To spice up the NFL kick off this season, Usher will be performing at a FREE concert in New York City. Billboard.com reports that the R&B Singer will team up with country musician Keith Urban to perform in Columbus Circle. The televised event will be shown throughout NFL programs including the NFL Network, NFL.com, Sprint’s NFL Mobile Live and broadcast on NBC the following day. (more…)

New York Jets running back Thomas Jones is taking his love for music to the next level, with the launch of his new independent record label Outta Pocket Entertainment. Jones, who is dating actress Meagan Good, says the record label will spotlight genres such as pop, hip-hop and rap. (more…)

The NFL has hired experts to study game footage to determine whether players are displaying street-gang hand signals as part of their on-field celebrations, the Los Angeles Times reports. Gang signs in pro sports gained a higher profile during the NBA  playoffs, when Boston Celtics captain Paul Pierce was fined $25,000 for making “menacing gestures” (see pic below)toward the Atlanta Hawks’ bench during a game.  How do you feel about this? Leave your comments… (more…)

NFL star Bryant McKinnie was arrested for aggravated battery after a street brawl outside a nightclub early Sunday. The Viking tackle was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence, according to a police report. Police officials were called to Club Space after a fight broke out. McKinnie had been thrown out by a nightclub security guard and was arguing and spit on an Eric Otero, according to a police report. Otero, said he wouldn’t press charges if McKinnie left, however the former University of Miami player went to a nearby strip club, but later returned to Club Space and fought with Otero again. (more…)

New Orleans Saints running back
Reggie Bush and his family have
been sued by the co-founder of a
sports marketing agency for
failing to repay a number of
benefits they received while the
athlete played for the University
of Southern California.

A former cheerlader claims that Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, Jr. is the father of her unborn child. She has filed a suit and according to the court docs, Angela Nazario claims that her and the NFL player had a sexual relationship which resulted in her getting pregnant. She says that Fitzgerald asked her to HIDE OUT in a small town in Arizona and begged her to have an abortion. (more…)

San Diego Chargers running back
LaDanian Tomlinson is one of more
than 500,000 people, at last count,
who have been forced to evacuate
their homes due to wildfires
raging throughout Southern
California.

A battle between two of the NFL’s undefeated squads will take place Sunday with the 5-0 New England Patriots facing the 5-0 Dallas Cowboys. Usually Terrell Owens, Cowboys wide receiver,  talks a whole lot of trash during the days leading up to the game. Not this time!  The press just knew he would have something to say about the game, particularly his match up against Patriots’ receiver Randy Moss in what will be a showdown of the league’s  highest-scoring offenses. Instead, reporters found a near poster-sized note left on T.O.’s locker after Wednesday’s practice.  LOL! It read: 

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Police were called to Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najeh Davenport’s house when the mother of his child called 911 because they got into a domestic dispute.
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NFL’s Ricky Williams has been suspended since April of last year for violating the league’s drug policy for a fourth time. But he made moves to ease back onto the gridiron Monday by applying for NFL reinstatement.  “Ricky is extremely excited about the prospect of playing in the NFL again and hopeful for a positive response,” his agent Leigh Steinberg told the Associated Press.
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