Football Page 1523 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

The Pop Rocks Are Somewhat Awesome; Up Past Their Bedtime
Is a Steelers rally at the Diesel Club Lounge any place for impressionable youngsters? Well, yes, when they're the headlining music act. Meet the Pop Rocks....

Their Youth Sustains Him
How does Jerry Jones unwind after a stressful season? By hanging out with the young people at John Legend's after party, of course. The unbuttoned shirt just screams youthful and hip....

Michael Vick Has Nothing But Respect for Chickens
When Michael Vick plead guilty to dogfighting charges back in 2007, he also agreed to enroll in PETA's version of sensitivity training. His test results from that training are in, and they may surprise and/or amuse you....

Mike Shanahan Won't Coach the Chiefs
But hey, Herm Edwards is available! In other old-Broncos-coach news, Dan Reeves interviewed for the 49ers offensive coordinator spot....

Eric Mangini Cares Not For Your Mural of Legends
Eric Mangini wants to bring a fresh start to the Cleveland Browns franchise. And he won't have any pesky tributes to team luminaries interfering with it....

Michael Irvin Gets His Own Reality Show. Finally!
If you've ever thought to yourself, "I wish someone would follow Michael Irvin around with a camera all day so I could see everything that happens to him," today is your lucky day....

Super Bowl Sub-Plot #2: Who Ya Betting On?
There are several key storylines that will beaten into the ground by everyone who covers the Super Bowl over the next two weeks. We will beat them down even further....

College Budget Cuts Imperil Squash Programs, And, Um, Possibly Football
It's a sign of the times that no one is discussing: Your favorite college sports may fall be the wayside in the coming three years due to the crappy economy. Ah! Not Badminton!...

For Sturdy, Reliable Transportation To The Music City Bowl
So you roll up to a mall parking space in your brand new Rich Brooks Edition F150 pickup. In the space next to you is Howie Long, sadly shaking his head. Let's listen in....

Hoo Boy, This Can't Be Good
Anyone know how this turned out? Was Shiancoe there? At any point did the festivities move out onto open waters?...

Syracuse Coach Fails His Way On To Michigan Staff
The Wolverines solve their defensive woes by hiring Greg "10-37" Robinson as their new coordinator—because in football, a firing is just a job you haven't been hired for yet. [Detroit News]...

Super Bowl Sub-Plot #1: Whisenhunt vs. Roethlisberger
There are several key storylines that will beaten into the ground by everyone who covers the Super Bowl for over the next two weeks. We will beat them down even further....

Police Capture Wily McNabb Lawn Vandals
Lex Luthor, Professor Moriarty, Dr. Doom ... evil super geniuses all. It's time to add two more names to the pantheon of criminal masterminds: Arizona Cardinals fans Ryan Hanlon, left, and Rex Perkin....

Does Ray-Ray Want To Be A Cowboy?
"Dallas owner Jerry Jones believes his team is in the serious hunt for a Super Bowl title next season, and thinks Lewis would be a help in the Cowboys locker room." [Ravens Insider]...

Rod Marinelli's Long Goodbye
Rod Marinelli's final words to the members of the Detroit media: "Goodbye, ladies." Well played, my friend. Well played. [ProFootballTalk]...

Chicago Wants A Second Terrible Football Franchise
This is what happens when you have two weeks of down time to fill, but it's somehow still football season. Crazy mayors get crazy ideas and people (like me) pretend to take them seriously....

The Buzzsaw That Is The Super Bowl
It seems my beloved teams are making a habit out of this Ridiculous Postseason Run business. In retrospect, it was the only way it could have gone down....

'08 Cowboys Built Foundation Of Ineptitude Early On
Missed meetings. Late for games. Undisciplined practices. Lackadaisical coaching. These are just some of the problems that caused the Cowboys to implode in 2008, the Dallas Morning News reports. [Dallas Morning News via Fan Nation]...

McNabb's Arizona Home Vandalized By Cardinals Fans
Donovan McNabb's off-season home in Chandler, Ariz., was vandalized overnight last week. "Go Cards" and other messages were burned on the front lawn. Quite a thing to learn on Martin Luther King Day....

So That's What Happened To Brenda Warner
Some of you may be too young to remember the late '90s, but those who aren't may recall when the real star of Kurt Warner's rise to fame was his shrewishoutspoken wife, Brenda....