Every year, just before the season starts and teams converge on the practice field, there are those few players who don’t show up for the “voluntary” practices.  Then, when the mandatory practices start, training camp and mini-camps, speculation abounds over which players will show up and which will scorn their teams.  Albert Haynesworth has already [...]

Michael Vick will be picking up his Ed Block Courage Award on Tuesday. I won’t even go into my thoughts on the many reasons he doesn’t deserve the award, but I think it’s safe to say that most people with a functioning brain would agree with me on that. Going back to playing professional football [...]

After nine years with the San Diego Chargers, LaDainian Tomlinson has been released by the team.  He was tearful as he bid good-bye to the place he has called home for almost a decade.  At 30 years of age, with several injuries slowing him, LT has become what many people view as a typical NFL veteran, [...]

They know each other from the Denver Broncos.  New Redskins’ Head Coach, Mike Shanahan, and veteran Redskins’ running back, Clinton Portis, are completely aware of each other, their reputations, work ethics and ability to get the job done. They may be viewing their reuniion in completely different ways. Clinton sat down with Lindsay Czarniak for [...]