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Mediation Resumes in NFL, Players Dispute
By not in system - AOL NewsMINNEAPOLIS -- The NFL and its locked-out players started talking again, and they talked all day. The only sign of progress or productivity, though, was the nine hours or so both sides spent in the federal courthouse on Thursday. Sworn to secrecy about specifics of the court-ordered mediation, neither the league nor the players provided much insight about where they're at in their dispute over the division of this $9 billion business. They'll meet again on Friday. Commissioner Roger Goodell, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, Pittsburgh Steelers ...
10-Year-Old Boy Returns Super Bowl Ring to William 'The Refrigerator' Perry
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsCliff Forrest Sr. didn't approve of his 10-year-old son spending $8,500 on a Super Bowl ring. He does, however, approve of his son returning the ring to its original owner, retired Chicago Bears defensive tackle William "The Refrigerator" Perry, who has struggled in recent years with a debilitating disease and, according to ESPN, alcoholism. Perry captured fans' hearts in the mid-'80s, when he catapulted to sports fame with the Bears. But off the field, Perry was putting away six-packs with remarkable ease and gaining weight as well. After Super Bowl XX his career declined, and he retired in ...
Story of Laura Vikmanis, Oldest NFL Cheerleader, Heading to Big Screen
By not in system - AOL NewsThe story of Laura Vikmanis, who at 42 is the oldest cheerleader in NFL history, is getting the big-screen treatment. New Line has picked up the story of Vikmanis, acquiring her life rights as well as a pitch by screenwriters Emily Cook and Kathy Greenberg, whose credits include "Gnomeo & Juliet" and "Ratatouille," according to according to The Hollywood Reporter. Vikmanis first tried out for the Cincinnati Bengals' Ben-Gals at age 39 after her husband left her. The trainer, registered dietitian and mother of two failed to make the squad but spent the next year improving her fitness and ...
A Severed Pig's Head, a Friend's Dead Body and Other Things Not to Bring to a Soccer Game
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsYou can add the dead guy at a pro game in Colombia last weekend to a list of crazy behavior by soccer fans at games. In the now infamous story, fans in Colombia stole the body of a murdered friend from a funeral home and took his corpse to the stadium to cheer on their favorite team -- a whole new twist on Pro Zombie Soccer. Christopher Jacome, 17, was shot and killed on Saturday while playing soccer in his local park. The following day, friends took his coffin and carried it into the 42,000-capacity General Santander Stadium in Cucuta for a match between Cucuta Deportivo and Envigado. It ...
Gridiron Gridlock: NFL Labor Talks Start to Turn Nasty
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Had enough of the he-said, he-said rancor between the NFL and players? Don't expect it to go away anytime soon. The outcome of the league's first work stoppage since 1987 could be decided in court; the first hearing on the players' request for an injunction to block the owners' lockout was scheduled for April 6. In the meantime, there probably will be more of the same as Monday, when Kevin Mawae -- president of the NFL Players Association, the now-dissolved union -- accused the league of spreading "complete falsehoods and complete lies." Alex Brandon, AP Kevin Mawae, ...
Lockout, Decertification Leave NFL in Limbo
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- All along, the NFL said it was certain the players' union would decertify and head to court. All along, the union insisted the league's owners were planning to lock out the players. And that's exactly what happened. Unable to decide how to divvy up $9 billion a year, NFL owners and players put the country's most popular sport in limbo Friday by breaking off labor negotiations hours before their contract expired. The union decertified, and 10 players, including MVP quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, sued the owners in federal court in Minneapolis. Then, at midnight, ...
Players Head to Court as NFL Labor Talks Break Off
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Unable to decide how to divvy up $9 billion a year, NFL owners and players put the country's most popular sport in limbo Friday by breaking off labor negotiations hours before their contract expired. The union decertified, and 10 players, including MVP quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, sued the owners in federal court, putting the NFL on a path to its first work stoppage since 1987. Despite two extensions to the collective bargaining agreement during 16 days of talks overseen by a federal mediator - and previous months of stop-and-start negotiating - the sides could ...
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Bob Probert's Condition Explained
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsFormer NHL star Bob Probert died in June, and researchers have just determined that he suffered from a brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Probert, who was 45 when he died of heart failure, left his brain to science because he believed the head trauma he experienced on the ice had caused permanent damage. Turns out, he was right. Thanks to Probert and other athletes who have allowed scientists to study their brains after death, we're learning more about CTE and how it can be prevented. Here are five facts about this progressive, degenerative brain disease. 1. It ...
Wonderlic Test: 5 Facts on the NFL's Cognitive Assessment [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsDeveloped in the 1930s by psychologist Eldon F. Wonderlic, the Wonderlic cognitive ability test has been embraced by the NFL, which uses it to assess players during the league's Scouting Combine. This year it's been reported that quarterback Greg McElroy scored 48 out of 50 on the standardized test, though NFL scouts say they doubt test scores have been reported yet. Only one player has been known to score a perfect 50 on the Wonderlic: the Bengals' Pat McInally, who played in the 1970s and 1980s after graduating from Harvard. Here are five details about the Wonderlic test -- and why it ...
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