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ESPN Changes Michael Vick Report After NFL Tweets About It

On Thursday afternoon, ESPN reported that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell would reinstate the suspended former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, and that if a team signed Vick, he would then be suspended for his first four regular-season games.That came as news to the NFL, which went on Twitter to dispute the report. Greg...

NFL Changes Online Audio-Video Rule: Policy Still Anti-Media and Anti-Fan

Last summer, I explained an NFL policy designed to limit the amount of video and audio content that traditional media could put on their online ventures. As a part of the credentialing process, the media had to agree not to use more than 45 seconds of interview content each day. The video could only be kept on the website...

Bears-Redskins Will Be Played as Scheduled

This week has been as miserable a week as you could imagine for the Washington Redskins. The next seven days figure to test their wills even further. They play Buffalo on Sunday, bury their fallen teammate Sean Taylor on Monday and then play the Bears on Thursday, a game that will be played as scheduled despite calls for...

GregAiello News From the Web

05/26/12 NFL says New Jersey gambling law would not change SB... Source: NFL NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's plan to allow sports betting at all horse-racing tracks and casions in the state would have no effect on the league's plans to hold Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in February 2014.
05/23/12 NFL Players Claim League Conspired on Secret Salary Cap Source: Bloomberg.com National Football League players accused the league of conspiring on a secret per-club salary cap in 2010, violating settlement of a 1992 lawsuit by the late Philadelphia Eagles football Hall of Famer Reggie White.
05/17/12 Goodell holding court Source: The Concordia Sentinel - Ferriday LA So Roger Goodell, what's that like being judge and jury?
05/14/12 MLB Fires Arbitrator Shyam Das, Who Overturned Ryan... Source: NESN Das had been baseball's permanent arbitrator since 1999, part of what technically is a three-man panel that also includes a representation of management and labor.
04/23/12 NFL increases offseason roster limit to 90 players Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC The NFL has increased its offseason roster limit from 80 to 90 players per team.