Football Page 1338 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Carson Palmer Prefers Tailgating At USC Games To Losing More Games With The Bengals
As noted by Larry Brown Sports, it's tough to tell whether that's a can of Tecate or a Coke in Carson Palmer's right hand outside Saturday's Syracuse-USC game. Not that it matters. Palmer had warned the Bengals he'd retire if they refused his trade demand, and the Bengals chose to move on rather th...
Michael Boley Hugged It Out With The Kid He Nailed In The Face
When Giants linebacker Michael Boley took a failed lateral 65 yards for his first career touchdown, he was so hyped up he was all "GRAARRR I'm gonna throw this ball as hard as I can," and he absolutely smoked a kid in a backpack. It was great TV, not so great for the kid....
Cam Newton, A Quarterback To Build A Dream On
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Texas A&M Fans Provoke Baylor With Waco Billboard: "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Conference Deal"
Just when we think we've gone and boiled Texas football down to its essence, the Texans go and out-Texan themselves....
Lady Gaga Poured Champagne Into A Disabled Section At The Giants Game Last Night
For those keeping score, she has also flipped the bird at a Mets game and chugged whiskey and fondled herself in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse. No word on whether she plans to continue her unique quest for the New York sports cycle by spitting on children at Madison Square Garden. [New York Post; Ph...
The Rams Were A Real Pain In Ahmad Bradshaw's Nuts Last Night
Your morning roundup for Sept. 20, the day we learned that putting on a banana costume sometimes isn't worth it. Photo via tipster Ryan, who saw it on ESPN.com and wrote, "Thanks for the nut grab photo, ESPN." Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Eli Manning Told Suzy Kolber He Was Impressed With How Big Brandon Stokley's Package Grew During The Game
Here's Eli Manning with some important postgame football talk about how wide receiver Brandon Stokley's package size changed during tonight's game. Giants won, 28-16, even though the offense didn't play too well....
Giants LB Michael Boley Celebrates His Return TD By Whipping The Ball At Some Dude's Face
Whatever godforsaken gig has this guy standing on the sidelines—an innocent victim, forced into Boley's warpath—I hope like hell he's getting paid for it....
Your Monday Night Football Open Thread
Hakeem Nicks is likely to play; Steven Jackson will not. So it's Cadillac time in the Meadowlands! The Rams and the Giants both had hopes of competing this year, and one of them is going to have a lot less hope once this is done....
Vince Young Says There's A Fake Vince Young In The D.C. Area (Updated)
"'I heard that he has been taking money, taking pictures with little kids at hospitals,' Young said on Monday. 'It's been real sick.'" Sounds a little like what Titans fans were saying once upon a time about the real Vince Young, doesn't it? [NBC Washington]...
The Kansas City Chiefs' Sad Cavalcade Of Torn Knee Ligaments
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Michael Vick’s Head Injury Is The NFL’s Worst Nightmare
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
A Handy Map Of Where To Burn Your Couches When WVU Beats/Loses To LSU
Before the season began, WVU and Morgantown officials decided to crack down on the Mountaineer tradition of burning couches after big wins (and big losses). They aren't kidding around, making the celebratory pyre a felony arson charge. The new rules face their greatest test Saturday night, as No. 2 ...
That Astonishing Raiders-Bills Game Had Its <i>Heidi</i> Moment
Raise your hand if you thought Oakland and Buffalo would put on the most entertaining game of the week, and then put your hand down, you liar. But parity, and unpredictability, and any given Sunday and all that, and there it was: a high-scoring, relatively clean thriller with two teams looking to ...
Rob Ryan's Play Chart Had A Photo Of A Woman In A Bikini On It (Updated)
It was just two weeks ago that Rob Ryan confirmed his "freaky" twin brother Rex's fetish for Rex's wife's feet. In doing so, Rob reminded us that "everybody has whatever screwed up thing going on." And yesterday, Rob gave us a bit of an indication of his own. It seems that as he considered which bl...
SprtsCntr: All Hands On Deck, Michael Vick Is Hurt
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
In Michigan, The Grandmas Shotgun Beers Better Than You
Who says you can never relive the glory days? Who says you can't do it at age 85, in a parking lot, wearing a pair of jorts and a Michigan Wolverines windbreaker as you inhale the contents of a Keystone Light Michelob Ultra in just under ten seconds? This is what dreams (and Cirrhosis) are made of...
Cedric Benson's Ass Was Showing Yesterday
Your morning roundup for Sept. 19, the day we learned binge drinking can negatively affect your ability to dance. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Sunday NFL Roundup: Rex Ryan and Mike Westhoff Discuss The Finer Things Edition
"I'm tellin' ya Mike, had to be, like, size 15's. At least." Photo courtesy of: Me. Here's a quick roundup of today's action, as always, done just for you. Also courtesy of: Me. ...
Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
Here is your Sunday Night Football open thread. Talk about all your fantasies, groups of people operating towards a common goal and whatever else tickles your fancy. ...