Tag: NFL
Former NFL Players Open Checkers & Rally’s across Birmingham area
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Donnell Thompson and Ron Wooten, retired NFL players, are opening a chain of Checkers & Rally’s across Alabama and doing...
NFL Settles Collusion Case with Kaepernick
By Stacy M. Brown
BlackPressUSA
Colin Kaepernick’s more than two year battle with the NFL has come to an end.
The former NFL quarterback and the league...
ESPN suspends anchor Jemele Hill after Tweets connected to ongoing NFL...
By PAT EATON-ROBB
AP Sports Writer
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Controversy continues to swirl around Jemele Hill, the ESPN anchor suspended on Monday for two weeks for making...
Bo Jackson says he never would have played football
By Shadow League Staff
Bo Jackson is universally recognized as one of the greatest running backs to ever play football, and among the most incredible...
Steve Smith Sr. drops his pads after 16 glorious seasons
J.R. Gamble
The Shadow League
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith, Sr. produced some real G-funk moments in his illustrious 16-year career, 13 of which he...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month ends, but the fight continues
Anya Alvarez
©2016, The Shadow League
Turning on the television to watch NFL football over the last month, it was evident that breast cancer had taken...
Colin Kaepernick drawing both support and opposition for stance on the...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Colin Kaepernick's decision to protest the police shootings of black men and women has left some fans reeling, but Kaepernick...