ESPN is still mute on the Ben Roethlisberger situation — save for a Topix link on his player card. Is there something going on besides glacially-paced “due diligence?” Is ESPN more concerned with protecting their relationship with the NFL instead of reporting the news? Does ESPN have a responsibility to deliver all [...]

Apparently, today is my “reference TMZ” day. All because of Ben Roethlis-something (way to go, Cowhah), whether he’s found liable or not. Thanks to the guys who stole Perez Hilton’s needed-stealing thunder as a gossip site, we now know what Big Ben’s accuser — Andrea McNulty — looks like. Now, far be [...]

By now, you’ve heard about the Ben Roethlisberger news — well, not from ESPN — thanks, in large part, to Mike Florio and Pro Football Talk. Now, we have some details of the complaint, and at first glance, it doesn’t look incredibly bright for the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback.

Apparently, the folks at EA Sports don’t want either the Pittsburgh Steelers nor the Arizona Cardinals to revisit the Super Bowl next February. Why else would Larry Fitzgerald and Troy Polamalu be on the cover of Madden 10? The most popular — and perhaps most redundant (What, roster and gameplay patch updates as [...]

While he didn’t get penalized for using a prop, much to the chagrin of Arizona fans everywhere, Santonio Holmes is actually being punished for his LeBron James celebration after scoring the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl. Keeping with the normal NFL tradition, in order to punish Holmes, the brass went after his pocket [...]

Final Super Bowl thought of the day:
Um, is this not a penalty? No props during celebrations, right? 15-yard personal foul, right? Bringing up the issue: what happens if the Cardinals received a kickoff from the 15 instead of the 30? Again, this does not take anything away from Pittsburgh’s huge [...]