NFL union pans commissioner's call for players to report on teammates' possible concussions The NFL Players Association opposes commissioner Roger Goodell's call for ...
Commissioner fines Titans owner Bud Adams $250,000 for obscene gesture to Bills fans after win The NFL flags and fines players for excessive ...
Waxman says court decisions threaten progress on curtailing drug use in sports A key lawmaker said Tuesday that recent court decisions blocking suspensions of two NFL players threaten to undermine progress made in reducing performance-enhancing drug use among athletes at all levels. ...
FILE -- This is an Oct. 28, 2009 file photo showing NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on legal issues relating to football head injuries. Goodell plans to ask Congress for legislation ...
NFL's Goodell, player union's Smith, to testify before Congress on Vikings suspension case NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is returning to Capitol Hill next week, this time to testify about the case of two professional football players whose suspensions for violating the league's ...
Before Congress, NFL's Goodell won't acknowledge link between head injuries, brain diseases After testifying for several hours on Capitol Hill and defending how the NFL handles current and retired players with head injuries, commissioner Roger Goodell recalled suffering a concussion himself in ...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell waits to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on legal issues relating to football head injuries. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Copyright 2009 AP News
Gay Culverhouse, former president of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, right, accompanied by NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, center, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on ...
Before Congress, NFL's Goodell won't acknowledge link between head injuries, brain diseases NFL commissioner Roger Goodell did not acknowledge a connection between head injuries on the football field and later brain diseases while defending the league's policies on concussions before Congress on ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Football League and its players association agreed on Wednesday to cooperate in a congressional call for an independent review of the scope and severity of head injuries in their sport. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith, ...
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell (L) talks with Sylvia Mackey (L), wife of former National Football Player John Mackey, before a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee about football brain injuries on Captiol Hill October 28, 2009 ...
NFL commissioner: League to offer medical follow-up to ex-players who reported mental problems When a recent study conducted for the NFL suggested that retired pro football players may have a higher rate than normal of Alzheimer's disease or other memory afflictions, the ...
