Roger Goodell sent 40 letters to the NFL office in New York City looking for a job in 1981. Forty rejections came back. But more letters to NFL headquarters followed, until one day a weary league executive invited him to "stop by when you're in the neighborhood." "I told him I was in the neighborhood," recalled Goodell, who then drove all night from Pittsburgh to New York...
These days, the Miami Dolphins are holding back Chad Pennington. With good reason. Dolphins coach Tony Sparano already knows Pennington's strengths and doesn't want to tax his throwing shoulder, which was operated on for the third time last season. With starter Chad Henne, plus young quarterbacks Pat White and Tyler Thigpen also on the Miami roster, Pennington is often a spectator in...
The uncle for running back LenDale White says his nephew is "confused" and "broken up" over the Seahawks' decision to unexpectedly waive the running back just weeks after a draft-day trade that brought him to Seattle from Tennessee. Herman White told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday night that he had been speaking with the former USC star throughout the day.
The San Diego Chargers completed their three-day minicamp with a thumbs-up from coach Norv Turner. "We got a lot accomplished," Turner said Friday. While Turner was upbeat, it was apparent the Chargers were minus some key players as they worked to bounce back from their embarrassing playoff loss to the New York Jets.
Indianapolis police say the brother of New York Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka has been critically injured in a motorcycle accident on the city's northwest side. Police say the Kiwanuka brothers were riding separate motorcycles at high speed on Lafayette Road on Friday when a car pulled out of an apartment complex and 32-year-old Benedict Kiwanuka struck it.
The Oakland Raiders have filed a grievance seeking nearly $10 million back from recently released quarterback JaMarcus Russell. Yahoo! Sports first reported the story Thursday, saying the Raiders are seeking $9.55 million from Russell in what was paid as salary advances for the 2010-12 seasons. The team later confirmed the report.
One of the NFL's greatest ball carriers, Jim Brown has been stripped of his title. The Hall of Fame running back is no longer an official executive adviser for the Cleveland Browns, the team he played for during his entire stellar career. Brown had served as a consultant for the Browns and team owner Randy Lerner for the past few years.
Ben Roethlisberger was cleared by the NFL on Thursday to return to the Pittsburgh Steelers beginning next week, although no decision has been made on the length of his suspension. The quarterback was suspended without pay for six games last month by commissioner Roger Goodell after a 20-year-old college student accused him of sexual assault in Milledgeville, Ga.
New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey was taken by ambulance to a hospital Thursday afternoon after suffering what was later diagnosed as a seizure. "I am OK. Thanks to everyone who has shown their concern," Shockey said in a message posted on his Twitter account. "Don't worry about me.
LaDainian Tomlinson took the handoff, saw a hole and flashed the form that once made him one of the NFL's most exciting players. Sure, he'll be 31 soon, but New York Jets coach Rex Ryan likes the youthful moves he's seeing from the eighth-leading rusher in NFL history. "We had this little fold play and he just started boom, boom, boom, like this," Ryan said Thursday,...
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