Gregg Williams

Teel Time: Hoping Virginia Tech linebacker Chase Williams isn't deterred by father's sins

Soon after news broke last month that his father organized bounties in the NFL, Virginia Tech linebacker Chase Williams, through the school’s sports information office, said he would not grant any interviews during spring practice. No matter that...

Tags: Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars, National Football League

Gregg Williams urged Saints to 'kill the head' against 49ers

Los Angeles Times

Disgraced defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, suspended indefinitely by the NFL for his role in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal, urged his players to take shots at the head, knees and ankles of specific San Francisco 49ers before a playoff game...

Tags: Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton, Frank Gore

Plank experienced violent nature of football firsthand

Former Bears safety Doug Plank called himself "a pat-down candidate" as he answered my phone call while going through an airport security line Friday in Philadelphia. Plank's three artificial joints send off alarms whenever he travels and remind him of...

Tags: Mike Ditka, Michael Crabtree, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Soul

Penalties upheld in Saints bounty case

AP Pro Football Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Goodell sent a message to every coach and player in the NFL: safety first. The league commissioner stuck with his punishments for New Orleans' pay-for-pain bounties on Monday, rejecting Saints coach Sean Payton's appeal of a...

Tags: Concussion, James Harrison, Mickey Loomis, Super Bowl, New York Giants

Sean Payton's "bounty-gate" story doesn't add up

Saints head coach Sean Payton is appealing his suspension to the NFL. Yesterday in New York at the NFL offices, Payton, general manager Mickey Loomis, and assistant head coach Joe Vitt were all pleading their cases, essentially saying former defensive...

Tags: Mickey Loomis, Super Bowl, New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton, National Football League

Sports Fans Watch Another High-Profile Coach Get Suspended

WGNO News

If you think New Orleans' only connection to Miami is the Saints' Super Bowl victory, then you need to catch a New Orleans Zephyrs game in Metairie. The Zs are the Triple-A team for the Miami Marlins. And just like the Saints -- albeit on a less severe...

Tags: Miami Marlins, New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl, Fidel Castro

Ex-Towson State linebacker Vitt named interim Saints coach

Joe Vitt went directly from the football field at Towson State to his first job in the NFL as the strength coach of the Baltimore Colts in 1979. A little more than 30 years later, Vitt finds himself in the middle of one of the biggest stories in the...

Tags: Mickey Loomis, San Francisco 49ers, New Orleans Saints, St. Louis Rams, Towson Tigers

Teel Time: Once his receivers are healthy, Virginia Tech QB Logan Thomas will be fine

Other than a sunburned nose and bald spot – my dear, sweet, late mother always lectured me about sunscreen and a hat – I’m not sure how much I gained from Virginia Tech’s second open scrimmage of the spring practice season...

Tags: Frank Beamer, Atlantic Coast Conference, Virginia Tech Hokies, Dyrell Roberts, Sports

NFL: punishments for Saints bounty program upheld by Commissioner

WGNO Sports

The NFL announced Monday that Commissioner Roger Goodell would not reduce the punishments for Saints Coaches Sean Payton and Joe Vitt or Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis. The decision came after Goodell spent about six hours speaking with the...

Tags: New Orleans Saints, Sean Payton, National Football League, Punishment, Sports

Naperville’s Payton suspended one year in bounty scandal -

Saints go marching in -- straight to the NFL's costly doghouse