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Philadelphia Eagles Coach: Sorry I Yelled at Fans in Stands

Nick Sirianni apparently let the jeering get to him

(Newser) - Philadelphia sports fans are known for being a bit ... combative, and over the weekend, a group of them got into it with the head coach of the city's own football team. The Philadelphia Eagles ultimately beat the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, but the Eagles struggled at times, leading some...

NFL Coaches Have a New Favorite Accessory

Rope hats have jumped from the fairway to the field

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal uses the word "stunned" to describe the reaction even industry insiders have had to the fashion accessory that NFL coaches seized upon en masse this season: the rope hat. Yes, the style that golfers popularized decades ago is back and has jumped sports. Half of...

Super Bowl Could Go International, Goodell Says

Global marketing plan includes adding an 18th regular-season game

(Newser) - The NFL's aggressive international growth plan could include holding a Super Bowl outside the US for the first time, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Saturday. Goodell has shot down the idea in the past, but he told a fan forum in London that it's a possibility, the AP reports....

Jets Fire Coach, and Fans Point to Aaron Rodgers

Robert Saleh is out with team at 2-3

(Newser) - The Aaron Rodgers era with the New York Jets was supposed to be going a lot better by now. Last year, the 40-year-old Rodgers suffered a season-ending injury just a few plays into the first game. Now, in season two, the team's head coach just got fired after a...

NFL Union: We Want Cameras Out of Locker Rooms

NFLPA wants practice banned but finds 'little willingness to collaborate' from NFL, PFWA

(Newser) - The practice of locker room interviews needs to come to an end—at least according to the NFL Players Association, which is now pushing more aggressively for exactly that. The organization put out a statement on Friday describing how it's tried for "the past three years" to team...

Ex-NFL Star Running Back Charged With 'Extreme DUI'

Eddie Lacy's BAC was at least 0.2%, say police

(Newser) - Police in Arizona say they responded to a report of a possibly impaired driver and witnessed a vehicle committing multiple traffic violations before pulling over former NFL running back Eddie Lacy, who was found to have at least 0.2% blood alcohol content. At that level, "a person may...

Perfection: NFL QB Enters the Record Books

Jared Goff of the Lions completed 18 of 18 passes. He caught one, too

(Newser) - Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions threw a perfect game Monday night in his team's win against Seattle, and he's now in the record books, reports ESPN . Goff completed 18 of 18 passes, the first time a quarterback in league history completed all his passes on more than...

Tom Brady Responds to Dig From New Bucs QB

Baker Mayfield said everyone was 'stressed' under Brady; Brady retorts with a Super Bowl reference

(Newser) - Earlier this month, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield appeared on the Casa de Klub podcast , where he dished on his predecessor, Tom Brady—specifically on the vibe of the team under the seven-time Super Bowl champ, reports Yahoo Sports . "[There were] a lot of mind games going on,...

1 in 3 Former Pro Footballers Think They Have CTE
1 in 3 Former Pro Footballers
Think They Have CTE
NEW STUDY
Sep 29, 2024 1:00 PM CDT

1 in 3 Former Pro Footballers Think They Have CTE

Researchers stress the need to manage treatable symptoms, like depression

(Newser) - The brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), linked to repeated hits to the head, can only be diagnosed after death via a brain autopsy. But many very-much-alive former professional football players believe they have it. Researchers surveyed 4,000 men who played in the American Football League and National Football...

Brett Favre Reveals Parkinson&#39;s Diagnosis
Brett
Favre:
I Have
Parkinson's
Sep 24, 2024 11:20 AM CDT

Brett Favre: I Have Parkinson's

Former NFL star is 54

(Newser) - Former NFL great Brett Favre revealed on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 54. The reveal came in an unusual situation: Favre was testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee in regard to a welfare fraud investigation, reports NBC News .
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Mercury Morris Starred in Miami&#39;s Perfect Season
Mercury Morris
Starred in Miami's
Perfect Season
obituary
Sep 22, 2024 12:00 PM CDT

Mercury Morris Starred in Miami's Perfect Season

Halfback won two Super Bowls with the Dolphins

(Newser) - Eugene "Mercury" Morris, who starred for the unbeaten 1972 Miami Dolphins as part of a star-studded backfield and helped the team win two Super Bowl titles, has died, the team said Sunday. Morris, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, was 77. "Mercury was a devoted father, a loving brother,...

4 Decades Later, Famed NFL Team Copes With Brain Issues

Philadelphia Inquirer finds a high incidence of cognitive issues among 1980 Eagles players

(Newser) - An investigative piece by David Gambacorta in the Philadelphia Inquirer offers a unique—and engrossing—angle on the issue of brain injuries among football players. Gambacorta looks specifically at the city's famed 1980 Super Bowl team to get a sense of how those celebrated Eagles players are faring four...

After Concussion, Quarterback Faces a Familiar Decision

Tua Tagovailoa needs to weigh life vs. career, Jason Gay writes

(Newser) - After Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion during a game last week, the Miami Dolphins quarterback is back where he was two years ago after a similar injury: having to decide whether to continue his playing career despite the physical risk or step away from the game now to improve his...

$85.6M Haul Makes QB the NFL's Top-Earning Player

Detroit Lions' Jared Goff takes top spot, per Forbes

(Newser) - The National Football League's 10 highest-earning players are set to make a collective $644 million this year—more than twice what the top players earned in 2017, reports Forbes . At the top of the list is 29-year-old Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who helped push his team to their...

His Concussions Changed NFL Rules. He Just Had Another

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustains one against the Buffalo Bills

(Newser) - Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained a concussion in Thursday night's game against the Bills, and the hit is reverberating loudly around the league. Some current and former players are even calling for the 26-year-old to retire from the game given his high-profile history with the injury.
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Tyreek Hill Asked an Important Question
Tyreek Hill Asked an
Important Question
OPINION
Sep 10, 2024 9:07 AM CDT

Tyreek Hill Asked an Important Question

Washington Post columnist ponders his, 'What if I wasn't Tyreek Hill' query

(Newser) - After Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was handcuffed by police before being released to play in the season opener, he had one big question at a press conference later on: "What if I wasn't Tyreek Hill?" Writing for the Washington Post , Candace Buckner's reaction to that...

Tom Brady Has 'Awkward' Debut as a Broadcaster

Reviews of his first time as a game analyst are less than stellar

(Newser) - One of the more anticipated NFL debuts on Sunday came not on the field but in the broadcast booth: Tom Brady began his new career as a Fox football analyst, one that will pay him $375 million over 10 years . How did the 47-year-old do? The consensus is that Brady...

First Came the Handcuffing, Then the TD Celebration

Tyreek Hill of the Dolphins mimics his run-in with police just hours before Sunday's game

(Newser) - Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins caught an 80-yard touchdown pass on Sunday—all the more notable because it came just hours after he'd been handcuffed on the ground by police during a traffic stop. And as the Miami Herald reports, he celebrated that TD in related fashion: Hill...

One Upset Delivers Misery to NFL 'Survivor' Pools

Bengals lose to Patriots, and roughly 40% of entrants are out in the first week

(Newser) - For a huge number of people who play NFL survivor pools, the fun ended after the first three hours of the new season. The New England Patriots upset the Cincinnati Bengals 16-10 on Sunday, wiping out a staggering 43% of survivor entrants in Yahoo Sports pools in week one, reports...

Dolphins Player Handcuffed on Ground Before Opening Game

Officer who detained Tyreek Hill has been placed on administrative leave

(Newser) - Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins was handcuffed and placed face down on a street outside the team's stadium after he was stopped for speeding and reckless driving Sunday morning before the Dolphins' first game of the season, an incident that left the star wide receiver baffled and resulted...

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