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 Falcons Release Vick 


Jun 12, 09 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick may yet fling a football again in the NFL, but it won't be for the Atlanta Falcons. The team today released its former quarterback, who is close to completing his federal sentence for dogfighting, reports the Journal-Constitution. The Falcons had hoped to trade Vick—who is still awaiting... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • football • quarterback • dog fighting

Vikings Want Favre to Commit This Week

As QB mulls injury status, team demands yes or no answer

Jun 8, 09 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Minnesota Vikings have demanded that Brett Favre decide this week whether he will join the team, ESPN reports. The quarterback wanted to play for Minnesota last season, but was contractually unable. Retiring after his disastrous stint with the New York Jets would allow him to suit up for the... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • football • New York Jets • Minnesota Vikings • Brad Childress

Yahoo Sues for  Free Fantasy Football Stats

Company argues NFL union has no copyright on players'  info

Jun 4, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo has taken the NFL Players Association to court in a bid to use players' information for its online fantasy football game without paying royalties, CNET reports. Yahoo argues that since the players' names, biographies, and statistics are already in the public domain, it no longer needs to gain permission... More »

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Yahoo • NFL • copyright • fantasy sports • lawsuit • NFL Players Association

ANALYSIS

The Best and Worst NFL 
Franchises

But hold your bets: Rankings show winning isn't everything

May 29, 09 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Great NFL organizations don’t always win Super Bowls, so Adam Schein separates the well oiled from the well Lombardi’d for Fox Sports, ranking franchises on everything from their coaching staffs to public-relations people. The top three:
  • New England Patriots: “The model franchise in all of professional
... More »

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sports • NFL • New England Patriots • Cleveland Browns • Oakland Raiders • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • Detroit Lions • Philadelphia Eagles

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 How Vick 
 Can Get 
 Back to NFL 

Must show 'remorse' without moves looking 'choreographed'

May 29, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Can Michael Vick overcome his dismal image and play again in the NFL? His high school coach thinks so—but it will require a serious, sustained effort from the quarterback convicted on dog-fighting charges, USA Today reports. “From a reputation standpoint,” says a crisis-management expert, “being inhumane... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • Michael Vick • dogfighting • public relations • Humane Society • public image

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Former Wilco Rocker Dead at 45 

Plus, NFL player hospitalized, more

May 25, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rock musician Jay Bennett, a former member of Wilco, died early yesterday in his sleep, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. An autopsy for the 45-year-old is pending. Elsewhere:
  • NFL player Jeremy Shockey was rushed to the hospital yesterday after being found unconscious while partying at the Hard Rock Hotel in
... More »

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entertainment • NFL • celebrity • gossip • Amy Winehouse • Jeremy Shockey • Colin Farrell • hospitalization • Gordon Ramsay

OPINION

 Worst (Un)Retirements 
 in Sports 


May 21, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Brett Favre mulling yet another unretirement, Will Leitch of New York magazine looks back on the worst unretirements in sports history. They range from cringe-worthy to incomparably cringe-worthy:
  • Ricky Williams: How many drug tests can one man fail?
  • Lance Armstrong: "It’s difficult to come
... More »

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NFL • Chicago Cubs • Washington Wizards • Chicago Bulls • Roger Clemens • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • cycling • football • Michael Jordan • Miami Dolphins • retirement • Tour de France • Evander Holyfield • New Orleans Saints • Lance Armstrong • New York Jets • bicycling • Ricky Williams • baseball

 Vick Begins House Arrest 

He'll work construction while living in his Va. home

May 21, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(AP) - Michael Vick arrived at his Virginia home today after being released yesterday from federal prison. After 19 months in a Kansas lock-up, the suspended NFL player will spend the remaining two months of his sentence for financing a dogfighting operation under home confinement, wearing an electronic monitor and working a... More »

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NFL • prison • Michael Vick • football • Virginia • dogfighting • house arrest

 Vick Sprung From Prison 

Final 2 months of sentence will be home confinement

May 20, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(AP) - Michael Vick has left a Kansas prison and is on his way back to Virginia, where he'll be confined to his home for 2 months, one of the suspended NFL star's lawyers says. Vick left the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth overnight, ostensibly for a home he owns in Hampton. The... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • crime • Michael Vick • football • dogfighting • Fort Leavenworth

Vick Will Work With Humane Society

Soon-to-be-released QB will spread word against dog fighting

May 19, 09 6:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Vick will work with the Humane Society to spread the message against dog fighting when he gets out of prison, reports CNN. Details are still to be worked out, but Vick is expected to work on programs designed to keep youths away from the practice and to help those... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • animal cruelty • Humane Society • quarterback • dog fighting

(Newser) - The NFL gave New Orleans a little post-Katrina love today, announcing that the city will host the Super Bowl in 2013, the Times-Picayune reports. "From every perspective, this shows that our city is on the rise, viable and thriving," said Saints owner Tom Benson. "Maybe we don't... More »

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NFL • New Orleans • Super Bowl • football

Steelers Star Passes on Obama Visit

Invite us when we don't win, says Harrison, who declined in '06, too

May 18, 09 4:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Linebacker James Harrison, the NFL defensive player of the year and a key cog in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Super Bowl victory this year, won’t accompany his team to the White House this week, WTAE-TV reports. Harrison also turned down the honor when Pittsburgh won in 2006. “If you... More »

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NFL • Arizona Cardinals • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • James Harrison • President Obama • Super Bowl XLIII • presidential invitation

(Newser) - The business world’s dependence on its own form of gambling—the “expectations,” or stock market—helped fuel the current financial crisis and the dot-com crash, writes Roger Martin in the Financial Times. “Neither would have happened if our business and capital markets theories had been as... More »

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NFL • executive compensation • shareholders • financial markets • stock options • financial crisis • Jay-ZTV

 Favre to Talk With Vikings 


May 5, 09 7:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - He just can't stay away: Brett Favre will talk to Vikings coach Brad Childress this week about renouncing his NFL retirement—again—and suiting up for Minnesota, reports ESPN. A decision would have to come quickly: The Vikes would want Favre to participate in training camp, something he missed last... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • football • New York Jets • Minnesota Vikings • quarterback

PETA Drops
Vick Deal Over Psycho Fears

QB short on remorse, declined test 'to weed out psychopaths'

May 2, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A potential deal between PETA and disgraced Falcons QB Michael Vick, for anti-dogfighting public service ads, is off the table, the animal rights group now says, and has been since December, Advertising Age reports. A PETA rep says they pulled the offer after learning from a USDA report on... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • animal cruelty • PETA • dogfighting

 Vick May Do PSAs for PETA 


May 1, 09 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - As he seeks to scrub his sullied image, disgraced NFL quarterback Michael Vick is in talks appear in public-service ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Advertising Age reports. “We want him to discourage people from taking part in dogfighting,” a PETA rep said of charges... More »

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NFL • Michael Vick • PETA • dogfighting • federal prison • PSA

ANALYSIS

Favre and
the Rumor That Just Won't Die

Vikings obvious next stop for retired 'at this time' QB

Apr 29, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fact that Brett Favre left the door ajar, if only slightly, has sportswriters in at least two cities salivating over where the “at this time, I am retired” quarterback will land next season. And speculation is Minnesota, where, Judd Zalgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune points out, the... More »

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NFL • Arizona Cardinals • Brett Favre • retirement • Minnesota Vikings • Kurt Warner • rumors

 Homeless Teen 
 Heads to Ravens 

Offensive tackle Oher is 23rd pick of NFL draft

Apr 26, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A homeless teen turned All-American football player is headed to the NFL. The Baltimore Ravens yesterday traded up to choose Mississippi offensive tackle Michael Oher as the 23rd pick of this year's draft, reports the Baltimore Sun. "It's been a long journey," said Oher, close to tears. "... More »

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NFL • NFL draft • homeless • Baltimore Ravens • Michael Oher

 NFL Explores 
 London Super Bowl 

NFL, city government have had 'substantive conversations'

Apr 24, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL is in talks with London officials about holding a Super Bowl there, the BBC reports. “We have had very substantive conversations with the city of London,” a league exec says. “We’ve got to the point of exploring the bid document.” The next three... More »

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NFL • London • Super Bowl • football • Britain • Wembley Stadium • Frank Supovitz

'Fridge' in Hospital With Serious Illness

Former NFL star Perry was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré last year

Apr 22, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - William "the Refrigerator" Perry is in serious condition at a South Carolina hospital, the Chicago Tribune reports. The former Bears defensive tackle was diagnosed last year with Guillain-Barré, a syndrome that causes inflamed nerves and weakness. The star of the 1986 Super Bowl "is improving every day and... More »

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NFL • football • Chicago Bears • hospital • William Perry • Guillain-Barré

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