NEW YORK — Ray Rice has won the appeal of his indefinite suspension by the NFL, the players’ union said Friday. NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah told The Associated Press in an email that “I can only confirm the suspension has been vacated, effective immediately.” The appeal was heard earlier this month by former U.S. […]
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NFL suspends Viking’s Adrian Peterson for at least rest of season
MINNEAPOLIS — Adrian Peterson was suspended without pay for at least the rest of the season by the NFL on Tuesday. The league said it informed the Minnesota Vikings running back in a letter from Commissioner Roger Goodell that he will not be considered for reinstatement before April 15 for violating the NFL personal conduct […]
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LePage wants NFL to partner with governors against domestic violence
AUGUSTA — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is urging the commissioner of the NFL to team up with the nation’s governors to tackle the problem of domestic violence. In a letter to Roger Goodell last week, LePage said that the NFL should create a coalition of team owners and governors to turn the “national spotlight on […]
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Rich Lowry: The media’s absurd NFL hysteria
During the past few weeks, two sets of initials have dominated the news — ISIL and NFL — and the casual listener would be hard-pressed to decide which is more odious. It’s a wonder that President Barack Obama hasn’t pledged to bring NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to justice. Such is the weight the press has […]
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Cal Thomas: NFL should consider morals clauses in contracts
The “indefinite suspension” of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for knocking out his then-fiancee, now wife, in an elevator at an Atlantic City casino has again provoked debate about domestic violence and what the National Football League tolerates when it affects a star player. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, who last spring testified to […]
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The Hot Corner: Football’s failures reflect society’s ills
We don’t have a football problem. We have a moral problem. A generation of men that doesn’t have the remotest suspicion how to be real men. Society that has pegged “disrespect” as the ultimate insult, without recognizing that respect is earned. Culture that has desensitized us to violence and the objectification of women, even as […]
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LePage on Rice suspension: ‘It’s too bad they waited so long to do the right thing’
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage sounded off Tuesday about the indefinite suspension of Ray Rice, charged with assaulting his then-fiancee, by the National Football League on Monday. “It is a sad commentary that the NFL only took action to suspend Rice until after it had seen this shocking video,” LePage said. “The (Baltimore) Ravens and […]
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Ravens release Ray Rice after violent video released
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ray Rice was let go by the Baltimore Ravens on Monday and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released that appears to show the running back striking his then-fiancee in February. The grainy video, released by TMZ Sports, apparently shows Rice and Janay Palmer in an elevator at an […]
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NFL adopts more severe penalties for domestic violence offenses
NEW YORK — NFL players will be subject to a six-week suspension for a first domestic violence offense and banishment from the league for a second under a new policy outlined by Commissioner Roger Goodell. In a letter and memo sent to all 32 teams owners Thursday, and obtained by The Associated Press, Goodell says […]
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LePage blasts NFL for light punishment in domestic violence incident
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage, outraged that National Football League player Ray Rice received only a two-game suspension for a domestic violence arrest, pledged to boycott the league and called on its commissioner to take the issue seriously. In a scathing letter sent to Roger Goodell on Tuesday, the outspoken Republican governor said the […]