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I am sure we will get to see the bias against the Pittsburgh Steelers this week and the double standard that the NFL has as it relates to helmet-to-helmet hits on defenseless receivers. In case you missed it, St. Louis Rams linebacker James Laurinaitis hit Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward helmet-to-helmet while he was in…
Well this is some of the craziest **** I’ve ever seen in my life. About 20 minutes before kickoff (5:19 pm PT) between the 49ers and Steelers, a full power outage hit Candlestick park in San Francisco and everything went dark after a generator blew up outside the stadium. At about 5:35 PT, about 16…
With Steelers linebacker James Harrison suspended for one game after his latest illegal hit, the question becomes whether the latest step in the system of progressive discipline will prompt Harrison to change his behavior. Harrison’s public statements suggest that he won’t. Most recently, he posted on Twitter the following reaction to his suspension: “17 games,……
NFL STATEMENT ON JAMES HARRISON NFL-NFLPA on-field appeals officer Ted Cottrell upheld the one-game suspension imposed on James Harrison by NFL Executive Vice President Ray Anderson for making imp… Source: Pittsburgh Steelers : News
Steelers linebacker James Harrison appealed his one-game suspension to a former NFL linebacker and defensive coordinator, Ted Cottrell. But even though Cottrell, like Art Shell, is jointly appointed and paid by the league and the NFLPA, Cottrell agreed with the decision that the time has come to suspend Harrison for a game. As a result,……
Not surprisingly, Steelers Digest is reporting the appeal James Harrison made on his 1-game suspension was denied by Ted Cottrell, one of two men paid by both the league and the union to handle disciplinary appeals. James Harrison will not play in Pittsburgh’s Monday Night game at San Francisco in Week 15. Harrison appealed the…
James Harrison says he won’t change his playing style. That’s OKAY with me. James Harrison lays victorious after his 100 yard interception return for a touchdown in Super Bowl XLIII In the wake of a one-game suspension handed down by Commissioner Roger Goodell, James Harrison is once again sticking to his guns in regards to…
The list of players apparently ignoring coach Mike Tomlin’s gag order on the James Harrison suspension continues to grow. Steelers linebacker James Farrior, in a Thursday appearance on The Jim Rome Show, addressed the situation arising from Harrison’s latest violation of the rules. Projecting something less than the trademark defiance that has characterized the Steelers’……
On Wednesday, former NFL assistant coach (and UFL head coach) Ted Cottrell conducted the hearing on Steelers linebacker James Harrison’s appeal of his one-game suspension for the latest violation of the league’s rules regarding hits on defenseless players. Since the recent ruling on Ndamukong Suh’s appeal came a day after the hearing held by Hall……
James Harrison is a good football player. But his persona reflects that of a professional wrestler, making him more and more of a nuisance nowadays. Harrison’s trash-talking, hard-hitting, I-don’t-give-a-damn personality is all fine and good. It’s part of what makes him such a feared linebacker. But the other part that makes him feared — the…