Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who missed most of the 2014 season after being suspended for abusing his son, said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell “was blind to the fact of what I was going through.”
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The Oakland Raiders, St Louis Rams and San Diego Chargers all submitted applications to relocate their franchises to the Los Angeles area by the start of next season, the National Football League (NFL) said in a statement on Monday.
An 8-8 season was enough to save Chuck Pagano’s job, as the Indianapolis Colts gave their head coach a contract extension Monday night. Pagano’s contract was due to expire at the end of the league year in March.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel wore a disguise that included a blonde wig, fake mustache, glasses and a hoodie during a casino-hopping visit, a Las Vegas ESPN affiliate reported Monday.
Quarterback Johnny Manziel was in the news again in the final weekend of the season. He was not on injured reserve for the game with the Pittsburgh Steelers because he was inactive due to being in the NFL concussion protocol.
Alabama has the Heisman Trophy winner in running back Derrick Henry, and Clemson has a finalist in quarterback Deshaun Watson.
The Tom Coughlin era in New York is over. The 69-year-old head coach met with Giants co-owners Steve Tisch and John Mara on Monday afternoon, and informed them that he is stepping down as the team’s head coach.
Chip Kelly’s representatives have reached out to the San Francisco 49ers to express interest in their head coaching opening, according to reports Monday.
And the winner is … Doug Fitz of systemplays.com. His record was 47-37-1.
The Green Bay Packers’ four-year reign atop the NFC North is over. The Minnesota Vikings used a strong defensive effort to beat the struggling Packers 20-13 Sunday night at Lambeau Field to capture the division title.
The Cleveland Browns fired general manager Ray Farmer and head coach Mike Pettine on Sunday. Farmer, who joined the organization in March of 2013 as the assistant general manager before being promoted in February of 2014,
Al Jazeera says it had a second, “impeccably placed” source to back up the network’s recent assertion that human growth hormone shipments were provided to Peyton Manning’s wife.
Without its starting quarterback, No. 11 TCU pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in bowl history.
College football fans get four bowl games today. The action kicks off early with Penn State facing Georgia in the Taxslayer Bowl and will end with West Virginia facing Arizona State tonight in the Cactus Bowl. Here’s everything you need to know if you want to watch.
By most indications, the end is here for Tom Coughlin as coach of the New York Giants. In a cutthroat business, he has no playoff appearances in four straight seasons, and it does not make business sense to give him a shot to extend the streak to five.