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Anthony Hargrove fined for disorderly conduct

Buffalo Bills defensive end Anthony Hargrove was playing in his first game of the season last Monday night, spending the first 4 games on the bench due to a substance abuse suspension. So what does Hargrove do when he gets back in the action? Why Hargrove breaks a police officer’s glasses in an [...]

Steelers running back Najeh Davenport charged with domestic violence

Steelers running back Najeh Davenport has some serious off-field issues to work out.  A domestic incident happened on October 4 between Davenport and the mother of his 5-year-old kid.  Davenport is in a custody battle, and on this particular day, he threatened to keep the child for good.  Then Davenport decided it’s a nice idea [...]

Jones-Drew fined for ATM stunt

Amusing to the fans? Yes. To the league office? Hardly. Jacksonville running back Maurice Jones-Drew was fined $7,500 for a unique touchdown celebration during their win over the Chiefs last week. Jones-Drew celebrated a long touchdown run, his first of the season, by using the goalpost as an ATM machine, [...]

Ex-Cowboys QB Quincy Carter arrested for drug possession

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Quincy Carter was arrested on Friday for marijuana possession, a felony. Carter was released Saturday on bond. Carter’s career has been plagued with drug allegations since he left the league in 2004. Carter may have even been selling drugs outside a convenience store, but he wasn’t charged with [...]

Vikings Taylor and James get in locker room scuffle

When things are going bad, players start to turn against each other. At least teams that have bonehead players do. Chester Taylor and Erasmus James of the 1-3 Minnesota Vikings got into a fight in the locker room on Wednesday. How it started, we don’t know, but James reportedly punched Taylor in [...]

Roy Williams fined for horse-collar tackle

Good boneheaded stuff here — back in 2005, the NFL outlawed horse-collar tackles because they are too dangerous. Cowboys safety Roy Williams would make these tackles all the time — so much so, that the tackle was known to be named after him. As a matter of fact, it’s known as the “Roy [...]

Travis Johnson taunts motionless, concussed Trent Green

This was pretty dumb by Houston Texans‘ defensive tackle Travis Johnson — after Trent Green laid out to block Travis Johnson, Green’s head hit Johnson’s knee, leaving him concussed and motionless on the ground. Johnson, angry over what he thought was a dirty hit, popped up and stood over the lifeless Green, pointing and [...]

Bengals corner Johnathan Joseph suspended for substance abuse

There was one aspect of this story that I thought pretty funny - first, Cincinnati Bengals corner Johnathan Joseph has been suspended for Sunday’s game at Kansas City for having marijuana in the car he was in.  The deputy smelled the stuff, and Joseph told him right where it was — in his “Super Bowl [...]

Panthers defensive tackle Kris Jenkins calls out his team

The Carolina Panthers are going through some turmoil after their fans booed their home loss to Tampa Bay last weekend. Particularly upset was pro-bowl defensive tackle Kris Jenkins, who claimed his team had “no heart” or desire and called the performance “garbage“. Guard Mike Wahle called a players-only sitdown meeting to try to [...]

Broncos RB Travis Henry violates drug policy, faces suspension

Potentially a huge blow to the Denver Broncos, running back Travis Henry may be suspended from the league for 1 year for a repeat violation of the substance abuse policy. Henry was suspended for 4 games in 2005 for the same violation of the drug policy. The deal there was that if Henry [...]