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By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor The National Football League was far too lenient in punishing Ray Rice for domestic abuse. Commissioner Roger Goodell took a beating from the national press and admitted he had to do better. Well, folks, he did better this time. Coming down hard on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots was his way of saying, “yes, the NFL gets it.” Brady’s four-game ban will probably be reduced on appeal, most likely to two games, but at least the NFL won’t have to save face th...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor A year ago Pete Carroll was a pro football hero. A coach who had been fired by NFL teams twice early in his career had come all the way back, following nine years of college football glory at USC with a Super Bowl victory. His Seattle Seahawks had the best defense in the NFL and had won the sport's biggest game. But last Sunday Carroll made a colossal blunder. His team was 26 seconds away from winning a second straight Super Bowl. They were on the New England...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Russell Wilson or Tom Brady? The quarterback who plays best in Super Bowl 49 on Feb. 1 will likely lead his team to the NFL championship. Wilson, a third round draft choice who has proven to be a sensation, will try to lead his team to a second straight Super Bowl triumph. And, if necessary, he might guide the Seattle Seahawks to another miracle-like comeback as he did in the NFC championship game Jan. 18 over the stunned Green Bay Packers. Or perhaps it will be...
Lowell Rose, a 2008 Culver City High graduate, has signed a contract to play cornerback for the Miami Dolphins. Rose has taken a circuitous route to the NFL, but his dream of playing in the NFL has finally come true. He was deflated when he was recently cut by the San Diego Chargers on August 25 but His agent, Jason Chinn, called and said, "You did a good job during the time you were in (with the Chargers), and you should be hearing from some teams." On the nest Tuesday when he cleared waivers...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor After many years of rumors about the National Football League returning to Los Angeles it’s easy to dismiss such talk now. But one of these years an NFL may move here, after all. NFL sources say the teams are paying more attention to Los Angeles now because they saw that $2 billion was paid by Steve Ballmer to buy the Clippers. The feeling is that if that kind of money is being poured into LA they’d be glad to get some of it. Three teams are believed to be at...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor I never like to see anyone lose their job. If someone screws up I look for ways he or she can learn from a mistake. But this does not apply to Ray Rice, the Baltimore Ravens’ running back who’s been released from the team and banned from signing with another one in the National Football League, pending approval by the commissioner. It’s going to be a long time, perhaps never before Rice can play in the league again. After a video was released this week showi...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor It’s very unusual for the commissioner of a professional sports league to admit he failed in making a major decision. But National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell did exactly that last week. “I didn’t get it right,” he admitted in reference to a mere two-game suspension for Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice in a domestic violence case. Obviously, Goodell was surprised by the harsh criticism he and the NFL received after Rice’s light sentence...
