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NFLPA Claims Conspiracy Among League Owners

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 05.23.2012

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-- The players union claimed Wednesday that the NFL imposed a secret salary cap during the uncapped 2010 season that cost the players at least $1 bil...

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NFL Passes New Rules For Players

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 05.23.2012

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ATLANTA — The NFL made thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season, something the players' union was not pleased with. Atlanta ...

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NFL Star SUES Commissioner

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 05.17.2012

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NEW ORLEANS -- Suspended Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, claiming the lea...

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Ochocinco Writes Letter To 'Dad' Goodell

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.13.2012

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Chad Ochocinco wants Roger Goodell to know that he has the NFL commissioner's back. The outspoken New England Patriots wide receiver posted a letter ...

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Players Fight Suspensions In Saints Bounty case

AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 05.08.2012

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NEW ORLEANS -- Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and three other players suspended in the NFL's investigation of New Orleans' cash-for-hits bounty syst...

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Junior Seau: Another Concussion-Related Death in the NFL?

Kelly Moore | Posted 05.03.2012

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Kelly Moore

I knew Junior Seau from our days at USC when I worked as a student intern in the football office. I hadn't talked to him in years, but we share many friends and memories from what most of us consider to be some of the best years of our lives.

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NFL Comes Down Hard On Players For Saints' Bounty Program

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.15.2012

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Hoping to close the book on bounties, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints defensive captain Jonathan Vilma without pay for all of next season Wednesd...

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Future Of NFL Pro Bowl In Jeopardy?

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 04.26.2012

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NEW YORK — Have NFL fans seen the last of the Pro Bowl? The game could be suspended next year, two people familiar with discussions said Thursd...

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Could Saints Really Benefit From Wiretapping

Posted 04.24.2012

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Already facing an eight-game suspension for his role in the Saints' bounty scandal, New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis is hardly a sympathetic ...

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Thank You, Roger Goodell, For Choosing The Bible Over Kant

Rabbi Joshua Hess | Posted 04.12.2012

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Rabbi Joshua Hess

Perhaps Mickey Loomis, Sean Payton, Greg Williams and the rest of the Saints' coaching staff are modern day equivalents of rebellious elders. Maybe they are not. Either way, Goodell understands this and his punishments are designed to make sure that this will never happen again.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 04.10.2012

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Len Berman

This one didn't make the Masters telecast. A 40-year-old Masters "patron" was arrested for trying to steal sand from one of the sand traps. Police said he was drinking heavily at the time, and failed to get any sand into his cup.

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Roger Goodell Rejects Saints Bounty Appeals

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 04.10.2012

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NEW YORK — Roger Goodell sent a message to every coach and player in the NFL: safety first. The league commissioner stuck with his punishments f...

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Saints Fans Are Being Unfairly Punished by the NFL

Brian Frederick | Posted 04.09.2012

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Brian Frederick

Whether or not Payton deserves his year long suspension, Saints fans have every right to be upset. I'm talking about the tax money they've paid over the last decade just to keep the team in town.

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BountyGate: An Indictment of American Culture?

Barbara Bruno | Posted 04.09.2012

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Barbara Bruno

The real reason that Goodell lowered the full weight of the NFL hammer is unbelievable arrogance. And that's where this scandal resonates with American culture.

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Use Gregg Williams As Face Of Change

Sports Illustrated | Don Banks | Posted 04.05.2012

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With that explosive new piece of evidence regarding his favorite motivational techniques surfacing via audio tape, exiled former Saints defensive coor...

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Poor Wonderlic Score Prompts Warning From Goodell

AP | JON KRAWCZYNSKI | Posted 04.06.2012

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has sent a memo to all 32 teams threatening "significant discipline" to anyone caught leaking confidential information ...

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NFL Makes Significant Rule Changes

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 05.28.2012

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PALM BEACH, Fla. — Even though the NFL's new rule for postseason overtime has never come into play, it's being expanded for the regular season, ...

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Severe Punishments Handed Down For Saints 'Bounty' Program

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.21.2012

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Meting out unprecedented punishment for a crush-for-cash bounty system that targeted key opposing players, the NFL suspended New Orleans Saints head c...

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Why Does the National Football League Deserve Tax-Exempt Status?

Brian Frederick | Posted 05.08.2012

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Brian Frederick

It may seem absurd that a collection of teams that generated at least $9 billion in revenue last season would be given tax-exempt status, but the NFL is technically classified as a 501(c)6 organization.

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The NFL Bounty Blight and the Saints

Linda Kenney Baden | Posted 05.07.2012

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Linda Kenney Baden

Call the bounty program that sought to hurt, maim, destroy and purposely injure high-powered football players what it is: criminal. This is organized crime at its worse -- nothing less.

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Saints Coach, GM Admit Blame In Bountygate

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 05.06.2012

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Almost a week after the NFL pointed to them for failing to stop a bounty program involving some two dozen Saints players, coach Sean Payton and genera...

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NFL Bounties Program Amounts To Incentive System Run Amok

AP | By HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 03.05.2012

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-- 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 i...

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How Many More NFL Teams Are Coming?

AP | By BARRY WILNER | Posted 02.03.2012

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INDIANAPOLIS -- Commissioner Roger Goodell says if the NFL puts a team in Los Angeles, it is probable the league would expand to 34 franchises. Appea...

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 03.31.2012

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Len Berman

You can put the tennis ratings in a thimble when you compare it with the zillions who will watch Sunday's football game. However, if you were one of the fortunate ones to have watched the Djokovic/Nadal final you saw something special.

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Top 5 Sports Stories

Len Berman | Posted 03.27.2012

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Len Berman

Remember David Einhorn, the rich Milwaukee native who was going to buy into the Mets? The deal fell apart. Now comes word that Einhorn has been fined $11.2 million by the British version of the SEC for insider trading.

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