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Former NFL running back Rashard Mendenhall took to social media Monday to call for a racially segregated pro football game. “I’m sick of average white guys commenting on football,” the Super Bowl champion said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Y’all not even good at football.” Mendenhall, who played for the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, offered a replacement to the existing Pro Bowl. “Can we please replace the Pro Bowl with an All-Black vs. All-White bowl so these cats can stop trying to teach me who’s good at football?” he asked. “I’m better than ur goat.”...

Demaryius Thomas, a former Pro Bowl wide receiver and Super Bowl champion with the Denver Broncos, has reportedly died. He was 33. The cause of Thomas’ death wasn’t immediately known. Police told TMZ Sports Thomas was found dead inside his Georgia home Thursday night. His agents did not immediately respond to an email inquiry from Fox News.

Several trophies and other sports memorabilia belonging to former University of Texas star Vince Young are now on eBay. An anonymous seller says they bought the contents of two storage units that previously belonged to Young at a semi-blind auction in Houston. “We’ve acquired 2 storage units formally [sic] belonging to the award winning, record breaking, newly inducted into the college football hall of fame, Football Star Vince Young,” the seller says in a post selling Young’s 2006 Rose Bowl trophy for offensive MVP. The “buy it now” price: $50,000. Young could not be immediately reached for comment. The seller’s...

Former Pro Bowl running back Clinton Portis and other retired NFL players have been charged by a federal grand jury with defrauding the NFL's retiree health care benefits plan for more than $3 million, according to two indictments unsealed Thursday. "Ten former NFL players allegedly committed a brazen, multi-million dollar fraud on a health care plan meant to help their former teammates and other retired players pay legitimate, out-of-pocket medical expenses," Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski said in a statement. The former NFL players allegedly submitted phony health care claims seeking to be reimbursed for expensive medical equipment that was...

NFL LIVE THREAD PRO BOWL Sunday, January 29 AFC vs NFC 7:00 PM ESPN Camping World Stadium Orlando, Florida

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, who is currently pondering his playing future, will not play in next Sunday's Pro Bowl due to the right thigh injury he suffered in December. In a statement released and distributed by the team, Manning said he was disappointed to miss the first Pro Bowl he has been selected to when he wasn't playing in the Super Bowl. He has been named to 14 Pro Bowls in his career. ... Manning suffered the injury just before halftime of the Broncos' Dec. 14 win against the San Diego Chargers. Manning had suffered flu-like symptoms the night...

Unwisely taking a page from the NHL All-Star Game, the National Football League announced today that it will further cheapen its annual Pro Bowl by scrapping the AFC vs. NFC format adapted in 1971. Players will be selected without regard to conference in voting by fans, coaches and players. Deion Sanders and Jerry Rice will serve as alumni team captains for the teams. The league is crediting (read: blaming) NFL Players Association president Domonique Foxworth for the idea. Players will be assigned to teams through the Pro Bowl Draft, in which two leading vote getters will join two NFL.com fantasy...

When Pro Bowl selections were first announced, many Houston Texans fans felt that quarterback Matt Schaub had been snubbed. A few drop outs and changes later, and Matt Schaub walked away from the Pro Bowl last night with a victory for the AFC and an MVP award for himself.

Four Houston Texans were named to the 2010 AFC/NFC Pro Bowl, the NFL announced today....

The link might take you to the PB's main page. If it does, look on the right side of the screen for the article link.ff

NFC Offense Pos. Starter(s) Reserves Quarterback Brett Favre, Green Bay (Highlights) Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle (Highlights) Tony Romo, Dallas (Highlights) Running back Adrian Peterson, Minnesota (Highlights) Marion Barber, Dallas (Highlights) Brian Westbrook, Philadelphia (Highlights) Fullback Tony Richardson, Minnesota   Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona (Highlights) Terrell Owens, Dallas (Highlights) Donald Driver, Green Bay (Highlights) Torry Holt, St. Louis (Highlights) Tight end Jason Witten, Dallas (Highlights) Chris Cooley, Washington (Highlights) Tackle Flozell Adams, Dallas Walter Jones, Seattle Chris Samuels, Washington Guard Leonard Davis, Dallas Steve Hutchinson, Minnesota Shawn Andrews, Philadelphia Center Andre Gurode, Dallas Matt Birk, Minnesota Defense Pos. Starter(s) Reserves Defensive...

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It was always a strange move, putting Tedy Bruschi on the physically unable to perform list rather than just injured reserve. Red flags went up immediately, questions were asked. Why not just put the guy on injured reserve, which means he is done for the season? Why leave him on a list that defers a roster move for six to 12 weeks? As often is the case in Foxboro, those questions were brushed aside or ignored. Bruschi is about to provide all the answers. The New England Patriots linebacker is set to climb back through that window which was left...

Former Buckeye, NFL Player Killed In Auto Crash Todd Bell's Vehicle Crashes Into House UPDATED: 5:29 pm EST March 16, 2005 REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Todd Bell, who played football for Ohio State and the Chicago Bears, died Wednesday morning after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a house. The crash occurred shortly before 7 a.m. in the 2000 block of Baldwin Road in Reynoldsburg, NBC 4 reported. SLIDESHOW: Images From Crash Scene According to a news release issued from Ohio State, Bell suffered an apparent heart attack before losing control of his vehicle. Bell, 46, was one of the...

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (Feb. 9, 2005) -- Donovan McNabb has no apologies for his Super Bowl performance. He won't allow his teammates to make excuses, either. . . . The Eagles' offensive struggles were caused only by the Patriots and the tension of a Super Bowl, not a phantom sickness.

Fans, players and coaches select the AFC and NFC All-Stars. Each group's collective vote counted one-third towards determining conference rosters. Below is the NFC roster for the 2004 Pro Bowl.

Awesome game! Going to overtime, in part thanks to Mary Drey Bly committed big time interference, and then Peyton Manning choking and almost blowing out the clock. Luckily that idiot kicker saves the day and gets them to overtime(after his first miss this season to end the first half). Oh no, the idiot kicker chokes again, after not missing all season.

Representatives of all five military services in Hawaii will get a special honor this weekend as they take to the Aloha Stadium field in Honolulu to participate in Pro Bowl activities Feb. 8. The game, which will bring together the top players in the American and National conferences of the National Football League, also will assemble the best and the brightest from throughout the U.S. military in Hawaii. Service members and volunteers of the year from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard will participate in the coin toss during the game's opening ceremonies. A joint-service color...

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004 NFL Cancels Chasez PerformanceThe NFL has taken one of its first actions in the wake of the controversy surrounding the Super Bowl halftime show by canceling a halftime performance by JC Chasez, a member of Justin Timberlake's band *NSYNC, scheduled for this weekend's Pro Bowl on ESPN.Mr. Chasez was to sing "Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love)," a song that appeared in the soundtrack of the 20th Century Fox movie "Drumline" in 2002. "We thought it was over the top," said NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy. "It was because of the song, and how we believed it...