After being voted NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, Texans outside linebacker Brian Cushing returned to Los Angeles to work on his college degree and torture himself. Going back to USC to earn a ...

Brian Cushing won the N.F.L.’s defensive rookie of the year award in January. ... Just as college athletes can now be paid for their athletic talent through so-called name, ...

Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing, the former high school standout from Bergen Catholic and college star at USC, has been suspended by the NFL for 10 games for violating the league's policy ...

Brian Cushing will play football Sunday at the Meadowlands, and his parents, Frank and Antoinette, plan to drive 20 minutes or so from their home in Park Ridge, N.J., to watch.

Joe DeFranco, a personal trainer who has worked with Cushing throughout the Texans linebacker’s high school, college and NFL careers, said on his podcast last week that Cushing tested positive for ...