Football Page 962 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
The Titans Have Fired Ken Whisenhunt, Who Was Doing A Very Bad Job
The Tennessee Titans announced this morning that head coach Ken Whisenhunt has been fired, and will be replaced on an interim basis by assistant coach Mike Mularkey....
Reports: Colin Kaepernick Benched For Blaine Gabbert
Blaine Gabbert will start at quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers against the Atlanta Falcons this weekend, reports Kyle McLorg (and confirmed every other NFL reporter). Regular starter and large headphone enthusiast Colin Kaepernick has been dire this season, ranking as the 30th best QB in the l...
John Brown And The Cardinals Despise Your Fantasy Team
Arizona wide receiver John Brown was questionable with a bum hamstring before he was declared active for yesterday’s game, a 34-20 win in Cleveland, but spent the game a-mouldering on the sideline. Who knows why he didn’t play? Bruce Arians spoke about discovering and developing his WR depth and dis...
Reggie Bush Is The Latest Victim Of The Rams' Concrete Ring Of Death
The 49ers believe Reggie Bush’s injury, suffered yesterday against the Rams, is a torn ACL, a season-ender. It’s a particularly frustrating one for Bush, who’s had trouble staying healthy throughout his career, because it had basically nothing to do with football. Bush was just the latest victim of ...
The Giants Lost In A Way No Team Has In Over 50 Years
The Saints and Giants disrespected the entire concept of defense in football Sunday as they combined for 101 total points in a 52-49 New Orleans win. Drew Brees threw seven passing touchdowns; Eli Manning threw six. Since only one team could win, the Giants ended up scoring the second-most points in...
Ricardo Lockette To Have Neck Surgery, Will Miss Rest Of Season
The Seattle Seahawks have released a statement with an update on wide receiver Ricardo Lockette’s condition. ...
The Broncos' Shutdown Defense Made Aaron Rodgers Look Human
The Denver Broncos made a drastic change to their philosophy in one offseason. Peyton Manning no longer scores absurd amounts of points to give the team a large margin of error. The 2015 Broncos are defense-first, and they showed how far they’ve come Sunday night as they shut down Packers quarterbac...
Brian Kelly Explains Why He Shoved One Of His Assistants
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly owes a debt to the Miami Hurricanes and the officiating crew that allowed their insane kick-off return to stand, because I have a feeling the incident above would have gotten a lot more attention this weekend if there hadn’t been something else for college football ...
Report: Le'Veon Bell Out For The Season With "Badly Torn" MCL
Le’Veon Bell left the field during today’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals after catching a pass in the second quarter and getting tackled by Vontaze Burfict. Initial reports out of the Steelers’ locker room were “optimistic,” but unfortunately, Bell’s injury is serious, as multiple prominent NFL rep...
Reports: Virginia Tech Coach Frank Beamer Is Retiring After The Season
According to reports from Mark Schlabach and others, longtime Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer is gong to retire after the conclusion of this season. ...
ACC Suspends Officiating Crew That Allowed Miami To Beat Duke
The Atlantic Coast Conference has suspended both the on-field officiating crew and the replay official for allowing Miami’s game-winning kickoff return to stand during last night’s game against Duke....
A Good Day To Look Away: Today's Guide To Ignoring The NFL
Let’s take a quick glance around a week’s worth of NFL news before we get to the good stuff:...
Pierre Garçon Is Leading A Class-Action Lawsuit Against FanDuel On Behalf Of NFL Players
On Friday Pierre Garçon filed a federal class-action lawsuit in Maryland against FanDuel on behalf of all the NFL players whose likenesses and names the site uses, he says, without proper permission. FanDuel has marketing agreements with 15 NFL teams, including Washington, who was one of the first t...
Report: NFL Investigated Patriots Sideline Staff After Jets Complaint
During last Sunday’s 30-23 win over the New York Jets, the NFL interrogated three Kraft Sports employees on the Patriots sideline after the Jets complained about radio communication systems. According to a report from the Boston Herald, NFL officials looked into the three employees and determined th...
Ohio State QB J.T. Barrett Suspended After Arrest On Drunk Driving Charge
Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett will miss next week’s game against Minnesota after being arrested last night in Columbus on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, according to Eleven Warriors....
Young Gronk Smashes Piñata
At five years old, alcohol enthusiast Rob Gronkowski was quite tall for his age, and good at making contact with a piñata. He was likely more of an apple juice enthusiast back then....
Cops: Jay Ratliff Said "I Am The Devil," Wished Death Upon Bears Employee's Children
The Chicago Bears released Jay Ratliff on Oct. 22, but he didn’t leave quietly. The defensive end argued with general manager Ryan Pace in front of the team’s Halas Hall headquarters in Lake Forest, Ill., an altercation that eventually drew the attention of the local police. Today, we received the h...
Patriots Logo Cloud? Patriots Logo Cloud.
Someone spotted this cloud that kinda looks like the Patriots logo....
Dana Holgorsen High-Fived Trevone Boykin Because He "Didn't Know What The Hell Else To Do"
West Virginia got whomped by TCU last night, losing 40-10 while allowing Horned Frogs star quarterback Trevone Boykin to carve them up for 388 yards passing, 84 yards rushing, and four total touchdowns. At one point, Boykin made a play so filthy that West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen couldn’t ...