10. The NFL is ready to accept women again. Madonna is the first female invited to headline the Super Bowl halftime show since Janet Jackson did what she did back in 2004 (technically, last year’s act, the Black Eyes Peas were 25% female, but I think we’d all like to just forget that happened). Madonna [...]
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Ten things to know about Super Bowl XLVI halftime
February 4th, 2012 
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No Comments »The St. Louis Rams are London’s new favorite team
January 21st, 2012 afcbeast For at least the next three years, St. Louis Rams fans will be sharing their home team with the people of London, England. The Rams have agreed to “host” a “home” game in London next season against the Patriots, and they’ll play London home games in 2013 and 2014, too. The Rams. Congratulations, England. Imagine [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Arsenal London, Audiences, English Football Club, Favorite, Favorite Team, Foam Fingers, Home Game, Home Games, Hurdles, Influx, London England, London Football Club, London’s, Louis, Louis Rams Fans, New Money, Packers, patriots, Rams, Roger Goodell, st louis rams, Stan Kroenke, team, Team Owner, Time Franchise No Comments »Picture: Nobody wants to sit next to Roger Goodell
January 8th, 2012 afcbeast When NBC showed Roger Goodell sitting in a luxury box at the Houston Texans wild card game, the NFL commissioner was all alone in his row. Shutdown Corner theorizes five possible reasons why. 1. Three people in his row celebrated a Texans touchdown as a group; Goodell summarily suspended them. 2. Was bogarting the popcorn [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: George H W Bush, Goodell, houston texans, Ice Luge, Jerry Jones, Nbc, next, Nfl Commissioner, nobody, picture, Playoff Game, Popcorn, Roger, Roger Goodell, Signature, Sit, touchdown, wants, Wild Card Game, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports, Yellow Arrow No Comments »Picture: Nobody wants to sit next to Roger Goodell
January 8th, 2012 afcbeast When NBC showed Roger Goodell sitting in a luxury box at the Houston Texans wild card game, the NFL commissioner was all alone in his row. Shutdown Corner theorizes five possible reasons why. 1. Three people in his row celebrated a Texans touchdown as a group; Goodell summarily suspended them. 2. Was bogarting the popcorn [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: George H W Bush, Goodell, houston texans, Ice Luge, Jerry Jones, Nbc, next, Nfl Commissioner, nobody, picture, Playoff Game, Popcorn, Roger, Roger Goodell, Signature, Sit, touchdown, wants, Wild Card Game, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports, Yellow Arrow No Comments »Ochocinco congratulates ‘pasty pilgrim’ Welker on $10,000 fine
December 31st, 2011 afcbeast Wes Welker was fined $10,000 by the NFL this week for wearing an unauthorized hat during his postgame interview on Christmas Eve. His New England Patriots teammate Chad Ochocinco, himself no stranger to NFL fines, considered this a badge of honor. The two had a late-afternoon conversation on Twitter regarding Welker’s fine, which was for [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: $10000, Arraignment, Badge Of Honor, Beaker, Christmas Eve, congratulates, Energy Bars, fine, Free Energy, Goodfellas, Henry Hill, Late Afternoon, Macchiato, New England Patriots, Nfl Fines, Ochocinco, Peter King, pilgrim’, Postgame Interview, Practice Tomorrow, Roger Goodell, Venti, Welker, Wes Welker, Yahoo Sports, ‘pasty No Comments »Pierre Thomas puts a bow on TD celebration, gets flagged
December 27th, 2011 afcbeast On a night that was all about Drew Brees, Pierre Thomas made his mark on the Saints win over the Falcons early. The running back pushed in the end zone for the first Saints touchdown in the game, and then celebrated by getting in the holiday spirit. He pulled a bow from his uniform, stuck [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Celebration, Cell Phone, Christmas, Coach Sean Payton, Drew Brees, End Zone, Falcons, flagged, game, Gets, Goal Post, Holiday Spirit, Joe Horn, NFL, Pierre, Pierre Thomas, Puts, Roger Goodell, Saints Fans, shoes, Sidelines, Spirit Of Christmas, Thomas, touchdown, Yahoo Sports No Comments »Pierre Thomas puts a bow on TD celebration, gets flagged
December 27th, 2011 afcbeast On a night that was all about Drew Brees, Pierre Thomas made his mark on the Saints win over the Falcons early. The running back pushed in the end zone for the first Saints touchdown in the game, and then celebrated by getting in the holiday spirit. He pulled a bow from his uniform, stuck [...]
Trent Cole’s light fine furthers inconsistencies of NFL’s disciplinary arm
December 8th, 2011 afcbeast The NFL’s fine structure can be capricious at best, and ridiculous at worst. Players can be fined $10,000 for wearing the wrong color clothing or shoe, and less for obvious violations of the league’s on-field player safety policies. Because, as much as the NFL’s head office claims to care about player safety, the governing body [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Coach Pete Carroll, Cole’s, Color Clothing, disciplinary, fine, furthers, Game Suspension, Green Bay Packers, head coach, Inconsistencies, Inconsistency, Infraction, Light, Merton Hanks, Muscle Injury, NFL’s, Pectoral Muscle, Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Media, Pittsburgh Steelers, Player Safety, Ray Anderson, Roger Goodell, Safety Policies, Seattle Seahawks, Steelers Defense, Suh, Trent No Comments »DeMaurice Smith Talks About the CBA, in Retrospect
December 2nd, 2011 afcbeast Photo Credit: NFLPA Last night I was among DeMaurice Smith and the NFL Players Association offices in DC. I say “among,” because DeMaurice Smith made a point of walking up and down the center aisle of his conference room, looking audience members squarely in their eyes during his chalk-talk with many Mid-Atlantic based bloggers. I [...]
Posted in The Jets Blog Tags: about, Audience Members, Candid Discussions, cba, Center Aisle, Chalk Talk, Charismatic Leader, College Degrees, DeMaurice, Guiding Philosophy, Media Strategies, Microcosm, Mid Atlantic, Negotations, Nfl Owners, Nfl Players Association, NFLPA, Photo Credit, Retrospect, Roger Goodell, Smith, Spring Training, Spring Training Schedule, talks 2 Comments »Ndamukong Suh claims his foot stomp was misunderstood
November 24th, 2011 afcbeast Ndamukong Suh was ejected from the Detroit Lions loss to the Packers for stomping on Evan Dietrich-Smith. (See the play here.) Afterwards, Suh said that he will only apologize to his teammates, coaches and “true fans,” because he did not intend to kick Dietrich-Smith or push his head into the turf multiple times. Suh’s explanations [...]
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