Posts tagged with 'suspension'

    • Vick to Star in His Own "Longest Yard"

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 20 2007 03:16 PM | PERMALINK

      The other shoe has finally dropped in the Mike Vick case with Vick reportedly ready to plead guilty to the charges, although this shouldn't particularly shock anyone. Once the federal government comes at you with an indictment, the chances of getting out unscathed are roughly equivalent of the chances that the Raiders win the Super Bowl this year.

      With this, Vick's chances of ever being able to have any sort of positive public image in the future, much less play football are also zero. We all saw the...

    • NFL Denies Reports of Vick Suspension

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 13 2007 08:25 PM | PERMALINK

      The NFL denied reports yesterday that Goodell was ready to hand down a year-long suspension for Mike Vick, as had been reported on Yahoo. Vick had been told not to report to training camp, but so far no other sentence has been handed down. The commissioners’ office is reported now to still be in a fact-finding mode and has not yet made any decision concerning further disciplinary actions regarding the embattled Quarterback. Analysts, however, are still predicting a suspension in the next two...

    • Clemens' Suspension is a Joke

      POSTED BY KENNETH ENGLAND, AUGUST 10 2007 10:50 AM | PERMALINK

       

      It is not uncommon for fans to vehemently disagree with the commissioner’s office in baseball, particularly Selig’s administration, but the five-game suspension of Clemens for the events in the Blue Jays / Yankees series takes the cake.

       

      The Blue Jays clearly had an axe to grind with Alex Rodriguez, after he had startled the Jays’ fielders by yelling while approaching third with a infield fly ball in the air earlier this year, causing the ball to drop to the ground.

      Following that incident,...