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 NFL Scores Ratings Touchdown 

Recession keeps people on couch on Sunday

Nov 6, 09 7:41 AM CST
(Newser) - NFL ratings are through the roof this year, as the recession keeps fans on the couch on Sunday afternoons...and Sunday nights and Monday nights. Ratings are at a 20-year high, with an average 17.2 million watching each game. “The NFL and television are actually getting the so-called... More »

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NFL • football • recession • TV ratings • Robert Kraft

asphalt is the new grass

 Tailgating: The New Picnic 

No more lounging in a meadow—we picnic in parking lots now

Oct 21, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The good old-fashioned picnic—a blanket, a thermos, the countryside—is a thing of the past. Its replacement: Tailgating, “jammed together, on asphalt, amid exhaust fumes and exhausting vulgarities,” writes Frank Deford for NPR. This new American tradition “crosses all ethnic, racial, and religious lines. You just... More »

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sports • football • concert • picnic • trends • tailgating

UConn Football Player Slain
on Campus

Cornerback Jasper Howard, 20, was stabbed to death

Oct 18, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A University of Connecticut football player has died after being stabbed on campus early this morning. Jasper Howard, a junior cornerback from Miami and the first member of his family to attend college, was 20. Two groups of people scuffled as a dance at the student union was letting out,... More »

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crime • football • death • stabbing • University of Connecticut • college football • Jasper Howard • Storrs, Conn.

Limbaugh Blames 'Race Hustlers' for Failed Bid

Accuses NFL players' union of dirty politics

Oct 15, 09 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh blamed the NFL players' union, pressure from "race hustlers" such as Al Sharpton, and unfair media coverage for his failed bid at NFL ownership, reports Bloomberg. He also said Dave Checketts—the man who organized the bid—cleared Limbaugh's name with "people at the highest level"... More »

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Roger Goodell • Rush Limbaugh • football • NFL Players Association • Dave Checketts • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

Columnist Backtracks, Slightly, on Limbaugh Quote

Rush still has no business trying to own the Rams

Oct 14, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Columnist Bryan Burwell acknowledges that he is among those who ran with an old quote attributed to Rush Limbaugh on the "merits" of slavery without verifying it. Limbaugh insists he never said it, and Burwell is fine taking him at his word on that. It doesn't change his view... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • conservative • football • slavery • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

glossies

 Dog Fighting, Football 
 Share Brutal Similarities 

We despise one and love the other. But willful injury is inherent to both

Oct 13, 09 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Malcolm Gladwell is serious when he asks the question, in the New Yorker, whether football is really any different from dog fighting. He doesn't just mean that both inflict grievous injury to combatants—though the brain damage sustained by football linemen takes considerably longer to kill them—but that there... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • football • Malcolm Gladwell • dog fighting • chronic traumatic encephalopathy • linemen

 NFL Union 
 Boss Rips 
 Rush 'Hatred' 

Exec director urges players to speak up about Limbaugh's potential Rams purchase

Oct 12, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - An email from the head of the NFL players union has blasted a potential purchase of the Rams by Rush Limbaugh, complaining that the right-winger's brand of "hatred and discrimination" have no place in sports. "Sport in America is at its best when it unifies, gives all of... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • football • team • football player

 Limbaugh Bids 
 to Buy Lowly Rams 

Along with NHL/MLS owner Dave Checketts

Oct 6, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is teaming with Dave Checketts, owner of the NHL’s St. Louis Blues, in a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh confirmed the bid but refused to elaborate. “The Rams would be a great team to have,” he previously told the St. Louis ... More »

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NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • football • St. Louis Blues • Dave Checketts

 Teens Pummel 
 Pom Queen in 
 Facebook Vid 

Two girls busted after football game melee

Oct 2, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the latest event in the season of teen violence, two Maryland girls have been busted after their videotaped beating of a student was posted on Facebook. On the tape, the two teens tackle the leader of a pom squad at a Silver Spring football game and kick and punch... More »

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football • arrest • attack • assault • taped beating • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert • teen girls • pom squad

 Chad Ochocinco to Fly 
 Twitter Fans to His Games 

Bengal wide receiver, annoyed by ban, shows the love with tickets

Sep 18, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cincinnati Bengal Chad Ochocinco really likes Twitter, so he wasn't happy about the NFL's new policy banning tweets before, during, and after games. He tried to do an end run—vowing to use hand signals to pass messages to a tweeter in the stands, but the NFL banned having a... More »

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social networking • NFL • football • Cincinnati Bengals • Twitter • Chad Ochocinco

Fib Over Favre Injury Costs Jets, Mangini $125K

NFL levies fines against team, GM and former coach for not reporting injury

Sep 16, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL hit the Jets, GM Mike Tannenbaum, and former coach Eric Mangini with $125,000 in fines for not reporting Brett Favre’s injured arm last season, Bloomberg reports. Favre, now with the Vikings, spilled the beans a week ago that he played hurt the final weeks of the... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • football • New York Jets • Eric Mangini • Minnesota Vikings

NFL Springs Pop Music Reality TV Show on China  

Football show stars Taiwanese band loved 'liked the Beatles'

Sep 12, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL has tried and failed to make a dent in the European market, so the world’s most lucrative sports league is trying something different in China, the Washington Post reports: less football, more reality TV. The resulting show, NFL Blitz, features Taiwanese band Mayday—"like the Beatles"... More »

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China • reality TV • NFL • football

 In Recession, NFL 
 Blackout Rule Raises Ire 

To fill seats, league holds local TV broadcasts hostage

Sep 10, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - High ticket prices and the recession are taking their toll on attendance at pro football games. But if you can’t afford the stadium, at least you can watch at home, right? Wrong. The NFL is sticking to its “blackout” policy—no local broadcast if the stadium doesn’t... More »

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television • NFL • football • recession • stadium • broadcasting • local TV stations • blackout • attendance • National Football League • pro football

 Sack Vick, 
 Feed a Dog: 
 Animal Shelter 

To raise awareness of pit bull plight, group will match tackles with food

Sep 10, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania animal shelter has put a price on Michael Vick’s head—sort of. Main Line Animal Rescue ran an ad in the Washington Post promising to donate five bags of dog food to local shelters every time a Redskin sacks Vick during their Oct. 26 game. “... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • Washington Redskins • football • donation • Philadelphia Eagles • dog food • quarterback • pit bull • animal shelters • dog fighting • National Football League • pro football



 Redskins Drop Suit 
 Against Granny Who 
 Defaulted on Seats  

72-year-old fan let off the hook for $66K judgment

Sep 5, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Washington Redskins have relented and told a court to drop a $66,000 judgment against a grandmother who defaulted on a contract to buy season tickets, the Washington Post reports. Pat Hill, a 72-year-old real-estate agent, couldn't afford to make payments after the housing market crash and is among... More »

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NFL • Washington Redskins • football • lawsuit • tickets • sports fans • National Football League

 Coach Suspends Oregon 
 Player for Postgame Punch 

LeGarrette Blount out for rest of season

Sep 4, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Oregon Ducks' football coach has suspended hotheaded running back LeGarrette Blount for punching a Boise State player in the face, the Statesman Journal reports. Head coach Chip Kelly said Blount would retain his scholarship for the year but will not be allowed to play in any regular-season or bowl... More »

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football • Idaho • Oregon • attack • Oregon Ducks • Boise State Broncos • college football

 Oregon Player Apologizes 
 for Postgame Punch on TV 

LeGarrette Blount drops Boise's Byron Hout

Sep 4, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - LeGarrette Blount says he’s sorry for punching out a rival player on live TV and will accept any punishment, the Idaho Statesman reports. “I just apologize to everyone that was watching this,” the senior tailback said. “I lost my head.” Blount’s Oregon team... More »

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football • Oregon Ducks • Boise State Broncos • college football

(Newser) - Michael Vick, who last played in the NFL in 2006, will be eligible to suit up for the Eagles on Sept. 27, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. "Hopefully we can have a success story here that will be good for society in general and good for the NFL,"... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • football • probation • dogfighting • Andy Reid • federal prison • National Football League • pro football

 Recession 
 Woes Penalize 
 NFL Franchises 

Overall revenues up, but some franchises lose value for the first time in a decade

Sep 3, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tight credit and the recession-driven scarcity of buyers and investors slashed the value of eight NFL teams this year, Forbes reports. It’s the first time in a decade that even one team has seen a decline. Though the average team value held steady at $1 billion, Oakland led... More »

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NFL • Dallas Cowboys • investors • Oakland Raiders • football • franchise • recession • credit market • team • value

 Redskins Sue 
 Cash-Strapped 
 Fans, Win Millions 

Team has sued 125 fans, made $2 million

Sep 3, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over the last 5 years, the Washington Redskins have won $2 million in judgments after suing 125 season ticket holders who wanted out of their multiyear contracts, the Washington Post reports. Many say they’re loyal fans who simply fell on hard times, but the Redskins insist that lawsuits are... More »

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sports • NFL • Washington Redskins • football • lawsuit • default • tickets • financial crisis • sports fans • National Football League • pro football

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