Boomer Esiason leaving Monday night NFL radio broadcasts after 18 years
Boomer Esiason is dropping his national radio duties on NFL Monday night games. Esiason was the analyst on Westwood One's broadcast for 18 years, sharing the booth with Kevin Harlan and, before that, Marv Albert and Howard David. The 1988 NFL MVP called the Super Bowl for each of those seasons. Citing ...
Nihon University to name Isao Hashizume new football coach: sources
Nihon University will hire veteran college football coach Isao Hashizume after the previous coach was forced to resign over a ...
Le'Veon Bell's next season with the Pittsburgh Steelers will almost certainly be his last. The Pro Bowl running back and the ...
NFL veteran Adam 'Pacman' Jones assaulted at Atlanta airport: police
Former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones fought off an Atlanta airport employee who was charged with battery after starting an altercation with the NFL veteran, police said. The airport worker, identified as Frank Ragin, "made a gesture at Jones" that launched an argument between ...
Former Michigan State, Detroit Lions coach Darryl Rogers dies at 83
Darryl Rogers, who coached Michigan State to a share of the Big Ten title in 1978 and later took the helm for the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 83. The Lions said Rogers' family confirmed his death Wednesday. Rogers coached Michigan State from 1976-79, going ...
Steve Sarkisian loses $30 million lawsuit against USC over firing
Former University of Southern California football coach Steve Sarkisian has lost a $30 million lawsuit that claimed he was improperly fired by the school instead of being allowed to seek treatment for alcoholism. An arbitrator last week ruled in favor of the USC, saying Sarkisian ...
Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette offers to pay tuition for LSU student/trainer
Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette made a kind gesture to a Louisiana State student and trainer this week, offering to pay the woman's tuition. Jhane Nichol, a Tigers student, posted a request on Twitter on Monday asking people to donate any amount to a ...
Oakland Raiders cornerback Gareon Conley has filed a lawsuit against the woman who accused him of raping her in 2017, according to a report from TMZ Sports on Thursday. Conley's suit states the woman is liable for "malicious criminal prosecution" after her allegations damaged his ...
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will open the season without quarterback Jameis Winston, who has been suspended three games for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy. Winston said in a statement released on Facebook that the NFL informed him of their decision on Thursday. The discipline ...
Obic Seagulls rout IBM Big Blue to defend Pearl Bowl title
Skyler Howard celebrated his Tokyo Dome debut with the MVP-winning performance that guided the Obic Seagulls to back-to-back Pearl Bowl championships. Howard, a former West Virginia quarterback, threw two touchdown passes in his first appearance at Tokyo Dome to help the Seagulls beat the IBM ...
Chinese court hands U.S. football coach four-year prison sentence for role in bar fight
A lawyer for former Ball State football player Wendell Brown says a Chinese court has sentenced the Detroit native to four years in prison for his involvement in a September 2016 bar fight. Brown was teaching American football in southwest China when he was arrested. ...
KFCA sets July deadline for suspended Nihon Unversity football team to issue report on scandal
The defending national champion Nihon University Phoenix now have only three weeks to possibly get their ban lifted in order to participate in the 2018 season, which starts Aug. 31 at Amino Vital Field in Tokyo. The Kantoh Collegiate Football Association on Tuesday announced ...
Ex-Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Keith McCants arrested on drug charge
A former defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the University of Alabama has been arrested on drug charges in Florida. Pinellas County Jail records show 50-year-old Keith McCants was arrested early Monday near St. Petersburg. He's charged with a felony count of possession ...
Yoko Zetterlund, who helped the United States women's volleyball team earn the bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, has joined the Japan American Football Association as a director, JAFA announced on Sunday in Tokyo. Zetterlund becomes JAFA's first female director, after the association modified ...
Japan routs China in college football tournament
Kyoto University quarterback Daisuke Tanaka threw three touchdown passes and ran for another to lead Japan in a 70-0 rout of China on Saturday at the World University American Football Championship. Japan had established a 49-0 halftime lead before adding three touchdowns in the fourth ...
