Football Page 1206 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Vikings Owners Must Pay $85 Million For "Organized Crime-Type" Fraud
The owners of the Minnesota Vikings were ordered to pay nearly $85 million in damages to former business partners they defrauded with "evil motive", and will face a criminal investigation into their actions, which a judge declared violated racketeering laws. There's a chance this ruling could hold u...
Ray Lewis Could Have Prevented Ravens Party Bus Brawl, Says Ray Lewis
Good news, everyone. Former Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, now an ESPN analyst, has some opinions about the recent party bus incident during which Ravens wide receiver Jacoby Jones got whacked with a champagne bottle by a stripper named Sweet Pea. What's Lewis got to say about the whole situation? Pre...
Nate Burleson Crashes SUV And Breaks Arm Trying To Rescue Pizza
The Lions could be without wide receiver Nate Burleson for the rest of the season because of a vehicle crash that happened at 2:25 a.m. today. According to police, alcohol was not a factor. But falling pizza was....
Mark Richt Wants To Sex You?
Someone's been reading a lot of Whitman lately. ...
Hear A Bengals Announcer Lose His Mind Over The Go-Ahead Fumble Return
Late in the Bengals win over Green Bay, Johnathan Franklin took a fourth-and-one carry only to fumble, see the ball scooped up by Terence Newman, and returned 58 yards for what would be the winning score. Exciting? You bet. Almost too much to handle for Cincinnati's radio color guy....
The Broncos' Running Backs Played Rock-Paper-Scissors For A Touchdown
Denver's tailback Cerberus seemingly exists only to screw fantasy teams. It can seem like carries are decided by a game of chance. But that'd be ludicrous, right?...
Peyton "FIGJAM" Manning: Your <i>Monday Night Football</i> GIF Roundup
Denver 37, Oakland 21: Fuck I'm good, just ask me. Yeah, you are Peyton. You're pretty effing good. This little smirking moment came after Manning successfully changed a play at the line, converting a third-and-six pass to Demaryius Thomas for a first down early in the third quarter. It wasn't a bi...
Demaryius Thomas Recovers Raiders Onside Kick, Issues Muntzian "Ha-Ha"
The Broncos throttled the Raiders in a game that wasn't anywhere near as close as the score might suggest, and Denver receiver Demaryius Thomas got in a final blast late when he foiled Oakland's onside attempt....
Pacman Jones Got Arrested Again
Which means it must be, what, Monday?...
Former NFL Player Whose House Was Trashed By Teens Is A Bit Crazy
The saga of Brian Holloway, a former NFL lineman who had his house broken into and trashed by partying teenagers last week, refuses to end. After setting up a website to shame the teens who destroyed his house, Holloway found himself threatened with legal action by parents of the partying teenagers...
A Scene From A Bill Belichick Press Conference
Getting injury information out of Bill Belichick is like pulling teeth. Today was especially excruciating....
Shadowboxing Steelers Fan Is The Weirdest Steelers Fan
I...I don't get this. ...
Say Hi To Sweet Pea, The Hostess At The Center Of The Ravens Bus Brawl
Earlier today TMZ broke the story of Bryant McKinnie's birthday party, which started with a club party and ended with a fight in a party bus, reportedly sparked by a stripper breaking a bottle of Armand de Brignac over Jacoby Jones's head. OK, everyone said, sounds like a typical night out with McKi...
God Willing, The Raiders' Nightmare Mascot Will Not Take The Field
Relax. Breathe. The Raider Rusher is not Oakland's new mascot. It will not prowl the sidelines. You can summon it by repeating its name three times into a darkened bathroom mirror, but it will not trouble your dreams by showing up on an NFL broadcast....
Cardinals Safety Rashad Johnson Lost Part Of His Finger Yesterday
And now, two tweets about football that will absolutely terrify you:...
The NFC East Is The Worst Division In Football
Before the season, the NFC East was tapped as one of the most wide-open, unpredictable divisions. That assessment may still hold true—with the possible exception of the Cowboys, the NFC East is a Superfund site, its four constituents 1-7 outside the division....
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Aldon Smith Granted Indefinite Leave To Go To Rehab [Updated]
As expected, 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been given an indefinite leave of absence—it is not a suspension, as some have reported—to enter a rehab facility for a substance-abuse problem in the wake of his DUI arrest from Friday morning. Smith's locker was "completely empty" not long after the N...
Bill Leavy's Officiating Crew Blows Another Call
NFL referee Bill Leavy's season is off to a fantastic start....