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Feel the Bern: Football season is over -- now what do we do?
Read full article: Feel the Bern: Football season is over -- now what do we do?There are so many important things to worry about in this world that one feels almost silly wondering what are we supposed to do with no NFL football until September?
Super Bowl averages 113 million, 3rd most-watched in history
Read full article: Super Bowl averages 113 million, 3rd most-watched in historySunday’s Super Bowl was the third most-watched television show in history, with an average of 113.1 million people watching the Kansas City Chiefs rally to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles after final Nielsen figures were released Tuesday.
The Latest: Peyton Manning gets Hall call
Read full article: The Latest: Peyton Manning gets Hall callPeyton Manning, Charles Woodson, Jared Allen and Calvin Johnson are first-year eligible players to make the list of 25 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fames class of 2021. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)TAMPA, Fla. – The Latest on the 2021 Pro Football Hall of Fame class announced Saturday during the NFL Honors TV show (All times EST):___10:49 p.m.Peyton Manning is heading to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, an all-but-preordained honor for a quarterback who helped redefine offense in the 21st century. Manning spent his first 14 years in Indianapolis, where he won his first Super Bowl. ___10:08 p.m.Alan Faneca, the sturdy guard who spent years opening holes open for Jerome Bettis and protecting Ben Roethlisberger, is going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ___9:33 p.m.Calvin Johnson, the receiver better known as “Megatron,” has been named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
Detroiter William Gholston honoring those who helped him get to the top
Read full article: Detroiter William Gholston honoring those who helped him get to the topDetroiter William Gholston honoring men who helped him get to the topDETROIT – The excitement for Super Bowl LV is unlike any other with masks, social distancing and other COVID precautions in place. It’s the first time the stadium won’t be full for the big game, and it’s the first time the Super Bowl will go ticketless and cashless. Bucs defensive end William Gholston believes playing when he was a student at Southeastern High School in Detroit made him who he is. AdAs a sophomore in high school, he was deemed “too tall,” needed to fill out and realize he wasn’t a wide receiver, but bust as a defender. “He donated to the high school.
No surprise: Peyton Manning a Hall of Fame finalist
Read full article: No surprise: Peyton Manning a Hall of Fame finalistPeyton Manning, no surprise, is among 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2021. The star quarterback, owner of a record five NFL Most Valuable Player awards and two Super Bowl titles, was the first finalist revealed by the hall on Tuesday night. Joining Manning as a finalist was one of the players he threw to, wide receiver Reggie Wayne, a finalist for the second time. “To me it is not lost to be in this moment, to be a Hall of Fame finalist in the first year; it takes a lot to get to this point. Voting on the entrants to the hall will be conducted later this month, with the inductees announced during Super Bowl week.
Patriots safety Patrick Chung indicted on cocaine possession charge
Read full article: Patriots safety Patrick Chung indicted on cocaine possession chargePatrick Chung #23 of the New England Patriots holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the New England Patriots won the Super Bowl LIII against the Los Angeles Rams at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on February 3, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. LACONIA, New Hampshire - Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been indicted on a charge of possessing cocaine in New Hampshire, WMUR reported. Chung was indicted by a Belknap County grand jury on Aug. 8. Chung has played for the Patriots for nine of his 10 NFL seasons, winning three Super Bowls during that time. "We are aware of the reports regarding Patrick Chung.