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NFL Says Donald Trump Is Full Of Shit; League Never Sent Him Letter About Debate Schedule
Donald Trump’s efforts to weasel out of debating Hillary Clinton have hit a peak, as the GOP presidential nominee has repeatedly blamed his opponent for the scheduled debates that were approved by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates nearly a year ago. That lie apparently not being bold...
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Guess How Sexist Texas A&M's Event For Female Football Fans Was [UPDATED]
It was pretty damn sexist!...

What's Actually New About The NFL's New Concussion Policy?
The NFL patted itself on the back this week, as the NFL likes to do, after it reached an agreement with the union on a new policy for enforcing the league’s concussion protocol. In an effusive press release, the league heralded the “commitment to protecting the health and safety of NFL players.” It ...

Vikings Backup QB Out Three Months After Reportedly Trying To Kick His Friend's Locked Door In
Professional athletes are just like us, in that they occasionally find creative, dumb ways to hurt themselves. They’ve picked up injuries stepping on cacti, celebrating a win, and trying to rescue pizzas. Today, we can add “trying to kick a door down after getting locked out” to this sad list. ...

Communists' DNC Flag-Burning Interrupted By DeSean Jackson Fanboy
The Revolutionary Communist Party and First Amendment pioneer Gregory Johnson staged a flag burning outside the Democratic National Convention today, only to find a Philadelphia Eagles fan taking objection to their attempt at free-speech fulmination....

Court Petition From Fired Baylor Employee Seeks Full Pepper Hamilton Report
In the aftermath of the Baylor sexual assault scandal, the closest thing to concrete information on the university’s institutional failures came in the form of a 13-page, specificity-free summary of Pepper Hamilton’s findings. Baylor has long insisted that’s all the documentation that exists. A cour...

College Football Playoff Caves To ESPN, Sanity; Semifinal Games Move To Weekends And Holidays
The College Football Playoff semifinals are abandoning New Year’s Eve, mostly, after this past year’s disaster that saw ratings plummet 36% and forced ESPN to issue free make-good ads during the national championship game....

And Now, The Annual Running Of The Patriots Fans
NFL training camps are starting, and that means it’s time to enjoy one of the finest traditions in sports: Patriots fans storming the field on the first day of camp like a bunch of goobers....

Jarryd Hayne Says The NFL Needs A Minor League
In his first and only NFL season, rugby league convert Jarryd Hayne didn’t get much action. He had 17 carries, six receptions, and eight punt returns in just eight games of action in a season that saw him get waived, re-signed to the practice squad, and added to the roster again at the tail end of t...

Warren Sapp Got Bitten By A Shark, But He's Okay
A good way to spend a summer afternoon is to go lobster fishing. A bad way to spend a summer afternoon is to get bit by a shark. The ocean is a mysterious place, full of mystery, joy, and hungry beasts. Warren Sapp experienced it all this afternoon....

Poll: Las Vegas Residents Don't Want Public Funds Used For An NFL Stadium
Las Vegas ABC station KTNV polled Clark County residents about whether or not they would want to pay $500 million in order to help build the Raiders an NFL stadium. Of the 750 people polled, 55 percent said they opposed spending half a billion dollars on a new stadium, while only 35 percent were in ...

Ryan Fitzpatrick Signs With Jets, Ending The Offseason's Most Futile Contract Standoff
Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Jets have finally agreed to a deal, per multiple reports. The disgruntled quarterback will make $12 million on a one-year deal....

Russell Wilson Remains Incredibly Corny
The Costacos Brothers, creators of those campy, extremely literal posters of athletes in the ‘80s, have “come out of retirement” to make a special edition poster of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. The NFL player and recent sex-haver is: Armed and Dangeruss....

Mississippi State's Jeffery Simmons Found Guilty Of Malicious Mischief
Jeffery Simmons, the five-star Mississippi State recruit that was shown beating a woman on a video recording, had his day in court Tuesday. Simmons was found guilty of malicious mischief, pleaded no contest to the charge of simple assault, and had a charge of disturbing the peace dropped....

Oops, NFL-Funded Youth Football Program Doesn't Actually Reduce Concussions
Last year, the NFL and its functional youth football arm, USA Football, loudly touted the results of a study that showed its “Heads Up Football” program reduced concussions by more than 30 percent. It was good news for everybody, especially the NFL, which has a financial interest in reversing the pr...

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Last Friday night, a group of Washington State football players went to a house party near WSU campus in Pullman. According to WSU senior Alex Rodriguez and witnesses interviewed by the Seattle Times, a group of “four of five players” were setting off fireworks in the backyard of the house and throw...

Tiny, Adorable Dogs Attend NFL Training Camp
It’s NFL training camp time, which means it’s time to check in on Eddie Lacy’s middle, and also, apparently to check out some good-as-hell dogs. Washington cornerback Bashaud Breeland supplied the dogs....