In a 2019 lawsuit, player associations from the NFL, MLB, and NHL challenged the jock tax enforced by the City of Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that Pittsburgh’s fee on nonresident professional athletes was a violation of the state constitution’s uniformity clause.[1] However, the City of Pittsburg is now in front of the Pennsylvania... 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 →
The 2023 NFL season could be called many things. “The Year of the back-up Quarterback. “The Year of Parity.” “The Year of the Defenses.” One description that is flying under the radar is “The Year of the Fines.” Players have been fined a total of $5 million for on-field infractions, which is up 161 percent... Continue Reading →
Last Thursday, Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller turned himself into Glenn Heights Police (Texas) on a charge of assaulting a pregnant person – a third-degree felony. The alleged victim is Miller’s long-time girlfriend. Miller has been released on bond, and the Bills are aware of the incident. The Bills GM, Brandon Beane, spoke on... Continue Reading →
Two former NFL players, Stacey Bailey and Eric Curry, have accused the NFL of continuing to use race-norming.[1] “Race-norming is a type of statistical manipulation in which Black players are assumed to start out with lower baseline cognitive functioning.”[2] The former players are alleging that the league’s disability benefit plans are using race-norming to deny... Continue Reading →
Taylor Swift may be known for her record breaking performances on the stage and generating absurd amounts of revenue from her concerts. But now she is gaining attention for the effect she is having on the NFL and Travis Kelce. Taylor Swift is supposedly dating the Kansas City Chiefs star tight end, Travis Kelce. As... Continue Reading →
Who is Sergio Brown? Brown, born in May of ’88 in Maywood Illinois, was a standout athlete from a young age. He played football and was a track & field star. Brown attended the University of Notre Dame where he played special teams during his first two seasons, eventually becoming a starter in 2008 as... Continue Reading →
The NFL made significant amendments to its gambling policy at the end of September. Of those modifications, the following seem to be the biggest and most important to note: (1) betting on the NFL will be an indefinite suspension, with a minimum of one year, which can rise to a minimum of two years if... Continue Reading →
The inspirational story portrayed in The Blind Side makes it one of America’s favorite tear-jerkers. Now, the 2009 Oscar-nominated film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw has been turned on its head as the Tuohy family’s adoption of retired NFL player Michael Oher was revealed to be a conservatorship. On September 29th, a Tennessee probate... Continue Reading →