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Scenes from Media Day: Deflategate Just Adds to the Circus

January 27, 2015

PHOENIX — The first noticeable difference with this Super Bowl media day from the approximately 20 others that I've covered was the abundance of potty jokes. And ball jokes. And ...

Vintage Tom Brady vs. Ravens: That’s Why Opponents Hate, and Respect, Pats QB

January 11, 2015

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Some Baltimore Ravens players have never had high regard for New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Grudging respect, yes. OK dude, yes. Fine player, sure. They think that. ...

Commissioner Roger Goodell Gets It Right on Suspension of Colts Owner Jim Irsay

September 2, 2014

It took about five minutes for the first text to come from a union team official once Roger Goodell announced that Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay would be suspended six ...

Michael Sam’s Preseason Proved a Few Things—Most Importantly: He Can Play

August 30, 2014

Inside the Rams' locker room, no one seemed to care that Michael Sam was gay. Sam was treated the same as other rookies, according to two Rams players. No one mentioned ...

Gay Rights Activist Chris Kluwe Is Both a Hero and Hypocrite

July 19, 2014

Chris Kluwe started a fight. It began as a noble fight. A fight that had the potential to change the NFL world. To make it better. To make locker rooms ...

NFL Draft 2014: Mike Freeman’s Post-Draft Notebook

May 11, 2014

If you are Jimmy Garoppolo, just drafted by the New England Patriots, this quote Friday from Bill Belichick should both thrill you and scare the hell out of you: We know what Ryan ...

Michael Sam at Combine Shows He Can Be Perfect Trailblazer and Prime-Time Player

February 22, 2014

INDIANAPOLIS—Are you a trailblazer, a reporter asked the man everyone was waiting to hear from? "No," he said, "I feel like I'm Michael Sam." In his interviews with NFL teams thus far, ...

Cleveland Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam Continues to Pull Team into the Abyss

February 11, 2014

There was a time when the Cleveland Browns were a model franchise. No, it's true. It really is. In the 1940s, Paul Brown, who was to football what Thomas Edison was ...

NFL Media Day Stupidity Actually Yields Moments of Substance

January 28, 2014

NEWARK, N.J. — The day began with a police escort, a group singing Motown songs, the Rutgers marching band, a dozen Chris Christie protesters and a putz wearing a cape ...

Seahawks Prove That Their Toughness Is Real and That Saints’ Is All Bluster

January 12, 2014

SEATTLE — In a stadium that was silent and practically empty, with no fans in the stands and less than a dozen players on the field warming up, Jimmy Graham went ...

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