There are the best players, then there are most fascinating players. The guys who tap into our emotional brain space because they are an underdog, mounting a comeback, a medical miracle, have a boatload to prove or just freakin’ awesome The list belo...
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett shared quite the powerful story on Twitter this morning, According to Bennett, he was threatened and handcuffed by police following the Mayweather-McGregor fight in Las Vegas two weeks ago simply for being black. ...
MetLife Stadium is about ten miles outside of New York City in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Going out there from Manhattan is essentially the equivalent of following Moses around the desert for 40 years looking for the Promised Land. Nothing really ever c...
Anonymous NFL personnel and random New York Times guest columnists may believe that Colin Kaepernick is no longer good to play in the NFL, but the league’s biggest stars disagree. Broncos linebacker Von Miller told SI Now’s Robin Lundberg that is ...
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...
“I wanted to win the award for those guys, because they put in a lot of work behind the scenes.” –Jordy Nelson on (briefly) thanking his athletic trainers during his Comeback Player of the Year Award speech, 2017 “We are...
If the NFL is consistent with anything, it is running murky investigations. Ezekiel Elliott was suspended six games for his alleged role in a domestic violence assault against his ex-girlfriend. Elliott’s appeal hearing quickly followed and concluded Th...
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...
No one is allowed to ever speak an ill word about Texans DE J.J. Watt. In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Watt started soliciting donations to help evacuees, and the response was been inspiring. What started as a modest goal of raising $200,000 has spira...
Matthew Stafford deserves his newly minted five-year contract extension reportedly worth $135 million, plus a $50 million signing bonus because that is what the quarterback market dictates. Derek Carr signed a monster $125 million contract this summer tha...
