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Raccoon Caught Scavenging In The Stands Of Paul Brown Stadium
On Sunday we heard whispers that there was a raccoon running loose in Paul Brown Stadium as the Bengals hosted the Cowboys. Well, now we have video. Some brave soul scooped up the masked critter and helpfully escorted him out of the section....

Your Monday Night Football Open Thread
Houston at New England (ESPN): This has all the makings for a legitimate barn burner and as they look ahead to next week's matchup, Tirico and Gruden must be doing somersaults. Alas, this game will play out the only way an ostensibly exciting game involving the Patriots can play out: crushing, no-do...

Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
Detroit at Green Bay (NBC) : Plenty of things to yak about during this game. For instance: the Packers started the day tied atop the NFC North with the Chicago Bears. With a win tonight they will be all alone after Chicago lost to the Vikings. Lose and they are back tied with the Bears. And oh, God...

Deadspin Up All Night: There You Are
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There's still The Lions and Packers and a handful of NBA action, so settle in. We'll be around....

Vince Young Is Watching The Arizona Cardinals Get Destroyed, Thinks He Can Help
Vince Young may not be the hero Arizona deserves, but he just might be the hero it needs. The Seattle Seahawks are in the process of thoroughly humiliating the Cardinals 58-0. As of this writing, there are an ungodly two minutes and change remaining—and Seattle has the ball....

Why Don't Players Use The League-, Team-, Or Union-Provided Driving Services After A Night Out Drinking?
Just about six months ago, the NFL had a particularly rough week with players being charged with driving while intoxicated. Lions DT Nick Fairley, Jacksonville wide receiver Justin Blackmon and Vikings fullback Jerome Felton were all charged with varying degrees of driving while intoxicated in the ...
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The Kick Is Up, And It's Good!: Your Sunday NFL GIF Roundup [Updated]
We'll be putting all our GIFs for the day here, from the double-bird field goal salute, Rex Ryan digesting a delicious meal and Lee Smith being eaten by Bills fans. We'll update the post as the later games conclude, so stay tuned. ...

Eli Swears He Has No Idea How He Got Those Beads: Your NFL Late Games Viewing Guide
We've got three games for you this evening, including American Hero John Skelton's stirring return to the starting lineup. ...

Jim Nantz Should Be Calling This The Battle Of The Beltway: Your NFL Early Games Viewing Guide
Week 14 continues and we've got some great games with playoff implications and plenty of teams just struggling to remain "in the hunt." Let's take a tour around the early afternoon schedule, shall we? ...

ESPN Cancels Comedy Segment Again
It appears ESPN will not be subjecting its viewers to a misguided, probably-sponsored-by-a-light-beer segment with a cast of uncomfortable extras centered around a hilariously out of touch gasbag....

Haunting New Details Emerge In The Jovan Belcher Murder-Suicide
The Kansas City Star has an exclusive story with chilling new details concerning the final moments of both Kasandra Perkins and Jovan Belcher, gleaned from multiple police sources as the investigation continues....

Dan Snyder Celebrates Win Over Giants With Characteristic Grace And Civility
Big win for the Redskins Monday night over the Giants. They are now 3-1 in the division, just one game behind the Giants....

Giants Lineman Sean Locklear Used To Have A Right Knee: Giants-Redskins In Four GIFs
Washington 17, New York Giants 16: Ugh, so gross. Moving on. The Giants could have gone a long way to wrapping up the division while also taking the air out of the Washington sails, but no. The Redskins are right in the thick of things despite...let's call it an unorthodox first scoring drive....


The Gift For The Grizzlies Fan Who Has Everything: A $13,000 Practice Basketball Court
$5,000 for a college basketball court? Amateur hour. This holiday season you want the real deal and you're willing to pay top dollar. Or at least several thousand dollars more than you would for some crummy college one, right? Bummer is, the only such court available, as far as I can tell, is the ol...

2006 Police Report: Jovan Belcher Punched Through A Window
CBS's Mike Freeman has tracked down documents from the University of Maine—where Belcher earned a degree in child development—that appear to confirm a story related by one of our commenters on Saturday, when news of the Belcher murder-suicide first surfaced....

Your Monday Night Football Open Thread
You might not know this because you are not a famous person, but the Giants and Redskins are your Monday Night Football game this week....

Here Is Bob Costas's Sanctimonious, Horseshit Editorial On Jovan Belcher
Here's Bob Costas dialing the smarm up to 11 in this referendum on perspective and sports by way of the Kasandra Perkins/Jovan Belcher murder-suicide. "Please," Costas intones, "those who need tragedies to continually recalibrate their sense of proportion about sports would seem to have little hop...

How Is The Nation's Best Offense Not Playing In A Bowl Game?
In 2012, Louisiana Tech averaged 51.5 points per game, the best in the country. Although they finished the season with two straight losses to Utah State and San Jose State, the Bulldogs still finished the year with a 9-3 record overall. Bowl games being something of a cottage industry of late, one ...

Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
Philadelphia at Dallas (NBC): I think we are all hoping for an Eagles win here, just to stir up some shit, right? No? Alright then, here are some delusional Philadelphia pre-game notes....