ESPN's Chris Mortensen is reporting that Favre has told Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy that he has thought about playing this year. Although Favre's comeback talk is apparently in its preliminary stages, Mortensen also reports that Favre's family is encouraging him to play.
Packers cornerback Al Harris appeared with Mortensen on ESPN's NFL Live this afternoon and said that Favre has told him that he "has the itch" to keep playing.
Favre tearfully announced his retirement this off-season, and almost immediately afterward there were rumors that he'd be back.
Don Imus, the radio jock who was fired last year for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos," has once again put his foot in his mouth in comments related to the world of sports. Pro Football Talk passes along the audio:
When one of Imus's on-air partners, Warner Wolf, discussed Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones' legal troubles, Imus asked, "What color is he." When told that Jones is African-American, Imus said, "Well, there you go. Now we know."
Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall is recovering from a bizarre injury in which he slipped and fell in his home and put his arm through his TV screen. Marshall severed an artery and a vein, damaged a nerve in his right forearm, cut tendons to five muscles and needed surgery to patch everything up.
"I can do everything with my right hand that I was doing before the accident but I'm still wiping my butt with my left hand," Marshall said. "It's not as strong. My right hand is not as strong."
I really have no idea why Marshall, who lied to the team about how the injury happened in the first place, now feels the need to tell the whole truth about exactly where he is in his recovery. A simple "I can do almost everything with my right hand" would have been fine.
Oakland has a new pro-athlete who sure is fun to hang with, though he's probably too young to get the reference. I caught up with Raiders rookie Darren McFadden at the EA Sports Rookie Madden Bowl in Los Angeles. He had plenty to say to his new fans in the Bay Area. And to me. And to his Arkansas teammate Felix Jones. I know he's already a blogger starlet in the making, but clearly he's ready for video fame. Someone get this guy a reality TV show, stat!
You've seen them talk big on the red carpet of the EA Sports Rookie Madden Bowl, but do these NFL rookies actually have Madden skills? Follow along with underdog Dexter Jackson and overdog (?) Devin Thomas to find out how the tournament panned out. Stay tuned at 0:32 for an embarrassing cameo by Rashard Mendenhall. I ain't mad at you, Rashard!
EA Sports recently held its second annual Rookie Madden Bowl in Los Angeles. Players competed in a tournament just like the regular Madden Bowl held during Super Bowl week, but this one was just for rookies. Oh how I love rookies! With the exception of whiz kids like Matt Ryan, most of them are pretty goofy and not yet jaded by the media attention. Join me on the red carpet as I talk to Jake Long, Darren McFadden, Devin Thomas, Dexter Jackson, Kevin O'Connell, Andre Caldwell and others before the tournament.
Besides all the smack talking about Madden skills and player ratings, watch at 0:54 to find out if Dustin Keller can handle the heat of Jets questioning ... and make sure to stay for Jonathan Stewart's hilarious ramblings at the very end of the video.
The NFL released a statement today saying that Commissioner Roger Goodell has approved "limited reinstatement" for suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Pacman Jones.
The statement reads as follows::
NFL Statement on Limited Reinstatement of Adam Jones Commissioner Roger Goodell notified Adam Jones today that, effective immediately, he may participate in organized team activities with the Dallas Cowboys, including training camp and preseason games. In a letter to Jones, Commissioner Goodell wrote that a final determination on his reinstatement for the 2008 regular season will be made by September 1. Commissioner Goodell told Jones that his continued participation in the NFL depends on demonstrating that he can conduct himself in a lawful and reliable manner. Jones will be expected to continue the personal conduct program established for him by the NFL and the Cowboys and to avoid further adverse involvement with law enforcement.
Quote from Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones: "This limited re-instatement is a step in the process. Adam is aware of the things that need to be done in order to take the next step."
Jones, who was traded from the Titans to the Cowboys during this year's NFL draft, has been suspended since April of 2007 after a long history of off-field problems. If he can avoid those off-field problems through September 1, he'll be back on the field when the regular season starts.
Jason Whitlock has an article in this month's Playboy that examines America's prison system and the way our nation's incarceration rate affects both prisoners and the rest of us. It's a powerful, thought-provoking piece that Whitlock has every right to be proud of.
But while the article itself isn't available online, Whitlock has written two columns about that Playboy article that are online, one in the Kansas City Star and one at FoxSports.com. In both cases, instead of reiterating the points he raises in the piece, he has been harshly critical of Playboy's editors for the way they present the article in the magazine.
Whitlock is one of America's most prominent sports writers and one of the few people in the sports media who routinely bites the hand that feeds him, and there may be a natural inclination to see Whitlock complaining about an editor and think that's just the way he operates. But having now read the Playboy article and seen how it was positioned within the magazine, I can say that Whitlock is right: Playboy's presentation of the story is shameful.
Big Brown did it again today, racing to a dominant victory at the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes and getting one step away from becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years.
Big Brown went off as a huge favorite at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, with the odds reaching an amazing 1-5 as just about everyone bet on the favorite to win. It was justified. Big Brown cruised early and galloped away late, absolutely obliterating the field down the stretch. Although Gayego got off to a good start and had an early lead, there was never a point at which Big Brown appeared to be in any trouble.
He ultimately won by more than five lengths. Macho Again placed and Icabad Crane showed.
Jockey Kent Desormeaux and trainer Rick Dutrow have a great horse, a horse that will now be favored to win a place as one of the greatest in history at the Belmont.
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