Lions QB Stafford wins Comeback Player of Year (PA SportsTicker) - By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:36:18 PSTEx-player, ALS patient Gleason pushes awareness (The Canadian Press) - Former New Orleans Saints special teams standout and current ALS patient Steve Gleason can't help but wonder whether his football career contributed to his debilitating and ultimately fatal neuromuscular disease.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:31:35 PSTBrowns Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) -
From the moment in midseason last year when Browns president Mike Holmgren said an offensive coordinator would be added to Pat Shurmur's coaching staff so Shurmur could concentrate on delegating duties as head coach, Brad Childress became a leading candidate for the job.
It took nearly four weeks after the final game to put everything in place, but in the end the job did go to Childress, who began his coaching career as the running backs coach at the University of Illinois in 1978.
Childress and Shurmur were hired by Eagles head coach Andy Reid in 1999 - Shurmur as tight ends/offensive line coach and Childress as quarterbacks coach. Both were assistant coaches in college the previous year.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:25:18 PST
Griffin would like to unseat Luck as first overall pick (The National Football Post) - Robert Griffin III came from off the radar to win the Heisman Trophy in 2011. Now, the Baylor quarterback is...
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:25:00 PST
Why one team won’t have cheerleaders at Super Bowl XLVI (Yahoo! Sports) - The pompoms are back. Sort of. Sideline spectators have another reason to tune into Super Bowl XLVI: After a drought last year with the cheerless Green Bay/Pittsburgh championship, cheerleaders will be returning to the sidelines. The burden, though, will rest on … Continue reading →
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:09:43 PST
NFL's Goodell says no plans to expand anytime soon (AP) - Sorry, Los Angeles. The only NFL expansion happening anytime soon is to next season's schedule of Thursday night games. During his annual Super Bowl news conference, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday there hasn't been any discussion about adding to the league's 32 teams, and indicated he's not too keen about the idea of shifting a franchise, either.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:22:32 PST
'Football researcher' Ernie Adams is biggest mystery behind Bill Belichick's secretive Patriots (Yahoo! Sports) - Bill Belichick has an adviser who has a legendary high football IQ. Good luck in trying to spot him at the Super Bowl.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:01:00 PST
'They use you up': Hall of Famer Dorsett suing NFL (AP) - The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career. "It was like a freight train hitting a Volkswagen," Dorsett says now. "Did they know it was a concussion?" he asks rhetorically during an interview with The Associated Press.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:04:44 PST
Cleveland Browns? Future at Running Back: A Fan?s Look (Yahoo! Contributor Network) - As it stands at running back, the Cleveland Browns have Brandon Jackson on injured reserve but will likely return to action next season. Peyton Hillis who remains questionable if he will be on the team next year. Montario Hardesty who the Browns hope has a bright future despite...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:39:00 PST
The Biggest Losers (The National Football Post) - The Quick Introduction We've crunched the numbers from 46 glorious NFL seasons to identify the 25 Greatest...
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:30:00 PST
