Football Page 1269 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Vikings Sign Josh Freeman
Despite apparent interest from the Raiders, among other teams, Josh Freeman has decided to sign with the Vikings for $3 million. This is not a vote of confidence for Christian Ponder....
Peyton Manning Briskly Jogs For A Rushing Touchdown
All 11 Cowboys swarmed Knowshon Moreno and forgot about Peyton Manning, allowing him to shuffle his way into the end zone for his first rushing touchdown in five years. Look at his little fist pump! So happy....
Watch For This "RIP Lennay Kekua" Sign In Oakland Tonight
A couple of Oakland fans plan on honoring the memory of Manti Te'o's dead, fake girlfriend by hanging this sign in O.co's Black Hole for tonight's game against San Diego (at 11:35 pm ET, remember). ...
Tommy Kelly, On An Exercise Bike In The Rain, Is The Saddest Person
After tweaking his knee, a dejected Tommy Kelly sat on an exercise bike, but that wasn't miserable enough. It was also raining. Aw, chin up, sport. How 'bout we get ice cream on the way home?...
Punter Tries To Make A Tackle, Fails Miserably
Dammit, Jon Ryan. When will you ever learn?...
Here's The Longest Pass Of Andrew Luck's NFL Career (So Far)
The Colts' first score came on this bomb to T.Y. Hilton, who juked Earl Thomas and walked in for a touchdown. The 73-yard pass is Andrew Luck's longest completed pass in his short career, even though Hilton chipped in about 30 yards of work....
President Obama: I'd "Think About Changing" Redskins Nickname
President Obama clearly thinks it's time to switch the Washington nickname to something less slur-y and danced around outright saying so in a recent interview with the Associated Press. He didn't say the owner in Washington was an ignominious shit for loudly and proudly announcing his intent to neve...
Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 5 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com....
Buckeyes' Last-Minute Cover Had Brent Musburger Chuckling His Ass Off
Ohio State covered the spread last night against Northwestern in the most bizarre and unlikely way that Brent Musburger, couldn't help giving voice to the cursing masses across the country. ...
Ohio State Blocking A Northwestern Punt, In Extreme Slow Motion
We're not entirely sure how, but as of this writing Ohio State's only put up one touchdown tonight—and they got it on a punt block that exhibited such dominance you wonder how they're losing to Northwestern....
Tennessee Ties Game On Blocked Punt, UGA Immediately takes Lead Back
Man, this was really exciting there for a second. Tennessee had tied the sixth-ranked Bulldogs and Knoxville was fired up heading into the fourth quarter....
Banner Plane Crashes On Flavet Field Before Florida-Arkansas Game
Around 4:00 pm this afternoon, a plane carrying an advertisement for Geico Insurance McDonald's crashed on an unoccupied car in Flavet Field, an open field at the University of Florida that, from the look of it, serves as a tailgating site for Florida games. The Gators are playing the Arkansas Razor...
Scott Shafer: Charter Member Of The Dabo Swinney Fan Club
Just before the half, Dabo Swinney's Clemson Tigers were thumping Syracuse 35-7. On fourth-and-goal inside the Cuse 1o, he went for it rather than just kicking the field goal. The Syracuse defense held them out of the endzone and head coach Scott Shafer pledged his everlasting love for Dabo....
Jonathan Johnson Narrowly Avoids Running Into Brick Wall
This, minutes into the second quarter in Tennessee, was almost a disaster. Jonathan Johnson stretches out for an overthrown fade pass in the back corner of the endzone and winds up running head first into the wall. Luckily, there was still some padding on that portion of the wall, but less than a fo...
SMU Ties Rutgers With Minute Remaining On Insane Two-Point Conversion
Somehow, today's Rutgers-SMU battle in Dallas is a conference game, and the two teams (okay, mostly the Mustangs) are doing their best to make it a worthy matchup. SMU tied it with a bit more than a minute left thanks to this two-point conversion they had absolutely no business completing....
'Bama Fans Made An Elephant-Float Out Of A Volkswagen
Warren: Hey Joel, know what I think I'm gonna do?...
ESPN Cameras Catch Nebraska Player Appearing To Relieve Himself
Can't a guy get a little privacy/patriotic whizzing?...
Jerry Kill Has Another Seizure, Will Miss Michigan Game
Jerry Kill suffered a seizure this morning—his second of the season—and will miss game action for the fourth time since joining the Gophers. The Gophers head coach was not feeling well Friday and did not accompany his team to its hotel in Dearborn, Michigan. He planned on traveling Saturday to join...