New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma (@JonVilma51) was in South Beach supporting his hometown hero DJ Irie at his seventh annual charity weekend.  The Pro Bowler said that he has been practicing with teammate Drew Brees and hopes that the players and owners can come to a contract agreement that will end the current lockout. […]

Plaxico Burress, the best wide receiver the New York Giants had in over a decade and the last person to touch the football for the Giants in their classic Super Bowl win over the previously undefeated New England Patriots in 2008, is being released from prison on Monday (June 6th). Burress has been in jail since […]

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Vernon and Vontae Davis are sure-handed National Football League players – Vernon, a tight end for the San Francisco 49ers, and younger brother Vontae a shutdown cornerback for the Miami Dolphins. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/28439

A federal judge is hearing arguments Wednesday from attorneys representing current and former NFL players who want the league to lift its lockout and this year’s football season to proceed. Judge Susan Richard Nelson is considering whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would lift the lockout, the result of an ongoing dispute between the […]

According to ESPN.com, Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant is being sued by A+A Diamonds LTD for an unpaid jewelry bill of $246,000. The New York based company filed a civil suit Friday in Dallas.  Bryant’s attorney, Texas state Sen. Royce West, said that Bryant did know the jeweler and that the issue in dispute was […]

*Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, who was designated as the team’s franchise player on Feb. 15, signed the franchise tender today and was given a one-year contract extension, according to ESPN. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=88601

Last week, David Duerson, a 50-year-old former player for the NFL’s Chicago Bears, committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest. The details remain hazy, but family members believe that Duerson avoided injuring his brain so that it could be tested for disease. Tregg Duerson, his face drawn and his eyes exhausted, expressed confusion and dismay […]

*Dallas Cowboys running back Marion Barber was detained by LAPD officers in front of a Beverly Hills hotel this morning for allegedly “disturbing the peace,” reports TMZ. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=86273

The toll of repeated head blows and  injuries loomed over football after the death last week of former NFL player, Dave Duerson. Duerson, a former Chicago Bears safety who was a key member of the team’s legendary defense, was found dead Thursday in Florida.  He was 50. According to the New York Times, Duerson shot himself […]

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=84975 *Albert Haynesworth’s lawyer is denying another off-field accusation of misbehavior leveled against the defensive lineman, this time by a waitress who claims he sexually abused her at a restaurant.

http://www.eurweb.com/?p=84317 *Albert Haynesworth, the troubled defensive lineman for the Washington Washington Football Team, has been accused of assaulting a driver after tailgating him in a pickup truck earlier this month.  

Lil Wayne got his wish. Baby won a $1 million bet and that salesman in Chicago who got fired is getting the last laugh. On Sunday February 6, 2011 The Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 to win Super Bowl XLV. Aaron Rodgers threw three touch downs and was named MVP of the […]