Football Page 1562 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Stretch Your Legs, It's Almost Here
So what's gonna happen is in exactly two hours we'll begin the live blog celebrations. This will give me ample time to nap, eat, and ... wow, there's been a Frosted Flake in my beard all this time, and nobody told me!...
Robert Z. Nemeth Doesn't Care About Oddly Shaped Balls
Know what's great? (Besides those Jimmy Dean microwaveable breakfast sandwiches. Mmm mmm. I'm not actually sure why I brought this up, it's really a tangential point to the entire post.) Opinion columns written by old men who complain about everything. Enter the fray, Robert Z. Nemeth, about how foo...
It's Normal And Natural To Watch Old Super Bowl Highlights
Last night, while the world wept over videotapes and dynasties, ESPN2 strung together a bunch of those NFL Films specials of Super Bowl highlights. It might've been the most sports they've aired on one channel in quite some time....
Which Patriots Video Is Scarier?
With little on TV, it's time to partake in some of the Internet's finest available video pertaining to those with hard stances on the New England Patriots. Ahead of you are two videos of the Tube Belonging To You variety — one taking the "for" and one taking the extreme "against." It's a toss up as ...
These Patriots Scandals Keep Getting Lamer
Well, I'm sure it's just a coincidence that we're now hearing about the time the New England Patriots might have taped their opponents' practice right before Super Bowl XXXVI....
Don't Take Joe Montana's Picture, He Thinks It Steals Your Soul
The legendary Joe Montana has to be a little antsy this weekend. The 49ers don't get an early first round draft pick. He's got people covering his shift at his diner. And if Tom Brady wins a fourth Super Bowl ring and third Super Bowl MVP, it'll tie Joe Cool on both counts....
Another Piece Of the Eli Manning Childhood Puzzle Falls Into Place
The front-and-center photo of the Manning family in 1996 is worth the price of admission. The fact that this particular story is about how a young Eli Manning learned from his mom only sweetens the pot. But that's not all. Heavens, far from it....
Senator Asks NFL To Recognize Additional Team For Mercury Morris To Taunt
Every current NFL city has at least played in or hosted a Super Bowl, with the exception of ... you guessed it, Cleveland. So I guess there's no reason to discuss them at hahaha I had you going there for a second....
Super Bowl Pants Party: Patriots Vs. Giants
After a week of drivel so repetitive that we were reduced to writing this, we finally land, inevitably, on the game itself. Whew. That took forever....
Just 53 Hours Until This All Can End
All right. We are finally (almost) there. The Super Bowl week of emptiness and discussions of ankle sprains, goat testicles and Wes Welker is at last winding down. Congrats, fans: You've just about made it to the actual game....
Well, Anyway, It Should Be Better Than 'Big Brother'
Just in time for summer, get ready for a reality show starring Michael Vick's pit bulls. Apparently a bunch of them are staying at a place called Dogtown in Utah, and the National Geographic Channel is swooping in to film the proceedings for TV. Hey, the National Geographic Channel; they're the ones...
Bear Down, Barack Obama
We'd completely forgotten about this, even though it's from our home state and followed it pretty closely when it was happening, so we have to thank Sports By Brooks for reminding us: Barack Obama, when he ran for U.S. Senate from Illinois in 2004, was this close to running against ... DITKA!...
Larry Johnson Can Dramatically Increase Your Salary
The Sporting News' Chris Mottram was roaming around Radio Row at the Super Bowl Media Center yesterday — at the Super Bowl, everything gets capital letters — and came across the Chiefs' Larry Johnson. He was wearing a nice watch....
MNF At The Super Bowl
We have made no secret of our enduring love of The Dugout, both in its original incarnation and its current, non-expletive form at AOL Sports. But you think these guys just know baseball? Pshaw....
Help The Nailers Shred Rich Rodriguez
West Virginia knows how to throw a minor league promotion; something that Rich Rodriguez should have considered before he bolted to Michigan. Remember baseball's West Virginia Power, and their gala Salute to Indoor Plumbing? Well, the Minor Hockey League Wheeling Nailers — a AA affiliate of the Pitt...
Look For Shockey At Kickoff
Of all the Giants fans who were shocked by the team's ascension to the Super Bowl, perhaps none of them were more taken aback than Roger Director, author of I Dream In Blue, an account of his year following the Giants around ... LAST year. Here, he muses on the loss of his favorite player, Jeremy Sh...
Gentlemen, Start Your Puppies
Want your fill of barking, chewing and indiscriminate pooping that doesn't involve a night out with Najeh Davenport? Then gather your Scooby Snacks and settle in for Puppy Bowl IV; the only part of Super Bowl Week that lives up to the hype. The starting lineups were announced this morning, and once ...
Our Truncated Visit To Media Day
Against all our better judgment, we headed to the Pink Taco today for Media Day. We had heard from pretty much everyone we know who covers sports for a living that it's a full platter of ridiculousness and that it wasn't worth our time. Hearing that made us think we absolutely had to go. We should...