Daniel Kaplan of the Sports Business Journal reports NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith’s contract is due to expire March 14 2012, according to the organization’s annual report filed recently with the Department of Labor, meaning Smith could be up for re-election of the group not long after the labor strife between the league [...]
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Kerry Collins Says He Wants to Come Back to the Titans in 2011
38-year-old quarterback Kerry Collins isn’t ready to hang up his cleats just yet, and he’d like to continue his career with the Titans, Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean reports. In his five seasons with the Titans, Collins is a 56.7% passer, throwing for 6,804 yards with 33 touchdowns and 29 interceptions, earning a trip to [...]
Should the Ravens Resign Chris Carr or Josh Wilson?
3 Takes: Should the Ravens resign Chris Carr or Josh Wilson? Optimally, it would be a bonus to sign both Chris Carr and Josh Wilson. However, with the acquisition of rookie cornerback Jimmy Smith the team may focus their resources in other areas and realistically will only sign one of the two. We pose the [...]
Patriots Safety Lockett Now Says He Never Met Kim Kardashian
NFL player Brett Lockett admitted on CNN’s Showbiz Tonight by way of E!online.com that he has never met Kim Kardashian, the woman he has claimed he had a five-month “physical relationship” with while the E! star was involved with Kris Humphries, who is now her fiancé. When she caught wind of the accusatory In Touch [...]
Patriots Free Agent RB Faulk Says He Won’t Retire
Free agent Patriots running back Kevin Faulk is coming off a torn ACL, is unsigned for next season, and turned 35 years old last week. Faulk not only has no plans to retire, but he hopes to return for a 13th season in Foxborough. “That word (retirement) is not in my vocabulary right now,” Faulk [...]
NFL Owners Willing To Give Players Profits From Salary Capped Years 2011-2014
According to Peter King of Sports Illustrated, one impediment to a deal dating back to the owners’ March 11th offer to the players was the fact that ownership didn’t offer players any “backside” to the salary-capped years of 2011 through 2014, and players wouldn’t have been able to benefit from any major influx in income [...]
Former Ohio State QB Pryor Hires Drew Rosenhaus as His Agent
One week after quitting the Ohio State Buckeyes, quarterback Terrelle Pryor has hired Drew Rosenhaus to be his representation, the Associated Press reports. Pryor has notified the school that he has hired an agent, making him ineligible to return for his senior season. Pryor intends to enter the 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft, which is usually [...]

June 13th, 2011
Matt Loede
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