Football Page 1379 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Former Cal QB Sets Paper-Airplane World Record
Joe Ayoob succeeded Aaron Rodgers as Cal's starting quarterback in 2005. Ayoob's tenure lasted for just one season, during which he threw for nearly as many interceptions (14) as touchdowns (15), and the following year he was replaced as the Bears' starter. Turns out Ayoob has more of a paper arm. ...
The Chargers Sent A Concussed Player Back Into The Game, And Then He Had A Seizure, And Now He's Retiring
Union-Tribune beat writer Kevin Acee is reporting that the Chargers' Pro Bowl guard Kris Dielman is going to call it quits. He's just 31, but doctors are advising Dielman that his future quality of life could seriously suffer if he suits up again. Let's recall week seven:...
Photo Evidence That Andrew Luck Wants To Be A Panther
RAWR! I'm a panther!...
There Is A Tim Tebow iPhone Game, And It Is Terrible
While the iTunes Store exploded with Tim Tebow-related apps in the heyday of Tebowmania, none of them really qualified as "games," most being trivia or Bible-related. Sensing a gap in the market, an outfit called TriStar Games (presumably no relation to the film studio) released "Tebit Time" earl...
Eagles Sign Trent Edwards, Or As Philly TV Station Puts It, "Eagles Pass On McNabb"
It's been two years. He's not coming back. Let it go. [MyFoxPhilly]...
A College Football Scholarship Can Finance Your Marijuana Business, Too
Preston Bailey's 2011 season as an offensive lineman at Middle Tennessee State ended after seven games because of an injury. The school granted him a medical scholarship, but Bailey is accused of doing more with it than simply pursuing his Liberal Studies degree. Police say they found items like ma...
Leonard Weaver Will Never Play Football Again
Leonard Weaver was coming off a Pro Bowl season and had just signed a three-year deal with Philadelphia, one of the richest contracts handed out to a fullback. It was his very first carry of the 2010 NFL season, and the play called for Weaver to go right. He went left instead, and his planted leg ...
OMG Todd Haley Is Totally Giving Ben Roethlisberger The Silent Treatment, Everybody
It's been nearly two weeks since the Steelers hired Todd Haley to be Big Ben's wingman offensive coordinator, but thus far the only talk of their new working relationship is that there's been no talk. Haley struck all the right notes at his introductory press conference Feb. 9, but he and Roethlisbe...
Brady Quinn Sounds Somewhat Bitter About Tebowmania
It's probably unfair that Brady Quinn's quotes are going to overshadow GQ's excellent oral history of a season of Tim Tebow, as told by teammates, opponents, front office men and more. But Tebow is a Broncos quarterback, and for the moment so is Quinn, and it's impossible to read some of these witho...
An Oklahoma Football Coach Is Offering Full-Ride Scholarships Via Twitter
That's Jay Norvell, Oklahoma's co-offensive coordinator and receivers coach, making his pitch to Rashaad Samples, a junior wide receiver from Dallas, sometime earlier today. I called the number and got a generic voicemail after two rings, which is to be expected. The NCAA tsk-tsks contact of this ki...
Football Recruit Schedules College Decision Announcement At Elementary School, Never Shows Up [UPDATE]
Five-star football recruit Davonte Neal let the excitement of National Signing Day pass him by, electing to make his decision today at an elementary school in his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona. Recruiting pros said the decision would be between Arizona, Notre Dame, North Carolina, and Arkansas—w...
Ron Jaworski Is Sad To Leave <i>Monday Night Football</i>, But At Least "They're Paying Me A Lot Of Money"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Jaws calls his parting bittersweet....
Carolina Panthers Linebacker Thomas Davis Attempting Comeback From Third ACL Reconstruction On Same Knee
Thomas Davis injured his knee during the second game of the season. An MRI would later reveal his third ACL tear on the same knee. Despite his ultimately unsuccessful attempts to come back from ACL reconstruction on two prior occasions, Davis thinks he is going to make history....
Oliver Luck On West Virginia Leaving The Big East: "Why Is Divorce So Expensive? Because It’s Worth It."
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Boeheim says Syracuse is just one of many potential champs....
Report: Turns Out Only Five TCU Football Players Failed A Drug Test
After four football players were among 19 TCU students arrested yesterday for allegedly dealing everything from marijuana to cocaine to LSD, questions began to emerge about just how many Horned Frogs players failed a surprise drug test issued two weeks ago by coach Gary Patterson. That's because one...
Did 60 TCU Football Players Really Fail A Drug Test?
Details are beginning to emerge from the alleged drug-dealing ring that resulted in the arrest of four football players at TCU. According to the Associated Press's reading of the affidavits, all of the Horned Frogs' players were drug-tested at a mandatory team meeting on Feb. 1. And based on what tw...
Won't Someone In Pittsburgh Give Antonio Brown A Ride From The Airport Tomorrow?
Taxis in Pittsburgh are notoriously fickle compared to other cities, and the airport flyer bus can be a bit of a pain if you've got bags. [via]...
Four TCU Football Players Arrested In Drug Sting
The players were among 17 students busted following a six-month investigation by Fort Worth and TCU police. They're accused of selling marijuana, cocaine, acid, ecstasy, and prescription drugs. The four football players have been identified as linebacker Tanner Brock, defensive lineman D.J. Yendrey...
Ron Jaworski Gets Booted From The <em>Monday Night Football</em> Booth. THIS GUY IS HAPPY!
Have you ever dreamed of what the Monday Night Football Booth might sound like without Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden egging each other on reach to new and disturbing levels of sycophantic guffawing? I have. Oh, how I've dreamed of a sensibly assembled two-man MNF booth featuring Mike Tirico bitching o...
Mark Sanchez Asked Santonio Holmes To Be His Valentine On Twitter Last Night
So noted greaseball Darren Rovell tried to steal Mark Sanchez's alleged valentine, Kate Upton, away. Presumably the Sanchize took this personally, offended that his belle would even loiter for minutes in the company of a charlatan like Rovell....