Football Page 1104 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Man With Seahawks Super Bowl Champs Tattoo Doesn't Regret It Yet
Tim Connors is serious about this. So serious, he got his ink done back at the beginning of the regular season....
"Bad British Commentary" Makes College Football Delightful
"Notre Dame? Wow, a French team. Good luck to them."...
Davone Bess Tweets (Another) Photo Of Weed
Browns receiver Davone Bess tweeted a photo of some weed this morning. This is noteworthy only insofar as marijuana is illegal, though increasingly decriminalized, and a banned substance in the NFL, though ubiquitous and largely unpoliced, and we presume that most of the NFL's rookie symposium consi...
What The Hell Did Peyton Manning Inject Into His Neck?
One of the more unusual sports medicine stories in recent memory involves the best quarterback on the planet, a freak injury, and a subtle bit of legalese....
Darren Rovell's Proposed NFL Is A Hellscape Of In-Game Shilling
The future of football is a hash of overheard corporate gibberish, and of course it's Darren Rovell who conceived it for us....
Ryan Tannehill's Wife Left This Big-Ass Gun In A Rental Car
A few days ago, a Reddit user posted the above picture of a rifle, claiming his friend had found it in the back seat of a rental car near the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., airport. Who could possibly have forgotten such a large and terrifying weapon in a rental car? Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehil...
How To Win At Electric Football, Using Pliers And A Cigarette Lighter
Adapted from a piece on Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast. ...
Photo Evidence Of Jim Harbaugh Buying Walmart Khakis
Earlier today, we found out that 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has a pleated khaki addiction, to the point where he bought khakis at Walmart during the NFL Combine after his wife threw his pairs out. After that story surfaced, someone on Twitter shared photos of Harbaugh at a Walmart in Indianapolis, whe...
Vikings Hire Pottymouth
The Vikings have hired Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer to be their next coach, according to every football reporter you follow on Twitter. It's his first head coaching gig after being passed over numerous times in a 20-year NFL career. ...
Browns Owner Assures Fans Coaching Search Supposed To Take This Long
Early this morning, Browns fans received an email from owner Jimmy Haslam. It's not an apology for Cleveland not having a head coach yet, but it's not quite an explanation either....
Jim Harbaugh Wears $8 Walmart Khakis
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh loves his gameday khakis, probably because NFL coaches are functional lunatics who cling devoutly to certain habits lest they come completely unmoored from reality, and also because khakis offer loose-fitting comfort at a reasonable price. ...
What You Need To Know To Bet On The AFC, NFC Title Games
Here is your early betting info for the championship round of the playoffs this weekend. We'll update on Thursday with spread and over/under movement....
What It's Like To Cover Screwed-Up, Despotic NFL Franchises
We're joined by the Washington Post's Redskins reporter Kent Babb. He also authored "Arrowhead Anxiety," which blew the lid off the Chiefs' front-office dysfunction, so he's uniquely equipped to discuss directionless football teams. Ask him anything you want in the comments below, and he'll try to a...
Sean Payton Fesses Up: Marques Colston's Lateral Was A Designed Play
Marques Colston's very forward pass was one of the odder endings to a football game, and at first glance, one of the dumbest. But the Saints stayed strangely silent on the question of whether Colston was ad-libbing. Now we know: It was a designed play....
Robert Griffin III Has Had It With Fans Complaining About Dumb Things
The Skins QB has stayed largely silent since the end of the season—he's been around long enough to know that after a 3-13 season, you can't win no matter what you say. But on Friday he made a lengthy post on Facebook. On the face of it, it's a response to one stupid person complaining about the arm ...
Budweiser Sends Really Dumb Tweet In Branding Exercise Gone Wrong
Budweiser, looking to capitalize on the invaluable #branding opportunity presented to them yesterday by Peyton Manning, sent out the brain dead tweet above earlier this morning. It's been deleted, but we want it to live forever via this screen shot. This is why we need to kill all of the brands....
What Does Peyton Manning's "Omaha" Mean?
“Omaha” was trending on Twitter during the Broncos’ win over San Diego. Omaha, Neb.’s tourism board took notice. It was hard not to, with Peyton Manning barking the snap count directly into CBS’s parabolic microphone, and hence your living room....