Tarnished Twenty

NFL Bans the Captain Morgan Pose

2009-11-18T13:50:19Z

Strike a pose. OK, maybe not if you're NFL tight end Brent Celek, or any other football player on the field marketing or promoting a product during a live game. Celek, posed in front of television cameras, mimicking the Captain Morgan pose from the...

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Former Raider Accused of Attacking County Supervisor

2009-11-03T08:57:45Z

Former Oakland Raider player Jeremy Brigham is under investigation by police over a pee-wee football fight that left Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty wearing a neck brace. The San Francisco Chronicle reports, the scuffle erupted when accusations that Haggerty - whom ex-NFL tight...

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Sports and Social Media Part 2: Why the New Policies Won't Work

2009-09-04T19:07:59Z

Yesterday we looked at how the Southeastern Conference, the NFL, and professional tennis were attempting to impose limits on the use of social media by pretty much every group associated with sports -- players, team and league employees, media...

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Sports and Social Media, Part 1: The Crackdown

2009-09-03T20:17:22Z

In this, the year of Twitter's explosion and Facebook's ascendancy, it's inevitable that everywhere we look, old institutions are going to be struggling to figure out how to deal with new media. Professional and big-time college sports are no...

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MLB Drug List Ruling Unlikely to Curtail Scandal

2009-08-27T19:42:37Z

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that investigators who seized a list containing the names of over 100 Major League Baseball players in their probe of the Balco matter overstepped the bounds of their search warrant, which authorized seizure...

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Donte Stallworth Suspended For the Season "Without Pay"

2009-08-14T12:52:24Z

Prior Bonus Payment Means He Takes Just a 14% Pay Cut Cleveland Browns receiver Donte Stallworth has received his penalty from the NFL. Stallworth pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter charges after he struck and killed a man while driving...

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Extra-Weird Pitino Extortion Saga Continues

2009-08-13T18:36:22Z

Coach Still Faces Potential Dismissal Under "Morals Clause"It seems it's just about time for another of our monthly updates on the extortion case involving Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. Stories that Pitino had been the victim of an extortion attempt...

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Donaghy Co-Conspirator Will Have to Pay Restitution to NBA

2009-08-07T20:09:21Z

Pity the poor NBA.The best, most popular basketball league on the planet was reduced to begging in court for a handout from a lowlife gambler earlier this year, and, with a big assist from the federal government, got its payoff...

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Soccer's Dirty Secret: Debt Threatens Clubs On Two Continents

2009-08-06T19:40:13Z

Last month brought a Forbes report on the influence of the massive debt carried by many top European soccer clubs. Despite worldwide popularity and huge revenues from sponsorships and television licensing, many clubs do not bring in enough to keep...

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With Prison Behind Him, What's Next For Michael Vick?

2009-07-20T20:10:14Z

Michael Vick's prison sentence ended today with the removal of an ankle monitor used during his home confinement. He has served about 21 months in federal custody. So what happens now? Vick has completed the confinement portion of his federal...

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Cubs Losing Off the Field Too? Club May File For Bankruptcy

2009-07-17T19:02:15Z

The Chicago Cubs are really working hard this year to get fans to forget about their 100-year championship drought. Not by winning games, of course -- though they are currently hovering around .500 and could be called contenders in the...

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God Bless America Lawsuit: Fan Gets $10K After Alleged "Compelled Patriotism" at Yankees Game

2009-07-07T19:46:24Z

Getting Kicked Out of Game Pays OffA fan who claimed he got kicked out of Yankee stadium after he left his seat during the playing of "God Bless America", is getting himself a nice settlement check that may help offset...

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Supreme Court to Hear NFL Antitrust Case

2009-06-30T17:26:24Z

The Supreme Court is taking an appeal from a manufacturer that used to make NFL headwear, that is, until it was left standing in the cold after Reebok scored an exclusive deal with the NFL in 2001. American Needle,...

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The Joe Jurevicius v. Cleveland Browns Staph Lawsuit: Should Other Teams Worry?

2009-06-29T14:22:34Z

More woe for the Cleveland Browns? It could be coming from a courthouse this time. Former wideout Joe Jurevicius is suing the Browns and the Cleveland Clinic alleging that the team "misrepresented the cleanliness of its training facility", and...

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Weird Betting at a Wimbledon Already on Alert for Match-Fixing

2009-06-24T19:07:48Z

Already on "high alert" over suspicions of possible match-fixing, Wimbledon officials got a scare in the form of a report from one betting company. An AP story reported on how the bookmaker, Betfair, said "the company received more than...

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