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Santa Clara Police Attack Fan At Pac-12 Championship Game
Here is a good example of how to not to police people, as seen at Friday's Pac-12 championship game. According to the video uploader, this confrontation started when the man in white walked down the wrong pathway. The situation then quickly escalated, for no clear reason. A lieutenant from the Santa...

Jeff Fisher Taunts 'Skins With RG3 Trade Haul Before Game
The Rams shut out the 'Skins 24-0 today, but St. Louis head coach Jeff Fisher punked Washington before the game even started....

Joseph Fauria Scores, Twerks
Lions tight end Joseph Fauria scored his first touchdown of the season today, which means Joseph Fauria danced. Joseph Fauria is good at dancing....

Steve Smith Talking Shit To A Dolphins Fan: "All I Need Is One Hit"
A fan at Sun Life Stadium jawed at Ravens receiver Steve Smith, as if that was a wise thing to do. As Smith went to the locker room, he said, "All I need is one hit." He's probably right. Smith will imagine Ken Lucas's face on your body and end you....

Panthers-Saints Fight Results In Ejection
Carolina tight end Brandon Williams earned an early ejection from today's game for throwing a punch during a fight that happened after the Panthers scored on a short run to take a 17-0 lead against the Saints in New Orleans....

London Fletcher: Defensive Coordinator Jim Haslett Is "Clueless"
This morning, former Washington linebacker and current CBS analyst London Fletcher openly wondered why defensive coordinator Jim Haslett's still employed. Fletcher played under Haslett for four seasons, and claimed that when he played, Haslett managed the defense so poorly, the linebacker would chan...

Alabama, Oregon, FSU, And Ohio State Make College Football Playoff
Your college football playoff selections are here, and Alabama, Oregon, Florida State, and Ohio State will face off to decide this season's national champion....

Pennsylvania D-III Coach Miffed That Chip Kelly Didn't Support His Team
Sound the siren: We have some D-III football beef. This beef is HOT....

Josh Levin looks at the inaccurate rage of #FSUTwitter, and compares it to another subculture that was concerned about ethics in journalism. The money quote: "Here's what #FSUTwitter doesn't seem to understand: If you believe that Winston is innocent, then you should be mad as hell about the slow, i...

A Special Sunday Syllabus: Today's Guide to Ignoring the NFL
Below you'll find some great and required NFL reading from around the interwebs, for all the time you will spend not watching football today. Dig in!...
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Bears Fans Stabbed After Game [Update]
A fight between two Bears fans and four Cowboys fans last night outside Soldier Field ended with the Bears fans sent to the hospital with stab wounds. [Update: see below.]...

Dez Bryant Doesn't "Give A Fuck" What You Think About His Yelling
Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant has a habit of getting really energetic on the sidelines. As we've found out via the NFL's access to players, Bryant just likes shouting to keep his teammates' morale high. He and corner Orlando Scandrick were yelling on the bench last night so the Cowboys could hold thei...

Tony Romo Is More Busted Up Than Anyone Realized
We knew he had back surgery in the offseason. We knew he received two fractures when he was kneed in the spine five weeks ago (and sent back into the game.) But it was only last night that Cowboys QB Tony Romo revealed that he's spent most of this season playing with a broken rib. ...

Brennan Clay Posts Alleged Sexts Between His Wife And DeMarco Murray
Former Oklahoma running back Brennan Clay tweeted on Sunday that his wife Gina D'Agostini was cheating on him with Cowboys running back Demarco Murray. Tonight he posted a photo of what he says is a text message conversation between Murray and D'Agostini from October, after Clay had flown to San Die...

Brandon Marshall Taken To Hospital After Receiving A Knee To The Back
Bears receiver Brandon Marshall left tonight's game against the Cowboys after this play, where he got kneed in the back on safety Barry Church's tackle. The Bears initially said that Marshall had injured his ribs and his return was questionable, but later ruled him out for the rest of the game...bec...

Jameis Winston Is Not A Victim
By now, you've read or heard about Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston's explicit, detailed statement denying that he is guilty of rape, in which he (or someone writing on his behalf) makes the remarkable assertion that "[t]he only thing as vicious as rape is falsely accusing someone of rape." ...


Arian Foster Had A British Accent Today
Arian Foster entertained the Houston media today by speaking at his locker in a British accent. Everyone was sufficiently amused, since Foster also provided usable answers to questions. The Texans running back finished the session with a "Cheerio."...

Report: Bowl-Eligible UAB Won't Receive A Bid
This is small beans in the grand scheme of things, but it still hurts. When UAB announced it would shutter its football team at the end of the season, the 6-6 Blazers still had hopes that the season—the program—could go out with one more game. Time to give up on hope, according to this ESPN report....