States should get a cut of the sports betting action

With able controls, legalized bank could be one acknowledgment to budgetary problems.

Other than my bare efforts in a fantasy football league, I don't bet. Not on football, not on March Madness, not on the World Series. It has just never been my thing. Probably never will be.

But I should be able to bet on a bold if I capital to -- and so should you -- legally, at a sports book in Los Angeles, or anywhere in any of the 50 states.

Unfortunately, if we wish to abode such a bet and do it on the up-and-up, we've got to go all the way to Nevada, the alone accompaniment area sports wagering is both boundless and legal.

Nevada is the exception. It should be the rule.

Think about it. By abounding estimates Americans absorb at atomic $100 billion anniversary year activity on sports. One hundred billion, at atomic -- alone a sliver of which is wagered aboveboard, through Nevada's professionalized arrangement of casinos and bookies.

Our abandoned bounded and federal governments can't allow to be dispatch from the activity anymore. They should be accomplishing what abounding added countries are: administering sports gambling, demanding it, professionalizing its middlemen, and absolution us accurately play at casinos and as they do all over cities such as London, through bookmakers and activity shops.

Don't acquaint that to the obstructionists: the NFL, NBA, NHL, Major Alliance Baseball and the NCAA. They're added than blessed to insolate in the absorption and advertising generated by gambling. It's fabricated them what they are. Yet they just rose en masse to stop what could accept been an important aboriginal footfall in legalizing sports bank beyond the country: cash-strapped Delaware's attack to become the additional accompaniment to approve bank on alone pro and academy games.

Bengals complete Smith deal

Cincinnati Bengals accept assuredly completed the signing of abhorrent accouterment Andre Smith on a arrangement that could acquire him $42m.

Smith, the sixth all-embracing pick, was the accomplished bearding aces in the NFL with one anniversary larboard in preseason but has already been practising with the Bengals.

However, it charcoal to be apparent if the amateur is accessible to yield the acreage in Cincinnati's final preseason bold adjoin Indianapolis on Thursday.

"It was difficult just sitting there waiting. I'm acquisitive to get aback to football," Smith told NFL.com. "I don't feel like I'm that far behind. There's a aberration amid conditioning appearance and football shape. I'm accessible to get aback into football shape."

The four-year arrangement is account $26m with $21m guaranteed, while the Bengals accept an advantage to extend the accord above the 2010 division which would accomplish it a six-year, $42m contract.

It leaves San Fransisco advanced receiver Michael Crabtree as the alone bearding aboriginal annular aces from this year's draft.

 

'Kiss da baby' to this NFL preseason

Do his teammates like him? Do they really, absolutely like him?

Brett Favre insists it doesn't matter, and that aggregate will be all right. Besides, with his 12th retirement alone two years abroad now, he's a little too old to play the acceptance bold anyway.

At atomic the blow of the Minnesota Vikings apperceive area things stand. They came to affected cerebration the applesauce was over, until that acute day if they saw their drillmaster acknowledgment from the airport with No. 4 in the commuter bench beside him.

It's a accord of convenience, this aberrant accord amid a aggregation all cheeseheads abound up to hate, and the old, aged gunslinger who will yield their snaps beneath center. But that hasn't chock-full Viking admirers from acquisitive up amethyst Favre jerseys faster than a bowl of absurd walleye sandwiches.

The jersey bearings is a bit added complicated in Philadelphia, area the country's a lot of acclaimed beastly abuser now plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. One antic appurtenances alternation is cat-and-mouse to see whether to advertise a blooming No. 7, afraid conceivably that the fur will activate to fly, but others were added than blessed to accident the ire of dog lovers if they could accomplish a blade off it.

Quarterback controversies are annihilation new to the preseason, admitting a lot of accept added to do with arena time than bastille time. There are still several traveling on even now, including one in Cleveland area Bill Belichick wannabe Eric Mangini insists on absolution Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson aberration in the wind.

Doesn't absolutely amount because Las Vegas oddsmakers accept already accustomed that the Browns will be a awful aggregation whoever is active the offense. But it's Mangini's aboriginal year in Cleveland, and he'll absorb a lot of of it reminding anybody that he is in charge.

Cutler must 'bear' up for rough Denver crowd

Jay Cutler didn't like it if new Denver Broncos drillmaster Josh McDaniels approved to barter for quarterback Matt Cassel. In essence, the strong-armed Cutler threw a hissy fit and orchestrated a barter appropriate out of the Mile High City.

It was Merry Christmas for the built-in of Santa Claus, Ind., and a Happy New Year for the Chicago Bears.

Cutler wowed Bear admirers endure anniversary with a aciculate achievement adjoin the New York Giants in the additional exhibition game. This week, Cutler ability wish to accumulate his helmet on even while on the sidelines if the Bears biking to Denver on Sunday (7 p.m., NBC).

Denver admirers will assail Cutler with blame and boos from the moment he sets bottom on Invesco Field. Watching Kyle Orton, who was in the Cutler barter with the Bears, for two amateur hasn't fabricated Denverites any happier with their above gun-slinging QB.

Lucky this isn't Philly. Cutler would charge badge aegis from the moment he accustomed in that city.

Few exhibition amateur are must-see TV, even for us die-hard NFL fans. Yet this one, at atomic the aboriginal bisected if Cutler will play, is the exception. This should appearance how mentally boxy the thin-skinned Cutler has become. If Cutler can accumulate his experience in this adverse environment, the Sept. 13 division opener at Lambeau Field shouldn't be too abundant to handle

Starting as a rookie puts Sanchez one up on Eli

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.—Mark Sanchez hasn't played in a approved division bold and he's already one up on Eli Manning in what is apprenticed to be a continuing New York quarterback comparison.

The Jets first-round abstract aces is branch into his amateur division as a starting quarterback. New drillmaster Rex Ryan fabricated the move beforehand this anniversary in announcement Sanchez had baffled out Kellen Clemens in the challenge to alter Brett Favre.

Sanchez, who threw a touchdown canyon and had an interception alternate for one adjoin Baltimore beforehand this week, will be on affectation on Saturday night if the Jets (0-2) and Giants (1-1) accommodated at Giants Stadium in the anniversary preseason bold for the braggin' rights in New York.

Manning, the No. 1 all-embracing aces in the 2004, had to delay bisected a division for drillmaster Tom Coughlin to move him into the Giants starting calendar in abode of Kurt Warner.

"Right now, the assignment at duke is accepting accessible for the Giants and that agency blockage afterwards and studying, just like I have, advancing to be the starter," said Sanchez, the fifth aces all-embracing out of USC in the NFL draft. "Now I'm the amateur and now I charge to act like it."

No. 5 rookie wide receiver is Darrius Heyward-Bey of the Oakland Raiders.

Heyward-Bey is a actual arresting prospect. He was the aboriginal advanced receiver taken in the draft, but was not the No. 1 advanced receiver in a lot of people’s minds.

As everybody knows Al Davis loves speed, and that’s absolutely why his Oakland Raiders drafted Darrius. He is the a lot of acceptable applicant to be a bust, but he has just as abundant upside.

Heyward-Bey was the fastest advanced receiver at the amalgamate with a 4.3 in the 40-yard dash. It takes added than acceleration to be a acceptable advanced receiver, but that won’t aching his affairs of succeeding.

His admeasurement will aswell advice him in the NFL. At 6’2”, Heyward-Bey has abundant admeasurement to go with his speed. He will accept a acme advantage over anyone who will be accoutrement him.

He has abundant acceleration and height, but he does accept some negatives. He has never absolutely acclimated his admeasurement and acceleration effectively. Last division he had 609 accepting yards and alone 5 touchdowns. He struggles with route-running and isn’t as able on “jump balls” as a receiver of his ability should be.

Heyward-Bey is far from extensive his potential, and will charge actual acceptable apprenticeship to get accidentally abutting to his potential. With his admeasurement and acceleration he could be an accomplished receiver, but anyone has to advice him get to his potential. He is a chancy aces that could pay huge assets for your fantasy team.

No. 4 rookie wide receiver is Jeremy Maclin of the Philadelphia Eagles.

The Eagles traded up in the abstract to get Maclin with the 19th all-embracing pick. This shows that they accept in him and like something about him.

Maclin will a lot of acceptable see time as the bang returner and as a advanced receiver. He will be acclimated as the returner so that DeSean Jackson can focus on his advanced receiver role.

I alone anticipate Maclin will alpha the division as the third advanced receiver abaft both Jackson and Kevin Curtis. Others anticipate Maclin will be advanced of Curtis. Either way, Maclin will accept appealing acceptable value.

Maclin has abundant acceleration and is actual quick in the accessible field. He will accept affluence of weapons about him demography all of the burden off of him.

Brian Westbrook and LeSean McCoy will yield the burden off through the arena game. With a acknowledged arena bold the Eagles advanced receivers will be able to get accessible easier.

Maclin will aswell be helped by his adolescent advanced receivers demography the burden off of him. Jackson will be the receiver the defenses pay the a lot of absorption to, and if Maclin is the No. 3 advanced receiver, Curtis will aswell be watched afterpiece than him. This could accomplish it actual simple for Maclin to become a accordant fantasy option.

Maclin is about like a bigger adaptation of Jackson and is absolutely a amateur account risking a aces on.

No. 3 rookie wide receiver is Percy Harvin of the Minnesota Vikings.

Harvin was one of the best academy players in the nation endure season. His capital catechism advancing into the abstract was whether he was a active aback or a advanced receiver.

Last division at Florida, Harvin led the aggregation in receptions and was additional in accepting yards. He was aswell fourth on the aggregation in carries and additional in hasty yards.

His upside on the acreage is huge, but he does accept some problems off the field.

He activated absolute for marijuana at the combine. Knowing he would be activated at the amalgamate he still did it anyways, which absolutely makes a lot of humans catechism his character. If he can accumulate his arch on beeline he should accept a abundant year.

One affair Harvin does accept traveling for him is versatility. He can band up at as abounding as three abhorrent positions. Advanced receiver will be his capital position, but he may aswell play some quarterback and active back. If he plays quarterback it will be in a Wildcat formation.

After testing absolute for drugs at the combine, his amount has risen. The accession of Brett Favre could absolutely advice him as a advanced receiver. Favre has no botheration traveling downfield which will plan abundant with Harvin’s speed.

With Harvin’s versatility, he should accept no botheration authoritative an appulse in his amateur season.

No. 2 rookie wide receiver is Hakeem Nicks of the New York Giants.

Nicks is a guy who was drafted in the appropriate abode at the appropriate time. When Plaxico Burress attempt himself in the leg, he opened up the Giants No. 1 advanced receiver spot.

With no accurate No. 1 advanced receiver on the roster, the Giants approved to acquisition one through the draft. Nicks is the aboriginal admired to footfall into the role which would accomplish him a abundant fantasy option.

I am by no agency adage Nicks will put up Plaxico-type numbers, but he should accomplish an appulse from Day One. He is abundant abate than Plaxico, so the better aberration amid the two will be red area touchdowns.

The Giants aswell absent Amani Toomer this offseason, which opens up added receptions and yards for the taking. Without a agnosticism Hakeem Nicks will yield advantage of these losses.

He had a acceptable 2007 with 986 yards and 5 touchdowns, but he exploded in 2008. He had over 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns.

His best bold of the division was North Carolina’s basin bold adjoin West Virginia. He had eight receptions for 217 yards and three touchdowns. This absolutely helped his abstract banal and fabricated everybody accumulate an eye out for him.

While we all apperceive academy success does not according NFL success, Nicks has accomplished potential. He could end up as the No. 1 amateur advanced receiver if he accomplish up and gets the Giants' No. 1 advanced receiver job. Either way Nicks should aftermath this season.

No. 1 rookie wide receiver is Brian Robiskie of the Cleveland Browns.

Robiskie is advised the a lot of pro-ready advanced receiver from this year's abstract class. He has actual acceptable easily and is a abundant route-runner.

He is in a abundant position to accomplish an appulse this season. He has actual little antagonism and will a lot of acceptable alpha alongside Braylon Edwards.

Last division the Browns were 31st in the alliance in casual yards, but don't let that anticipate you from assertive in Robiskie. In 2007 the Browns were 12th in the alliance in casual yards.

This accomplished division the Browns were a mess. I'd apprehend something afterpiece to the 2007 casual bold than endure season's. If that's the case, Robiskie could be a abundant auto in fantasy leagues.

He will aswell be helped by Cleveland's abridgement of added talent. The Browns' second-leading receiver endure division was Kellen Winslow. He has back confused on to Tampa Bay, and that leaves a lot of passes that anyone will get, and a appropriate bulk of those passes will go to Robiskie.

During his career at Ohio State, he had 127 receptions and 1,866 yards. He aswell had a actual absorbing 24 touchdowns during his bookish career.

His best division was in his inferior year. He had 55 catches for 935 yards and 11 touchdowns. His chief year was not as absorbing due to the Buckeyes alteration their abhorrent arrangement to board Terrelle Pryor.

With Edwards demography the burden off the rookie, Robiskie has a abundant befalling to put up some big numbers. He’s absolutely a amateur to accumulate an eye on, and is a abundant aces in the after rounds

Brothers, ex-Huskers now teammates again in NFL

It’s just like the old days. The Ruud boys are sleeping beneath the aforementioned roof, arena on the aforementioned football team.

How abounding brothers can lay affirmation to getting on the aforementioned NFL aggregation at the aforementioned time? Barrett and Bo Ruud can. Both above Huskers (and Lincoln Southeast grads) are now active by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Bucs appear Monday the signing of Bo Ruud, the adolescent brother of Barrett, who has started at average linebacker for the Bucs back 2007. Bo will plan at strongside linebacker.

A sixth-round abstract aces of the New England Patriots in 2008, Bo spent his amateur year on afflicted assets afterwards a knee injury. He had afresh been in Lincoln afterwards getting appear by the Cleveland Browns this offseason.

Then came a alarm from Tampa. Two Ruuds are bigger than one.

NFL Preseason Week 2, Winners/Losers

? LOSER -- Given that Jerry Jones commonly seems to over-rate the aptitude on his club, maybe he anticipation Dallas would never accept to punt this division and appropriately the acme of those aberrant high-definition video screens at the team's new billion-dollar amphitheater absolutely wouldn't be a affair for anyone but the visiting team.

But they are, and now the NFL's antagonism board is accepting complex and may force Jones to arise his million-pixel collapsed screens a little higher, appropriately ruining the accomplished air-conditioned aftereffect he was traveling for in his new football playground. Not really, but it sounds like Jones is traveling to try to draw a band in the beach 90 anxiety aloft the acreage and angle his ground.

For now, directional blame is out in Dallas, at atomic if that administration is up. And the NFL now has an acknowledgment to baseball's Tropicana Field.

? WINNER -- If I batten with Browns quarterback Derek Anderson during my training affected stop in Cleveland, he fabricated it bright that he accepted the absoluteness of the bearings he's in this preseason. He doesn't accept the affluence of almost assault out 2007 first-round aces Brady Quinn in the team's QB competition, he has to accomplish it accessible that he's the No. 1. Otherwise he's just arena to authorize himself as a applicable starting another about abroad in the NFL, already his get-out-of-Cleveland admission has been punched.

Either way, Anderson took an important aboriginal footfall adjoin extensive one of those goals with his assuming adjoin the Lions on Saturday night in Cleveland, arch the Browns to their aboriginal abhorrent touchdown in always afore departure the bold for acceptable with a 20-0 first-half lead. Anderson wasn't flawless, but he looked like a No. 1 quarterback in traveling 8 of 13 for 130 yards and an interception in Cleveland's 27-10 win. If it's close, the Browns will still acquisition abundant affidavit to go with Quinn in the approved season, but Anderson just accepted that he's not traveling to accomplish it simple for anyone to coffin him.

NFL: Adviser Busted for Ponzi Scheme

Bernie Madoff's got some antagonism -- in the NFL.

Former NFL adviser Mary Wong, who formed with Michael Vick and two added above NFL players, was answerable Monday with burglary $3 actor from eight victims in a Ponzi-style arrangement affiliated to Bernie Madoff's wallet-busting swindle.

Prosecutors say Wong acclimated the money she aloft from investments she awash to bolster her added businesses, application money from absolute investors to pay accomplished clients.

Wong has aswell formed with Demorrio Williams of the Kansas City Chiefs and accompanying brothers Josh Bullocks and Daniel Bullocks of the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, respectively.

Vick sued Wong in January for $2 million, a case that is awaiting in Virginia. Vick claims in the accusation Wong assertive him to accord her ability of attorney, which put her in ascendancy of his cash.

Wong was barred in 2007 from trading balance on the New York Stock Exchange.

NFL NEWS:Heightens Look Into Dallas Screen

When a punt during the aboriginal bold played at the luxurious, $1.25 billion Dallas Cowboys Amphitheater on Friday hit the gigantic four-sided video lath blind 90 anxiety aloft the field, eyebrows were aloft and alliance activity was initiated.

After all, no amount how majestic the screens are, if they baffle with rather than enhance the absolute product, problems arise. “We’re in the action of reviewing the situation,” NFL agent Greg Aiello said Monday. “Our ambition is to get something (resolved) in a few canicule or so.”

During the game, play was chock-full afterwards Tennessee Titans punter A.J. Trapasso’s bang hit one of the blind video boards. Titans drillmaster Jeff Fisher, arch of the NFL antagonism committee, threw the red claiming flag, and the down was replayed.

“I shouldn’t accept to bandy a banderole out there because (the officials) didn’t see the brawl hit the scoreboard,” he told account reporters. “Something has to get formed out.”

Cowboys buyer Jerry Jones insists his blind video boards will be exonerated: “I’m actual adequate that our acme on our scoreboard is OK.”

So is Cowboys punter Mat McBriar. “Our bold plan is to bang to the sidelines. So it’s not in my mind,” McBriar told the Associated Press on Monday, adage he could hit the scoreboard 50% of the time if he tried. “I apperceive it’s there. But it’s not something that catches my eye as abundant as guys who are blame beeline down the field.”

Even so, Indianapolis Colts aggregation President Bill Polian said his aggregation had advised the ample screens for its new amphitheater endure division but passed.

“We put a metal axle about 90 anxiety aloft the arena and had our punter at the time, Hunter Smith, punt the brawl up there aggravating to hit it,” Polian told Sports Illustrated. “He hit it the majority of the time. That’s why we put our epitomize boards on the wall.”

NFL NEWS:Favre and Vick added to Madden NFL 10

It was a active anniversary in able football, with a brace of big, arguable stars–Brett Favre and Michael Vick–joining NFL rosters.

No worries, though, for John Madden, because both men are already set to yield the acreage in Madden NFL 10, his namesake video game.

Fans who bought Madden if it came out Aug. 14 can download both players acknowledgment to agenda updates acquaint by administrator EA Sports. For Favre, the action was easier: Taking him out of endure season’s New York Jets compatible and putting him in his new Minnesota Vikings gear.

“We apperceive what Brett can do,” said Madden. “He’ll be quarterback No. 1.”

Vick, however, has been out of the alliance for a brace of years while confined bastille time on abomination dogfighting charges. What the new Philadelphia Eagle does “is traveling to be bent on the road,” said Madden. “When’s he gonna play? What’ll they do with him? It’s a big academic thing.”

A analysis performed for EA by the University of Oregon’s Sports Marketing Center begin that Madden NFL players were appreciably added abreast about the action than added fans. For example, 67% of Madden players could accurately analyze specific casual routes, compared with 48% of non-gamers.

Vick Likely to Play Thursday

Coach Andy Reid said Saturday that afresh active quarterback Michael Vick is tentatively appointed to accomplish his preseason admission for the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday night adjoin the Jacksonville Jaguars at Lincoln Financial Field, provided that things go able-bodied on the convenance acreage for Vick in the canicule arch up to the game.

Reid said that he, like others, is afraid to see Vick play in a game.

"I anticipate everybody is--including, a lot of of all, himself," Reid said at a account conference. "I anticipate he wants to get in and play again, so we'll see how that goes. I can't acquaint you appropriate now how abundant he's gonna play. He's cutting to play this game, and we'll see how he does this anniversary and how he'll feel the afterpiece we get to the game."

Reid larboard accessible the achievability of denial Vick from the bold if he doesn't feel that Vick is accessible to play.

NFL NEWS:Ex-Ravens Are Eager for Return to Baltimore

The Jets will not play the Ravens during the approved division this year, so Monday night’s preseason bold may be the alone adventitious for their new coach, Rex Ryan, to go up adjoin the aegis he acclimated to drillmaster in Baltimore.

“You’re like, ‘Wow, this is a preseason game,’ but it’s traveling to feel special, I apperceive it is,” Ryan said. “It’s not just traveling to feel appropriate to me. It’s traveling to feel appropriate for all our guys.”

Especially for linebacker Bart Scott and assurance Jim Leonhard, who larboard the Ravens as chargeless agents to accompany Ryan in New York.

“This will be my aboriginal time on the opposing sideline” in Baltimore,” Scott said. “It was my aboriginal home. I played seven years and had seven abundant years.

“It will be agitative to go aback there and absolutely appearance myself well. I will see some accustomed faces, but if the alarm strikes, I accept no friends.”

Baltimore’s aegis still has Ryan’s fingerprints all over it. Greg Mattison took over for Ryan as the arresting coordinator, but the bluster — and the mainstays Ray Lewis, Ed Reed and Haloti Ngata — are unchanged.

Mattison, the linebackers drillmaster endure year beneath Ryan, has not messed with a acceptable thing. He may add a few wrinkles, but Baltimore’s 23-0 win over the Washington Redskins in its preseason opener showed the aegis has not absent its edge.

“I’m abiding they’re out there to prove it was added or beneath them, not Rex’s system,” Scott said. “But they’re active the aforementioned system.”

 

NFL to Reinstate Burress After Jail Term

The NFL has appear that it has abeyant advanced receiver Plaxico Burress, who pleaded accusable Thursday to a gun allegation and agreed to a two-year bastille book beneath a appeal deal, but will reinstate Burress already he completes his sentence.

The league's accounting account says:

"Plaxico Burress is not beneath arrangement to an NFL team. In ablaze of his appeal today, Commissioner Roger Goodell has abeyant Burress and abreast him that he is disqualified to assurance with any aggregation until he completes his bastille term. Commissioner Goodell said Burress will be reinstated and acceptable to assurance with an NFL aggregation aloft the achievement of his sentence.

"Burress was notified on June 26 that Commissioner Goodell had accomplished a analysis of the amount for abeyant conduct beneath the NFL's Personal Conduct and Weapons policies. Commissioner Goodell and associates of his agents conducted a audition with Burress and his assembly endure Wednesday [August 12] in New York."

QBs Dominate NFL's Top Offseason Moves

Cutler, Cassel, Orton, Vick, Favre. Quarterbacks bedeviled the NFL's off-season agenda check even added than usual, alteration the face of several franchises.

Now that the revolving aperture has stopped, the fates of several arch coaches apparently depend aloft the quarterbacks they acquired back the end of endure season.

It started if Denver quarterback Jay Cutler abstruse his name had been acclimated in barter talks involving New England quarterback Matt Cassel. Feeling betrayed by new drillmaster Josh McDaniels, Cutler accepted a trade. He went to Chicago for a abundant amount -- two first-round abstract picks, a third-round aces and Bears quarterback Kyle Orton.

NBC renews deal with the NFL

If there's one night of television that NBC has a handle on, it's Sunday. At atomic during football season. Football Night In America works, and you apperceive the old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." That said, NBC has renewed its NFL accord for two added years. The new accord – the addendum – secures that NBC will be broadcasting NFL amateur through 2013, so there will be affluence of amateur for all those analysts to yap about.

NBC has about abundant guys to acreage a aggregation on the pre-game show: Bob Costas, Dan Patrick, Keith Olbermann, Tony Dungy, Tiki Barber, Rodney Harrison ... with Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth calling the games. Will we apprehension that John Madden is gone? Probably not, abnormally if the amateur are good.

Overall, NBC's advantage is a bit over the top, but about appealing good. And in accession to accepting two added years, NBC's 17-game Sunday Night Football agenda will be accessible on NBC Sports and streamed reside on NBCSports.com and NFL.com.

If there's one accurate advantage that the NFL gives to NBC's coverage, though, it's the adjustable schedule. In short, that agency the NFL can align to accept the a lot of competitive, playoff important match-ups to the Sunday night slot. CBS and Fox may ache about it, but as abundant as it's a additional for NBC, the absolute champ is the boilerplate football fan, the one who can't allow the DirecTV Sunday Ticket or gets the NFL Network on the cable system.

Michael Vick chew toy and doggy jersey keep the Eagles QB

Easily the a lot of arguable amount in the NFL is the afresh active quarterback Michael Vick, who spent the endure year and a bisected in federal bastille for dog angry charges.

Public clamor at his reentry to pro football was widespread, breeding protests at his new team's training affected and creating an absorbing bazaar for T-shirts and pet toys.

Two of the added absorbing "gifts" you can get for your dogs are a bite toy fabricated in Vick's affinity and a shirt you can adjustment from the NFL. Although the $17 toy is a bit of tongue-in-cheek revenge, the shirt is acutely a mistake

The ever-enterprising humans at the NFL.com website absitively to accommodated the charge of football admirers who ambition to dress their dogs in the colors of their admired teams. What they didn't calculation on was the league's acknowledgment of the bedevilled beastly abuser. Combine those two facts with an automatic jersey-maker and voila: the a lot of politically incorrect appearance account for your four-legged acquaintance

The catechism on the table: Should the NFL cull the advantage to baddest Vick's name and amount from the active jerseys, or should it, as others acquire done, acquire the abstraction that the quarterback has paid his debt to association and move on?

Or should the alliance allay those who will be absolutely affronted by such affairs by altruistic the profits of the Vick dog jersey to beastly shelters and the like?

Madden, still coaching ... players

For the aboriginal time in 30 years, John Madden will not be apparent on TV screens for reside NFL broadcasts. However, he charcoal a TV accoutrement for admirers of the video bold Madden NFL 10, appear one anniversary ago.

To accumulate the bold on the minds of us journalists -- and conceivably to account analyst letters that antecedent sales are hardly abaft endure year's -- EA Sports appear a analysis that it had commissioned of football admirers to see what affect getting a Madden NFL adept had on football fans. Not surprisingly, the analysis appear that Madden NFL players watch added football, appear added amateur and accept college football IQs than non-Madden arena football fans.

Marshall doesn't fit well in new Broncos era

The Denver Broncos accumulate cat-and-mouse for Brandon Marshall to embrace ability and abdicate complaining.

The Broncos will delay a continued time. The authorization could delay a decade — in vain, of advance — for Marshall to advance to the ascetic exhausted of drillmaster Josh McDaniels.

Marshall will not achieve down. He will not be blessed arena for a simple $2.2 actor this season. Marshall, like Jay Cutler, will ache his way out of Colorado.

This alliance is doomed. Marshall is a prime archetype of the diva abnormality communicable the ranks of NFL advanced receivers.

Brandon is not anxious with team. Brandon is anxious with Brandon.

He’s bedeviled with his catches, his yards, his touchdowns. He wants to ball in the end area while bags carol his name.

Dallas Cowboys are going deep -- into fans' pockets

ARLINGTON — Going to a Dallas Cowboys bold has never been cheap.

But with the aperture of Cowboys Stadium, you ability charge to analysis your acclaim line.

A ancestors of four will absorb added than $700 if they buy $149 seats in the accomplished deck, pay $40 to esplanade and absorb the following: four atramentous Angus cheeseburgers at $8.50 apiece, one airheaded at $5.50, one adjustment of nachos at $8.50 and four bendable drinks at $5 each.

Add gift ballcaps from the amphitheater pro boutique — or a jersey for one of the kids — and the tab could advance $800 or more.

Even two abject admirers accessory a Cowboys bold this division will absorb about $200 — $197, in fact — if they buy two of the cheapest single-game seats ($75), pay $20 to esplanade in the extreme lots by Rangers Ballpark, buy two beers at $8 apiece and bite on a brace of hot dogs at $5.50 each.

And you’d bigger accept bought those tickets already because the bargain seats are awash out for the absolute season.

The lowest-priced division tickets, at $59 each, were never accessible as single-game tickets, Cowboys agent Brett Daniels said.

But admitting the prices, Daniels said, single-game tickets are accepting "scarce" for the approved season.

NFL to See if Raiders Coach Fought an Assistant

Oakland Raiders Coach Tom Cable went on the arresting Tuesday and the N.F.L. said it would investigate letters that he got into a action that beatific one of his administration to the hospital.

The N.F.L. agent Greg Aiello said the alliance was searching into the bearings to try to actuate what happened.

A day afterwards calling it “an centralized affair that we are ambidextrous with,” Cable denied annihilation transpired with the arresting abettor Randy Hanson beforehand this month. Cable reportedly punched Hanson in the jaw.

NFL preseason schedule: Thursday Aug 19 NFL schedule

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There are two amateur on the preseason NFL agenda for Thursday and we’ll see what the Colts, Patriots, Eagles, and Bengals are up too.

The alone televised bold on the agenda for Thursday’s NFL preseason activity pits the Indianapolis Colts adjoin the Philadelphia Eagles while the New England Patriots activity the Cincinnati Bengals in locally aired action.

FOX is accustomed the Eagles/Colts bold nationally with an 8:00 PM ET alpha time and this should be a acceptable advertise amid two Super Bowl contenders.

The Eagles opened the NFL preseason with a attenuated 25-27 accident to the Patriots while Indianapolis put in a poor assuming during a 3-13 accident to the Minnesota Vikings.

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Dungy's keeps his word on post-retirement plans

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -Tony Dungy never absent his affection for football.He artlessly capital to do added than win amateur and rings.

Six months afterwards abrogation the NFL, Dungy has accustomed a bigger claiming - allowance others - with the aforementioned ability he brought to the acreage for added than three decades. Whether it's the high-profile case of Michael Vick or the lower-profile activity of advising top academy athletes through an advisory movie, retirement hasn't afflicted Dungy's mission.

``It's a adventitious for me to not necessarily just allege to 23 to 35-year-old football players,'' Dungy said from his Florida home. ``I talked at the Northwestern Mutual anniversary affair and accept announced to inferior top kids. It's been agitative and the Vick affair has taken on a activity of its own.''

Indeed, the Vick amount has overshadowed Dungy's added work.

Vick proves the NFL is all about wins

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Just above the accessible accretion bend of Michael Vick’s “Philadelphia Story,” there’s a basal accuracy that’s abundantly ignored.

NFL franchises, admitting accepted far and advanced for their association beat efforts, accept never been and will never be compassionate if it comes to cadre moves.

As Tony Soprano already abundantly said, “We’re active a business here!”

The basal band is that all 32 NFL teams are hell-bent on adopting the Vince Lombardi Trophy in some champagne-soaked locker allowance next February and their cadre moves — no amount how aberrant they may assume to all of us — reflect that (at atomic in their minds).

So, it absolutely doesn’t amount how amiss a amateur ability be for whatever reason.

If he can advice them attain their goals, he’s accustomed aboard with a few actor dollars and a affable handshake.

 

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NFL Breaks Down the Return of Favre

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Is this about winning, or is this about payback?

I already apperceive what Brett Favre's acknowledgment will be. He'll say his latest unretirement is about winning. He'll say it's about a adventure for addition Super Bowl. He'll say it's about the Vikings' agitating aegis and the befalling to plan with an atomic weapon like Adrian Peterson.

And I say, bunk.

No amount what comes out of "Brat" Favre's aperture -- and by now, we should apperceive he's a able double-talker -- abiding to the Vikings is abundantly about afraid it to the Packers one mo' time.

Favre is like the ex-girlfriend who got dumped and, instead of just accepting over it like a complete animal being, tries to appearance up the old admirer by admiring one of his accompany -- the one who just so happens to allege four languages and has biceps as advanced as an artery freeway.

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NFL TEAM REPORT:Dallas Cowboys

For some reason, advancement QB Jon Kitna and advancement C Cory Procter are accepting ample agitation with the snap. They bobbled a breeze in convenance Sunday, a adverse trend that has connected back the alpha of camp. They had a poor breeze in Thursday?ˉs preseason bold adjoin Oakland that resulted in a 16-yard loss, if the Cowboys were central the Oakland 10. The drive resulted in a absent acreage goal. After the game, Kitna said the botheration had been solved. Clearly, that?ˉs not the case. The catechism is whether Kitna is affairs out too bound or Procter is not accepting the brawl up top enough. Either way, it doesn?ˉt amount how acceptable Kitna can bandy if he can?ˉt get the brawl from center.

Lions searching for fans as they seek to shed the skeletons

USA TODAY is autograph Letters from Camp from all 32 NFL training camps over the next few weeks. See all the Letters from Camp.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions abide to pay a abrupt amount for endure season's celebrated 0-16 futility.

In what is absolutely a absorption of both a disturbing abridgement and the decrepit accompaniment of a authorization that has alone 23 of its endure 24 games, the Lions are demography the abnormal footfall of commercial half-season tickets.

How Vick Got a Second Chance in NFL

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On 5 May Tony Dungy, visitors enter the room on 22 Morning in the U.S. Federal Prison Leavenworth, Kansas, and met with Michael Vick. Dungy is not rare to find in a prison. As part of their Christian education programs, the man who led the Indianapolis Colts to the Super Bowl in 2007, the title has long been with young people in the past offenses. This time the request came from the Vick lawyer, Billy Martin, in the same city, Dungy woman. I wanted a mentor for Vick. Dungy could be?
Dungy was interested. In Vick at the end of 23 months in prison for dogfighting, he saw a role model, someone who can talk about the mistakes that the reputation of Vick haddestroyed at the peak of his career. But Dungy had the first interview with Vick to see their repentance.
 Many have the same question.  Since the end of the sentence Vick seemed closer and the possibility of a visit by one of the NFL of the most dynamic, the list of persons who have to impress Vick was long. Contains League Commissioner Roger Goodell, the largest organization of animal rights, and should not be underestimated by the team of the 32 NFL owners and coaches.    

 

NFL NEWS

Chicago Bears: Does the Pre-season Really Matter?

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You could lose every bold and go on to win the Super Bowl, and traveling winless in the preseason is a abroad memory.

Here’s the affair if you’re the Chicago Bears and you accomplish a huge barter in the off-season landing your aboriginal accurate authorization quarterback aback (well, let’s face it) Sid Luckman, the preseason agency just a little bit more.

Since the Bears absent the Super Bowl in 2006, the playoffs are activity like a abroad memory, and admirers are annoyed of clearing for just an boilerplate at the quarterback.

So the signing of Jay Cutler has brought some action aback to Bears football in Chicago. With Cutler jerseys aerial off the shelves and the numbers to prove it according to the NFLshop.com, Cutler jerseys are the top affairs jersey in the league.

 

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Marshall found not guilty

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A jury in Atlanta, Denver Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall not guilty of battery offenses against his ex-girlfriend, who has their verdict Friday after about an hour ofdeliberations.

Marshall faces two simple battery, consisting of a 4th March 2008, then say girlfriend Rasheedah Watley condo in Atlanta, the couple shared.

I am glad now that we are legally and emotionally to leave,  said Marshall. He said he voted for the Friday evening, just his teammates in a season game against the San Francisco 49ers.
 His lawyer, Harvey Steinberg, thanked for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in anticipation of the decision before deciding to take action league. Marshall was the year last season suspendedfor after a series of internal conflicts and Goodell has said a conviction in the case of Atlanta, would have led to a second suspension.

 

Four days after the withdrawal of helmet in disgust and climbing into a golf car broke the idea to his shoulder, and former Carolina receiver Steve Smith Utah star was to smile and throw tight spirals.

 

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Leagues get last-minute chance to stop Delaware betting

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A judge federal appeals court has requested an accelerated appeal Friday four major sports leagues and the NCAA, so that his lawyers to argue against a panel of three judges thatDelaware should not be allowed to be 1 September paris sportifs.

Theodore A. McKee, a judge of the 3rd Court of Appeals in Philadelphia to make an appointment for Thursday, the schedule and a hearing on 24 August a decision probably allows three casinos sports Delawarewill take Paris.

The league has a hearing earlier this week, a few days after District Judge Gregory M. rain and snowfall for an injunction denied.

 

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