Showing posts with label Ray Rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ray Rice. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Throwing Rice under the bus

September 23, 2014 Baltimore Ravens , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
ESPN: Owner Pins Report on Ray Rice Camp (Significant Amount Of Info "Manufactured")

Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Bisciotti / AP
ESPN.com News Service, Sept. 22, 2014, Espn.go.com

 Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti responded Monday to an ESPN investigative report into the team's handling of Ray Rice's domestic abuse case, saying that a significant amount of the information in the story was "manufactured" from accounts provided by the running back's inner circle.

 Bisciotti addressed the ESPN "Outside the Lines" report during a 45-minute news conference, saying he believes that Rice's camp is attempting to "build a case for reinstatement."

 AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyRavens owner Steve Bisciotti was critical of a report by ESPN's "Outside the Lines" regarding the team's handling of the Ray Rice case.

 "The majority of the sources [from the report] are people that work for Ray," Bisciotti said. "Almost everything in there is anonymous, but it's clear from the subject matter that it's Ray's attorney, it's Ray's agent, it's Ray's friends.

 "I'm not mad at those guys for writing the article," Bisciotti also said. He added he wished that ESPN had said who it interviewed for the story, claiming it was mostly people who were sympathetic to Rice's potential reinstatement.

 ESPN OTL reporter Don Van Natta, appearing on the network after Bisciotti's news conference, said that "Outside the Lines" interviewed more than 20 sources over 11 days -- team officials, current and former league officials, NFL Players Association representatives and associates, advisers and friends of Rice.

 "Unfortunately, it's an assumption [Bisciotti] is making. ... It's an oversimplification of the work we put into this story," Van Natta said.

 "We stand by our reporting," an ESPN spokesperson said Monday.

 "Outside the Lines" reported Friday that Bisciotti, Ravens president Dick Cass and general manager Ozzie Newsome tried to persuade NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to be lenient with Rice following the former Raven's February arrest.

 The Ravens released Rice on Sept. 8 after TMZ Sports released a video of the running back hitting his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, in an Atlantic City hotel casino elevator, knocking her unconscious. The NFL suspended Rice indefinitely shortly after he was released by the team.

Read the full story:  www.espn.go.com

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Fire sale!

September 22, 2014 Baltimore Ravens , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
7,000 Fans Trade In Ray Rice Jerseys 



By Fox News, Sept. 20, 2014, Foxbaltimore.com

The Baltimore Ravens addressed the media Saturday afternoon, providing statistics for the Ray Rice Jersey exchange. Kevin Byrne from the Ravens told reporters that as of noon Saturday 7,115 people had come to the Ravens team store. They exchanged 5,595 jerseys and gave more than 2,400 vouchers for people to come back and get jerseys after they ran out. Rice jerseys were exchanged for Steve Smith, Haloti Ngata, Terrell Suggs, Justin Tucker and Elvis Dumervil jerseys. Joe Flacco and Torrey Smith were the most popular jerseys that fans requested. The old jerseys are not recyclable and will be given to companies that deal in scrap. Fans with vouchers are scheduled to get their new jerseys October 25th, the Ravens are waiting for Nike to restock the supply. Fans have until 3pm Saturday to exchange a Ray Rice jersey.

Source:  www.foxbaltimore.com

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Sermon from a man who pled to obstruction of justice!

September 21, 2014 Domestic Violence , ESPN 0 Comments
Ray Lewis, ESPN Analyst, Talks About Covering Up Crimes

 By Troy Machir, Sept. 21, 2014, Sportingnews.com



Former Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis was on ESPN's NFL pregame show on Sunday morning, discussing the major off-the-field issues of the past two weeks.

When the discussion turned to the matter of the handling of the Ray Rice tape by his former employer, Lewis provided his thoughts, but used a certain phrase that someone like Ray Lewis probably should have stayed miles away from.

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

On Domestic Violence, NFL Uses NOW's Playbook By Larry Elder

September 18, 2014 Bill Clinton , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
Source:  www.sonofwashington.com
By Larry Elder, Sept. 18, 2014

When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell handed down a mere a two-game suspension for domestic violence, he took his cue from some of the very same women's groups now calling for his head.

Goodell first suspended Ray Rice, a star player, for two games four months after Rice's grand jury indictment for third-degree aggravated assault. A hotel video showing Rice dragging his then-fiancee's limp body out of an elevator "went viral." Rice reportedly admitted to Goodell that he punched her in the face, knocking her down. For this, Goodell suspended Rice just two games.

The protests over the light punishment turned to screams when another video became public, this one showing Rice inside the elevator delivering the punch. Why did it take that video to understand the gravity of the offense? After all, even without the video, one knew that Rice's now-wife didn't slip on a bar of soap.

Among those crying foul is the National Organization for Women. NOW President Terry O'Neill said: "The NFL has lost its way. It doesn't have a Ray Rice problem; it has a violence against women problem. ... The only workable solution is for Roger Goodell to resign and for his successor to appoint an independent investigator with full authority to gather factual data about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking within the NFL community and to recommend real and lasting reforms."

What about NOW's indifference toward, if not acceptance of, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's sordid record of disgusting behavior toward women?

In 1990, Gentlemen's Quarterly published an expose of Kennedy that would have brought down the career of virtually any politician, including a legacy lefty fawned over by the media. According to the piece, Kennedy was not merely a drunken skirt chaser; he was a criminal serial sexual predator:

"As (waitress Carla) Gaviglio enters the room, the six-foot-two, 225-plus-pound Kennedy grabs the five-foot-three, 103-pound waitress and throws her on the table. She lands on her back, scattering crystal, plates and cutlery and the lit candles. Several glasses and a crystal candlestick are broken. Kennedy then picks her up from the table and throws her on (Sen. Chris) Dodd, who is sprawled in a chair. With Gaviglio on Dodd's lap, Kennedy jumps on top and begins rubbing his genital area against hers, supporting his weight on the arms of the chair. As he is doing this, another waitress enters the room. She and Gaviglio both scream, drawing one or two dishwashers. Startled, Kennedy leaps up. He laughs. Bruised, shaken and angry over what she considered a sexual assault, Gaviglio runs from the room."

Perhaps the NFL took its cue from NOW's embrace of Bill Clinton, about whom liberal British journalist Christopher Hitchens said was credibly accused of rape three times. Hitchens, author of the book "No One Left to Lie To," appeared in 1999 on the ABC show "Politically Incorrect": "Mr. Clinton is a rapist. ... Believably accused three times of rape. ... I operate on the presumption of guilt. ... I can't convict anybody, but I'm not going to say Juanita Broaddrick is a liar, because everything she says checks out, and President Clinton hasn't denied it yet. He won't comment on the accusations. It's not his word against hers -- and if it was, it would be the word of a psychopathic liar."

Perhaps Goodell took his cue from the non-reaction to Juanita Broaddrick's appearance on Dateline NBC where she accused Bill Clinton of rape: "Stupid me, I ordered coffee to the room," she said. "I thought we were going to talk about the campaign." On NBC's "Dateline," a tearful Broaddrick said: "I first pushed him away. I just told him 'no.' ... He tries to kiss me again. He starts biting on my lip. ... And then he forced me down on the bed. I just was very frightened. I tried to get away from him. I told him 'no.' ... He wouldn't listen to me."

Or perhaps Goodell took his cue from the non-reaction to Kathleen Willey. Willey, a former White House volunteer and self-described "good friend" of the then-president, appeared on "60 Minutes" and accused Clinton of sexual battery.

"I just told him that my husband was in financial difficulty and that things were at a crisis point," said Willey, "and that my volunteer days were over, that I needed a regular paying job and could he help me." But in a small room just off the Oval Office, she says, Clinton hugged and kissed her. When she tried to push him away, "he touched my breasts with his hand ... and then he whispered ... 'I've wanted to do this ever since I laid eyes on you.' ... He took my hand, and he put it ... on his genitals."

Ted Kennedy was lionized. Bill Clinton is adored. Accusers Broaddrick, Willey, Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers have been ignored, dismissed or branded as liars. Where was NOW then?

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

GUEST LEGAL OPINION: The Ray Rice Case By Richard J. Chrystie

September 17, 2014 Assault , Child Abuse 0 Comments

By Richard J. Chrystie, retired Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, Sept. 17, 2014

The only thing unusual about this case is that the battery was caught on videotape.

Seeing a woman hit hard -- particularly hard enough to knock her out -- is shocking. Even TV dramas don’t show women being hit. I have heard that TV scriptwriters are instructed not to put in scenes depicting violence against women. It is too upsetting to viewers. So it is the showing of the videotape where Mr. Rice punched his fiancé in the face that has so shocked the public and made this case so newsworthy.

But as far as the actual violence goes, this is a routine case. The victim was hit once, did not require medical treatment, and doesn’t want her (now) husband prosecuted. This happens all the time. And in Los Angeles, if a case of misdemeanor battery is filed in this sort of situation, it is very commonly held in abeyance -- called “diversion” -- while the defendant attends anger management classes. If he (or, rarely, she) completes the classes and has no further violations, then the charges are dismissed.

So this would not be a case of celebrity justice in Los Angeles. Diversion of such a case out of the criminal justice system while the defendant attends anger management classes is routine.

But if the victim is injured and requires medical treatment or shows extensive bruising, or if the perpetrator has a record of committing domestic violence, then the case will be handled as a straight criminal case. There will be no diversion. But even in this instance, the victim very often refuses to cooperate. This is particularly true if she is still living with the perpetrator/defendant. So unless there is other evidence -- such as photos of the injuries, or witnesses to the battery, or a recorded 911 call reporting the battery in an excited voice, the case might not even be filed.

Regarding Mr. Rice being fired from his football team, I think this is excessive. Ray Rice losing his livelihood for this punishes the victim -- his wife -- as much as it punishes him.

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Monday, September 15, 2014

League's on trial

September 15, 2014 Baltimore Ravens , Curtis Skinner 0 Comments
Women's Group To Fly Banner Over NFL Stadium Calling For Goodell Ouster

NFL Commissioner Rodger Goodell
Source:  Kyle Terada / USA Today Sports
By Curtis Skinner, Dan Whitcomb and Kim Coghil, Sept. 13, 2014, Reuters.com

(Reuters) - A women's rights group will fly banners over pro football stadiums on Sunday calling on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to resign over his handling of former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice's domestic violence case, the group said.

The organization, UltraViolet, said it will fly banners reading, "#GoodellMustGo," over stadiums in Cleveland, New Jersey and San Francisco ahead of Sunday games. The group says it also will fly the message before a Monday night game to be played in Indianapolis.

The demonstration comes as the league scrambles to manage criticism over its handling of Ray Rice, who was suspended for only two games in July after he knocked out his then-fiancée and now-wife Janay Palmer with a punch to the face.

The three-time Pro Bowler was cut by the Ravens and indefinitely suspended from the league earlier this week after celebrity news website TMZ on Monday published a security video of the incident taken inside a New Jersey casino elevator.

"It is time for Roger Goodell to resign, and for the NFL to get serious about its commitment to ending violence against women within the league," UltraViolet co-founder Nita Chaudhary said in a written statement.

Read the full story:  www.reuters.com

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Give help or get help

September 15, 2014 CBS Sports , James Brown 0 Comments
Sports Host James Brown Delivers Powerful Speech About Domestic Violence



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What about pass given Bill Clinton?

September 15, 2014 Fishwrapper.com , Janay Rice 0 Comments
What DOES the NFL Stand For--Does Goodell Need to Go?

By Sarah Taylor, Sept. 15, 2014, Fishwrapper.com

The big questions are being asked this week: what does the NFL mean for women, and how will the seemingly rampant domestic violence against both ladies and children be eradicated if those perpetrating the violence aren't being properly punished for their insidious infractions?

Two women's coalitions, Ultra Violent and the National Organization, have taken matters into their own hands and have begun flying banners two hours prior to game time saying, "Roger Goodell Must Go."

In the latest development, Adrian Peterson has been reinstated to play against the Saints in the upcoming game week ... which is yet another despicable move by his team, and ultimately the NFL, in light of the fact that he beat his 4-year-old child with a switch to the point of bleeding.

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Sunday, September 14, 2014

That's union's job

September 14, 2014 Baltimore Ravens , CBS News 0 Comments
NFL Players Union May Appeal Ray Rice’s Indefinite Suspension

By Mike Hellgren, Sept. 12, 2014, Baltimore.cbslocal.com

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — New developments in the ongoing Ray Rice saga. The players union left open the possibility it will fight Rice’s indefinite suspension from the league.

Investigator Mike Hellgren has more on what the NFL commissioner told the union in a new letter.

In the letter, Commissioner Roger Goodell says the video shows “a starkly different sequence of events” from what Rice and representatives told him at a meeting. But once again, anonymous sources are denying Goodell’s version of events.

The players union may appeal Ray Rice’s indefinite suspension from the NFL. In a new formal letter to the union, the commissioner says Rice met with him in June and never told him about the punch.

He described that meeting in his exclusive CBS interview.

“When we met with Ray Rice and his representatives, it was ambiguous about what actually happened,” Goodell said.

But four sources tell ESPN Rice clearly mentioned the punch: “A fifth source with knowledge of the meeting said Rice only told Goodell he had slapped his fiancee.”

“As a man, I can’t believe that he saw that video and gave a two-game suspension,” said Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti.

Read the full story:  www.baltimore.cbslocal.com

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Friday, September 12, 2014

If running, can't weigh in on everything

September 12, 2014 Bill O'Reilly , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
O'Reilly Confronts Dr. Carson for Saying Rice Shouldn¹t Be 'Demonized'



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Now what, Commish?

Now what, Commish?

September 12, 2014 Baltimore Ravens , Fox 5 0 Comments
Ravens Fans, Men And Women, Wear Ray Rice Jerseys At Thursday Night Game 


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How long before someone cries "racism"

September 12, 2014 AP , Caught On Tape 0 Comments
Nets Say They're Cutting Back On Rice Video

Ray Rice knocks his then fiancé Janay Palmer to the
ground in a Las Vegas casino elevator
By David Bauder, Sept. 11, 2014, Ap.org

NEW YORK (AP) -- At least six television networks said Thursday they plan to stop or minimize airings of video showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice striking his then-fiancee and knocking her unconscious, footage that has called into question how the NFL disciplines players involved in domestic violence.

The move comes after the video from a casino elevator showing Janay Palmer crumpling to the floor after a punch has already been seen many times on TV since TMZ released it Monday: During the 7 a.m. EDT news hour on Tuesday, the video clip aired 37 times on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, according to a count by Media Matters for America. In addition, the networks aired an old video showing Palmer outside of the elevator nine times, the group said.

Media Matters did not have a count on how many times the clip was aired on sports networks.

ESPN, CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox News Channel and Fox Sports all said Thursday they would no longer show the video unless there are compelling news reasons to bring it back.

"The video has been seen enough for viewers to clearly know what happened, and make their own judgments about what should happen next," said Michael Clemente, executive vice president at Fox News. "Our judgment is that continuing to show it is simply overdoing it for shock value, and not for journalistic reasons."

Read the full story: www.ap.org

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Thursday, September 11, 2014

Payback time in N'awlins

September 11, 2014 Domestic Violence , Janay Rice 0 Comments
Hold Roger Goodell To Standard He Set For Saints--And Fire Him: Editorial

Rodger Godell
Credit:  AP/Seth Wenig
Source:  www.nola.com
By Editorial Board, Sept. 10, 2014, Nola.com / The Time Picayune

The NFL requires players to avoid "conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in the National Football League." The same standard should apply to Commissioner Roger Goodell.

And based on that standard, Mr. Goodell should be removed.

The commissioner not only botched the punishment of former Ravens running back Ray Rice for punching his then-fiancée in an Atlantic City casino elevator, but his claim that the league wasn't given a video of the assault now seems false.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday afternoon that a law enforcement official said he sent the video showing Mr. Rice knocking out fiancée Janay Palmer to an NFL executive five months ago. Mr. Goodell and the league office have insisted they didn't see the brutal punch until this week when TMZ released the video.

But the law enforcement official allowed The Associated Press to listen to an April 9 voicemail from an NFL office number that confirmed the video had been received. According to the AP report, a woman expresses thanks and says, "You're right. It's terrible."

When asked by AP about the voicemail Wednesday, league officials still said no one had seen the video before this week.

Hours after fans began sharing the video posted by TMZ Monday, the Ravens cut the All Pro running back and the NFL made his suspension indefinite.

It is impossible to believe no one at the NFL had seen the video before this week. The claim was already suspect before the AP's news report Wednesday afternoon. The league has vast resources and power, and it had been clear for months that Ms. Palmer -- who is now married to Mr. Rice -- had been knocked out in the elevator in February.

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Monday, September 8, 2014

From 2 game suspension to "You're fired!"

From 2 game suspension to "You're fired!"

September 08, 2014 Assault , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
Ray Rice Elevator KO--Fiancee Takes Crushing Punch [Video]


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Friday, August 1, 2014

Free Stephen A. Smith!!! --Whoopi says same thing=no problem

August 01, 2014 Domestic Violence , Ray Rice 0 Comments
Stephen A. Smith was just toeing ESPN’s company line

Stephen A. Smith
By Phil Mushinck, Aug. 1, 2014, Nypost.com

Free Stephen A. Smith! Free Stephen A. Smith!

At least that’s a reasonable price.

ESPN’s one-week suspension of Smith for stating vis-a-vis the NFL’s two-game docking of Ray Rice for allegedly cold-cocking his fiancée that women shouldn’t “provoke” such attacks, would have made for sensible justice had ESPN not been judge and jury.

ESPN’s verdict and sentence is like a carjacker stopping to scold a jaywalker.

Yes, Smith was guilty of rotten, even revolting on-the-spot spewing. Yet, how does ESPN escape its own planned, similarly rotten judgments?

ESPN recruits the worst acts in sports. Disgraced college coaches, infamously lawless ex-players and the sexually indiscreet — those unsure of exactly how many children they’ve fathered, and where — are more than welcomed as the multiple networks’ on-air talent.

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Sunday, May 25, 2014

Ravens Player Uses Poor Choice Of Words In Apology For Alleged Assault --No, I'm sorry? No NBA-like ban?

May 25, 2014 Assault , Baltimore Ravens 0 Comments
By New York Daily News Staff, May 23, 2014, Nydailynews.com

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ravens running back Ray Rice apparently is more out of tune than most athletes when asking for the public’s forgiveness.

On Feb. 15, Rice was arrested on assault charges for allegedly striking his wife and sending her to the ground in an altercation in Atlantic City.

At a press conference Friday filled with self-pity, in which he did not apologize to his wife, Janay Palmer, Rice said he had “failed miserably.”

What he really appeared to fail at was an apology. “I failed miserably, but I wouldn’t call myself a failure because failure is not getting knocked down. It’s not getting up,” he said while addressing media for the first time since video surfaced of him dragging Palmer out of a casino elevator.

Rice even had Palmer speak and apologize, even though she was the victim of the alleged assault. “I do deeply regret the role I played in the incident that night,” she said. “But I can say that I am happy that we continue to work through it together. I love Ray, and I know that he will continue to prove himself not only to you all, but to the community, and I know he will gain your respect back in due time."

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