Sports world reacts to death of former NFL, Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett

The sudden passing of former NFL, Michigan and Arkansas QB Ryan Mallett prompted an outpouring of support from former teammates and those that knew him as well as the broader football community. Mallett was drafted in the third round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots and also had stints with the … Read more

Sports world reacts to legendary RB Jim Brown’s death

Jim Brown, the iconic running back who led the Cleveland Browns to their most recent NFL championship in 1964 and is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time, as well as a powerful social activist off the field, has died at 87, his wife announced Friday. A Pro Football Hall of … Read more

‘The strongest fear I had ever felt’: RK Russell on coming out in the male world of football | NFL

Back in Texas, everyone I knew had strong feelings about homosexuality. If you were straight, you would use slurs like faggot and pussy boy and rant about masculinity and manhood – things no teenage boy knows anything about. If you were gay, you had to fight for your freedom and sometimes even your life. I … Read more