Football Page 1144 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Tom Brady Stays Goofy As Hell In Group Photo At Preakness
Off the field, Tom Brady might be one of the goofiest athletes ever. Cameras seem to catch him at the funniest moments....
Jets Defensive Coordinator Accused Of Slapping Woman At Bar
Jets defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman has been accused of slapping a woman at a bar Wednesday. The victim filed a police report, though Thurman hasn't been arrested or charged....
Robert Mathis Cites Male Fertility Drug For Failed Drug Test
Today the NFL announced that Colts linebacker Robert Mathis will serve a four-game suspension for violating the league's drug policy. Mathis quickly released a statement, with an explanation we haven't heard before: He was taking a fertility drug to help his wife get pregnant...and it worked....
Auburn Just Gave Itself Three More National Championships
As of today, Auburn athletics' official website now claims three additional national titles, to go along with the two they actually won....
NFL Writers Are Mad At Michael Sam Because NFL Writers Are Clowns
Of the four major American sports, the NFL has the bitchiest and most territorial media, who arrogate for themselves certain rights of access that they decry when granted to someone outside the fraternity. They're dogs who snarl when the cat takes their place on the owner's lap....
Rice Lands QB By Sending Recruiting Letter To His Cat
Quarterback J.T. Granato committed to Rice yesterday, his decision perhaps helped by a letter from the Owls' offensive coordinator to his cat, Kitty:...
Browns Coach: Johnny Manziel Texted Me, Asking To Be Drafted
Browns QB coach Dowell Loggains appeared on ESPN Radio Arkansas yesterday, and revealed that Johnny Manziel was the top quarterback on Cleveland's draft board, and that the Browns had tried to make trades with Tennessee at No. 11 and Dallas at No. 16 to move up and grab him. But Loggains also shed s...
Michael Sam Is Doing A Reality Show, And That Sucks
So Michael Sam has a reality show now, and I'm just gonna go ahead and align myself with the HOT TAKES crowd and say that Sam just pissed away a whole lot of the goodwill he'd built up for himself these past few months. They can class up the announcement all they like. They can call it a "document...
Aaron Hernandez Indicted For 2012 Double Murder
From here out, when you talk about Aaron Hernandez being accused of committing murder, you're going to have to specify which one. Hernandez has been indicted by a grand jury on two counts of first-degree murder, stemming from a drive-by shooting outside a Boston club in 2012—a year before the allege...
Greg Hardy Accused Of Beating Girlfriend, Throwing Her Onto Pile Of Guns
Panthers all-pro defensive end Greg Hardy was arrested Tuesday on charges of misdemeanor assault and communicating a threat after police were called to his condo following an alleged altercation with his girlfriend. Hardy appeared in court and was released on bond today, and more details about the a...
Former New York Giant Flees On Scooter From Police, Gets Tazed
Tyler Sash, a safety who played two seasons for the New York Giants, wasn't able to evade police via scooter at around 1 a.m. last Saturday....
Sooner's Girlfriend Had To Sign Affidavit Confirming Their Relationship
Former Oklahoma center Gabe Ikard signed as an undrafted free agent with the Titans this weekend, and it sounds like he's ready to get out of college. On a radio show last week, Ikard revealed that OU made both him and his girlfriend sign affidavits declaring that their love is real and not an imper...
A Thunderstorm Nearly Prevented The Michael Sam Kiss From Airing
Michael Sam kissing his boyfriend after being drafted into the NFL will be long remembered as an iconic moment in sports history. Thanks to Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch, we now know that the moment very nearly never made it to air....
Marshall Henderson Has Very Dumb Thoughts About Michael Sam
Marshall Henderson is a periodically electrifying college basketball player who is a lot of fun to watch. He is also just one of the legion of mouth-breathing morons and homophobes who revealed themselves to be mouth-breathers and homophobes in the wake of Michael Sam kissing a man on national TV....
Ex-Minnesota QB Philip Nelson Allegedly Assaults Former Football Player
Former Minnesota quarterback and current Rutgers transfer Philip Nelson has been arrested for allegedly assaulting another football player, leaving the man in critical condition. The police scanner audio provides some awful details about the incident....
Malcolm Jenkins Pulled Off A Solid Mother's Day Joke
Eagles defensive back Malcolm Jenkins recognized Mother's Day on Twitter by thanking his five baby mamas, though something seemed off about the announcement. See if you can figure it out....
The Best Moment: Michael Sam Weeps After Getting Drafted
The kiss with his boyfriend was one thing, but that was only a small twist on a scene we've watched a hundred times before: Player gets drafted, exults with loved ones. The moment that best sums up the Michael Sam saga, however, came just a little before, while Sam was on the phone with the Rams....
Josh Gordon Faces A Season-Long Ban From The NFL For Smoking Weed
According to an ESPN report, Browns receiver Josh Gordon is facing a season-long NFL ban for a drug test that came up positive for marijuana. ...
Who Hugged Roger Goodell Longest At Last Night's Draft?
The NFL draft does gangbuster ratings, as football fans from around the country tune in to watch very large men embrace a very rich one. It's a Deadspin tradition to measure each draftee's hug time, and this year we've got a graph to go with it....