Tom Brady now has two high profile roles in football: an owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and a lead NFL broadcaster for Fox. When Brady retired from football (again), Fox lured him in as an announcer with a 10-year, $375 million contract.[1] He started his announcing role this fall at the start of the... Continue Reading →
On September 12, 2024, during a Week 2 matchup against the Buffalo Bills, “[t]wo of the most fragile things in the NFL collided[:] Damar Hamlin’s [Buffalo Bills] chest and Tua Tagovailoa’s [Miami Dolphins] head.”[1] This collision sent shockwaves through the sports world for two reasons. First, it was Hamlin’s chest that made contact with Tagovailoa.... Continue Reading →
Oklahoma State announced last week that it was going to place QR codes on the back of football players helmets for this season. The QR codes would link directly to OSU’s general NIL (Name, Image, & Likeness) fund to drive NIL contributions by viewers. Although the QR codes would not have been large enough for... Continue Reading →
[1] Clemson is taking the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) to court, and the ramifications of the lawsuit could be massive for not just the conference but all of college football. Last month Clemson followed the lead of Florida State University (FSU) and filed a lawsuit against the ACC. Their goal?: To prove that the contracts... Continue Reading →
[1] As of late last week, Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula are currently exploring the possibility of selling a non-controlling, minority interest in the team.[2] The current working figure is a 25% stake in the franchise, though this number is not set in stone.[3] In a statement released on Friday, the Bills stated... Continue Reading →
On Sunday, April 7th, former University of Texas star defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat was arrested on a charge of suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Austin, Texas.[1] According to local news stations, Sweat was driving on Interstate 35 and was booked at 2:12 pm.[2] Sweat posted a$3,000 bond following his arrest.[3] Sweat was supposed to... Continue Reading →
Lately, it feels like there are more and more white-collar crimes being committed in the sports world. From shady agents (ex-NBA agent Charles Briscoe), to greedy doctors (NBA Dr. Wahab), to perfectionist parents (Operation Varsity Blues), it seems no sport is safe from fraudsters. Now, a former Jacksonville Jaguars finance employee has been sentenced to six years and six... Continue Reading →
Electronic Arts finally released news on its upcoming and highly anticipated NCAA college football video game. Following the release of NCAA 14 on July 9th, 2013, EA Sports ended its top-rated and successful college sports game series, as the last college basketball game was released in November 2009. EA Sports were forced to discontinue the... Continue Reading →
Deadspin has found itself the defendant of a defamation lawsuit following Carron Phillips’s comments that a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan had “found a way to hate Black people and the Native American at the same time.”[1] The boy, Holden Armenta, wore a headdress and face paint at a Chiefs-Raiders game. Since Phillips’s article was... Continue Reading →
During week 1 of the 2007 NFL season, the New England Patriots were facing the New York Jets. Right before halftime, a video assistant for the Patriots was caught illegally videotaping the hand signals from the Jets defensive assistants. The Patriots later admitted to the videotaping, and both the Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick... Continue Reading →