In light of the National Football League's poor response to its domestic violence crisis, National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman said on Monday there is no margin for error when doling out discipline.
A chastened NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Friday that the league's poor response to its domestic violence crisis will prompt an overhaul of how it deals with player behavior and punishment in America's most popular sports league.
Detectives in Phoenix arrested Jonathan Dwyer, a running back with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, on Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault in connection with two alleged incidents of domestic violence in late July, a police spokesman said.
Ray Rice is expected to appeal his indefinite suspension from the National Football League that followed last week's release of a video showing him punching his then-fiancee during an argument earlier this year, ESPN reported on Sunday, citing sources.
