Lawyers

• NFL's Ravens, Rice settlement was for $1.59 million: report

  The settlement of a wrongful termination grievance reached in January between the Baltimore Ravens and running back Ray Rice was for $1.59 million, the Baltimore Sun reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

• U.S. judge rules for Vikings' Peterson in NFL discipline case

  A federal judge on Thursday overturned the NFL's suspension of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who had pleaded no contest to charges of hitting his son with a switch, and sent the case back to the league's arbitration process for resolution.

• Players union files grievance of NFL personal conduct policy

  The National Football League players union has filed a grievance against the league over its new personal conduct policy and is seeking a cease and desist order to prevent its implementation.

• NFL linebacker charged with rape in Indianapolis

  Indianapolis Colts backup linebacker Josh McNary on Wednesday was charged with attacking and raping a 29-year-old woman in his Indianapolis apartment in December, court records show.

• Probe finds NFL didn't see Rice video, fumbled investigation

  An independent probe has found no evidence that anyone at the NFL possessed or saw the surveillance video of running back Ray Rice striking his then-fiancee last year but said the league failed to properly investigate the case.

• Video seems to show football's Rice, future wife kiss after brawl

  Newly released video footage appears to show professional football's Ray Rice and his future wife kissing while handcuffed in a casino elevator following the couple's fight that cost Rice his job with the Baltimore Ravens.

• Wife of Ray Rice says he was candid with NFL about assault

  The wife of former Baltimore Ravens’ football player Ray Rice said in an interview that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was not truthful when he described Rice as ambiguous about striking her in an elevator early this year.

• Former Ravens running back Ray Rice wins appeal, is eligible for NFL

  Former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice has won an appeal of his indefinite suspension for domestic violence and is now eligible to sign with any National Football League team, the league said on Friday.

• Mother's death leads NFL player to fight domestic abuse

  Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback William Gay remembers arriving at the hospital as a confused 7-year-old trying to understand why members of his family were sobbing uncontrollably.

• Ray Rice's NFL appeal hearing begins in New York

  A two-day appeal hearing that former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice hopes will result in his immediate reinstatement to the National Football League began Wednesday in midtown Manhattan.

• Public service announcements on domestic violence to air during NFL games

  The NFL's effort to combat domestic violence and sexual assault will get a new look on Thursday night when a series of public service announcements featuring current and former players will begin airing during the San Diego-Denver game.

• Vikings star Peterson to plead not guilty in court appearance

  Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is expected to enter a plea of not guilty, if asked, to a charge of injuring his 4-year-old son when he appears in court on Wednesday in Texas, a spokeswoman for his attorney said on Tuesday.

• NBA player arrested in Michigan for domestic assault

  NBA Charlotte Hornets forward Jeffery Taylor was arrested in a Michigan hotel early on Thursday and charged with domestic assault, according to police.

• Bettman says mistakes 'magnified' when doling out punishment

  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.

• Goodell tackles NFL domestic abuse crisis with vow to reform

  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.

• Ray Rice expected to appeal NFL suspension: reports

  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.

• NFL's Adrian Peterson charged with child abuse

  Police were seeking to arrest Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson on a charge of injury to a child, a Texas sheriff's office said on Friday, while Peterson's attorney said he used "a switch to spank his son."

• Obama on Ray Rice video: A 'real man' doesn't hit a woman

  Speaking out against domestic violence in the wake of a video showing former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee in an elevator, President Barack Obama said on Monday that "hitting a woman is not something a real man does."