Crime
Former NFL player, Wisconsin star is accused of assault

Jun. 15, 2021 12:39 PM EDT
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A former NFL player and University of Wisconsin football star is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl. ...

FILE - Cleveland Browns' Callie Brownson walks on the sideline during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh, in this Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021, file photo. Browns chief of staff Callie Brownson has been suspended by the team but will not lose her job after an arrest for drunken driving. Brownson, one of the most prominent females in the NFL, pleaded no contest in court Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Brunswick, Ohio, for charges related to her arrest on May 27. (AP Photo/Don Wright, File)
Browns staffer Brownson suspended for DUI, will not lose job

By Tom Withers Jun. 09, 2021 01:13 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2021, file photo, Cleveland Browns chief of staff Callie Brownson walks out onto the field before the team's NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. Browns are aware of a recent incident involving Brownson, who could face discipline from the team and NFL. One of just a handful of female coaches in the league, Brownson just completed her second season with the Browns. The team released a statement on Tuesday night, June 8. Cleveland.com reported that Brownson was charged with drunken driving on May 27 in Brunswick, Ohio. The AP left a message with police to obtain records. (AP Photo/Justin Berl, File)
Browns staffer Brownson charged with drunken driving

By Tom Withers Jun. 08, 2021 08:20 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 20, 2016, file image, Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid poses for a photo. Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Reid has pleaded not guilty in a crash that left a young girl critically injured. The judge modified Reid's bond Monday, June 7, 2021, to allow him to drive with an interlock device installed that requires him to pass a breathalyzer test before his vehicle will start. (AP Photo File)
Former Chiefs assistant coach pleads not guilty in crash

Jun. 07, 2021 04:34 PM EDT

FILE - This Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007, file photo shows Pittsburgh Steelers' Najeh Davenport in Pittsburgh. The NFL on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive functioning — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
NFL pledges to halt 'race-norming,' review Black claims

By Maryclaire Dale Jun. 02, 2021 02:23 PM EDT

Ex-Jags LB Smith signs plea deal, avoids underage sex charge

By Mark Long May. 21, 2021 10:48 PM EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith pleaded no contest Friday to child abuse, avoiding an underage sex charge, and...

Former NFL player Clarence Vaughn III, center left, and his wife Brooke Vaughn kiss before delivering tens of thousands of petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims against the NFL, to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Retired Black players say NFL brain-injury payouts show bias

By Maryclaire Dale And Michelle R. Smith May. 14, 2021 01:09 PM EDT

Former NFL player Tim Tebow, center, talks with Margie Quin, CEO of End Slavery Tennessee, as Gov. Bill Lee, right, speaks with Shelia McClain, director of residential services at Thistle Farms, on Thursday, May 13, 2021, after announcing a partnership to fight human trafficking in Tennessee during a news conference at the state Capitol, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise)
Tim Tebow, Tennessee gov unveil anti-human trafficking push

By Jonathan Mattise May. 13, 2021 05:10 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 12, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Saints super fan Jarrius "J.J." Robertson, right, accepts the Jimmy V perseverance award with his parents, from left, Patricia Hoyal and Jordy Robertson at the ESPYS at the Microsoft Theater on in Los Angeles. Jordy Robertson, whose seriously ill son Jarrius gained fame in New Orleans for his devotion to the Saints football team, was sentenced to eight years in prison Tuesday, May 11, 2021, for drug trafficking and for fraudulently capitalizing on his son's illness with a phony charity. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
8 years for dad of Saints 'super fan' in charity, drug case

By Kevin Mcgill May. 11, 2021 06:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo, former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks with reporters in Jackson, Miss., about his support for Willowood Developmental Center, a facility that provides training and assistance for special needs students. Favre has yet to pay back $600,000 in welfare money he received from the state of Mississippi for multiple speaking events he never showed up to, according to a spokesperson for Mississippi Office of the State Auditor Logan Reeves, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
Mississippi says it awaits $600K repayment from Brett Favre

By Leah Willingham May. 11, 2021 06:28 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2007, file photo, then-Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan speaks to the media after being named a Heisman Trophy finalist, in Honolulu. Brennan, a star quarterback at the University of Hawaii who finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy balloting, died early Tuesday, May 11, 2021, his father said. He was 37. Brennan, who has had public struggles with alcohol, died at a hospital in California, his father, Terry Brennan, told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
Famed Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan dead at age 37

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher May. 11, 2021 03:08 PM EDT

NFL renews 9 social justice grants totaling $2.5 million

By Rob Maaddi May. 10, 2021 02:21 PM EDT
The NFL has renewed nine grants totaling $2.5 million through its social justice platform Inspire Change. The renewals announced Monday...

Former football player Jarryd Hayne arrives at court in Newcastle, Australia, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Hayne, a rugby league star who also played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, has been sentenced to at least three years and eight months in jail for the sexual assault of a woman in 2018. (Darren Pateman/AAP Image via AP)
Ex-49ers player Hayne to spend nearly 4 years in jail

May. 06, 2021 01:56 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 12, 2017, file photo, defensive tackle Malik McDowell, the Seattle Seahawks' top draft pick, watches a drill during NFL football rookie minicamp in Seattle. The Cleveland Browns are giving McDowell the chance to revive an NFL career stopped by some serious legal trouble. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Browns take chance on Malik McDowell, DT with troubled past

By Tom Withers May. 03, 2021 05:54 PM EDT

Titans draftee Rashad Weaver facing simple assault charge

May. 03, 2021 04:31 PM EDT
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tennessee Titans fourth-round draft pick Rashad Weaver has been charged with simple assault following an incident in Pittsburgh last month. ...

FILE - This March 12, 2009 file photo shows Dr. Robert Lesslie in Rock Hill, S.C. Authorities say a gunman, identified as former NFL player Phillip Adams, killed Lesslie, his wife and grandchildren on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 in Rock Hill. Adams killed himself early Thursday according to a source who was briefed on the investigation. (John D. Simmons/The Charlotte Observer via AP)
'Football City, USA' killings raise sport safety concerns

By Michelle Liu May. 03, 2021 09:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 25, 2017 file photo, Trey Songz performs at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Songz will not face charges in an alleged altercation with police officers at the AFC championship game in Kansas City, prosecutors announced Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
No charges against R&B artist Trey Songz over NFL scuffle

By Heather Hollingsworth Apr. 27, 2021 04:51 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 1989, file photo, Tony Mandarich backs off the line during the second quarter at Anaheim stadium as the Green Bay Packers played the Los Angeles Rams in an NFL football game. Considered one of best offensive line prospects in history, lasted only three seasons in Green Bay. (AP photo/Alan Greth, File)
The famous and the flops: best and worst NFL 1st-round picks

By The Associated Press Apr. 24, 2021 12:19 PM EDT

A York County sheriff's deputy is parked outside a residence where multiple people, including a prominent doctor, were fatally shot a day earlier, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Rock Hill, S.C. A source briefed on the mass killing said the gunman was former NFL player Phillip Adams, who shot himself to death early Thursday. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Ex-NFL pro who killed 6 was ID'd by phone found at scene

By Michelle Liu Apr. 23, 2021 03:54 PM EDT

FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Justin Layne warms up before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Pittsburgh, in this Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, file photo. Steelers cornerback Justin Layne has been arrested after police said they found a loaded gun in his car during an early-morning traffic stop Friday, April 23, 2021. Willoughby Hills (Ohio) police said Layne was arrested on a fourth-degree felony charge of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. (AP Photo/Justin Berl, File)
Steelers CB Layne arrested on gun charge after traffic stop

Apr. 23, 2021 01:32 PM EDT