New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was called to testify in the murder trial of former tight end Aaron Hernandez in Fall River, Mass., on Tuesday morning.
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Ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s fiancee said on Friday that he told her he did not murder the man he is charged with fatally shooting at an industrial park near their Massachusetts home in June 2013.
Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted by an NFL team, said he is not alone as a gay player in the league.
A bomb scare forced the evacuation on Thursday of the Massachusetts courthouse where the murder trial of ex-NFL player Aaron Hernandez was underway. The court lifted the bomb threat and the trial will resume at 2pm ET, a court security official said.
Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still received good news on Wednesday. His 4-year-old daughter Leah’s cancer is in remission, he said in a post on Instragram.
Former National Football League star Darren Sharper pleaded guilty to sexual assault charges filed in Arizona on Monday and was sentenced to nine years in prison shortly before facing more sex crime charges in a Los Angeles courtroom. He is expected to enter a plea Tuesday to similar charges in Las Vegas.
The National Football League is dropping its blackout rule for the 2015 season.
The mayor of Dallas ripped into the Dallas Cowboys’ controversial signing of defensive end Greg Hardy — despite serious domestic violence allegations — and called the decision a “shot in the gut.”
The Baltimore Ravens released running back Bernard Pierce on Wednesday after he was arrested and charged with driving under the influence earlier in the morning.
A Morgan State football player was seriously injured and two teammates also were stabbed during an on-campus incident on Tuesday afternoon in Baltimore.
Defensive tackle Devon Still and 4-year-old daughter Leah, who has been battling Stage 4 pediatric cancer, received some great news. Still, a free agent who hopes to re-sign with the Cincinnati Bengals, said after nine months of treatment, his daughter may be free of cancer.
The NFL has endured a tumultuous season dealing with domestic abuse cases, a murder trial and a probe into possible cheating, but it is a spate of early retirements that may have the longest lasting impact.
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez appeared upset with a man he is accused of murdering two days before the killing, an associate of the victim said on Tuesday.
Former San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald plans to sue the woman accusing him of sexual assault. McDonald confirmed to ESPN on Monday that a lawsuit will be filed.
The public face of the Las Vegas Outlaws of the Arena Football League will be well-known 54-year-old rocker Vince Neil, who lives in Las Vegas when not on Motley Crue’s worldwide Final Tour and plans on helping market the new Arena Football club.
