Jones apologizes for 2013 comment
Cowboys owner
who is already under fire for his feud with the NFL over a proposed extension for commissioner
is now offering up a mea culpa for an alleged inappropriate fouryear-old racial comment.
Jones made the comment in 2013 on a video at a Dallas hotel. A man asked Jones to give a congratulatory message to his fiancee as he was walking out of the bar.
Jones obliged with a bit of off-color humor. He looked in the camera and said, “Jennifer, congratulations on the wedding. Now, you know he’s with a black girl tonight, don’t you?”
Jones then began laugh in the video.
“That comment was inappropriate,” Jones told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “It’s not who I am, and I’m sorry.”
Former Dallas Cowboys cornerback learned of the video and the intentions of the source and came strongly to Jones’ defense. Sanders said he has known Jones for more than 20 years and he is not a racist.
“I won’t cast judgment, on one moment when a joke went south, to capture who this man represents in a lifetime commitment of love and compassion to all ethnicities,” Sanders said. “He has gone beyond the call of duty of being an NFL owner for people of all ethnicities and backgrounds, and I know this to be a fact. A joke that was intended to add humor at the request of a fan in a light-hearted moment was taken totally out of intent. I’m sorry we’re in this state of mind as a country, but if you’re looking for a racist, Jerry Jones is not that guy.” to Cards extend Fitzgerald:
signed a contract to return to the Cardinals for a 15th season, if he decides to play at all.
Fitzgerald, among the NFL career leaders in virtually all receiving statistics, has not said whether he intends to play after this season.
Fitzgerald has caught a pass in 204 consecutive games, the third-longest such streak in league history.
Rivers questionable: Chargers quarterback
is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Bills with a concussion.
Rivers is still progressing through the NFL’s concussion protocol after he reported symptoms of a head injury on Monday.
Rivers has started 194 consecutive games for the Chargers since taking over for the 2006 season opener.
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said he had to wear a specialized mouthpiece in the days after his team’s 22-16 victory over the Cardinals on Nov. 9 to put his jaw back in proper alignment. Wilson said he underwent X-rays and there was no fracture but a hit from required Wilson to limit the amount of speaking and eating he could do . ...
will get his first start for the Cardinals when they play the Texans in Houston on Sunday . ... Jets CB was fined $48,620 for his illegal hit on Buccaneers WR
last week and Bengals LB
wasn’t fined after his ejection against the Titans for pushing away the arm of an official who tried to break up a sideline scuffle.