Lowest SalariesThe lowest paid athletic trainers in the NFL bring home annual salaries that are more on par with the national average. Twenty five percent of NFL trainers usually those with the least experience earn $33,000 or less per year. Overall there were more than 16,000 athletic trainers working in 2008 and the BLS expects […]
The neurological disorder CTE chronic traumatic encephalopathy has been ubiquitous in the headlines recently, due to several high profile posthumous diagnoses among former NFL players; a feature film about its discovery; widely publicized research studies; and even an admission from the league that head injuries and football can be linked to the degenerative disease, which […]
"We stand with our brothers," Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs said. "They have the right, and we knelt with them today. To protest, non violent protest, is as American as it gets, so we knelt with them today to let them know that we're a unified front. There ain't no dividing us. I guess we're all […]
NFL teams began switching from the old carpet style turf to the springier, more grass like surface in 2000. By the end of the 2008 season, 14 stadiums used a brand of next generation turf, while the rest had grass. Too few games were played on brands other than FieldTurf to include them in the […]
CHALLENGE: The Patriots' first touchdown was set up by a successful coach's challenge by Bill Belichick. After Stephen Gostkowski's 24 yard field goal put New England up 3 0, Houston's Charles James fielded the ensuing kickoff from just inside the end zone. James ran it out, and was tripped up at the 17. But the […]
RacismRacist child gang "laughed with pride" after stamping and kicking 13 year old boy until he was "unrecognisable"A brave 13 year old has told a court how a group of children some as young as 12 stamped and kicked him to the ground in a brutal racist attack North Carolina Greensboro AD Kim Record has […]
This is why she bristles when she hears the counter argument that football players know what they're getting into and the risks they take are acceptable since they get to reap significant financial rewards for playing a game professionally. Beyond the fact that many NFL players, particularly those who play less glamorous positions, don't have […]
Spray paint or line your field. Depending on how much of a "weekend warrior" you are, decide how intense you want to get with this process. If you want exact measurements and straight lines, take the time to use a protractor and rope to determine a ninety degree angles for boundaries and yard lines. If […]
Fought for a long time to get body cameras, she said. they not activated it a moot point. Where the transparency? said officers reported that after most other casino patrons had evacuated, Bennett emerged from behind a gambling machine, ran out an exit, and failed to stop for officers chasing him. "Within hours, certainly, and […]
Officials say 93 percent of the island still lacks electricity. In the capital, San Juan, where most neighborhoods remain without power, pastry chef Rose Cisneros said her family is faring well but she worries about communities in the island mountainous interior that are still struggling to access food and clean water. The Cincinnati Bengals drafted […]