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NFL's Facebook Message to Fans Example of Social Media Fail

Why is it that so many large corporations are so bad at social media? The latest example of social media failure is the NFL's recent use of Facebook to communicate with fans. On Tuesday, the NFL used Facebook to get Roger Goodell's message out to fans about his desire to get a labor deal done by March. Most fans agree...

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Needs to Resonate With Pro Sports -- Now

Four years into the Second World War, Lt. Carlton Skinner, the commander of the U.S. weather ship Sea Cloud in the North Atlantic, sent a memo up the Navy's chain of command. He requested that it allow him to start training black seamen, long relegated to menial tasks, for critical jobs reserved for white sailors. Skinner...

Lions President Tom Lewand Suspended 30 Days, Fined $100K

The NFL has suspended Detroit Lions President Tom Lewand for 30 days and fined him $100,000 as a result of his drunk driving arrest and subsequent guilty plea, as Commissioner Roger Goodell shows once again that he's serious about holding all league employees to high standards in their personal conduct. In this case,...

Unlike Tackles, Big Ben Won't Elude This

Upwards of 10 times on Monday afternoon, the district attorney in the small central Georgia town where NFL superstar quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was being investigated for sexual assault chose to refer to the woman who accused Roethlisberger as "victim." The lead prosecutor for Ocmulgee County (Ga.), Fred Bright,...

Roger Goodell Talks About Movies, Crying, and Bud Adams' Middle Finger

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell isn't known for his sense of humor. Or his ability to smile. Or for doing much else outside of handing down fines to stifle would-be celebrators, both players and owners. But Brad Blanks caught up with Goodell at the Blind Side premiere, and the commish appeared to be in good spirits. Video...

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05/30/12 Arbitrator meets with NFL, players' union Source: The Journal Times - Racine WI An arbitrator has met with the NFL and the players' union in a dispute over Commissioner Roger Goodell's authority to punish players in the New Orleans Saints bounties scandal.
05/30/12 News Minute: Here is the latest Mississippi news from... Source: KSLA News 12 An expanded class-action settlement accord calls for two dozen companies that built trailers used after hurricanes Katrina and Rita to pay a combined $37.5 million to Gulf Coast residents.
05/30/12 Goodell Asks For Time To Respond To Lawsuit Source: Sports Business Journal NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asked a Louisiana federal court for an additional three weeks, until July 5, to reply to a defamation lawsuit filed against him by Saints LB Jonathan Vilma, a move Goodell quickly opposed.
05/28/12 Assemblyman Goodell 2nd Most Famous In Own Family Source: Daily Politics - New York Daily News It wasn't that long ago that upstate GOP Assemblyman Andrew Goodell was the best-known person in his family.
05/28/12 NFL and Roger Goodell wasting their time with... Source: LehighValleyLive.com - Harrisburg PA What's more rare than finding a fan of NFL announcer Joe Buck ?