Football Page 1440 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Georgia Bodypainter Shouts The Virtues Of A Nice Base Layer
This video sort of defies analysis, so I'll just set it up this way and trust you to watch the whole thing: This man is not an albino pro wrestler. Just a very intense and very white Georgia Bulldogs fan....
Florida State Opens Door, Points Bobby Bowden Toward It
The chairman of Florida State's Board of Trustees says "enough is enough" and 2009 should be Bobby Bowden's last year. He also knows this great place that is a "retirement community" and totally not a nursing home. [Tallahassee Democrat]...
Braylon Edwards Accused Of Punching FOL (Friend Of LeBron) UPDATED
Well, the Browns' season just got a whole lot better. Their "star" wide receiver was accused of punching a man last night and the victim says it's all because Braylon Edwards isn't as popular as LeBron James....
Even High School Football Players Are Destroying Their Brains
The doctor who sliced open the late Mike Webster's brain and determined that football can cause severe and debilitating brain damage has discovered the same sort of neurodegenerative disease in high school players. Are you ready for some Congressional hearing?...
The Metrodome Wins The Weekend
In sports, everybody is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which won the weekend by living past the weekend. Hefty bags forever!...
The Lost Poise
Mark Sanchez threw three picks in yesterday's loss to the Saints, and on the season he has five interceptions against four touchdowns, all of which means that sportswriters must now address the grave matter of Sanchez's inexplicable lack of poise....
Rich Gannon Unfamiliar With The Term "Sudden Death"
The former Super Bowl losing QB-turned-announcer questioned Cincinnati's clock management skills on Sunday, expressing concern that they might score too quickly and leave the Browns a chance to rally. In overtime. [Shutdown Corner]...
Rex's Jets Have Their Hands Full In New Orleans
The four late games are underway, including the marquee match up between the Jets and Saints. Oh, and the Bengals and Browns have finally come to a merciful conclusion....
Derek Mason Stands On His Head In New England
Mason held on for the game's first touchdown despite landing on his head. However fellow Raven Jared Gaither was not as fortunate. The tackle was carted off the field after suffering an apparent neck injury....
Boomer Promotes 'Breast Awareness Sunday'
I think Chris Berman might have left out a pretty crucial word in there somewhere. Oh well, the important thing is the awareness. And it's on display all over the league....
Eli Manning Signed His Work In Dallas
That's Eli Manning's signature on a column in the Cowboys Stadium's visitors locker room according to an NBCDFW user....
Bad Beats: Listen To Peter King At Your Own Peril
A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe....
Is Jay Cutler The Next Tom Brady?
A reader asks: "Peggy, what are your thoughts on 'Jay Cutler: is he the next Tom Brady?' Thank you in advance."...
Who Are The Elders of Tomorrow?
When Chad Pennington dislocated his shoulder the other day, we lost one of The Elders of football and the quarterbacking arts....
Could There Be a Problem With the Oakland Raiders?
Weird! Journeyman quarterback Jeff Garcia—usually so reticent to speak his mind—is criticizing his former team, the Raiders of Oakland, California!...
Important College Football Picks
College football! Do you root for the school you attended? Or are you just some asshole who likes to root for some team you have nothing to do with? I don't follow it because I hate indentured servitude and polls....
Why Did New Mexico's Coach Punch His Assistant? Whatever
New Mexico coach Mike Locksley is maybe going to be out of a job soon since he probably slugged his own assistant coach in the face. And all because the other guy had to go and get catty....
Getting Free Shoes Does Not Make You A Celebrity Endorser
Nike has been forced to admit publicly that they have not signed Michael Vick to a new endorsement deal, after one of his agents said they had. (They're simply supplying him with gear.) Gee, that's awkward. [USAToday]...
Ford Field Pants Dropper Can Totally Explain This
As you would probably expect, when one dude is caught on camera choking out another dude who isn't wearing pants the natural response is usually, "It's not what you think!" Well, the gentleman on top has finally spoken up....
Brady Quinn's Wild Ride Comes To An End. For Now.
Yes, campers, Derek Anderson (née Horse Balls) has been summoned to save the struggling football team in Cleveland once again. [SI/WaitingForNextYear/ClevelandFrowns]...