Would you rather see Manning or Brady in this year’s Superbowl?
Bobby Martinez – Sports Writer NEW HAVEN — Just for one game and one game only, you have the choice of choosing Tom Brady or Peyton Manning heading into the Superbowl. Who
Domestic abuse in the NFL
Essence Boyd– News Editor Domestic violence in the NFL is not a new issue, rather, it has become a reoccurring one. On the field, players puff their chest out and have to
Cleveland Browns make major moves in free agency
Kevin Crompton – Sports Editor The NFL offseason has been hectic. Big name players have been shifted around throughout the league and for those of us who eat, sleep, and breathe all
New rules to help save players necks
Column by Hunter O. Lyle — Sports Editor As weeks of NFL and college football roll by, there seems to be a noticeable and undeniable trend in professional football: more and more
Coaches, athletes like NFL Pro Bowl, want continued
Matt Gad—Sports Writer Other than the Super Bowl, we recently experienced the NFL’s Pro Bowl, where the league’s top players get voted in by the fans for an action-packed game down in
Americans and the Super Bowl
Gregory Gagliardi – Special to the Southern News The majority of Americans will turn on their televisions Sunday night to watch the biggest football game of the year, and arguably the biggest sporting event
Robert Thomas likes to “let his play do the talking for him”
Philip Zoppi – General Assignment Reporter Robert Thomas is punishing defenses with his violent running style that he models after one of the great NFL running backs playing the game today. “Everybody keeps telling
Column: NFL scandals from Ray Rice to Deflatgate
Aaron Johnson – Sports Editor The NFL has made this season one for the record books. Oh, not because of the players on the field. But it has been the player’s actions
Leah Still is Cincinnati’s angel
Aaron Johnson – Sports Editor This has been a nightmarish season for the National Football League. A league that has never been a stranger to scandals and negative press. This season has
This week’s NFL roundup
Bobby Martinez – Sports Reporter Five games into the NFL season, yes there is a season taking place and not just domestic violence cases piling up. Two of the top teams in
New York Jets leave fans with unanswered questions
Aaron Johnson – Sports Editor There once was the team from New York. They wore green and white colors and were known for having a bravado and swagger about them. They had
New York Giants add former SCSU football player to Practice Squad
Aaron Johnson – Sports Editor For former Southern Connecticut State and Waterbury native Jerome Cunningham, catching a football was always second nature to him. But his biggest obstacle was learning to be
NFL players’ domestic violence cases force nation to look at the national issue
Aaron Johnson – Sports Editor What’s so great about sports? It’s always about two silly teams just trying to get a silly ball through a hoop, a net, or in some weird