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EXTRA POINTY The extra point (A/K/A the point after, the PAT or the conversion) in football is two things – automatic and boring. Over the last four seasons, NFL kickers made 99.5 percent of...
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OBSCURE SUPER BOWL HEROES Star players, especially quarterbacks, ensure their legacy in the Super Bowl. John Elway, despite all of his accomplishments on the field, was winless in three trips to the big...
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SHERMAN THANKS Marshawn Lynch showed up for the Super Bowl’s Media Day on Tuesday. He didn’t stay long and he didn’t say much. Notoriously guarded, Lynch simply told the assembled questioners at Podium...
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You hang around the NFL long enough, you learn to connect the dots. Especially when they’re the size of beach balls. The owner of the St. Louis Rams, a team on a year-to-year...
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The NFL reacted with too little urgency in the Ray Rice case, and now has gone overboard to hammer Adrian Peterson. Peterson has played in one game this season for the Minnesota Vikings,...
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The NFL must now make a decision about Adrian Peterson, reopening the painful discussions about domestic violence. Peterson, the Minnesota Vikings running back, pleaded no contest on Tuesday to a charge of child...