Stop right there. Before we allow you to read any further, we'll need to see some ID. A review of the year in sleaze -- oops, we mean sports -- in 2009 is a tale for mature audiences only. Some of the randy goings-on were mildly amusing: NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley got a traffic ticket last New Year's Eve in his haste to find a place for a little one-on-one time with a female friend. Others were deeply disturbing: retired NFL quarterback Steve McNair, a husband and father, was shot dead by a paramour in a murder-suicide.
The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair had grown frustrated with their relationship and was struggling with financial difficulties in the days before she killed him and herself in July.
The Tennessee Titans will honor slain former quarterback Steve McNair by wearing a No. 9 decal on their helmets this season, starting with this weekend's Hall of Fame Game against the Buffalo Bills.
What Tony Dungy is about to do with Michael Vick is no different from what Dungy has been doing with Vick for months. Nothing more formal, nothing more official, no forms to fill out, and no big-brother-NFL looking over his shoulder as the retired coach formally becomes the conditionally reinstated quarterback's mentor.
Mechelle McNair is grateful for the prayers, deeds and words of sympathy
One of the most intriguing NFL storylines over the next few weeks will revolve around a potential difference-maker -- one who may come out of retirement to don purple for a team with legitimate Super Bowl aspirations.
With Peter King on his annual four-week summer vacation, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton took time away from vacationing in the Florida panhandle to write today's Monday Morning Quarterback column. Payton, who was voted NFL Coach of the Year in 2006, is entering his fourth season in New Orleans.
The Tennessee man accused of selling the gun used to kill former NFL quarterback Steve McNair is in custody facing a federal charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, authorities said Friday.
Thousands gathered Saturday for the funeral of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, who was killed a week ago.
It was an emotional day for loved ones of NFL quarterback Steve McNair during his funeral today. Larry Smith has details.
Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair taped a youth suicide prevention public service announcement before he was fatally shot in a murder-suicide, Tennessee health officials said.
HLN's Jane Velez-Mitchell and panel discuss latest in the murder-suicide of NFL's Steve McNair and his girlfriend.
Sahel Kazemi owed on two cars and her apartment when she shot the former NFL star
Fans lined up early to say good bye to ex-NFL QB Steve McNair. WKRN's Justin Bruce reports.
Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair may have been struggling to fill a void after retiring from football, something most star athletes go through when their careers come to an end, former teammate Eddie George told CNN.
His girlfriend shot him four times, then turned the gun on herself, the medical examiner says
The girlfriend of former NFL star Steve McNair first shot him in his right temple, then fired three more shots at close range, most likely as he slept, police said Wednesday.
Police say married former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was dating the woman found dead with him. WZTV reports.
The pistol found at the scene of the shooting that killed former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his girlfriend was purchased by the woman two nights before, police said Monday.
The tragic death of Steve McNair is a story ripe for jumping to conclusions, but of course that's the absolute wrong move. Let's try to remember that we jump to a wrong conclusion in the first place when we think we know who professional athletes really are because we get to watch them play, listen to them talk, and see them on TV.
Calling his and his girlfriend's deaths a homicide, cops stop short of saying murder/suicide
The first image that came to mind upon hearing of Steve McNair's death on Sunday had nothing to do with football.
Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot multiple times, including once in the head, at a Nashville, Tennessee, condominium, authorities said Saturday.
Watching the slow-motion car crash that is the Jay Cutler-Denver divorce in the making, I can't help but get the feeling I've seen this particular movie before. And from the looks of it, it's once again a five-star Bus Cook Production.
Ravens fans, you may finally have your quarterback of the future: Chad Henne. I made him the 20th pick in my mock first round Monday, chosen by Baltimore after a trade with Tampa Bay. And after talking to Henne at length Monday night, the idea seems pretty plausible.
Steve McNair's retirement was hours old Thursday when I fielded the inevitable Hall of Fame question for the first time. Given that I was doing a radio show on a Nashville sports talk station, it was a logical query for someone from that part of the world -- where No. 9 made his NFL name -- to pose.
Let me get this straight. In order to re-set the NFL's starting quarterbacking landscape in Week 11, we have to remember that ...
It's not that I don't like Steve McNair. He's a wonderful fellow, and a hard-tryer, and good competitor. He's the kind of guy you want to have in your locker room and on your team as you go down the stretch of a season trying to make the playoffs. But at this stage of his life, he's a backup quarterback in quality and in health. He is Earl Morrall, which leads me to the first of my 10 pieces of fantasy advice ...
If there was a Week 1 antithesis to the Midas touch exhibited by the New England Patriots, it was the pitiful performance of the Kansas City Chiefs, who saw their personnel decision-making exposed on multiple fronts in a galling 20-3 loss at Houston.
SI.com: Titans: Uh Oh!updated: Tue Sep 11 2007 04:34:00
This story was originally published in the Jan. 31, 2000 issue of Sports Illustrated.
SI.com: Rams: The Greatestupdated: Tue Sep 11 2007 04:24:00
This story originally appeared in the Feb. 7, 2000 issue of Sports Illustrated.
At McDaniel College in Westminster, Md., where it was already sweltering at 10 a.m. on Thursday, early in the Ravens' full-pads, full-contact morning practice.
NEW YORK -- Musings, observations and the occasional insights from the two-day pick-fest still taking place in Radio City Music Hall:
SI.com: The big QB questionsupdated: Thu Mar 22 2007 11:35:00
With the deal that will send Atlanta backup Matt Schaub to Houston and install him as the successor to Texans starter David Carr, the NFL's quarterback carousel has again started to turn. Here's a look at eight quarterback issues worth keeping an eye on as the offseason progresses ...
SI.com: Pulling for Peytonupdated: Sun Jan 21 2007 19:43:00
CHICAGO -- I covered The Other Game. You know, the game that wasn't the game of the year.
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