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Father And Son Alabama Fans Arrested After Brawling At FSU Game
During this weekend’s Alabama-Florida State game, a pair of rowdy Alabama fans got into a nasty-looking fight in the stands of the Falcons stadium. Officers responded to reports of a fight in the 120/121 section of the stadium at around 11 p.m. local time. According to an incident report obtained by...
NFL Concludes Useless Probe Into Whether Tom Brady Had Concussions
In May, supermodel Gisele Bündchen said in an interview that her husband, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, “does have concussions.” This spurred a joint investigation by the NFL and NFLPA, which has unsurprisingly come to the conclusion that Tom Brady is just fine....
The NFL Is Eating Itself
Here’s a good joke that’s becoming more accurate every day:...
Video Shows Michael Bennett Being Cuffed By Las Vegas Police<em></em>
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett posted today about a Las Vegas police officer pinning him down on the ground and threatening to “blow [his] fucking head off” during the weekend of the Mayweather-McGregor fight....
Michael Bennett: Las Vegas Police Threatened To "Blow My Fucking Head Off"
Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett posted on Twitter today a story in which he says he was profiled and violently harassed by police in Las Vegas, Nevada, while in town for the Mayweather-McGregor fight. ...
Bucs-Dolphins Game Postponed Due To Hurricane Irma
The NFL has postponed this Sunday’s game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins because Hurricane Irma is expected to make landfall in Florida sometime this weekend....
Ezekiel Elliott Will Play Sunday, Even Though His Six-Game Suspension Was Upheld
NFL appeals officer Harold Henderson has decided to uphold Ezekiel Elliott’s six-game suspension for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, according to multiple reports....
Mike Leach Discusses Bigfoot, Aliens In Enlightening Press Conference
A hearty thank you to whoever selected “do you believe in Bigfoot? what about aliens?” as the fan-submitted question of the week for Mike Leach’s press conference yesterday, because the resulting answer was wonderful. The Washington State football coach hopes that Bigfoot exists but does not believe...
The NFL Is Investigating Michael Irvin's Sexual Assault Case
As the football world awaits a decision from arbitrator Harold Henderson on Ezekiel Elliott’s appeal of his suspension, Deadspin has learned the league is also investigating Hall of Famer Michael Irvin under its personal conduct policy in the wake of an alleged sexual assault allegation that resulte...
Cam Newton And Von Miller: Colin Kaepernick Should Be On An NFL Roster
The NFL is back this weekend, bringing with it the highest concentration of takes from media members and star players since February. Inevitably, a bunch of them are about whether or not Colin Kaepernick deserves to be on an NFL roster....
Dolphins-Bucs Game May Have To Be Moved To Avoid Category 5 Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma was upgraded this morning to a category 5 storm, the most intense on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, meaning it has maximum sustained winds greater than 157 mph. There is, as always, a lot of uncertainty in its long-term forecast—but as of now, many models have it headed right for South Flo...
Okay, Now NFL Teams Are Just Flaunting It
The Buffalo Bills today signed Joe Webb as a backup quarterback. You may remember Joe Webb from when he last threw a pass in a regular season NFL game, which was in friggin’ 2011. Webb has made more appearances as a wide receiver (1) than as a quarterback (0) in the years since....
An A&M Regent Is Already Calling For Kevin Sumlin's Head
Anthony Buzbee is a Houston attorney and a member of the Texas A&M Board of Regents. He is also apparently not much a fan of Aggies head coach Kevin Sumlin, and last night’s historic collapse against UCLA was the final straw:...
Whatever Could Go Wrong Went Right For Josh Rosen And UCLA
How do you even get the fake-spike play called and arranged with 40 seconds left, at the end of what could be a historic comeback, but just as easily could be a gut-punch of a narrow loss?...
Report: Florida State QB Deondre Francois Done For The Season
After the outcome of last night’s Florida State-Alabama showdown was already more or less decided, FSU star QB Deondre Francois rolled out to his right and was sacked from behind by Ronnie Harrison. Francois left the game clutching his left knee, and after murky reports out of FSU indicated that Fra...
Just Like That, Brock Osweiler Is Back With The Broncos
Who can say exactly when it became fun to track the movements of Brock Osweiler, the former trumped-up backup to Peyton Manning who signed a lucrative four-year deal with the Texans and has been spiraling his way back to Denver in the, umm, year since....
Skins Safety Su'a Cravens Tells Team He Plans To Retire Before Week 1
Washington safety Su’a Cravens reportedly informed team president Bruce Allen Sunday morning that he is retiring from the NFL, before the start of his second season as a professional. Cravens started three games for Washington last season as a rookie, and recorded 23 tackles and an interception in 1...
Cleveland Police Union Will Protest Anthem Protests, Via Anthem Protest
Cleveland’s police union will refuse to participate in the raising of the flag during the national anthem ceremony at the Browns home opener, to protest Browns players kneeling during the national anthem....
Cam Newton's Brother Led The Largest Point-Spread Upset In College Football History
When Howard University’s football team kicked off against UNLV in Las Vegas last night, they did so as 45-point road underdogs. When the game ended, with Howard on top 43-40 after a brilliant performance from true freshman quarterback Caylin Newton, the Bison had pulled the biggest upset by point sp...
Denver NFL Beat Guy Caught On Twitter Dictating The Flow Of Information
Mike Klis of 9News tweeted a little while ago that the Broncos are expected to kick the tires on bad NFL quarterback and former salary dump Brock Osweiler. What he tweeted next—and immediately deleted—sure as hell looked like instructions to stiff-arm his competition:...