Football Page 1126 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
The <em>College Gameday</em> Curse Is Real... For Some Teams
The college football season is underway, and with it, the 28th season of ESPN's pregame show, College Gameday. With it also, the College Gameday curse, or at least rumors of its existence....
EMU Players Accused Of Attacking Relative Of Teammate's Murderer
Three Eastern Michigan football players have been charged with assault after allegedly attacking a cousin of the man who pleaded guilty to shooting and killing an EMU player last October....
Golden Tate Twitter-Trolled The Seahawks' Punt Returning
Golden Tate, who returned punts for Seattle last year before departing for Detroit amid certain rumors, was most certainly watching last night as DB Earl Thomas repeatedly made a mess of the job....
Raiders Settle Lawsuit With Cheerleaders For $1.25 Million
Well if you didn't think cheerleading was worth much before, the Oakland Raiders have definitely set you straight today. Lawyers for both the team and the cheerleaders, who were suing for a whole host of employment law infractions, have announced an agreement for a $1.25 million settlement....
Here's Facebook's 2014 NFL Fandom Map
It's that time again. Facebook has released their NFL fandom map, showing which NFL team gets the most Facebook "likes" in each county. For the full-resolution map, click here....
The Seahawks' Read-Option Fake Was Just A Gorgeous, Perfect Play
What have we learned? The Seahawks are still good, as it turns out. Percy Harvin, when healthy, is one of the most fun players to watch. ("Lord have mercy," Russell Wilson said afterward, "we've got Percy.") And the read option is alive and well....
Watch NFL Players Read Mean Tweets About Themselves
Jimmy Kimmel got some NFL players and personalities together to film yet another edition of famous people reading mean tweets about themselves. This one is worth it simply for the way Dez Bryant delivers "baby back bitch."...
A Compilation Of Retro NFL Ads
The good people at WorldWideInterweb have put together this reel of NFL stars' commercials from the '70s, '80s, and '90s. So many goobers....
We Made Some Really Stupid Madden GIFs, And So Can You
For some reason, EA thought it would be a good idea to let the internet make GIFs using Madden player models. They made a site for it and everything, underwritten by the NFL, NFLPA, and Google. We spent 15 minutes trying to make them regret it. Here's what we came up with, but we're sure you crimina...
Johnny Manziel Files For "Johnny Cleveland" Trademark
Now that Johnny Manziel knows he'll be starting the season on the sideline, he's able to focus more of his energy on brand protection. To that end, ESPN reports Manziel recently filed the paperwork to trademark "Johnny Cleveland," apparently the next nickname he's trying to make happen—or make sure ...
Bengals Re-Sign Player, Helping Him Pay For Daughter's Cancer Battle
In June, Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still learned his four-year-old daughter, Leah, has stage four pediatric cancer. Still missed offseason workouts to be with her, shaved his head in solidarity, and filled his Instagram with pictures of Leah and updates on her treatment....
Reports: The NFL's Drug Policy Could Become A Lot More Logical
Pro Football Talk reported last night that the NFL and the players are "very close" to a sweeping overhaul of the league's drug policy and procedures, one that may or may not include the long-debated HGH testing. But multiple sources are reporting other changes, ones that if they had been in place o...
<em>The New York Daily News</em> Will No Longer Use The Term "Redskins"
This is kind of a big deal. In an editorial published yesterday, The New York Daily News announced that the paper will no longer refer to the Washington football team as the "Redskins," and will no longer print the team's logo. This isn't just a decision from the editorial board, as was the case whe...
NFL Players Aren't Happy With Jim Irsay's "Slap On The Wrist"
The NFL suspended Jim Irsay six games and fined him $500,000 after the Colts owner pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence of prescription painkillers. That means he's not allowed to attend practices or games, league meetings, or tweet about the Colts. Is that really such a stiff punishm...
Who Are Your Preferred NFL Beat Writers?
Which NFL beat writers do you read and/or follow on Twitter, whether for fantasy-football reasons, specific team news, or for the simple pleasures of NFL writers' often-transcendent bitchiness? As we did with MLB beat writers, we throw the question to you, the readers. ...
Junior Seau's Family Rejects Concussion Settlement With NFL
Junior Seau's family will back out of the proposed concussion settlement being offered to former NFL players, ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru report today. Instead, the family will pursue its own wrongful death suit, according to the family's lawyer, Steven Strauss. ...
Don't Step To Will Muschamp About His One-Play Suspensions
Florida's season opener on Saturday was suspended after just one play, a kickoff, after rain and lightning strikes made the game unplayable. Two days later, coach Will Muschamp announced that three suspended Gators would be reinstated. This struck some observers as funny. It was not funny to Muscham...