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The Most Influential Sports Uniform Ever
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....
Did ESPN Bone The Big East Because They Wouldn't Sign A TV Deal?
Boston College AD Gene DeFilippo, who was part of the ACC's expansion committee that lured Pitt and Syracuse away from the Big East, says something that shouldn't be a big shocker: realignment is about money. But to see it put so blatantly, and to see the four-letter network invoked so unapologetica...
Chris Myers Called Jared Allen "The One-Eyed Monster" On Live Television (Video)
Vikings defensive end Jared Allen got poked in the eye during the third quarter of yesterday's win over the Cardinals. The injury forced him to sit for several plays and to wear a visor to protect his face upon his return. But when Allen sacked Kevin Kolb in the fourth quarter, Chris Myers couldn'...
The Impact And The Darkness: The Lasting Effect Of Peter Gent's <em>North Dallas Forty</em>
At the climactic moment in the climactic game near the end of the 1979 film North Dallas Forty, Delma Huddle, having reluctantly let the team doctor shoot up his damaged hamstring, starts upfield after catching a pass, then suddenly pulls up lame and gets obliterated by a linebacker moving at full...
Andy Reid Has Lost Philadelphia
Sometimes it happens all at once. After 12 years and almost as many votes of confidence, one day a coach can wake up and everything he's accomplished means nothing, all his team's promise is tacitly promised to his successor....
Al Davis, All-Time Great Asshole
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....
So D'Brickashaw Ferguson's Shoe Got Stuck In Patrick Chung's Helmet For A Bit Yesterday (Video)
The Jets tackle delivered a block on Kyle Arrington when his foot met Chung's facemask and wouldn't let go, ripping the helmet right off of Chung's head. Ferguson would need the assistance of two officials to finally pry the shoe loose. [Cosby Sweaters]...
THIS Guy?! Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
The final game of the day. Always a bit of a bummer, unless you happen to be a Jets fan, in which case football no longer exists. ...
Put A Tent On That Circus: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
The theme of the day was Barnum and Bailey. Whether it was all the crazy circus catches, the Arizona Cardinals or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Lots of clownin' all around. Let's check it out....
And Here's Victor Cruz Making An Even More Ridiculous Juggling Catch In The Giants-Seahawks Game
Eli Manning should probably buy Victor Cruz something nice after making a catch like this....
Rex Ryan Got Into The Hall Of Fame Before Bill Belichick: Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend. Come inside, come inside. ...
Here's Dwayne Bowe With A Ridiculous Juggling Catch in the Chiefs-Colts Game
There's not much for Kansas City fans to be joyous about this season, but at least they got to see Dwayne Bowe make this catch today. Even if they are currently losing to Curtis Painter and the Colts....
Todd Haley Face Beats Peyton Manning Face: Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Week five. I hope you are all as despondent as I am. If not, you will be. You. Will be. As always, please join us down below for fun and games. ...
Someone Stole Eight Shotguns From Already-Angry Eagles Lineman Jason Babin
After Week 4 of the NFL season, Jason Babin called out the "guy at the NFL" who levies fines, like the $15K one he got for a hit on 49ers QB Alex Smith....
If You Dare Approach Frank Beamer On The Football Field, The Virginia State Police Will Disappear You
Your morning roundup for Oct. 9, the day we learned they won't keep you in the clink very long after threatening to cook your friend's mom. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
S̶t̶e̶v̶e̶ ̶J̶o̶b̶s̶ Al Davis Is Dead (UPDATE)
Steve Jobs Al Davis is dead. The Apple chairman and former CEO who made personal computers, smartphones, tablets, and digital animation mass market products NFL owner who built the Oakland Raiders and became an NFL icon, passed away today. We're going to miss him. Deeply, and personally. ...
Texas A&M AD: Hooligans Shit Put Manure In, And On, Our Buses In The Land Of Texas Tech
"Texas A&M's team buses were vandalized in Lubbock, Texas A&M athletics director Bill Byrne said on his twitter account. 'Someone vandalized our buses in Lubbock,' he wrote. 'Excrement inside and outside of buses plus spray painted vulgarities on outside. Classy.' The Aggies traveled to Lubbock for...
The Red River Rivalry Game Was Not That Close
From the very beginning of this game it seemed like Texas was never really going to have a chance. Time and time again we watched Texas turn the ball over in between bouts of Kirk Herbstreit and Brent Musburger pimping The Longhorn Network....
The Raiders Have Posted A Video Tribute To Al Davis On The Team's Website
Here's the link to it....
Al Davis Is Dead (Updated With Links, Video, Goodell Statement)
According to the Raiders website, longtime owner Al Davis died this morning and "the Raider family will issue a statement later today."...