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Thomas Davis Has "11 Or 12" Screws In His Arm, But He Plans To Play In The Super Bowl

A quick, gruesome recap of the maladies Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis has suffered: he’s torn his right ACL three times (no other player in NFL history has come back from three such tears on the same knee), he dislocated his finger then relocated it and made a tackle all on the same play, and he ...

Report: Giants' Jay Bromley Accused Of Attempting To Rape A Woman And Hit Her With His Car

According to multiple reports this morning, New York Giants defensive lineman Jay Bromley is being investigated by the NYPD for attempted rape. Apparently, the 23-year-old Bromley met a 26-year-old woman on Instagram, then arranged to meet up with her at the Hyatt Herald Square Hotel early this morn...

University Of California Admits Fault In Death Of Football Player Ted Agu

Ted Agu was like many Berkeley students, in that he wanted to go to medical school after graduating. But Agu was also a walk on defensive lineman for the football team. After a team offseason workout on the morning of February 7, 2014, he collapsed with breathing trouble. Agu was taken to the Alta B...

Report: Police Question Johnny Manziel Over An "Altercation" With His Ex-Girlfriend [UPDATES]

According to a report from David Watkins of NBC5 (Fort Worth), the Fort Worth PD were called in to check on a “dispute” between Johnny Manziel and his girlfriend early this morning....

Chargers And Rams Agree On Plan To Share L.A. Stadium [Update: Chargers Will Stay In San Diego For 2016]

Update, 5:50 p.m.: The Chargers will play in San Diego for the 2016 season, according to a statement from owner Dean Spanos. The Chargers have until Jan 26, 2017, to exercise their option to move to Los Angeles....

Rams DE Chris Long has compiled a list of the most embarrassing things he’s ever done. It’s a good list....

Counterpoint: Oh God, I Think I'm Going To Be Sick

Here, as best I can approximate it in text, is the sound I made when I saw the above photo for the first time: Whuuhhuuhuhhhhhhuulckk. It was the sound of the sudden fear that I might puke. If the internet contains a more distressing photograph than that one, I will just have to take your word for i...

Would You Eat This? I Would Eat This

I don’t remember how, but we stumbled upon this recipe earlier in the week: a “Pepperoni Pizza Football Cheese Ball,” made by our new buddy Trish at Mom on Timeout. There were those on staff who were grossed out by what appears to be a neutron star of meaty cheesy gluttony. I disagree. Actually, the...

Hue Jackson Is Giving Johnny Manziel The Cold Shoulder

At the time of his hiring, it was reported that new Browns head coach Hue Jackson wanted nothing to do with Johnny Manziel. Since then, Jackson hasn’t done anything to indicate that he wants Manziel on the team next year....

They Painted The Wrong End Zone At The Super Bowl

Members of the media got to poke around Levi’s Stadium yesterday, and watched the grounds crew paint the various logos on the field. But a couple of particularly observant folks noticed a minor screw-up....

Las Vegas Is The Next City The Raiders Will Use For Leverage To Try And Get A New Stadium

For two decades Los Angeles has served as the NFL’s bogeyman, lurking just out of sight as an implicit threat to any city that refused to pay up for a new or renovated stadium. You better flash the cash, the NFL would threaten, or the Bills/Dolphins/Jaguars/Vikings/Colts are going to bolt for glamor...

Former USC Football Walk-On Charged With Running International Drug Smuggling Ring

Owen Hanson, who was a volleyball player and walk-on tight end at USC a decade ago, ran a massive international drug smuggling ring, federal authorities claimed in an indictment unsealed Thursday. Hanson was one of 22 people charged with a slew of offenses, including racketeering, drug trafficking, ...

Report: NFL Ticket Policies Subject Of Antitrust Investigation

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman just released a report detailing his three-year investigation into the corrupt world of secondary ticket markets. The NFL’s shady re-sale policies are a subject of the report, and according to Bloomberg Business, Schneiderman is now investigating the leagu...

Russell Wilson Googled "How To Describe A Beautiful Woman" To Find Something Nice To Say About Ciara

Yesterday was Woman Crush Wednesday on Twitter, so Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson decided to offer an encomium to the light and love of his life, Ciara:...

Before Cam Newton, there was a different Cam Newton, who played safety for the Falcons and went to training camp with the Panthers. Cameron Lamark Newton is from South Carolina, and says he frequently deals with people confusing him for the guy who dabs. [SI]...

Von Miller Shows Off Ball He Intercepted, Jokes About It Being Deflated

Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller sure is a lot of fun. Here he is in the locker room after the AFC Championship game, making jokes about the ball he picked off Tom Brady being a little deflated:...

Seahawks Fans Are Fighting A Petition War

Fans of the Seattle Seahawks have gained a reputation as not dealing well with losing, which is weird, because they had all of recorded human history up until about 2003 to get good at it. They’ve also gained a reputation as the NFL fanbase most likely to start a pointless petition when things don’t...

Former NFL Player Tyler Sash Had CTE When He Died At Age 27

Former New York Giants safety Tyler Sash—who died in September of an accidental painkiller overdose at age 27—had stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died, according to researchers at Boston University. The researchers told Sash’s family that it was rare to see as severe of CTE in such ...

A Broncos Pass Rusher Tried To Rub His Dong And Balls In Tom Brady's Face

The Denver Broncos went into Sunday’s AFC Championship game with a clear mission: Hit Tom Brady as many times as possible, and send the all-world quarterback running for his life. Thanks to The MMQB’s Robert Klemko, we know the Broncos’ intimidation campaign was mental as well as physical....

Broncos Fan Allegedly Pushes Over Porta-Potty With Patriots Fan Inside

The narrator of this video says that a Broncos fan kicked over a portable toilet, with a Patriots fan inside, after Sunday’s game in Denver....