Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has vacated "all player discipline" in the bounty case against the New Orleans Saints. However, Tagliabue did...
Former Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress, current New Orleans Saints interim coach Joe Vitt, and linebacker Jonathan Vilma, all took the stand today in New Orleans for the NFL bounty probe hearings.
Despite the fact that the New Orleans Saints have won 11 of the last 13 games against their hated rival, the Atlanta Falcons always feel the need to talk trash and make fools of themselves. Take for instance yesterday. Before they took the field to lose to the Saints again, several players...
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma filed a legal brief yesterday, hoping it would lead to a possible removal of Paul Tagliabue in the "bountygate" appeals. An interesting note from the filing was an e-mail sent by alleged "bounty snitch" Mike Cerullo to the NFL a year ago. It reads...
The players in the New Orleans Saints bounty program succeeded in getting commissioner Roger Goodell to recuse himself.
Now, they want the same for his predecessor.
The NFL Players Association, along with four current and former Saints players, have filed a motion in U...
The NFL players' union has sent a letter to former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue asking him to clarify several potential conflicts of interest when he hears the appeals of the New Orleans Saints' bounty case. The concern from the union stems from the fact that...
New Orleans Saints All-Pro tight end Jimmy Graham (pictured above) was limited in practice today, one day after being held out entirely with an ankle injury. Missing Thursday's practice was...
Jonathan Vilma's return to the New Orleans Saints was met with applause from his teammates.
Vilma practiced for the first time this season today as he tries to get ready to play against Tampa Bay this Sunday.
It could be the only chance he gets...
A federal magistrate in New Orleans has ruled NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell must provide the court with documentation related to the alleged Saints bounty program.
However, judge Daniel Knowles said the NFL must turn the documents over to the court, and not to Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma...
New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma plans on coming off the PUP (physically unable to perform) list this week and playing against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this Sunday. If only the story was that simple.
All four players involved in the alleged New Orleans Saints bounty scandal have filed an appeal in the latest punishment handed down by Commissioner Roger Goodell.
In an interesting twist, the four players, Jonathan Vilma, Will Smith, Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove have asked that Goodell recuse himself from the arbitrator's role, saying he cannot be impartial...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has re-issued the "bountygate" discipline over players Jonathan Vilma, Will Smith, Scott Fujita, and Anthony Hargrove. Today's discipline comes 31 days after
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is resisting requested deposition from Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and his lawyer in their defamation of character lawsuit against him. Goodell maintains that...
Former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams told the NFL that linebacker Jonathan Vilma offered $10,000 to any teammate who knocked quarterback Brett Favre out of the January 2010 NFC Championship Game, this according to an affidavit the NFL showed Vilma today. Williams also...
The NFL released a statement today regarding an arbitration panel's ruling to overturn NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's decision to suspend Jonathan Vilma (and 3 others) for his alleged role in "bountygate." According to the statement, Goodell is claiming his suspension punishments were not overturned, but rather "put on hold." Vilma's attorney Peter Ginsberg responded with a strong...
Back during the time suspended players could appeal NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's decision as a result of the alleged bounty system by the New Orleans Saints, Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma walked out on Goodell, calling the entire affair a charade...
The New Orleans Saints players who were punished for their alleged role in "bountygate" have won their appeals, thus lifting their suspensions. Jonthan Vilma sent out a...
New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this morning to discuss his franchise's embattled offseason. Benson had a desire to...