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Media Mobs Tebow in Jets' Locker Room

Matt Cantor — Fri, 11 May 2012 08:19:05 CDT

Newly-minted New York Jet Tim Tebow's locker room was open to reporters for the first time yesterday, and they pounced. "It’s like shark feeding, man," said Josh Baker, a reserve tight end who, possibly unfortunately, occupies the locker next to Tebow's. Surrounded by dozens of reporters, Tebow told the press...

Junior Seau's Brain to Be Checked for Damage

Matt Cantor — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:32:05 CDT

Doctors will inspect Junior Seau's brain for any evidence of injury from his football days, following an agreement with his family. Several early deaths among football players have pointed to brain injury, the Los Angeles Times notes. "The family was considering this almost from the beginning, but they didn't want...

Researchers Want a Look at Junior Seau's Brain

Kevin Spak — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:01:25 CDT

Did Junior Seau have football-related brain damage? The Boston University Center for Traumatic Encephalopathy wants to look at his brain to find out, Peter King reports on Twitter today. The Center has studied the brains of a number of deceased football players, and almost every time it's found evidence of...

Seau Is 8th Member of 1994 Chargers to Die

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:32:16 CDT

Junior Seau’s death is just the latest tragedy in the sad history of the 1994 San Diego Chargers. That team—the only Chargers team to make it to the Super Bowl—has seen seven other deaths. CNN has the rundown: 1995 : Linebacker David Griggs, 28, dies in a car crash....

4 Saints Suspended in Bounty Program

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 02 May 2012 12:32:53 CDT

The NFL isn't just coming down on the coaches in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal : Four players were suspended without pay today, ESPN reports. Linebacker Jonathan Vilma is suspended for the entire season, while defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove (now a Green Bay Packer) received an eight-game suspension, defensive end...

College Football, Your Days Are Numbered

John Johnson — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:12:05 CDT

Author and columnist Malcolm Gladwell thinks college football—and eventually, the NFL—is headed for years of decline and possibly oblivion as concussion evidence rolls in and the lawsuits pile up . "The factor that I think will be decisive is the head-injury issue," he says in a Slate interview. "Colleges...

Colts Make Andrew Luck No. 1 Pick

John Johnson — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:38:11 CDT

The Indianapolis Colts stuck to the plan tonight in the NFL draft and made Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck this year's No. 1 pick, reports the Indianapolis Star . ESPN's Adam Schefter tweeted that he will get a four-year deal for $22 million. That's relatively modest by NFL standards, but Bleacher Report...

NFL Confirms: Saints Coach Gone for the Season

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:03:00 CDT

See ya, Sean. The NFL today confirmed its ruling that New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton is out for the season over the team's "bounty" scandal , the New York Times reports. In upholding the suspension, Commissioner Roger Goodell disagreed with a Saints lawyer who blamed the bounty program on former...

Recording Bares Saints' Brutal 'Bounty' Program

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:05:05 CDT

In a newly released recording in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal , former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams can be heard telling his players to go after the San Francisco 49ers prior to a Jan. 13 playoff game this year. Though Williams is not pictured, documentary filmmaker Sean Pamphilon—who recorded...