Backed against a climate of litigation and growing awareness of brian trauma, the NFL has taken measures to make the game safer in recent years. Unfortunately there is little that can be done to fully prevent concussions. Seahawks linebacker Joshua Perry ...
Some buddies and I draw for draft order in our 14-team league the first weekend of August. We do it at a bar in a hotel-casino in northern Wisconsin during an annual golf weekend. The draw takes up a few minutes of our Friday night but spa...
In case you didn’t notice the creative player arrivals or collective “IT’S BACK” scream of the media, training camp began for most teams this week. The rigid scheduling synonymous with this season of hope makes players’ work in the community a...
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As a sportswriter who covers all corners of the NFL, including protests against societal inequality and the league’s domestic violence issues, I am often the recipient of that tired, predictable phrase: “stick to sports.” Not only is “stick to spo...
Another week in the NFL. Another hotly contested off-field issue to overshadow the on-field stuff. This time it was old friend, the now on-hold . Every time the issue rears its ugly, unnecessary head, a segment of the population seizes the opportunity a...
When it comes to 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, interest is pretty split between Garoppolo's potential as an elite quarterback and his dating life given his, um, slightly better than average looks. So we suppose the following qualifies as “news....
About 8.5 minutes into the second episode of Very Cavallari, I had two clear realizations: 1) Whoever thought Very Cavallari was interesting enough to fill an hour needs a reassignment. 2) Whoever invented the DVR is manna from heaven. To thos...
This morning I woke up with a heavier-than-normal sense of dread. What was waiting on the old Twitter feed? I don’t mean political news – that’s a standstill of misery. I mean, what would punctuate a week in NFL news that was among the most disturbi...
The TFG Pod is back and we're weekly through the NFL season! In the week's episode, Melissa talks to Jennifer King, who will be a coaching intern for the Panthers during training camp after a successful rookie minicamp in the game role. King describes mee...
