NFL Players Association PAC backs ex-players in House races

The NFL Players Association's political action committee has begun dolling out donations for the midterm elections - including offering $5,000 each to two ex-players running for Congress from both parties. The group known as NFLPA One Team PAC gave $5,000 to former Cowboys linebacker Colin Allred, a Democrat facing Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions in Dallas.

Illegal immigrant suspected of killing Indianapolis Colts linebacker…

Manuel Orrego-Zavala, right, was charged Tuesday with illegally re-entering the U.S. following the suspected drunk driving crash Sunday that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson. An illegal immigrant from Guatemala suspected of killing an NFL player Sunday in a drunken driving crash now faces federal immigration charges, the Justice Department told Fox News on Tuesday.

Police: Suspect in Edwin Jackson’s crash death deported twice

Indianapolis Colts linebacker and former Georgia Southern standout Edwin Jackson walks off the field following an NFL game Nov. 20, 2016 against the Tennessee Titans in Indianapolis. Jackson, 26, was one of two men killed when a suspected drunken driver struck them as they stood outside their car along a highway in Indianapolis.

Four NFL Head Coaches Get Canned On The Same Day

Four head coaches in the National Football League were fired Sunday as the regular season has come to and end. Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano, Chicago Bears head coach John Fox, Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio and Detroit Lions head coach Jim Caldwell were all fired on the same day, during the last weekend of the regular season.

Power-hungry Trump can’t get enough

Long after NFL players began taking a knee during the pregame national anthem to protest racial inequality, Donald Trump decided he could use the movement to cement his political base and change the conversation from his lack of a prompt response to devastation in Puerto Rico. Trump then argued such protests were an unpatriotic affront to the flag, the military and the country.

NFLPA’s Smith: ‘No player is disrespecting our country or our flag’

NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith released a statement Monday regarding players protesting during the national anthem, saying "no player is disrespecting our country or our flag." Smith's statement comes following Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones' comments on Sunday that his players must stand for the anthem or else they would not play.

Donald Trump Sends Servant Mike Pence On Stupid (And Expensive) National Anthem Publicity Stunt

Poor Mike Pence , he's so close to being President of the United States, and yet, he's so unbelievably craven and morally bankrupt in every way, forced to eternity to lick the boots of one Donald Trump over, and over, and over again. Actually, on second thought, not poor Mike Pence.

Former Ohio State Football Star Is Hitting The Political Arena

Anthony Gonzalez, an Ohio native and former star of the Ohio State football team, has filed to run for Ohio's 16th Congressional Seat in 2018 as a Republican, according to Cleveland.com . Gonzalez played in the NFL from 2007 until 2012 as a member of the Indianapolis Colts and on the practice squad for the New England Patriots during his final year.