
The NFL's move to make thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season already has drawn criticism from the guys who will have to wear them.
Junior Seau's suicide is troubling NFL players.
The NFL made thigh and knee pads mandatory equipment for the 2013 season, something the players' union was not pleased with.

The Washington Redskins are moving on after an arbitrator Tuesday dismissed their grievance challenging their $36 million salary cap penalty.
Big-time sports, which are supposed to offer an entertaining diversion from the serious and often dismal news we're bombarded with these days, recently have provided anything but.

Junior Seau's suicide is troubling NFL players. No one knows precisely why the 43-year-old Seau shot himself in the chest at his oceanfront home May 2, less than 2½ years after the end of his Pro Bowl career as a linebacker. What is clear — and cause for concern among other players — is that he reached some serious depths of despair.

In rookie minicamp earlier this month, Robert Griffin III already had the chance to prove to Mike Shanahan and the rest of the Washington coaching staff why he deserved to be the Redskins' first-round draft pick.

Chris Cooley ran around the Washington Redskins' indoor practice facility Monday with his bare left knee exposed for all to see. He wore no brace, no wrap, no nothing. He just played football.
With no sign of a contract breakthrough for Drew Brees on the eve of the Saints' first offseason practice, safety Roman Harper tried to look on the bright side.