TAMPA-Dwight Levasiyea Ellick, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneer and high school teacher was charged with having sex with a minor after allegations that he had sex with a 16-year-old female student. Ellick went to Notre Dame and briefly played cornerback for the Buccaneers. ABC News reports: According to a police statement, “On June 8th, 2010, […]
Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans is the latest premiere NFL holdout to demand more money. Johnson wants to be the highest paid running back in the NFL, requesting a contract extension worth a reported $39 million over the first three years. And while his statistics speak for themselves, a more relevant dynamic is on […]
NY Giants wide receiver Steve Smith is now going to be catching passes from Michael Vick. After an injury-shortened NFL season with Big Blue that ended in micro fracture surgery, Smith has signed with NFC East rivals The Philadelphia Eagles. Smith is now the third player from the 2008 Super Bowl team to sign with […]
Shannon Sharpe, Richard Dent, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter, Ed Sabol, Marshall Faulk and Deion Sanders were honored with enshrinement in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night in Canton, Ohio. But leave it to “Neon” Deion Sanders to bring his own flavor to the show. Watch his emotional and comical acceptance speech below. […]
The National Football League will become the first professional American sports league to test its players for human growth hormone. The decision came as a ratification of the collective bargaining agreement players and owners consented to after months of bargaining to end the league’s nearly 5-month lockout. HGH, as its more commonly known, is the […]
Former NFL star turned actor Bubba Smith has died. A Los Angeles County coroner’s spokesman said Smith was found dead at his Baldwin Hills home. A cause of death has not been determined. Smith was 66 years old. The 6-foot-7 Smith was drafted by the then Baltimore Colts in 1967 and spent five seasons with […]
The recent NFL lockout might have been the best thing to happen to women this summer. Why, you ask? Scared that the sanctity of their NFL game days would be stolen away this year, the labor strike gave men something to obsess over for four months as they imagined life with no NFL. At the […]
Former New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss has retired after 13 years of service, Moss, arguably one of the greatest receivers ever, ends his careers with 954 receptions, 14,858 receiving yards, and 153 touchdowns. ESPN reports: Moss finished 2010 with 28 receptions — including just six in eight games with Tennessee — along with […]
After serving 20 months in prison for shooting himself in the leg, Plaxico Burress is back in the NFL. The wide receiver has come to terms with the NY Jets for a one-year deal worth a little over $3 Million. When Burress was released from jail, early speculation had him going to the Philadelphia Eagles. […]
ESPN reported early Thursday that the New Orleans Saints have agreed on a deal that will send running back Reggie Bush to the Miami Dolphins. Bush was an integral member of the Saint’s Super Bowl XLIV team, but the former Heisman Trophy winner has missed 20 games in the past four seasons. After New Orleans […]
