Retired quarterback Kurt Warner, a target of a Gregg Williams bounty in what turned out to be Warner’s final game, thinks the NFL should turn the other cheek. Peter King and Don Banks of SI.com (King on PFT Live and Banks in an online column) have suggested that Williams could be the league’s next redemption…
Archive for: April 7th, 2012
Bucs land Amobi Okoye
Defensive tackle Amobi Okoye, a first-round pick of the Texans in 2007, has another new home. A year after joining the Bears following his release from the Texans, Okoye now is a member of the Buccaneers. The Bucs and Okoye has agreed to terms on a one-year deal, according to Jeff Dickerson of ESPNChicago.com. A…
Ravens, Flacco’s agent haven’t met since Scouting Combine
On Friday, we reported that the Ravens and quarterback Joe Flacco have made no progress toward a new contract. To illustrate that point, we’re told that there hasn’t even been a meeting regarding Flacco’s contract since an initial get-together during the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. Instead, there have been only a few discussions. Flacco, a…
Lions turn attention to a postseason return
After missing the playoffs for 11 straight seasons, the Lions finally made it in 2011. And they don’t plan to wait a decade or more to return. It’s a reminder of the progress the Lions are making as a franchise that the Detroit News can publish a story about how the Lions need to maintain…
Tebow to deliver Easter speech to 20,000 Texans
GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) — A central Texas church spokeswoman says New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow is set to speak to an expected 20,000 people on Easter Sunday.
Arkansas AD: Petrino review ongoing during weekend
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long made it perfectly clear what he expects from his staff as he put coach Bobby Petrino on leave for keeping him in the dark about a sordid-looking relationship with a female employee.
Brandon Jacobs eyeballs goal-line duties in San Fran
Cut last month by the Giants, running back Brandon Jacobs officially has joined the 49ers, via a one-year, $2 million contract, which re-confirms that young players would be better off learning how to kick the ball than to run with it. Jacobs met the San Fran media via conference call for the first time on…
Tigers’ Fister taken out early with left side injury
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit right-hander Doug Fister has left Saturday’s game against Boston with a strain in his left side.
Schedule release likely coming on a Tuesday, but which one?
The NFL has developed a recent habit of releasing the regular-season schedule on one specific day of the week. As Rob Demovsky of the Green Bay Press-Gazette points out, the league has pulled the sheet off the slate of games on a Tuesday for four straight years. Three of those four times, the schedule came…
Happy Easter From Kate Upton
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