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In every sport, accusations crop up from time to time that star athletes get special treatment from the officials. But Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is worried that he’s getting a different kind of special treatment. Suh said after his meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell this week that while star quarterbacks get the calls…

Lions coach Jim Schwartz joined Dan Patrick on Wednesday morning, a day after a much-publicized meeting between Commissioner Roger Goodell and Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.  Schwartz attended the meeting, but Schwartz isn’t talking about it. Dan started the interview by asking the simple question of who set it up.  And here’s what Schwartz said: …

Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh got his meeting with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell today, and afterward Goodell had nothing but praise for the player who has been decried by some as dirty. “Ndamukong plays the game with great skill and passion and is a major reason for the Lions’ success this year,” Goodell wrote on…

I thought that the weekend item regarding the latest UFL title game would be the final UFL post ever appearing on these pages. As I do once or twice a week (OK, day . . . OK, hour), I thought wrong. In a recent letter to UFL fans, Commissioner Michael Huyghue indicates that the league…

As the NFL prepares for its fifth annual regular-season game in London, Commissioner Roger Goodell met with the media to answer questions, some of which understandably focused on the league’s future in London. “The ultimate goal is to continue to expand our game,” Goodell said, via Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times.  “You see from…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a letter Thursday to leaders of a congressional committee outlining the league’s plans for collecting and saving blood samples of players in hopes of eventually testing for human growth hormone.

Yes, the NFLPA will be attending Friday’s meeting with Congress aimed at solving the impasse regarding HGH testing.  Given that Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Cal.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and specifically invited NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith to the meeting, both men will be there, right? Wrong. Frederick Hill, Communications Director…

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports while everyone is hoping that a decision on whether or not Bengals RB Cedric Benson is going to be suspended, it appears that a decision will not be coming this week. According to a league source, Benson will have his hearing tomorrow in Cincinnati before the National Labor Relations Board in relation to his unfair labor practice charge against the NFLPA. Benson also has a non-injury grievance filed in regards to the suspension. One would think that both things would have to be settled first before Commissioner Roger Goodell could make a final ruling on Benson’s appeal of a three-game suspension for violating the personal conduct policy.

Despite a concession by the NFL’s point man in London that this year’s game between the Bears and the Bucs at Wembley Stadium won’t sell out, Commissioner Roger Goodell has reiterated that the league wants to add a second game in England. Last month, Goodell told Dan Kaplan of SportsBusiness Journal that he’d like to…

Members of the United States Congress continue to pressure the NFL and the NFLPA to implement HGH testing sooner rather than later. According to the Associated Press, leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have invited NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith to a meeting regarding the issue. “We…