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Do we have enough examples of bad press conferences yet? As bad as Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall’s was this week, it was no match for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s on Friday in New York. The good news is Goodell actually appeared in public for the first time more than a week. The bad news […]
Yes, Devin Hester remains ridiculous. The former Chicago Bears star returned a punt 62 yards for a touchdown for the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night in a 56-14 victory vs. the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It was an NFL record-breaking 20th return TD. He had been tied with Deion Sanders for the record. What’s really […]
What an upstanding group attended the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony Wednesday at Hawthorne Racecourse. In particular the former Chicago Honey Bears and Luvabulls who were up standing — and cheering — when Cathy Core received a Lifetime Achievement award. Cathy was the director of both groups. And once again may we remind […]
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 […]
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 […]