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Tarvaris Jackson Honors The Age-Old Tradition Of The No-Look Shotgun-Snap Catch
Your morning roundup for Dec. 13, the day we learned even babies know you're full of shit. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
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Jerry Sandusky's Big Hearing Today Lasted Approximately One Minute [UPDATE]
Jerry Sandusky was supposed to have faced at least five of his accusers in court today, which is why so many media creatures (Deadspin included) had blown into town and all but lashed themselves to trees. Bellefonte stood at Sandusky pundit DEFCON 1. Instead, this is what happened (via StateCollege....

Greetings From Happy Valley: The Giddy Scene In Bellefonte, Pa., On The Night Before Jerry Sandusky's Hearing
BELLEFONTE, Pa.—Lock Haven is a small town attached to an oily green bend of the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania. It is the kind of place where Main Street is peppered with mom-and-pop shops and a quarter in the meter buys you 150 minutes. It is also the kind of place where an evil little ...

Greetings From Happy Valley: A Gallery
This was the scene last night in Bellefonte, Pa., at the intersection of Allegheny and High streets, just in front of the Centre County Courthouse....

Bill Romanowski Remains A Terrifying Human Being
NFL commentator and sex advice columnist Bill Romanowski showed the same fire that made him one of the league's scariest players to face on the field in a live TV rant about perceived weaknesses in the Oakland Raiders organization....

Somewhere Between Kordell Stewart And John Skelton, There Is Tim Tebow
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....

The Dolphins Just Fired Tony Sparano
It's been a rough day for the coaches of underachieving NFL teams: The Chiefs fired Todd Haley this morning, and Adam Schefter reports that the Dolphins fired Tony Sparano this afternoon....

Imus: "If You Hate On Tebow, You're Hating On Jesus"
Bigoted crank Don Imus took media adulation of Tim Tebow to a new level Monday morning on his Fox Business Network program when he alleged those critical of the Denver quarterback were "hating on Jesus."...

"Tebowing" Is Now An Official English Word, Except It's Probably Not
When a person gets very famous, lots of companies want to put themselves in the news alongside that person. Which is why you're seeing a lot of Tim Tebow in unlikely sources these days. Today's entry: something called the Global Language Monitor says that "Tebowing" is now an accepted English word. ...

The Chiefs Just Fired Todd Haley
Kansas City announced it on their website. They haven't announced an interim replacement, but Haley had Romeo Crennel AND Jim Zorn on his staff. So many possibilities! (UPDATE: It's Crennel.)...

Reality Is Now Indistinguishable From Tim Tebow Fan Fiction
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....

Last Night's Giants-Cowboys Game, Reduced To Its Al Michaels-Stupefying Lead Changes
Last night's prime time football game gave us some of the most exciting action of the day—a rarity this season.The Giants-Cowboys game was full of lead changes, and Al Michaels was on top of it, constantly providing an updated tally for the viewer....

The Cowboys' Season, In One Jason Garrett Facepalm
Your morning roundup for Dec. 12, the day we learned the benefits of prison sojourns. Photo via Ryan W. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. ...

Brandon Jacobs Likes To Dance Dirty
It was bad enough that Brandon Jacobs elected to dance on the star in the Cowboys end zone, but the manner in which the Giants running back got jiggy appeared to be his attempt at eroticism. It gave New York a short-lived lead, and at the half Dallas leads 17-15....

Your Cowboys-Giants Sunday Night Football Open Thread
Here is your nightcap. Knock a few back and talk some shop down below....

Tim Tebow Makes Me Feel Like A Doped Up Child: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
What is there to even say at this point? It's like these inexplicable things keep happening and I need a simple way to explain them all. Tim Tebow just wins. There. Perfect....

Tim Tebow Tebows 59-Yard Tebow To Force Tebowtime (UPDATE)
After a late touchdown pass but failed onside kick left the Broncos looking as done as the supper in your oven, Denver quarterback Tim Tebow drove the bare minimum of yards in the final minute to set up this 59-yard Matt Prater field goal and force overtime. ...

And Lo Did Tebow Come Bearing Gifts, An Interception For The Bears' Charles Tillman
Okay, so this was less a gift than a brilliant play by the Bears' Charles Tillman in both making the catch and keeping both feet inbounds. But it was Tim Tebow's first interception in six games, and that makes it at least a bit of a holiday miracle. [FOX]...

Here's Tom Brady's Bitchfest With An Assistant Coach
Up a touchdown late in the Patriots' battle in Washington, Tom Brady threw an interception in the Redskins' end zone then threw a tantrum on his own sideline with New England assistant coach Bill O'Brien. The two eventually had to be separated, though CBS analyst Dan Dierdorf would have you think...

Tebow's Number One: Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
We power on through the late games. Here is your open thread, discuss....