Football Page 1153 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Report: Raiders Interested In Trading For Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh has one year left on his contract with the 49ers, but the team might not wait that long to get rid of him. According to Adam Schefter, the coach could earn an extension if San Francisco wins out and gets into the playoffs, but if not, Harbaugh could be traded in the offseason to a despe...
Nebraska Fires Bo Pelini After Seven Seasons
Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst fired Bo Pelini this morning. The Huskers went 9-3 this season under Pelini; the coach had a 67-27 record in seven years with the program....
Report: Buccaneers Employ Indentured Servants As Concessions Workers
In a system labor experts are calling "outrageous," the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are among several professional sports teams a Tampa Bay Times investigation found employ unpaid, destitute people to sell peanuts and beer to fans at the stadium....
Soccer Gots Brain Dingers, Too, Y'all: How To Ignore Football Today
So, here's a common refrain down in the comments of these Sunday punch-bowl poop posts: DURR THEY GOT CONCUSSIONS IN SOCCER TOO Y'ALL DURR DON'T THAT MAKE Y'ALL A BUNCHA HYPOCRITES DURR....
Ravens Player Experiences Snow For The First Time, Runs Late To Meeting
Florida-born Timmy Jernigan had never seen snow up close until Wednesday, so after the Ravens finished practice, he enjoyed a new life experience. Snow! (He'll get sick of it soon enough.) Jernigan was having so much fun that he ended up being late for a defensive meeting....
UTEP Coach On Beating MTSU: "Look At Me. I Don't Drink Light Beer."
UTEP won a hard-fought 24-21 victory over MTSU tonight, and ASN announcers asked Miners coach Sean Kugler how he'd celebrate. "I might have a few beers."...
Notorious Finebaum Caller Tammy Joins Iron Bowl Simulcast [UPDATE]
Paul Finebaum's radio show has long had its cast of compelling, crazy, or cretinous callers, and Auburn fan Tammy is one of its most famous. She joined the SEC Network call-in simulcast of tonight's Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa, and let loose with her usual flow of.. words, sort of....
OSU's J.T. Barrett Out For Season; Here's The Ovation He Received
Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett will miss the rest of the season due to the ankle fracture he received late in today's win over Michigan, leaving Cardale Jones to serve as field general for the rest of OSU's season. Above is some previously-unseen video of Barrett being tended to by medical pers...
J.T. Barrett Carted Off From Michigan-OSU Game With Leg Injury
Record-setting Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett's day is over after suffering what looks like a severe leg injury in the fourth quarter today against Michigan with the Buckeyes holding onto a slim one touchdown lead....
Georgia Gets 99-Yard Fumble Return TD After Georgia Tech Stuffed
Georgia took a 14-7 lead on Georgia Tech after this Yellow Jackets attempt to sneak across the goal line got stuffed and officials held their breath rather than blowing the whistle. But did Tech get the ball across the goal line? We've enhanced some video so you can see for yourself:...
Louisville And Kentucky Pregame Scuffle Includes Bobby Petrino
Louisville and Kentucky's football teams aren't as good as their basketball brethren, but that doesn't make the in-state rivalry any less heated. Before today's Governor's Cup showdown—and Kentucky's penultimate shot at getting the sixth win necessary to become bowl eligible—things got a little li...
ESPN College Football Reporter's Daughter Takes Over SportsCenter
ESPN college football reporter Brett McMurphy's ten-year-old daughter took over SportsCenter this morning to count down the five fiercest college football rivalries. This is her second appearance on SportsCenter: last year she reported on Northwestern's peanut-free football game....
Rich Rodriguez Losing His Mind, In Extreme Slow Motion
Arizona held off the Sun Devils to seize the Territorial Cup and a trip to the Pac-12 championship game today, but a late unsportsmanlike conduct penalty left Wildcats coach Rich Rodriguez in an extremely combustible state....
What Happened When Janay Rice Met With The NFL In June?
The NFL has consistently shown throughout the Ray Rice saga it has no idea how to deal with domestic assault, perhaps not more obviously than when the league interviewed Janay and Ray Rice at the same time during a June 16th hearing. Questioning the victim of domestic assault in the presence of her ...
WKU Ends Marshall's Undefeated Season With Overtime 2-Point Conversion
Florida State stands alone as FBS's sole undefeated team after Marshall collapsed at home today in overtime to Western Kentucky, 67-66, thanks to a brilliant Hilltoppers touchdown pass and subsequent two-point conversion....
Odell Beckham Jr.'s Catch Was A Culmination: A Former WR Explains
A few days ago, in the Cowboys-Giants game, Odell Beckham Jr. made a very difficult catch. How? He just did it....
Texas A & M Comeback Thwarted By Missed Offside Call
Kyle Allen's attempt to lead the Aggies to a Thanksgiving Night comeback against LSU ended when he threw an interception on what should have been a free play due to the Tigers committing offside—and SEC officials missing the call....
Who Regressed More After His Rookie Year, RG3 Or Charlie Batch?
Since Robert Griffin's spectacular rookie season, there have been an previous few other things to talk about with regard to Washington—especially once he started to regress. Now there's speculation he could be traded. It's obvious his production has declined, but to what extent exactly? Is it as bad...
Darren Rovell Bravely Defends The Brands From Richard Sherman
Yesterday, Seattle Seahawks corner/provocateur Richard Sherman used a mandated media availability (and a life-sized cardboard cutout of Doug Baldwin) to mock the NFL for fining Marshawn Lynch $100,000 for refusing to talk to reporters two weeks ago, for blatant hypocrisy, and for expecting its athle...
Devon Still's Ex Says He Hasn't Paid Child Support In Months
Bengals defensive end Devon Still's relationship with his cancer-stricken four-year-old daughter, Leah, has seemed to be perhaps the only true feel-good story in the NFL this year. Maybe not so much anymore, though, as Leah's mother, Channing Smythe, is claiming that Still has recently refused to pa...