Violence
Man charged with threatening Rays players, other athletes

Mar. 04, 2020 06:26 PM EST
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A New York sports gambler is facing federal charges in Florida related to threatening social media messages sent to players with the Tampa...

Kaepernick to release memoir through his publishing company

Associated Press Feb. 13, 2020 12:30 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Colin Kaepernick can add author and publisher to his resume. The former NFL quarterback who knelt during the national...

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, greets supporters at a campaign office, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Scarborough, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Bloomberg, Trump detail campaign ads to air on Super Bowl

By Jill Colvin Jan. 30, 2020 07:21 AM EST

FILE - At left, in a Jan. 30, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots' Rob Gronkowski speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Atlanta. At center, in an Aug. 24, 2019, file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck speaks during a news conference following the team's NFL preseason football game against the Chicago Bears, in Indianapolis. At right, in an Aug. 2, 2019, file photo, Carolina Panthers' Luke Kuechly watches teammates warm up at training camp in Charlotte, N.C. Life in the NFL is short. The recent retirements of three of the game's best 30-and-under stars -- Gronkowski, Luck and Kuechly -- could be coincidence or the start of a worrisome trend. (AP Photo/File)
Column: 'We Don't Like to Draft a Guy Who's Too Smart'

By Jim Litke Jan. 25, 2020 02:39 AM EST

File-This Nov. 16, 2019, file photo shows free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick participating in a workout for NFL football scouts and media, in Riverdale, Ga. Kaepernick’s tryout: scouts dispatched, A busted play, with strings attached. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland, File)
Column: NFL shamelessly commandeers Kaepernick's cause

By Paul Newberry Jan. 24, 2020 07:08 PM EST

BC-BBO--Baseball Suspensions

By The Associated Press Jan. 13, 2020 10:10 PM EST
Suspensions of one month or more issued by the commissioner of baseball that were not related to on-field incidents or drugs: March 12,...

File-This Nov. 14, 2019 file photo shows Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi walking off the field after he was ejected late in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Cleveland. The one-game NFL suspension for Ogunjobi for his role in the brawl with the Pittsburgh Steelers was upheld by an appeals officer. Ogunjobi shoved Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph to the ground moments after Cleveland teammate Myles Garrett swung a helmet and struck the Steelers QB in the head. Garrett was suspended indefinitely by the league for his alarming assault. His appeal was heard in New York on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
Browns DT Ogunjobi back from suspension to face Steelers

By Tom Withers Nov. 26, 2019 12:16 PM EST

School buses wait for students to exit at the end of the school day, Monday afternoon. On Friday, their football team was playing Camden High School when a shooting occurred that she a young child to the hospital. Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, NJ on Monday, November 18, 2019. (Miguel Martinez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
The Latest: Game halted by shooting finishes on Eagles field

Nov. 20, 2019 05:15 PM EST

File-This Nov. 14, 2019 file photo shows Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi walking off the field after he was ejected late in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Cleveland. The one-game NFL suspension for Ogunjobi for his role in the brawl with the Pittsburgh Steelers was upheld by an appeals officer. Ogunjobi shoved Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph to the ground moments after Cleveland teammate Myles Garrett swung a helmet and struck the Steelers QB in the head. Garrett was suspended indefinitely by the league for his alarming assault. His appeal was heard in New York on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
1-game suspension for Browns’ Ogunjobi’s upheld

By Tom Withers Nov. 20, 2019 05:09 PM EST

School buses wait for students to exit at the end of the school day, Monday afternoon. On Friday, their football team was playing Camden High School when a shooting occurred that she a young child to the hospital. Pleasantville High School in Pleasantville, NJ on Monday, November 18, 2019. (Miguel Martinez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Amid new grief, schools finish playoff game on Eagles’ field

By Wayne Parry Nov. 20, 2019 09:29 AM EST

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (95) takes Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph's (2) helmet off during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Tomlin: Brawl vs. Browns “ugly for the game of football”

By Will Graves Nov. 19, 2019 04:21 PM EST

Philadelphia Eagles to host HS football game after shooting

Nov. 18, 2019 08:06 PM EST
PLEASANTVILLE, N.J. (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have offered to host a high school football game that was interrupted by a shooting that left a 10-year-old...

FILE - This June 28, 1997, file photo shows Mike Tyson biting into the ear of Evander Holyfield in the third round of their WBA heavyweight match in Las Vegas. Violence is part of the game in many sports. But when the Cleveland’s Myles Garrett ripped the helmet off Mason Rudolph and hit the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback in the head with it, the Browns’ defender crossed a line _ one that attracts the attention of authorities sometimes from within their sport and in other cases from criminal prosecutors.(AP Photo/Jack Smith, File)
Garrett’s helmet swing is latest violent incident in sports

By The Associated Press Nov. 16, 2019 02:14 AM EST

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph (2) goes after Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett (95) during the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in Cleveland. The Browns won 21-7. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Myles Garrett, helmet a ‘weapon,’ banned for rest of season

By Tom Withers Nov. 15, 2019 12:09 PM EST

Buffalo Bills outside linebacker Lorenzo Alexander (57) breaks up a pass intended for Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt (27) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
Hunt returns to field for Browns after NFL suspension

By Tom Withers Nov. 10, 2019 07:52 PM EST

FILE - In this July 25, 2019, file photo, Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt, left, talks with running back Nick Chubb during practice at the NFL football team's training camp facility, in Berea, Ohio. Suspended Browns running back Hunt is practicing while serving the final two games of his NFL ban for two violent alterations. Hunt was on the field with teammates Monday, Oct. 21 for the first time since the end of training camp. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Browns RB Hunt practices while still serving NFL suspension

By Tom Withers Oct. 21, 2019 11:37 AM EDT

Steelers LB Anthony Chickillo facing misdemeanor charges

Oct. 20, 2019 10:11 PM EDT
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers backup linebacker Anthony Chickillo is facing multiple misdemeanor charges after being arrested early Sunday. ...

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, Oakland Raiders offensive tackle Trent Brown (77) protects a gap in the offensive line during an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos, in Oakland, Calif. Raiders tackle Trent Brown has been sued by his ex-girlfriend and mother of his son for multiple acts of domestic violence over the past year. Diorra Marzette-Sanders filed a civil suit in Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019, detailing several attacks that left her bloodied, bruised and fearing for her safety. (AP Photo/Peter Joneleit, File)
Raiders T Trent Brown sued for domestic violence

By Josh Dubow Oct. 16, 2019 04:13 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2019, file photo, Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president, speaks to the media during the owners meetings in Key Biscayne, Fla. Vincent, a former Buffalo Bills safety, was honored by the Niagara Frontier YWCA for his extensive work advocating against domestic violence and sexual assault. Vincent was presented with the association's 2019 Hero Award at a banquet in Niagara Falls, N.Y., on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
NFL VP, former player Troy Vincent honored for advocate work

By The Associated Press Sep. 27, 2019 09:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 12, 2010, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger reads a statement in the team's locker room in Pittsburgh. Roethlisberger was suspended six games in 2010 after he was accused of sexually assaulting a Georgia college student following a night of drinking in a Georgia bar earlier that year. He was not charged by Georgia authorities. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell later cut the suspension to four games. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
NFL At 100: the shadow of domestic violence over league

By Rob Maaddi Sep. 06, 2019 04:20 PM EDT