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NEW YORK (AP) – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the recession has helped build TV audiences for NFL games.

We’ve seen NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell interviewed in a variety of contexts and settings.  In a new video interview with William C. Rhoden of the New York Times, Goodell faces questioning in a Harlem barber shop. The topics range include Goodell’s contention that the game has been safer and still more exciting, the proper techniques…

Other than Albert Haynesworth, Commissioner Roger Goodell has not suspended any player more than one game for on-field infractions.  According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh will be the second. Per Schefter, a suspension of at least two games is “expected” for Suh. Also expected, according to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, is a…

Jets coach Rex Ryan said today that he’s sorry for telling a Patriots fan to “shut the f–k up” and won’t appeal the $75,000 fine NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell handed down. “I know the Commissioner has a tough enough job,” Ryan said, in comments distributed by the Jets.  “I’m an NFL lifer and I know…

Since 2006, the NFL has had the ability to shift late-season Sunday afternoon games to Sunday night. On Friday, Commissioner Roger Goodell said that the next wave of broadcast contracts, starting in 2014, could entail an earlier flexible scheduling option. “As we look toward extending our television agreements, there’s an idea that we would have…

ESPN reports Commissioner Roger Goodell met with Pittsburgh Steelers HC Mike Tomlin and the football staff on Thursday to review on-field issues that have been the focus of discussion recently, according to a source. Those attending were Tomlin, Goodell, executive vice president of football operations Ray Anderson, vice president of officiating Carl Johnson, vice president of football operations Merton Hanks, competition committee member Jeff Fisher and deputy appeals officer Art Shell. Several Steelers have been fined for their play the past two seasons. S Ryan Clark’s hit on Ravens TE Ed Dickson two weeks ago resulted in a $40,000 fine. Clark disagreed with the fine.

In the wake of last week’s disclosure by Steelers safety Ryan Clark that the hit for which he was fined $40,000 previously had been shown to the team by coach Mike Tomlin as an example of the proper way to dislodge the ball, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell met Thursday with Tomlin and Steelers owner Art…

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…

PFT Live: Mike Florio discusses Detroit defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell to review league rules. Suh has been subject to scrutiny because of his overly aggressive play on the field and was hoping to clarify some of the league rules with the commissioner. (NBC Sports)

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…