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The NFL players voted on March 14 for a new 11-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the owners. Experts had predicted that the deal would pass, so many were surprised by how close the vote was – 1,019 to 959 for a very thin 60-vote margin. The CBA will go...
The football world stopped and took notice on November 14 when a brawl near the end of the game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland Browns broke out. At the center of the controversy was Browns' defensive end Myles Garrett removing quarterback Mason...
There was a sense of optimism when California passed its Fair Pay for Play law in October 2019. Other states quickly jumped into the debate regarding compensating college players, although no other state has followed California’s lead of actually passing a law. The...
There have been numerous accounts of European soccer fans exhibiting increasingly racist tendencies during matches. The continent’s teams at all levels feature players from all over the world, but foreign-born or dark-skinned players are singled out even by fans of...
The new documentary series of former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez is eye-opening on many levels. It tracks the rise, fall and eventual suicide in 2017 after his 2014 conviction for murdering Odin Lloyd. The film features interviews with teammates, journalists...
Financial compensation for athletes under the NCAA governance is now a reality thanks to California’s Fair Pay to Play Act, which prompted the NCAA to update its archaic policies in 2019. Ostensibly this means payment for athletes playing Division 1 football and...
No one is going to argue that talented NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is his own worst enemy. His career is marked by questionable judgment, erratic behavior on and off the field, and, seemingly, attempts to sabotage a lucrative football career. This has led both a...
Baseball has a particular appreciation for stealing bases or taking advantage when a pitcher tips their pitches. However, digitally assisted sign-stealing using replay technology is where it draws the line since Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred sent out...
Football fans outside of the Bay Area likely became acquainted with 49ers offensive assistance Katie Sowers due to a new national ad selling Microsoft’s Surface Pro 7 tablets during playoff games. Now with the 49ers win over the Packers, Sowers will be the first woman...
The 2019 NFL regular season has drawn to a close. While some teams move on to the playoffs, a handful of others not playing in January have already opted to change head coaches and general managers in hopes of improving. This is a standard operating procedure in the...