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Grandma: Rae Carruth Won't Get Custody Of Son Whose Mother He Had Murdered 

On Monday, Rae Carruth released a 15-page letter, with an added page as an introduction, and gave a phone interview to WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina. The former Carolina Panther has been in prison since his 2001, when he was convicted for conspiring to murder the mother of his child. Enough time...

Bill Polian Thinks Tall Person Lamar Jackson Is Too Short To Play Quarterback

Former NFL GM and current ESPN insider Bill Polian has added to his portfolio of sports takes, which already includes “Randy Moss and Terrell Owens aren’t Hall-of-Fame players,” “I’m the only one who knew Tom Brady was good,” and “Tyrann Mathieu is the devil.” Yesterday, he cooked up this spicy one:...

Rae Carruth penned an open letter to the mother of Cherica Adams, who he was convicted of conspiring to murder in 2001, apologizing for her death and seeking to establish a relationship with Chancellor Lee Adams, his son. ...

Someone In Tom Brady's Family Sold Their Super Bowl LI Ring For $345,000

It would appear a member of Tom Brady’s family has sold a Super Bowl LI championship ring, and for an absolutely bonkers $344,927. This is from a Darren Rovell report on ESPN:...

Panthers Reinstate Marty Hurney After Domestic Violence Investigation

The Carolina Panthers have reinstated interim GM Marty Hurney after the NFL found no evidence of a violation of the league’s personal conduct policy, according to the team. ...

Jimmy Garoppolo's 49ers Contract Is A Win For Both Sides

The details on Jimmy Garoppolo’s new contract with the 49ers are available for scrutiny, and it’s hard not to notice how beneficial the terms turned out to be for both the player and the team....

Report: Two Baylor Football Players Are Connected To Sexual Assault Investigation [Update]

Two redshirt Baylor football team freshmen are under investigation in connection with a sexual assault report involving members of the university’s equestrian team, according to KWTX in Texas....

A.J. McCarron Wins Grievance Against Bengals, Earns Right To Disappoint Browns

Quarterback A.J. McCarron defeated the Bengals’ attempt to game his service time today, with an arbitrator ruling in McCarron’s favor on a grievance involving an injury designation from his rookie season in 2014....

Sebastian Janikowski, Longtime Football Guy, No Longer With The Raiders

One of the lone constants of a modern NFL marked by roster churn and and an endless push towards maximum efficiency finally came to an end today. Starting next season, fans will no longer be able to look at an Oakland Raiders roster and say, “Huh. Sebastian Janikowski’s still there, I guess.”...

Vacation Bill Belichick Is Fully Operational

After a Super Bowl loss to Nick Foles, Patriots head coach and History Channel buff Bill Belichick has escaped to an island to unwind with his girlfriend Linda Holliday. That vacay outfit has everything: an “Adapt or Die” shirt with the Gadsden snake, a “VII Rings” visor, and chill beach trunks. Yea...

The NFL’s Biggest Threat Is Apathy<em></em>

One Sunday this season I forgot to watch the NFL. There were some errands to be done, probably, or maybe I was elbows-deep in some stupid binge-watch fugue state. It’s not important, really. What’s notable is not what else was on my plate, but that it was more important to me than watching a footba...

The Eagles’ Super Bowl Win Has Not Changed Philly Fans One Bit

The sentiment was profane, but who cares? It was cute....

Von Miller Tries To Woo Kirk Cousins To Denver With Cereal And Rainbows

Assuming Washington isn’t crazy enough to franchise him—though no moronic idea should ever be put past a team owned by Dan Snyder—Kirk Cousins appears to be headed to free agency. Von Miller would really like you to know he wants Cousins to sign with the Broncos....

Philly Cops Briefly Thought Corey Clement Was A Barricade-Jumper At The Super Bowl Parade

The problem with being a pro football player is that people might not know what you look like. You wear a helmet while you play. Sure, casual fans know what the star athletes like the quarterback look like—but maybe not anyone else. (For more private individuals, this may be a feature.)...

Niners Linebacker Reuben Foster Arrested On Domestic Violence-Related Charges [Updated]

Reuben Foster of the San Francisco 49ers has been arrested on charges related to domestic violence, according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle . Foster was booked Sunday at the Santa Clara County jail and held on $75,000 bail, according to the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Office....

Reports: Colts Hire Eagles Offensive Coordinator Frank Reich As Next Head Coach

Fresh off of being brutally rejected by Josh McDaniels, the Colts have pivoted to Super Bowl-winning Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich as their next head coach, replacing Chuck Pagano. Per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, Reich will sign a five-year deal in Indianapolis....

The Eagles Beat The Patriots With A Heaping Dose Of Their Own Medicine

The Philly Special will rightly be the play that forever defines the Eagles’ victory over the Patriots in Super Bowl 52. But such ballsy trickery wasn’t some one-off bit of well-executed brilliance: The Eagles rolled up 538 yards and scored 41 points on the Pats, and they did it by doing a lot of th...

New Mexico Suspends Bob Davie 30 Days After Investigations Of Misconduct<em></em>

The University of New Mexico announced today that it has suspended football coach Bob Davie for 30 days following an outside investigation of his program. As Geoff Grammer of the Albuquerque Journal pointed out, Davie’s announced punishment comes one day after National Signing Day, even though the i...

Report: 49ers Lock Up Jimmy Garoppolo For $74 Million Guaranteed

A few months after trading for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, the 49ers have reportedly signed him to a huge extension. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai first reported the extension. Although Mike Garafolo said the QB’s getting a record-high $137.5 million over five years, because of the flimsy nature of NFL...

Eagles’ Jason Kelce Cuts An Incredible, Profane Promo At The Super Bowl Parade

Jason Kelce—dressed in a Mummers outfit from the Avalon String Band—delivered an absolutely bonkers five-minute promo at the Eagles’ victory parade. He talked about team executive Howie Roseman losing his power struggle with Chip Kelly, called Ringer doofus Mike Lombardi a “clown,” sarcastically lis...