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Slap on the finger: Browns rookie Johnny Manziel fined $12,000 by NFL for obscene gesture
CLEVELAND – Johnny Manziel has been slapped on the finger.
NFL, MIA reach confidential settlement over rapper’s use of middle finger during Super Bowl
NEW YORK, N.Y. – An attorney for M.I.A. says his client and the NFL have reached a settlement ending their multimillion dollar dispute over the Sri Lankan rapper’s flash of the middle finger during her 2012 Super Bowl halftime performance with Madonna.
Rams, Cardinals watching Ferguson with interest, sadness
ST. LOUIS – More than most, Kenny Britt can relate to the drama unfolding just a few miles from Rams Park in Ferguson.
Dan Marino returns to Miami Dolphins, as special adviser to owner Stephen Ross
MIAMI – Dan Marino is returning to the Miami Dolphins.
Rams QB Sam Bradford tears left ACL again, out for season
ST. LOUIS – Jeff Fisher shared the bad news with Sam Bradford on Sunday morning.
Early Emmy night honours some of television’s tried and true
The Emmys welcomed plenty of movie stars to television’s biggest awards show, including Julia Roberts, Woody Harrelson, Kevin Spacey, Mark Ruffalo and the reigning Oscar winner for best actor, Matthew McConaughey. All were sent home empty-handed.
Despite odd scheduling, NBC’s Emmycast logs 15.6M viewers, 2nd largest audience in 8 years
NEW YORK, N.Y. – NBC says the Emmys thrived despite a Monday airing in the dog days of August.
CFL announces that veteran slotback Weston Dressler has cleared NFL waivers
Let the Weston Dressler sweepstakes begin.
Women Talk Sports: CBS Sports Network to launch weekly all-women sports show in September
CBS officials talked about an all-women sports show for more than a year, and now they’re set to make television history.
Milanovich not banking on Owens’ return in time for game versus Ticats
TORONTO – Chad Owens’ on-again, off-again season is off again.
Top county official proposes turning Astrodome into huge indoor park with green space, trails
HOUSTON – The iconic but shuttered Houston Astrodome could come back to life as an indoor park that county officials say would be the world’s largest, according to the newest proposal for reusing the stadium and saving it from demolition.
Former coach Dave Ritchie enters Winnipeg Blue Bombers Hall of Fame
WINNIPEG – Former head coach Dave Ritchie doesn’t have to think too long and hard when asked about the highlight of his six seasons with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Fallen star: Browns WR Josh Gordon suspended by NFL for entire 2014 season for drug violation
CLEVELAND – Josh Gordon’s wait is over, so is his 2014 season. The star wide receiver’s career is now in peril.
Former Calgary Dino Linden Gaydosh anxious to resume playing football
Patience is not exactly Linden Gaydosh’s forte.
Expansion Redblacks make contract offer to free agent receiver Dressler
The Ottawa Redblacks are making a play for coveted slotback Weston Dressler.
Collision in Korea, Redux: Japan lawmaker, ex NFL player bring pro wrestling back to Pyongyang
PYONGYANG, North Korea – Led by a Japanese pro wrestler-turned-politician, about 20 mixed martial artists from around the world — including a former NFL lineman — arrived in North Korea on Thursday to put on a series of exhibition matches this weekend.
Bombers quarterback Willy says he gets his competitive nature from his mother
WINNIPEG – The bar was set pretty high for Drew Willy when it came to excelling at sports, but the competitive fire that burns inside the Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback didn’t come from his male role models.
Source: Calgary Stampeders place NFL receiver Gordon on their negotiation list
The Calgary Stampeders are taking a flyer on NFL receiver Josh Gordon.
Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel plays aerobics instructor in funny new TV commercial
CLEVELAND – Wearing spandex leggings, a headband and working out a class of exercising women as if he were Richard Simmons. No, we’ve never seen Johnny Football like this.
NFL great Jim Brown headlines winners of Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Muhammad Ali is honouring another iconic athlete who became a forceful voice for civil rights — Jim Brown.
Goodell says he ‘didn’t get it right’ on Rice, announces new penalties for domestic violence
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Acknowledging he “didn’t get it right” with a two-game suspension for Ravens running back Ray Rice, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced tougher penalties for players accused of domestic violence, including six weeks for a first offence and at least a year for a second.
Dressler’s return to Roughriders won’t make winning Sunday easier for Bombers
WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers haven’t managed to beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders on the Labour Day weekend in nine years, and the return of receiver Weston Dressler to the Saskatchewan lineup certainly isn’t improving their chances this Sunday.
Veteran slotback Weston Dressler returns to Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA – The Saskatchewan Roughriders had one thing to offer Weston Dressler that no other CFL team could match.
Nervy time as Alouettes face expansion Redblacks in battle of 1-7 teams
MONTREAL – It’s early in the CFL season to talk of a “must win” game, but that’s how it may be for the Montreal Alouettes.