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NFL Hall Of Fame Coach John Madden Dies At Age 85

NBC Sports reports: John Madden, a legendary figure known to one generation as a Hall of Fame coach, another generation as the sport’s greatest announcer, and yet another generation for the video game that bears his name, has died at the age of 85. The NFL announced Madden’s passing today. Madden’s influence on the sport of football is impossible to …

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Anti-Vax NFL Player Has Racked Up $100K In Fines

ABC News reports: Buffalo Bills receiver Cole Beasley has been fined multiple times for COVID-19 protocol violations, reaching a cumulative sum in the range of $100,000, according to league and union sources. Beasley’s COVID-19 absence for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots won’t cost him money, though. Under the NFL and NFLPA agreement, even unvaccinated players are entitled to …

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NFL And NHL Postpone Games After Outbreaks

CNBC reports: The National Football League on Friday said that it will postpone three games this weekend due to a surge in Covid-19 cases among players and as the new omicron variant of the virus makes inroads across the United States. The move by the NFL, the first postponement of professional football games this season, comes as the National Hockey …

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Dozens Of NFL Players Sidelined After Testing COVID+

Vice News reports: There are more than 70 active players on the NFL’s COVID-19 list, out of approximately 1,700 players in the entire league. Sixty-five players have tested positive in the last two days, including a single-day record on Monday of 37 new cases. The Los Angeles Rams, fresh off a win Monday night, was forced to close its practice …

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NFL Mandates Booster Shots For Players And Staff

The Associated Press reports: The NFL is requiring players, coaches and other team personnel to receive a COVID-19 booster by Dec. 27. In a memo sent to teams on Monday and obtained by The Associated Press, the league said: “Given the increased prevalence of the virus in our communities, our experts have recommended that we implement the CDC’s recommendation.” Teams …

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Three NFL Players Suspended For Fake Vax Cards

ESPN reports: Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown has been suspended three games for violating the NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols, the league announced Thursday. The league and players’ union found that Brown was among three players who misrepresented their vaccination status. A former personal chef of Brown’s said earlier this month that the wide receiver had obtained a fake COVID-19 …

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NFL Player Accused Of Buying Fake Vaccine Card

ESPN reports: Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown has been accused of obtaining a fake COVID-19 vaccination card, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The Times reported Thursday that, according to Steven Ruiz — a former personal chef for the wide receiver — Brown had his girlfriend, model Cydney Moreau, reach out to Ruiz over the summer to obtain …

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Anti-Vax NFL Quarterback Cleared To Play Tomorrow

CNN Sports reports: Green Bay Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been activated off the NFL’s reserve/Covid-19 list, the team confirmed Saturday. Rodgers, who missed the team’s Week 9 game against the Kansas City Chiefs due to Covid-19 protocols, will return after finishing the mandatory 10-day quarantine period required for unvaccinated players who test positive for the virus. He is …

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Ex-NFL Coach Sues League Over Firing For Racist Emails

ESPN reports: Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is suing the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell in the wake of his private emails being leaked amid an investigation into the Washington Football Team. “The complaint alleges that the defendants selectively leaked Gruden’s private correspondence to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times in order to harm Gruden’s reputation …

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NFL Fines Anti-Vax QB For Violating COVID Protocols

Yahoo Sports reports: The Green Bay Packers are paying the price of allowing Aaron Rodgers and potentially others to openly violate COVID-19 protocols. The NFL fined the Packers $300,000 on Tuesday after reviewing the team’s COVID-19 protocols, according to ESPN’s Rob Demovsky. The league is also reportedly fining Rodgers and wide receiver Allen Lazard $14,560 each. The NFL’s review found …

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NFL QB Admits “Misleading” On Vaccination Status

Yahoo Sports reports: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers made his second appearance on the “The Pat McAfee Show” in the last five days on Tuesday and said it would be his final stint on the show where he discusses his vaccination status. “I made some comments that people might have felt were misleading,” Rodgers expressed on the show. “I …

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State Farm Stands By Its Anti-Vax NFL QB Pitchman

USA Today reports: Given a chance to repudiate the lies and misinformation spread last week about COVID-19 vaccines by Green Bay Packers quarterback and company pitchman Aaron Rodgers, State Farm punted. “Aaron Rodgers has been a great ambassador for our company for much of the past decade,” a company spokeswoman said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports Monday morning. …

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Anti-Vax QB Loses Spox Gig With Health Care Provider

CNN Business reports: Prevea Health and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers announced they are ending their partnership in a joint statement issued by the company Saturday. He has been a spokesperson for Prevea Health, which is headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, since 2012. “Prevea Health remains deeply committed to protecting its patients, staff, providers and communities amidst the COVID-19 …

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NFL Calls Out Lie By Anti-Vax Green Bay Quarterback

USA Today reports: The MVP quarterback – who will miss the Packers’ game Sunday in Kansas City due to a 10-day minimum isolation – maintained during an interview on “The Pat McAfee Show” that an NFL doctor had told him “it would be impossible for a vaccinated person to catch or spread COVID.” Rodgers didn’t identify the doctor who he …

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Anti-Vax NFL QB Whines The “Woke Mob” Is After Him

Mediaite reports: Following two days of being chastised for his decision to not only skip the Covid vaccine, but deceive people into believing he was inoculated, Aaron Rodgers finally spoke out Friday afternoon. The quarterback joined Pat McAfee on his SiriusXM Radio show, to blast the “woke mob” for attacking him and correct what he believes are lies being spread. …

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NFL Player Charged In 156 MPH Fatal DUI Crash

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports: Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was driving 156 mph with a blood-alcohol content twice Nevada’s legal limit before his car slammed into the rear of a vehicle that burned, killing a 23-year-old woman, according to prosecutors. Ruggs had his initial court appearance Wednesday on felony charges of driving under the influence of alcohol resulting …

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Unvaxxed Green Bay QB Tests Positive For Something

ESPN reports: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, a source confirmed to ESPN. The NFL has considered Rodgers as unvaccinated since the start of the season. Under league protocol, if Rodgers tests positive and is unvaccinated, he must quarantine for a minimum of 10 …

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Newsmax Excuses Slurs By Former NFL Coach: “Over In Europe, The Word ‘Faggot” Is Actually For A Cigarette”

Mediate reports: On Wednesday, a pair of Newsmax guests did their damndest to portray Jon Gruden as a victim of cancel culture. Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday after leaked emails showed he made a series of racist, homophobic, and misogynistic comments. David Harris Jr claimed the reaction to the emails is overblown. “You …

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Erick Erickson: Cancel Culture Took Down NFL Coach

Via email from right wing commentator Erick Erickson: Regardless of what Gruden said, they were in private emails to friends. They were uncovered because they went not to personal email accounts, but to corporate accounts or personal accounts subject to search. Gruden said in private what other people might say, including referring to Joe Biden in 2012 as a “nervous …

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NFL Coach Quits After Racist, Anti-Gay Emails Surface

Fox Sports reports: Jon Gruden’s time in the NFL is over. According to multiple reports, Gruden informed his staff he will resign as head coach after a series of emails showed him delivering racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments in emails during his time at ESPN. Gruden later announced through the Raiders he was resigning. “I have resigned as Head Coach …

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