This week, the transactions wire and rumor mill are going mad.
Football
The End of the NFL Lockout: What Each Side Got
The NFL lockout came to a close on Monday afternoon, as player representatives from all 32 National Football League teams approved a new collective bargaining agreement that the owners ratified last Thursday night. “Football is …
Ray Lewis: NFL Lockout Could Cause Crime Spike
Ray Lewis, the manically intense middle linebacker from the Baltimore Ravens, will go down as one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history. But he might want to stay away from sociology.
Sore Losers and Steve Carell: Why The NFL Draft Will Be Deflating
ESPN can broadcast as many uncomfortable episodes of “Jon Gruden’s QB Camp” that it wants (why any agent would permit a prospect to subject himself to nationally-televised awkward conversations with an ex-NFL coach is beyond me).
The NFL Unfolds a Standardized Concussion Test. Took Them Long Enough
Concussion detection is crucial, but could have been tackled long ago.
Super Bowl Ticket Scandal: Are Fans Planning A Suit?
Matthew Rush, 40, is a die-hard Steelers fan who spent over $4,000 to attend this year’s Super Bowl. That’s an awfully pricey trip to the sports bar, so he may sue the NFL.
Top 10 Super Bowl Moments
As the New York Giants and New England Patriots battle it out in Super Bowl XLVI, TIME takes a time out to review the greatest catches, tackles, passes and runs in Super Bowl history. As well as a kick to forget
A Frigid Texas Super Bowl: No Big Deal For the TV Audience, A Very Big Deal For the Local Economy
There’s nothing worse than media whining about the frigid Super Bowl temperatures in Dallas, simply because reporters are used to trips to Miami and Arizona, and didn’t pack a winter coat. Especially during a week when …
Green Bay Packers Go Back to School — For Super Bowl Practice
What is B.J. Raji – all 337 pounds of him – doing outside calculus class?
Don’t Go, Ochocinco! Football Star to Change Name Back
So what, exactly, is going to happen with the Ocho Cinco News Network?
NFL Players and Safety: A Super Bowl of Hypocrisy
Chicago’s Jay Cutler stood forlornly on the sideline Sunday afternoon, watching his Bears and a third-string replacement named Caleb Hanie lose, 21-14, to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game. The criticism about …
Messi Wins FIFA’s Ballon d’Or Award
Not only he is the most gifted soccer player of his generation but Argentina and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi has once again been recognized as such by his peers and journalists. But was he truly deserving of FIFA’s top award?
BCS Championship: A Quirky Little Game
Before last night’s Tostitos BCS national championship game in Glendale, Ariz., Oregon and Auburn, the two schools vying for the title, last played football during the first weekend of December. The geniuses who run college …