Gregg Williams

Should Gregg Williams have a place in NFL?

2013-02-10 21:38:00

He served his time Omar Kelly Sun Sentinel Gregg Williams embarrassed the NFL by serving as the architect of a violent bounty system that has been the undercurrent of football for decades. He paid the harshest penalty for Bountygate. He has served...

Coffee Companion (12/14): your daily Ravens fix

2012-12-14 06:00:00

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday....

Winners, losers in Tagliabue decision?

2012-12-12 19:53:41

Goodell wins, loses Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times Roger Goodell was both the biggest loser and winner in Paul Tagliabue's bounty scandal ruling. Goodell's credibility has taken a huge hit over the course of this ordeal, and having his predecessor...

Are the Saints done for this season?

2012-09-17 16:01:14

Team missing Payton Dan Pompei Chicago Tribune No team is done for the season after two games, but the Saints are moving in that direction. The good news is there are 14 remaining games to make them forget about Games 1 and 2. The better news is the...

Was penalty against Vilma too severe?

2012-05-20 20:49:53

NFL must prove guilt Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times The suspension of Jonathan Vilma was not too severe if in fact he offered $10,000 bounties to any teammate who took out Kurt Warner or Brett Favre. That's clearly crossing the line. But the thing is,...

Saints' Gregg Williams coaching career should be over

2012-04-06 07:43:00

That sound you just heard was the door officially slamming on the coaching career of Gregg Williams, the former�New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator and current St. Louis Rams D-coordinator, who seems to see himself as some kind of headset-wearing�mob...

Ex-Towson State linebacker Vitt named interim Saints coach

2012-04-12 19:34:00

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...

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., Mark Wiedmer column

2013-05-09 01:54:03

It's been nearly six weeks since Louisville reserve guard Kevin Ware fell to the basketball court in total agony on Easter afternoon, his right tibia snapped in two and sticking through his skin during a Midwest Regional final win over Duke. But for...

Tennessee Titans - TeamReport

2013-04-23 23:41:02

NFL Team Report - Tennessee Titans - INSIDE SLANT Before the start of free agency, the Titans seemed like a lock to draft either Alabama guard Chance Warmack or North Carolina guard Jonathan Cooper with their first-round pick, the 10th selection...

Saints hire Rob Ryan to be defensive coordinator

2013-02-09 11:31:00

Rob Ryan's five minutes of unemployment lasted four weeks, but he's now the defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints. When Ryan became one of the fall guys for the Dallas Cowboys' failed season, he said he wasn't worried about losing his job...

NFL reinstates 'bountygate' coach Gregg Williams; Titans hire him

2013-02-07 10:58:00

The NFL has reinstated former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams after suspending him for his role in the New Orleans' bounty scandal, and the Tennessee Titans have added him to their coaching staff as senior assistant coach....

Teel Time: U.Va. coordinator Fairchild's former boss calls him demanding, flexible

2013-02-03 21:03:00

When Sonny Lubick landed his first Division I-A head-coaching job, at Colorado State in 1993, then-Western Athletic Conference rival San Diego State was a natural place to search for assistants to run the offense. First with Dan McGwire at quarterback...

Many called the penalties unfair and criticisms of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's transparency forced Goodell to appoint NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue as an independent arbitrator. Tagliabue subsequently overturned all player suspensions.

2012-12-13 15:15:26

One of the central figures in the club's bounty scandal, Jonathan Vilma is currently on the physically unable to perform list as he appeals the year-long suspension issued by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

2012-10-15 00:00:00