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Midweek musings: In case anyone wants an excellent case study of crisis management and public relations, the NFL will be happy (OK, not really happy) to provide one in Adrian Peterson. And if you want another, there’s always Ray Rice. The Vikings early Wednesday (12:47 Central time, according to a release from the team) placed […]
The Minnesota Vikings reinstated running back Adrian Peterson on Monday. The reinstatement makes quite a statement about the Vikings. And it isn’t a good one. Peterson has been indicted by a Texas grand jury for child abuse (hitting his 4-year-old son with a tree branch that he used as a switch). Peterson was deactivated for […]
Monday meanderings: For about three quarters of the Chicago Bears-San Francisco 49ers game, it appeared the highlight for Sunday — at least for some of us — was going to be having mowed the front yard. Or putting in some solar-powered lights along the front steps. Yes, it was that incredible a day in the […]
Sunday smorgasbord: With fall in the air Saturday, two teams that have fallen in the baseball standings enjoyed a resurgence. If you said it’s the Cubs and White Sox, congratulations. They are heating up (the Cubs ended a seven-game losing streak and the Sox swept a doubleheader). What better indication that their seasons are well […]
Well, the NFL found a way to diminish some of the scrutiny on the Ray Rice domestic violence saga. All it took was for Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson to be indicted by a grand jury in Texas on charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child. Meaning Peterson is alleged to […]
As NFL owners circled the wagons around commissioner Roger Goodell (and themselves) regarding his handling of the Ray Rice domestic-violence case, Chicago Bears chairman George McCaskey issued a statement Thursday: “We welcome the independent investigation to understand the handling of evidence in the Ray Rice domestic violence case. It is important to know the facts. […]
Thursday thoughts (or reasonable facsimiles thereof): So let’s see if we have this correct. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has hired former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III to be in charge of an independent investigation into how the league handled its investigation of a domestic-violence issue regarding Ray Rice. Overseeing the NFL investigation of owners […]
Midweek musings: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell went on camera for a CBS News interview Tuesday during which he said no one in the NFL saw the video of Ray Rice knocking out his future wife with his fist in an elevator before the video became public Monday. Let’s assume for a moment that Goodell was […]
The Baltimore Ravens released running back Ray Rice on Monday. The National Football League suspended him indefinitely. Better late than never? Well, presumably so because the league already had suspended him two games for domestic violence — a punishment considered fairly light in light of the fact that the NFL suspends players for lesser crimes […]
What a great day to be a Chicago sports fan. The Bears open the regular season. The Sky plays the opener of the WNBA Finals. The Cubs and White Sox have the chance to play spoilers against a couple of wild-card hopefuls. By now, you know how this all ends (as if you didn’t before […]