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Ezekiel Elliott's Girlfriend Posts Photos Of Bruises, Claims She's A Victim Of Domestic Violence [Update]

A woman named Tiffany Thompson, who is known to be Dallas Cowboys rookie Ezekiel Elliott’s girlfriend, just posted photos on her Instagram account showing bruises that she alleges are the result of domestic abuse....

Torrey Smith's Son Knows You Have To Put In The Reps To Be The Best Sports Baby

No one gets to the top without effort, dedication, and focus. That’s why 49ers WR Torrey Smith’s son T.J. rises and grinds every day. The competition’s just waiting for him to slip. Stay motivated; stay humble....

Eugene Monroe Retires From NFL, Citing Fear Of CTE

Eugene Monroe is 29 years old and a starting-caliber left tackle, but was curiously released by the Ravens this offseason, a move Monroe believes was caused by his outspoken advocacy of medical marijuana. Today, Monroe retired from the NFL over health concerns....

Video: Denard Robinson's Car Slowly Rolls Into Pond

Earlier this month, Jacksonville police found Jaguars running back Denard Robinson and passenger Marissa Staples in a car as it sank into a retention pond around 4 a.m. Today, First Coast News received the footage of the extremely slow crash from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office....

The NFL Finally Gets Rid Of Its Quack Medical Director

One of life’s enduring mysteries has been the NFL’s continued employment of Dr. Elliot Pellman, a Guadalajara-educated rheumatologist with questionable qualifications, whose greatest career achievement is a years-long campaign to conceal and downplay the effects of concussions on NFL players. This i...

Former NFL Player Sues Insurer To Recoup Career-Ending Injury Policy<em></em>

Haruki Nakamura, who played defensive back for five seasons with the Baltimore Ravens and Carolina Panthers, had his career cut short when he suffered a debilitating concussion during a game in 2013. Now he’s suing an insurance company that is refusing to pay out a policy that was supposed to insure...

Ohio State RB Bri'onte Dunn's Girlfriend Calls 911: “My Boyfriend Hit Me Really Bad"<em></em>

Ohio State running back Bri’onte Dunn was dismissed from the team on Monday for an unspecified violation of team rules. According to a report today from the Columbus Dispatch, Dunn’s dismissal followed a 911 call Sunday from his girlfriend in which she told a dispatcher that Dunn hit her in the face...

Chief Zee, Washington's Naive, Aggressively Racist Mascot, Is Dead

Reports out of Washington, D.C., say Zema Williams, the most racist mascot in all of sports but otherwise a real nice guy, is dead....

Jim Grobe Doesn't Think Baylor Has A Culture Problem<em></em>

Given the Baylor sexual assault scandal and its subsequent fallout, Big 12 media days were always going to be the most interesting and anticipated event leading up the college football season. Unfortunately, things have more or less played out exactly how one could and should have expected, with new...

Lou Holtz Is Really Going For It At The RNC

Donald Trump may not have been able to convince any famous athletes to speak at this week’s Republican National Convention, but he did get Lou Holtz’s support, dammit, and Lou Holtz is giving it everything he has....

Jerry Richardson Received A Statue Of Himself With Two Panthers For His Birthday

Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson turned 80 this month and received quite a gift from his team’s partners: A big-ass statue of himself holding a football, flanked by two ferocious, muscle-bound panthers. It must be awesome to be rich and have rich friends....

Ryan Fitzpatrick's Standoff With The Jets Is Getting Dire

The standoff between Ryan Fitzpatrick and the New York Jets was already messy four months ago, when the team reportedly offered Fitzpatrick “backup money,” despite him having just turned in the kind of solid quarterbacking season the Jets have been sorely lacking in recent years. If you’re like me, ...

New Baylor AD Says He Will Fix Program Because He Has Daughters, Just Like The Last One

The introduction today of Baylor’s incoming athletics director, Mack Rhoades, included the expected platitudes about change and doing things the right way—less than two months after Baylor admitted it willfully made life hell for students who reported they had been sexually assaulted, especially (th...

Charles Tillman Announces Retirement With Incredible Video

After 13 seasons with the Bears and Panthers, Charles “Peanut” Tillman is retiring from the NFL. He retires as one of the best fumble-forcing cornerbacks in the history of the game, knocking more footballs loose than any defensive back during his tenure in the league. ...

Report: NFL To Use Microchipped Balls To Study Narrowing Uprights

According to the Toronto Sun, the NFL will put microchips into game balls during the preseason and Thursday night games, the purpose of which is to track how easily balls are clearing the uprights on field goal attempts....

Woman Punched By Joe Mixon: "Almost Immediately, I Was Made To Feel Like It Was My Fault"

Amelia Molitor was just another college student at Oklahoma—until Sooners running back Joe Mixon punched her in the face at sub shop Pickleman’s Gourmet Café*, fracturing multiple bones in her face and requiring surgery that left her jaw wired shut. Afterward, she told the Oklahoman that she worried...

NFL Says Marky Mark Is Full Of Shit, And Roger Goodell Never Called Him To Complain About <i>Ballers</i>

When former Funky Bunch boss Marky Mark claimed to Mike & Mike that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had contacted him personally to lodge complaints about HBO’s Ballers, we called bullshit. Not only is Goodell too busy with more important things to bother with that kind of task, but even if he weren’...

Jahvid Best, who retired from the NFL due to concussions, qualified to compete at the Rio Olympics in the 100 meters as a representative of Saint Lucia. He’ll be the first former NFL player to compete in the Summer Olympics; no competitor from Saint Lucia has ever medaled....

Marky Mark Claims Roger Goodell Personally Called Him To Complain About <i>Ballers </i>[UPDATE]

Yeah. Can you feel it baby? Thus start the lyrics to Marky Mark’s 1991 and only hit “Good Vibrations,” but if the former Funky Bunch leader is to be believed Roger Goodell’s answer is “No. I am not feeling it,” if the inquiry is in regard to HBO’s series Ballers, of which the retired rapper is an ex...

Broncos Sign Von Miller For $70 Million Guaranteed

If you go by the total numbers, the contract Von Miller just signed with the Denver Broncos—six years for $114.5 million—is exactly the same as the one he turned down a month ago. But as we all know, the only number that matters in NFL contracts is the guaranteed dollars....