B&C Morning Show: Brian Billick Chimes In On Saints’‘Bountygate’
Brian Billick joined Boomer & Craig throughout the NFL season to talk about everything going on around the league, so it only made sense – with the NFL currently investigating the New Orleans...
View ArticleB&C Morning Show: Boomer’s Buddy Bill Cowher Calls In
Boomer’s ‘NFL Today’ buddy Bill Cowher called in this morning to talk about the Saints’ ‘Bountygate’ and apparently mend his fractured friendship with the Blonde Bomber’s radio partner. It turns out...
View ArticleB&C Morning Show: Jerry Recco Updates Us All
Jerry Recco began his first update of the morning by covering the Peyton Manning story, as all signs point to the Colts releasing the quarterback instead of paying him the $28 million bonus they would...
View ArticleNFL Upholds ‘Bountygate’ Suspensions For Saints; Parcells Watch Begins?
NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has rejected the appeals of coach Sean Payton and other New Orleans Saints officials stemming from the league’s probe into the club’s bounty system....
View ArticleReport: Bill Parcells To Stay Retired; Will Not Coach Saints
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Parcells is unlikely to become the New Orleans Saints’ interim coach, according to multiple reports. Parcells prefers to remain retired and not replace his protege and friend,...
View ArticleGiants’ Eli Manning Backs ‘Bountygate’ Bans For Vilma & Co.
NEW ORLEANS (WFAN/AP) — All but four of the 27 current or former Saints that the NFL linked to New Orleans’ cash-for-hits bounty system can now look forward to next season free of worry that they’ll be...
View ArticleSilverman: David Stern Displayed Smug And Peevish Demeanor In Jim Rome Interview
By Steve Silverman » More Columns David Stern may be an effective commissioner of the NBA, but he sure knows how to act like a spoiled brat when he’s put on the spot. Stern’s recent appearance on Jim...
View ArticleNFL To Set Up Anonymous Bounty Hotline; Sen. Durbin Satisfied
WASHINGTON (WFAN/AP) — A high-ranking senator is calling off a proposed hearing on bounties in professional sports because he is satisfied with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s response to the issue,...
View ArticleSilverman: A Look At The Top Five Quarterback-Coach Duos In The NFL
By Steve Silverman » More Columns It’s not just about the quarterbacks. It’s about the quarterback-coach combination. Put together a sharp-throwing quarterback with a brilliant head coach and you have...
View ArticleSuspensions Of Ex-Jet Jonathan Vilma, Three Others Lifted In Connection With...
NEW ORLEANS (CBSNewYork/AP) — The suspensions of ex-Jet Jonathan Vilma and three other players in the NFL’s bounty investigation were lifted on Friday by a three-member appeals panel, and the league...
View ArticleSilverman: Replacement Officials Are Getting Worse With Every Game
By Steve Silverman » More Columns Gary Bettman is not the only commissioner who is making troubling decisions for his sport. Put Roger Goodell in the same category as the NHL’s Miniature Schnauzer. A...
View ArticleKallas: No Person Or Entity Can Damage The Integrity Of The NFL Like The NFL
By Steve Kallas » More Columns It’s hard to believe that it has gone this far, but it has. The disgrace of the NFL continues on a weekly (daily?) basis. With the obligatory “the replacement refs are...
View ArticleGoodell Upholds Suspensions Of Vilma, Smith; Reduces Penalties For Fujita,...
NEW ORLEANS (CBSNewYork/AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell upheld the suspensions of ex-Jet Jonathan Vilma and Will Smith on Tuesday for their role in the New Orleans Saints’ bounty scandal, and...
View ArticleTagliabue Overturns NFL Player Suspensions Related To ‘Bountygate’
NEW ORLEANS (CBSNewYork/AP) — In a sharp rebuke to his successor’s handling of the NFL’s bounty investigation, former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue overturned the suspensions of four current and former...
View ArticleSilverman: Tagliabue Smacks Down Goodell By Eliminating Suspensions From...
By Steve Silverman » More Columns Can you hear the screaming emanating from the NFL’s Park Avenue offices? The loud voices — stomping and swearing — are coming from commissioner Roger Goodell, who has...
View ArticlePalladino: NFL Gone In 30 Years? Don’t Count On It
By Ernie Palladino » More Ernie Palladino Columns Where NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and, apparently President Barack Obama, say football is too violent and needs to be cleaned up, players like...
View ArticleReport: Goodell ‘Terrified’ That ‘NFL Player Is Going To Die On The Field’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Ever since Roger Goodell succeeded Paul Tagliabue as the NFL commissioner in 2006, one of his main focuses has been on player safety. From new rules to protect quarterbacks,...
View ArticleDonovan McNabb With Boomer & Carton: NFL Bounty Scandal ‘Blown Out Of...
NEW YORK (WFAN) – Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb says too much has been made of the NFL’s bounty scandal, which dominated the sports pages just a year ago. “You know, this whole...
View Article4 Teams That Have Stooped To Patriots’ Level
By Daniel Friedman » More Columns The New England Patriots aren’t the first pro sports team to cheat (see: Deflategate), and it’s “more probable than not” they won’t be the last. Heck, this isn’t even...
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