARD verklagenFußball-EM - Polens Präsident gegen Ukraine-BoykottReal Madrid - Mit Özil-Tor zum 32. MeistertitelReal Madrid - M...

The NFL lost a legend today. Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau was found dead this morning in his Oceanside home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, which...

FORMER San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau has been found dead at his home from a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide.

Former top NFL linebacker Junior Seau is found dead at his home in Southern California in an apparent suicide.

Star linebacker Jonathan Vilma gets banned for 2012 season

JESSICA Simpson announced overnight the arrival of her baby daughter with fiance and former NFL player Eric Johnson.

Utl.: Was hätten American Football und die österreichische Parteienfinanzierung gemeinsam? = Wien (OTS) - American Football - die NFL - ist fürwahr ein wettbewerbsorientierter Sport. Dennoch (oder gerade deshalb) dürfen zu Beginn jeder neuen Saison genau jene Teams als erste die …

When ESPN asked the National Football League, in 1980, if the network could broadcast its annual player draft, the league said, “Sure, but why would anyone want to watch it?” Back then, the event was held on a Tuesday morning, in a hotel. The draft is now a . . . (Subscription required.)

Kildare 0-16 Tyrone 0-11:A flurry of points in the closing 10 minutes was enough to secure Kildare their first piece of silverware in a dozen years as they ran out 0-16 to 0-11 winners over Tyrone in the NFL Division Two final at Croke Park. With a strong wind at their backs, they cracked open a game that had been level at 0-10 apiece on 60 minutes and went on to completely dominate the closing...

Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III headlined the 2012 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday as expected but after that a flurry of wheeling and dealing marked the first-round of the prime-time event.

If you follow football, you'd know that #1 NFL draft pick Andrew Luck is supposed to be the best quarterback prospect since John Elway and the quarterback that'll replace Peyton Manning. Great! What's not great? Flip phones. And that's what Luck, the future multimillionaire, shockingly still uses as his phone. More »

Asking for a domain name to be cancelled is one of the options a complainant has when filing a UDRP. Kevin S. Wiley of Gant & Hicks, PLLC, represented NFL superstar Adrian Peterson in a UDRP filing for AdrianPetersonOnline.com, and he requested a cancellation instead of requesting a transfer of the domain name. Mr. Wiley [...]

Does winning a second Super Bowl in five years mask a just-barely-above-mediocre 9-7 regular season? Of course it does.

Is Barack Obama pandering for the Mark Sanchez vote? Obama, in North Carolina Tuesday courting young voters, sat silently when the band the Roots seemingly questioned Jets quarterback Tim Tebow's fitness to play in the NFL, during a slow jam of the news with Jimmy Fallon. Fallon's jam, taped with POTUS at UNC Chapel Hill, worked thusly:  Obama,would recite a line from his stump speech supportin...

Six of the magazine's 10 most influential athletes are NFL quarterbacks, including Peyton and Eli Manning and Tim Tebow.

In Jon Stewart's words, this week the FCC fined Google "less than you would get for a particularly flashy NFL touchdown dance."

When is the last time there was a person of color chosen to be The Bachelor or The Bachelorette? NEVER! That is exactly why football players Nathaniel Claybrooks and Christopher Johnson (neither of which affiliated with the NFL) are filing a class-action lawsuit against ABC's reality dating competition. We think is is pret-ty ridiculous that after [...]

Looking at former NFL star Warren Sapp’s bankruptcy filing, it’s hard not to focus on the Florida mansion he owns (18,000 square feet, according to property records) or the number of pricey athletic shoes he’s purchased (240 pairs, many still in the box). Read full article >>

When we last heard from 12Society -- the stealth startup described as a "guy-focused lifestyle platform built on the intersection of culture, technology and commerce" -- San Francisco Giants' starting pitcher and World Series Champ, Tim Lincecum, had just joined as a co-founder. At the time, the team said more "big name" co-founders were on the way, and, today, the startup made good, announcing...

Saracens lock Hayden Smith launches NFL career with New York Jets next week.

Karlos Dansby paid tribute to 'legendary' Mike Nolan and says he is ready to prove he is the best linebacker in the NFL.

In the summer of 1985 while at at a two-week camp in Terre Haute, I met a media professor from Indiana State. He told me about a game his colleagues had been playing for a few years. It involved real NFL football players and their scores during games each season. That conversation was my first exposure to fantasy sports and spawned 27 years and 80 seasons worth of league play.

Haydn Smith va passer des Saracens aux New York Jets. Le deuxième...

The NFL and partner Nike unveiled the new Nike Elite 51 football uniforms this week.

The NFL is beginning to move to the iPad as American football teams dump their bulky printed playbooks in favour of custom-built apps.

PENRITH'S Hayden Smith has agreed to a three-year deal with the New York Jets despite having never played American football in his life.

Mayo 0-20 Dublin 0-08:Dublin looked anything but All-Ireland champions in Castlebar tonight where Mayo schooled Pat Gilroy's side from start to finish to keep alive their hopes of a NFL Division One semi-final berth.

The babywatch countdown continues, folks! A very pregnant Jessica Simpson was spotted out with her fiancé, former NFL star Eric Johnson, in Los Angeles on Sunday, where the duo...

Outrage, disgust and shock has hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast after the NFL penalties against the beloved Saints for Bountygate

Die NFL hat den Trainer der New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton, nach dem Kopfgeld-Prämien-Skandal für ein Jahr gesperrt.Foto: AP

Geld für Schmerzen: In der nordamerikanischen Profi-Football-Liga NFL wurden Verteidiger mit Prämien systematisch zu bösen Fouls angestachelt. Die Verantwortlichen müssen mit drastischen Strafen rechnen, doch lange nicht jeder im American Football findet die Vorgehensweise anstößig.

To Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott, the thousands of dollars New Orleans Saints players were paid under their bounty system from 2009-11 is not all that different from the helmet stickers handed out at lower levels of the game....

Die NFL wird von einem Skandal um Bonuszahlungen für absichtliche Verletzungen erschüttert. Die US-Profiliga ermittelt daher gegen die Defense der New Orleans Saints. Diese soll in den vergangenen drei Jahren Spieler belohnt haben, die gegnerische Akteure so hart getroffen hatten, dass sie das Feld verlassen mussten.

Taylor Swift has ‘’a crush’’ on Tim Tebow. The 22-year-old singer - who has previously dated stars including Taylor Lautner, Jake Gyllenhaal and Joe Jonas - was spotted by an observer looking upon the NFL star ‘’like a little puppy dog’’ when the pair had dinner with three other friends at Toscanova in Los Angeles recently. A source told Us Weekly: ...

Laut NFL-Ermittlungen haben die New Orleans Saints eine Belohnung dafür ausgelobt, dass ein Gegner spielunfähig gemacht wird.Foto: Reuters

After years of fits and starts, the Vikings and Minnesota’s top political leaders unveiled a tentative agreement to build a $975 million stadium next to the aging Metrodome in Minneapolis.

This time, the NFL doesn't want to compete with President Obama.

Every major league in North America has an All-Star game (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and MLS), should soccer leagues around the world considering adding the event?

KIM Kardashian is said to have never gotten over her love of NFL star Reggie Bush. It appears true.

[[358699]] INDIANAPOLIS (Etats-Unis) (AFP) : Quatre ans après leur succès au Superbowl face aux Patriotes de La Nouvelle-Angleterre, les Giants de New York ont remis ça dimanche à Indianapolis (centre) pour s'adjuger le prestigieux trophée pour la quatrième fois. Battus de trois points (17-14) en...

British hip-hop artist M.I.A.'s obscene gesture in the Super Bowl halftime show is prompting apologies from NBC and the NFL. But it isn't immediately registering as a moment that viewers latched on to....

She said she had to put on 'the greatest show on earth, during the greatest show on earth' and Madonna certainly didn't disappoint. The singer put on an impressive show during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots.

The wildly popular Shazam App, which normally tells you what song you just heard on the radio or TV or at a bar or disco. Today however with the Super Bowl it goes a lot further. I used Shazam last night during the 1st NFL Honors Award show broadcast on NBC last night and instead of getting the name and artist of one of the songs played on the broadcast, I got somthing that looks very much like...

C'est le grand jour en NFL. Le 46e Super Bowl oppose dimanche à Indianapolis les New England Patriots aux New York Giants. La même affiche, il y a quatre ans, avait débouché sur une finale inoubliable et la victoire surprise des Giants. Tom Brady veut sa revanche face à Eli Manning.

Aaron Rodgers fue nombrado el Jugador Más Valioso; Drew Brees, el Ofensivo del Año; Terrelle Suggs, el Defensivo del Año, entre otros galardones

The super-sized hype about this weekend’s annual football playoff always feels like a huge party -- one I am not invited to -- going on in the next apartment. I’ve never followed the NFL and will not be watching this weekend’s annual national programming and advertising veneration of the league's championship game, either.  It's nothing against football; I am just not much of a TV sports fan in...

NEW YORK - Shahid Khan, a self-made American millionaire of Pakistani origin, is selling his super-luxury yacht for $112 million, US media reported Thursday.Lahore-born Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL), the popular American sporting event, and also the owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corporation in Urbana, Illinois. The ...

NEW YORK - Shahid Khan, a self-made American millionaire of Pakistani origin, is selling his super-luxury yacht for $112 million, US media reported Thursday.Lahore-born Khan is the owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL), the popular American sporting event, and also the owner of automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate Corporation in Urbana, Illinois. The ...

NFL powerbrokers push the case for a new 33rd team to be formed in London

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The singer performed the national anthem before a Patriots-Ravens NFL playoff game in Foxborough, Mass., on Sunday and by several accounts shredded it to pieces.The singer performed the national anthem before a Patriots-Ravens NFL playoff game in Foxborough, Mass., on Sunday and by several accounts shredded it to pieces.

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Les Patriots de La Nouvelle-Angleterre se sont qualifiés pour le Superbowl, traditionnelle finale de la Ligue professionnelle de football américain (NFL), en s’imposant dimanche à...lire la suitehistoires liées23:04 Van Rompuy et Barroso félicitent les Croates après le « oui » à l’UE23:19 CAN 2012 : les Africains de Belgique sur les pelouses23:16 Foot : l’AC Milan reste au contact de la Juve23:...

"Steven Tyler Butchers National Anthem At NFL Playoff Game" is Radar's headline and it's as obvious as the headline "Michael K Nicks Himself While Shaving Ass Crack In The Shower, Will Sting When He Shits For A Couple Days." It's like, DUH. When we get Steven Tyler, we know we're going to get a dude who looks like Teri Hatcher's great lesbian aunt (the one who sells hemp t...

A New York-New England match-up in the Super Bowl would thrill TV and the NFL, writes Jon Friedman.

Tebow is a devout evangelical Christian who presents his faith to the NFL, the fans and the press.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Former NFL player Jeremy Bloom anxiously scanned the crowd at a taco party under the luminous faux-sky of the Venetian hotel's canal walk in Las Vegas. The wide receiver turned entrepreneur wasn't hoping to spot friends or catch a waiter's attention -- he was on the lookout for venture capitalists.

The Canadian rockers will be bringing that NFL halftime show we all loved, and then some, to 39 cities across the U.S. and Canada

A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that Baylor's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Robert Griffin III has opted to declare for the NFL draft.

The 2011 NFL season will be remembered for many things the Packers' run at perfection the Drew Brees-Aaron Rodgers-Tom Brady three-headed assault on Dan Marino's passing record Tim Tebow and the Divine-Intervention Broncos But what Gridiron Posterity should really remember about this year is how extraordinarily bad the coaching has been...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The New York Giants and New York Jets share an NFL stadium but their owners don't share political views. Woody Johnson of the Jets is a top fundraiser for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, while Giants co-owner Jonathan Tisch is a generous backer of President Barack Obama....

Le receveur des Cincinnati Bengals Jerome Simpson a fait le buzz ce week-end en NFL avec un bond plutôt impressionnant. ...lire la suite

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four former National Football League players, including two Pro Bowl players, sued the league over brain injuries that they say left them facing medical problems years after their careers ended.

Footballspieler sind rauhe Kerle - bis auf Tim Tebow, den neuen Star der NFL. Wenn seine Teamkollegen einen gelungenen Spielzug feiern, kniet er nieder und betet.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The NFL has renewed its television deals with CBS, Fox and NBC for nine years through the 2022 season, the league announced Wednesday....

With the National Basketball Association (NBA) training camps now underway, serious injuries may come next. A national sports medicine expert, who published an article in a respected medical journal about the injury ramifications of lockouts, says players in the NBA should learn from information analyzed after the National Football League (NFL) lockout.

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten, 29, ran out of bounds in a game and ended up taking down 22-year-old Melissa Kellerman - a cheerleader rooting for his own team.

"Go see if you can conquer your sport before you come over here because them boys on defense, we like pretty boys like that," said Sapp.

Canadian rockers will headline CFL championship game on November 27 at BC Place