Football Page 1547 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Hugh Hefner Goes to Madden Launch Parties?
And they serve Madden-tinis there? Whoever came up with that concept needs to be forced to watch the entire season ofTell Me You Love Me without the sex scenes. Look, I play video games. Occasionally I get to have sex. But have we really gotten to the point where sex and video games are wedded this...
Ohio University Lineman Wins $250k in Lottery
Mike Eynon, a 6'3 305 pound senior lineman, walked into a BP just off campus and emerged with a winning ticket. As befits life as an indentured servant to the NCAA, one of his first telephone calls was to the campus compliance officer to ensure that winning the award didn't violate NCAA rules. He go...
Sad Old Man Greets The Jets With Lukewarm Enthusiasm
Yesterday's meet-the-newest-Jet press conference with Brett Favre gave the 38-year-old quarterback some glimpse of the intense scrutiny he'll be under the entire year he dons green and white. But considering he couldn't do anything for the last 32 days without an ESPN reporter following him to the c...
Shocker: Cage-Fighting Alabama Fan's Legal Strategy Fails
Of course the legal strategy was pay a retarded man to take the blame for a fight you started. The fight happened at the 2005 Iron Bowl when an Alabama fan, Joey Barrett, Jr., yelled, "Roll Tide!" at an Auburn fraternity house. Oh, and the Alabama fan happened to be a cage fighter armed with a knife...
The Daily Dicky Comes to Kentucky
In the form of Kentucky's outspoken wide receiver Dicky Lyons, Jr.. You'll recall that Lyons spent SEC Media Days discussing his dreams about Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford trying to steal away his fiancee. Now he's providing daily video updates as Kentucky prepares for their opening game agai...
Giants Fan Braves Unbelievable Hardship For Patriots 19-0 Shirt
Not unlike the travels of Che Guevara, Aaron Kaplowitz's heroic quest for Patriots' 19-0 memorabilia in Central America is a tale fraught with danger and high adventure. And did I mention cockfighting? On hearing that a remote Nicaraguan village was the destination for Patriots World Champions gear ...
Madden '09, An Overdraft Notice, And A Buccaneers Fan Wants To End It All
What they're saying out in the ether about Brett Favre's move to New Jersey ......
The Feds Are After Bernie Kosar But, More Importantly, So Is His Chef
For $228,806 in unpaid taxes. For his part Kosar claims the bills got lost in the mail after his divorce from wife, Babette, led to a new address. Has any marriage to a woman named Babette not ended in divorce? We linked this in blogdome but that was before Kosar added a chef to his enemy list. Yep...
People Who Love Brett Favre, In Trading Card Form
Before he shuffles off into obscurity with the Buccaneers or the Jets or the Calgary Stampeders (word has it they have a very fine offer on the table), I'd be remiss if I didn't show you this: Joe Sports Fans' Limited Edition Favre Trading Cards. The one above has to be considered the most valuable,...
University of Colorado Announces Valet Bike Parking For Football Games
Surely you jest. The University of Colorado couldn't really—this has to be made up, right? You can't expect to beat or even compete with five of the top 14 teams in the country if your university community is focused on valet bike parking. Well, you can if you're the crazy uncle of the Big 12. Welc...
The Questionable Madness Of Shawn Andrews
Shawn Andrews has always been a different type of guy. The line on him through most reporters is this: he's got his quirks, but he's a helluva football player and a really decent human being. Often times he's described as child-like (his nickname is the "Big Kid" after all, and he has a room in his ...
Our Hero Heads For The Loving Embrace Of Alligators, Stifling Humidity And Jon Gruden
Fans of the interception will be happy to know that Brett Favre is THIS close to becoming a Tampa Bay Buccaneer; as the Tampa Tribune is breathlessly reporting. Why this is especially intriguing is that coach Jon Gruden is known for his intricate and varied playbook, and Favre won't have a lot of ti...
Dean Wormer NFL Unveils Fan Code Of Conduct
The NFL is rolling out a Fan Code of Conduct, and be advised that if you don't follow it to the letter, you'll be pummeled like a Tibetan monk at a Chinese police picnic. Among other things, "unruly" or "disruptive" behavior is forbidden. Also, "abusive language." They might as well sell the Jets ri...
Kige Ramsey Slanging SEC Knowledge
You've all been wondering, waiting, dreaming about what Kige thinks of the upcoming slate of SEC football teams. Well, rest easy my friends, the day you've been dreaming of has now arrived. Had you ever before been able to imagine what havoc 12 SEC helmets can wreak when they're handled by a gian...
Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe is Guitar Hero All-Star
Click to view How many guesses would it take you to pin Kluwe's profession as an NFL player? A thousand? A million? Cue Twin Cities.com: ...
Jimmy Clausen's Drinking Game Prowess Prompts Investigation By Notre Dame
Jimmy Clausen is the starting quarterback for Notre Dame. Last year he, along with the entire team, had a horrible season. Which was disappointing because Clausen, the nation's consensus top quarterback, committed to Notre Dame in such an understated fashion: By pulling up in a limo to the College ...
Woman Referees New Orleans Saints Practice Scrimmage...Four Horsemen Seen Trotting Nearby
There were the usual complaints: She's blowing her whistle too suggestively, the shorts show too much skin and yet not enough skin, why can I see her panty-line, she should wear a thong, the ref stripes make it impossible to see whether she'd look good topless, you know, the same old sturm und dran...
Source: Favre Cedes Starting Job To Rodgers (Make It Stop!)
Our long national nightmare may soon be over. Details from Monday's late-night summit between Brett Favre and Packers coach Mike McCarthy are beginning to leak, despite our best efforts not to care, and it appears that our flip-flopping hero wants no part of a quarterback competition with Aaron Rodg...
Aaron Rodgers Era Begins The Way You Thought It Might
Aaron Rodgers was welcomed with all the warmth and patience that one might expect from the down-to-earth, dairy-loving folks of Wisconsin on Monday; he was booed back to the Stone Age. The new guy threw an end zone interception during a two-minute drill to go along with a dozen or so incompletions, ...
Jessica Simpson Is Webcam Stripping For Tony Romo During Training Camp
Because otherwise he gets lonely. At least according to the always reliable Sun newspaper. Do you think Nick Lachey is more jealous of Tony Romo than he is of his ex-wife? I sort of do. I'm picturing Lachey reading this and thinking, "Damn, that could have been me on the webcam with Tony." Anyway, ...