Category Archives: NFL
Drug Use May Cost Cushing N.F.L. Rookie Award
SPORTS AND HEALTH – Three days after the N.F.L. suspended Brian Cushing, the Houston Texans linebacker who was defensive rookie of the year last season, for four games for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy, The Associated Press announced Monday that it would allow broadcasters and writers to recast their votes for the award.
Lou Ferrara, [...]
Bradford Is No. 1, and Tebow Is Draft’s Surprise
SPORTS AND HEALTH – In the days leading up to the N.F.L. draft, the top prospects were unsettled by just how uncertain their futures were. With the presumed No. 1 choice — quarterback Sam Bradford — without a completed contract and trade speculation buzzing from Oakland to Pittsburgh, the players made their way through the [...]
Trooper’s Role in Helping Roethlisberger Is Investigated
SPORTS AND HEALTH – The Pennsylvania state police are investigating whether one of their officers violated regulations on off-duty work last month when Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman at a rural Georgia nightspot.
The state trooper, Edward Joyner — one of two police officers from Pennsylvania with [...]
Bears Are Big Spenders in Free Agency
Sports and Health – Now the N.F.L. knows what happens during free agency without a salary cap: the Chicago Bears turn into the Washington Redskins and the Redskins morph into the Bears.
The Bears, one of the most conservative spending franchises, went on a Dan Snyderesque shopping spree on the first day [...]