Jeremy Brigham played tight end for the Raiders between 1998 to 2001, and how he's coaching a youth football team of 10- and 11-year-olds. He is apparently taking the job very, very seriously. A father of one of Brigham's players, accordi...

Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was heckled and jeered as he left the field after the Lions' loss to the Rams on Sunday. Stafford said today that he's not worried about being booed, and that he understands the fans' frus...

Vince Young, Quarterback, Tennessee Titans. I wouldn't say that Vince Young was the reason that the Titans won yesterday, but Young did everything that could've been asked of him. 15-of-18 for 125 yards, one touchdown and no interce...

As hard as it is to believe, it's been 10 years since the death of Sweetness. Sunday, on the 10th anniversary of Walter Payton's death, the Chicago Bears honored its legendary running back with a stirring, tearful halftime tribute. Payton...

The trash-talking between the Jets and Dolphins goes back to Jets coach Rex Ryan expressing confidence in his team's OTAs, which prompted Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder(notes) to call Ryan...

Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder takes a lot of heat from a lot of people these days, but his harshest critic might be John Riggins, a beloved former Redskins running back. These days, Riggins is a Washington, DC sports media personality, and he...

Apparently, it doesn't take Terrell Owens(notes) to cause a receiver controversy in Dallas -- all you need is a trade in which Jerry Jones got fleeced by the Detroit Lions, one maddeningly underachieving diva, and an undrafted free agent that came out...

Priest Holmes(notes) is currently all the all-time leading rusher for the Kansas City Chiefs, but Larry Johnson(notes) -- recently suspended for "conduct detrimental to the team", i.e. using a nasty gay slur twice in a 24-hour period -- is closing...

On the very special 30th podcast here at Shutdown Corner, we take a look at arguably the AFC's most interesting team, the Denver Broncos. To help us do so, special guest Kyle Montgomery of BroncoTalk.net swings by to drop some Broncos...

Is Hines Ward(notes) simply a guy who likes to play hard or a cheap shot artist? According to NFL players, it's the latter. Sports Illustrated asked 296 players who they thought was the dirtiest player in the league and the Pittsburgh Steelers...