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The father-son duos who have won a Super BowlIf the 49ers win the Super Bowl, running back Christian McCaffery will join his father, Ed, as a Super Bowl Champion. The same with San Fran’s head coach Kyle Shanahan. With a victory, he and his father Mike Shanahan will be two coaches with Super Bowl victories. Here is a list of all the other fath...

Tom Brady’s pre-Super Bowl retirement makes things awkward for Fox’s Greg Olsen — but here’s a solutionThe comeback king may finally be done, but Tom Brady’s football obituary should begin with his error of making one comeback too many. The venerable Patriots legend Tampa Bay Buccaneers mercenary-for-hire announced his retirement in a no-frills social media post on Wednesday morning....

Report: Troy Aikman headed to ESPNMaybe Troy Aikman was more peeved about not calling the Dallas Cowboys Wild Card Game last month than we initially thought?...

Michael Thomas’s Cell Phone Celebration Was Cool, No Matter What The Announcers Said

It was a great game. The Saints scored 35 first-half points, with Drew Brees throwing for three scores. Jared Goff led the Rams all the way back from a 21-point deficit to tie things up in the fourth. Then, late in the fourth quarter, the Saints had the ball in their own territory leading by just th...

Back In 1995, <em>The Simpsons</em> Visited <em>The NFL On Fox</em>, And Homer Took A Shot At Jerry Jones

This only came to my attention yesterday, and—as I'm a Simpsons fan and something of a sports enthusiast—I figured that if I hadn't seen it, most people likely hadn't. In 1995, the Simpsons did what has to be the best promo for the NFL on Fox—for any pre-game show—ever. It's not quite vintage, unt...

History Lesson: The Time Matt Millen Punched The Patriots' General Manager In The Head

An occasional feature in which we recall notable incidents that we would've covered the hell out of had we existed at the time....

This Is Howie Ice Our Balls

During Fox's canned-laugh reach-a-around football pre-game show, a photo of a young Howie Long spread-legged with an ice pack appeared and gave Frank Caliendo some fresh material to butcher. More importantly, it got the boys at OutSports' attention....

Howie Long's Kid: Drunk, Busted, Headed To Community College

It was quite a weekend for Kyle Long, son of Howie Long and stud pitching prospect for Florida State. Well, he was a pitching prospect at FSU....