Archive for June, 2011

Free Agent DE Raheem Brock Arrested After Skipping Out on a Tab

Free agent defensive end Raheem Brock was arrested in Philadelphia Thursday night, in a bizarre case of bailing out on a tab at a club. According to the report, Brock allegedly skipped out of a $27 bill at a South Street club before being involved in a “minor struggle” with police. Philly Mag’s “The Philly [...]

Packers Super Bowl Ring Ceremony Photos

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New Panthers QB Newton Lobbies for Steve Smith to Stay with Carolina

New Panthers QB Cam Newton spent some time Friday trying to lobby for wide out Steve Smith to stay as a member of the Panthers. Newton told a child at Smith’s camp Friday that he wanted to play for the Panthers because it had the top pick “and I wanted to have someone great to [...]

Packers Get NFL Super Bowl Rings

Legendary senior writer jclombardi covers Super Bowl rings ceremony. Clipped from: www.jsonline.com (share this clip) Super Bowl Rings ceremony: “It’s kind of heavy,” Woodson said. “It won’t be (for) long.” Win a Super Bowl and the spoils tend to be super-sized. ”They wanted big and they wanted bling,” Packers President Murphy said. “We were successful in [...]

ESPN’s Clayton Thinks Ravens Could Take a Flier on Terrell Pryor

ESPN Insider John Clayton recently listed five teams that he thought could show interest in former Ohio State Quarterback Terrell Pryor and he listed the Ravens as a possible destination. It was interesting though that he thought Pryor’s talents would better translate as a Wide Receiver and points to Anquan Boldin (a former Quarterback himself) [...]

Charges Against Titans WR Britt Downgraded in New Jersey

Things are getting a little bit better when it comes to the police record of Titans WR Kenny Britt. Today the charges of resisting arrest, tampering with evidence and obstruction against the 22-year-old were downgraded to disorderly persons offenses. Britt was on hand to hear the charges stemming from an incident back on June 8th [...]

Osi Umenyiora Claims Giants Lied to Him

In a sworn affidavit, to be filed as part of the ongoing NFLPA-NFL lawsuit, defensive end Osi Umenyiora will say that the Giants lied to him about a contract extension and pay raise. Here is his statement: “In early April 2008, approximately two weeks before the start of the New York Giants offseason conditioning program, [...]

Don’t Look for Arizona to Go After WR Burress or QB Pryor

While the Cardinals could use a quality wide out to complement Larry Fitzgerald, and a QB that can eventually unseat either Max Hall, John Skelton or Derek Anderson, Kent Somers of the Arizona Republic says he’d be shocked to see the team take a flier on either Plaxico Burress or QB Terrelle Pryor. Cardinals coach [...]