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RE: Around the NFL - 9/11/2014 11:55:09 AM

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I would love to be in the room with her while she watches that footage and dare her to come up with some excuse for his behavior.

My guess is she'd tell you it was none of your damn business.

Cat fight!

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/11/2014 12:01:05 PM

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Don't worry Condi Rice has enough on her plate helping run this country. Why would she even remotely consider the job. Even though she is a big football fan so maybe.

What exactly is that?

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/11/2014 5:57:03 PM

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GOODELL HAS BURIED HIMSELF IN LIES

QUOTE: Ray Rice told NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on June 16 that he punched then-fiancee in a casino elevator, four sources have told "Outside the Lines," an assertion that contradicts Goodell's statement this week that "when we met with Ray Rice and his representatives, it was ambiguous about what actually happened."

Goodell made the statement Tuesday during an interview with CBS News, saying the latest video released by TMZ Sports about the incident was "inconsistent" with what the former Baltimore Ravens running back had told him. But four sources close to Rice say that during the disciplinary meeting in the commissioner's office on June 16, Rice told Goodell he had hit Janay Rice, then his fiancee, in the face inside a Revel Casino Hotel elevator in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and had knocked her unconscious.

"Ray didn't lie to the commissioner," a source with knowledge of the meeting told "Outside the Lines." "He told the full truth to Goodell -- he made it clear he had hit her, and he told Goodell he was sorry and that it wouldn't happen again."

"He told the truth," a second source said. "This is a public lynching of Ray."

A third source with knowledge of Rice's discussion with the commissioner said: "There was no ambiguity about what happened [in the elevator].

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/11509397/ray-rice-told-nfl-roger-goodell-june-had-hit-wife

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/11/2014 5:57:58 PM

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CBS pulls Rihanna song from tonight’s pregame show
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 11, 2014, 5:49 PM EDT
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In the wake of the Ray Rice domestic violence case, CBS has thought better of opening tonight’s pregame show in Baltimore with a feature including a song by one of America’s most prominent survivors of domestic violence.

CBS Sports officials told Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated that they will no longer use a planned opening segment featuring Rihanna’s “Run This Town.” Rihanna, like Janay Rice, was the victim in a high-profile domestic violence case.

Instead, CBS will begin the pregame show with a report from Norah O’Donnell, who interviewed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday.

This was not the way CBS expected to open its coveted Thursday Night Football programming, but CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus told Deitsch that the Rice case is simply too big not to be the focal point of tonight’s game in Baltimore.

“It’s important to realize we are not overreacting to this story but it is as big a story as has faced the NFL,” said McManus. “We thought journalistically and from a tone standpoint, we needed to have the appropriate tone and coverage. A lot of the production elements we wanted in the show are being eliminated because of time or tone.”

This story has done something that few off-field stories in NFL history have managed to do: It has overshadowed the game. CBS has a tall order juggling the need to address that story with the need to satisfy fans who tune in to watch a football game.

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/11/2014 11:21:36 PM

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Wonder what the penalty/consequences would be if Ray Rice did what he did to a grown man equipped with the best protective gear (almost) that money can buy during a NFL game?

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/12/2014 7:53:10 AM

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Rice should have no problem sueing the NFL via CBA. In the end he will be a wealthy man. His playing days might well be over with.

The lynch mob has turned their focus to Goodell now. I wonder how he is going to worm his way out of this one.

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/12/2014 10:30:29 AM

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Repurposing a Ray Rice jersey for a 6-year-old girl:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2752134/Be-nice-girls-Dad-glues-letters-daughter-s-Ray-Rice-football-jersey-change-positive-message.html

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/12/2014 10:45:11 AM

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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Don't worry Condi Rice has enough on her plate helping run this country. Why would she even remotely consider the job. Even though she is a big football fan so maybe.

What exactly is that?

dude she is the Seceretary of Defense.

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/12/2014 12:14:20 PM

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Don't worry Condi Rice has enough on her plate helping run this country. Why would she even remotely consider the job. Even though she is a big football fan so maybe.

What exactly is that?

dude she is the Seceretary of Defense.

???

Two terms ago!

Or is he thinking current national security adviser Susan Rice?

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/12/2014 3:44:37 PM

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this is some funny shit!

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/13/2014 12:21:19 AM

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Don't worry Condi Rice has enough on her plate helping run this country. Why would she even remotely consider the job. Even though she is a big football fan so maybe.

What exactly is that?

dude she is the Seceretary of Defense.

OK Mr, Winkle

In your defense, I guess you did say you were recently out of town.

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/13/2014 5:40:50 PM

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: thebigo

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

Don't worry Condi Rice has enough on her plate helping run this country. Why would she even remotely consider the job. Even though she is a big football fan so maybe.

What exactly is that?

dude she is the Seceretary of Defense.

OK Mr, Winkle

In your defense, I guess you did say you were recently out of town.

Apparently for about 8years

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RE: Around the NFL - 9/13/2014 6:41:51 PM

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Repurposing a Ray Rice jersey for a 6-year-old girl:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2752134/Be-nice-girls-Dad-glues-letters-daughter-s-Ray-Rice-football-jersey-change-positive-message.html

It wouldn't surprise me to see someone do something similar using AD's jersey. I can think of a few options that end with "son"

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2013 Season - 9/15/2014 12:24:04 PM

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Without being privy to the full diagnosis, including the MRI exam and CT scan that are sure to come Monday, it’s difficult to gauge the severity of the dislocated ankle Robert Griffin III suffered Sunday, according to three orthopedic specialists reached by telephone.
But based on their experience, Griffin will likely miss eight weeks under the rosiest scenario, and all season under the bleakest.
“It’s completely dependent on the actual diagnosis,” said Benjamin Shaffer, a Washington-based orthopedic sports medicine specialist who’s also the team physician for the Washington Capitals. “One must be cautious about speculating about the timetable.”
Neither Griffin nor Coach Jay Gruden would speculate about the timetable for the Redskins’ third-year quarterback to return, saying simply that he had dislocated his left ankle while trying to fend off two onrushing linebackers as he ran to his right, looking to throw deep to DeSean Jackson.

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2013 Season - 9/15/2014 12:51:38 PM

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Really unfortunate. RGIII was poised to have a monster game against the Jags. Perhaps this will be better for the Skins in the long run, Griffin could rest and Cousin's stock can rise so they can deal him for a good draft pick next season.

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2013 Season - 9/16/2014 11:53:15 PM

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Really unfortunate. RGIII was poised to have a monster game against the Jags. Perhaps this will be better for the Skins in the long run, Griffin could rest and Cousin's stock can rise so they can deal him for a good draft pick next season.

Looks to me like RG3 probably won't get the starting job back in DC. Unless Schneider steps in.

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2013 Season - 9/17/2014 7:25:41 AM

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Really unfortunate. RGIII was poised to have a monster game against the Jags. Perhaps this will be better for the Skins in the long run, Griffin could rest and Cousin's stock can rise so they can deal him for a good draft pick next season.

Right now, the job is Cousin's to lose

It starts Sunday against the dvision leading Eagles

He will have at least 2 months under center

If he plays well, RGIII will be the one on the trading block

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2013 Season - 9/17/2014 11:40:25 AM

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Former Philadelphia Mayor and PA Governor Ed Rendell calls Goodell a liar and says HE should be commish!!!

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Ed_Rendell_on_Roger_Goodell_a_horrorshow_of_ineptitude_and_lying.html

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2013 Season - 9/17/2014 3:36:43 PM

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Let's watch the Carolina GM drink water out of a bottle like he's been in the desert a week, shall we?
WTH?
Wow. A weird week in the circus keeps getting weirder.

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2013 Season - 9/19/2014 4:42:17 PM

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After hearing what Goodell had to say Friday, NOW president Terry O'Neill called for the commissioner to step down, saying he "did nothing to increase confidence in his ability to lead the NFL out of its morass."

"Glaringly absent from Mr. Goodell's remarks is a commitment to conduct an independent investigation into all of the incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking on his watch," O'Neill said in her statement. " ... Roger Goodell's steadfast refusal to broach these questions speaks a lot louder than his formulaic mea culpas and repeated promises that he's going to do better

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11553201/roger-goodell-vows-nfl-get-house-order

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2014 Season - 9/19/2014 6:40:29 PM

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I'm not sure I need the NFL to conduct independent investigations into any of these crimes. Let's let the law enforcement people and prosecutors do their job and the NFL commissioners office to theirs.

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2014 Season - 9/19/2014 8:20:33 PM

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That's the thing. There is so much corruption at play here there is no way to know what's really going on. Welcome to "big business PR". We'll never know, truly.

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2014 Season - 9/20/2014 6:20:55 AM

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QUOTE

The Baltimore Ravens knew about the video of star running back Ray Rice knocking out his then-girlfriend in an elevator within hours of the assault and the NFL team later sought leniency for him, ESPN reported on Friday.

ESPN's "Outside the Lines" said it spoke to more than 20 sources for the report, including team officials, current and former league officials, NFL Players Association representatives and associates, and advisers and friends of Rice.

It said it found "a pattern of misinformation and misdirection" employed by the Ravens and the league since the incident at an Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino on Valentine's Day in February.

ESPN said Ravens coach John Harbaugh wanted the team to cut Rice in February after an earlier video surfaced showing the player dragging the unconscious woman, Janay Palmer, who he has since married, from the elevator. Owner Steve Bisciotti, president Dick Cass and general manager Ozzie Newsome opposed the move, ESPN said.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/eagles/Ravens_knew_full_Ray_Rice_story_all_along_Report.html#Dv51DS1zVp2irzFx.99

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2014 Season - 9/20/2014 8:28:20 AM

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If 'Rog' survives this I may be out. With all the other injustices, on the field, that happens, it's hard to trust that the game isn't actually fixed. Up until now, I've been able to say "well, I guess that was just a bad call".

I'd be naïve to say I didn't know there was some level of corruption at play. It is, after all, big business. However, I never expected this level of corruption.

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RE: Around the NFL (News) - 2014 Season - 9/21/2014 3:35:36 AM

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The Wes Welker thing kinda did it for me

Peyton doesn't have his weapon for today's game in Seattle so they CHANGE THE RULES AGAIN to benefit him

I am about done with this nonsense

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