When I was eight years old, my twin brother tried out for youth football. I was jealous. I wanted to play, too. I had tagged along with my brothers and their friends, playing tackle football in vacant yards behind schools and other office buildings. I kne...
Week 4 is still in progress but it has already been defined by injuries. Dalvin Cook Chris Carson suffered what the team is calling “a significant ankle injury” in the nightcap. Marcus Mariota left game with a hamstring injury, while Derek Carr left ...
If you put $10 on Jerry Jones kneeling before kickoff of Monday Night's Cowboys-Cardinals game, you are unquestionably rolling in cash and plenty of fancy powder blue suits. But your ticket should probably be invalidated because kneeling BEFORE the anthem...
The Raiders, Bengals and Bears were among the teams that lost NFL games this weekend. But the political maelstrom sparked by Donald Trump’s attacks on the NFL produced a far greater loser: the hate mongering, white supremacy condoning, narcissist that o...
Midway through the first quarter of Sunday’s Buffalo Bills home opener against the New York Jets, my 72-year-old father turned around to face the guy sitting directly behind us at New Era Field. “Hey bud,” he said politely, but also very fatherly...
Despite his five Super Bowl rings, his perfect wife, his clear G.O.A.T. status, despite his age-defying stamina, pinpoint accuracy, ability to turn no-name receivers into stars, impeccable taste in footwear, model good looks, cleft chin, and ability to . ...
The 2017 NFL season’s infancy is for the most part sticking to script. Star player (in this case Ezekiel Elliott) possibly suspended for the opening weeks as the result of an NFL investigation that is more probable than not lacking in credibility. Supre...
When Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti last month while he contemplated signing Colin Kaepernick, he sounded like a spineless moron. But at least he put his name behind his comments. At least he laid out what most thinking people believe to be fact: Kaepernic...
It was almost a year ago when Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett first ayeublicly pointed out a key ingredient missing to the slew of athletes protesting during the national anthem. "The white guy is super important to the fight. For people to real...
On Father’s Day, Seattle police fatally shot an African-American woman named Charleena Lyles after she called in a burglary report. Lyles had a documented history of mental illness and brandished a knife but the two officers did not ask her to put away ...
