Peterson played over 15-seasons in his long and storied NFL career, and remains closely associated with former side the Vikings, where he made a name for himself as one of the league’s top running backs. He earned the NFL Most Valuable Player award in 2012 and set a single-game rushing record during his rookie season in 2007.

The NFL in recent years has doled out several suspensions for player violations of its sports gambling policy, though not many as of late.

Adrian Peterson is still the last non-quarterback to win the NFL MVP award. Peterson made seven Pro Bowls during ten years with the Minnesota Vikings, who drafted him from Oklahoma with the

This week, Wesley Leasy, who played linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals in the mid-1990s, filed a notice of claim against the Mesa and Phoenix police departments which is the precursor to a lawsuit, demanding a million dollar settlement to keep the lawsuit from being filed.

Mark Sanchez has been arrested, following an incident in Indianapolis during which he was stabbed. The former NFL star was arrested at the hospital and charged with battery with injury, unlawful entry of a motor vehicle and public intoxication.

Martin died after a struggle with officers who were taking him into custody while investigating a break-in at a home in Oakland, police said.

They used the star to do it. They had us excited. The only reason they were able to pull this off was because they had a professional athlete in place.”

Former NFL running back and Nashville-area high school football coach Herman “Jay” Graham III has been arrested after allegedly attempting to have sex with an underage girl. Police reports viewed by Us Weekly indicate Graham,

N ewly released police footage shows former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler refusing a field sobriety test during his arrest for driving under the influence last year. The Franklin Police Department in Tennessee released body-camera footage from the October 2024 incident, which occurred after Cutler rear-ended another vehicle while intoxicated.