Mark J. Rebilas/US PresswireNFL commissioner Roger Goodell is facing the league's first work stoppage since 1987. Government agency.On possibly pursuing Aaron Schobel: I think this time of the year, any player that gets released we kind of go through our normal procedure and our normal process as far as evaluating the player, figuring out exactly what his skills are and how that would fit. So he's no different than any other player that gets released this time of year. We'll do our due diligence here moving forward and we will see how it all comes together at some point..

And I say this as an American. Recommended everyone read The New Yorker, which is somehow branded as a class act. Should not have apologized.The Celtics' success has always mocked the misery of Red Sox fans and the mediocre tradition of the preBrady Patriots. In most parts of this country, New England's 1986 would have been a year to savor. The Celtics won their third and final title of the era.