Why keep cheering for an NFL cheater? (Bennington Banner)
Why keep cheering for an NFL cheater? (Bennington Banner)
Congratulations, Patriot fans. You’ve turned Foxborough, Mass., into New San Francisco. It would be appropriate to rename Foxborough just that, given the free pass Bill Belichick has been handed by Patriots fans, a reaction eerily similar to the one Barry Bonds has gotten in San Francisco.
NFL a kick to watch on Sunday (The Record)
Random thoughts for a Tuesday morning:
How The NFL Became America’s Game (NBC 5 Chicago)
Peruse the National Football League’s financial playbook and you will discover a game plan laced with more slick twists and sweet slants than any Super Bowl strategy. “What you have,” said Joe Theismann, a retired Washington Redskins quarterback and former ESPN analyst, “is the perfect business model.” By Bill Briggs.
Knee-jerk reaction by the NFL (The Post and Courier)
Nearly a million bucks in fines and a first-round draft pick for stealing signs in the NFL? Stealing signs is such an integral part of baseball that, well, that’s why they have signs in the first place. Trying to get an edge in NASCAR is so prevalent that cheating’s considered standard equ…
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Goodell rules the NFL with rod of iron (Detroit Free Press)
When Paul Tagliabue retired as NFL commissioner before last season, some people referred to him as the best American sports commissioner ever — or at least, one of the best.
NFL commentary (Baltimore Examiner)
What rules would you break if you were a coach and the reward could be millions of dollars with a risk of minimal punishment?