Football Page 977 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Everyone's Getting Horny Over A Villanova Defensive Lineman
Impress your friends with your knowledge of the existence of this year’s small-school NFL prospect: Tanoh Kpassagnon, a defensive lineman who played at Villanova. Listed at 6-foot-7 and 290 pounds, Kpassagnon went to this week’s Senior Bowl and made at least one NFL executive tumescent. From Philly....
Stanford Band No Longer Banned From Stanford Land For Not Aligning With Stanford Brand
A little over a month ago, the Stanford band was suspended through the Spring 2017 quarter for a slate of alcohol problems and other conduct policy violations. A university conduct board recommended suspending them through the end of next school year (meaning they’d be back for the 2018 football sea...
The Pro Bowl's Skill Competitions Were Surprisingly Fun<em></em>
The NFL spiced up the normally staid Pro Bowl week with its first ever skills competition. Some of those skills were, predictably, boring (e.g: throw a football over there, catch a bunch of footballs), but a few were much more fun than expected. The NFC beat the AFC 3-2 in the five-challenge gauntle...
Justin Tucker Nailed A 75-Yard Field Goal
The Pro Bowl is a meaningless spectacle that is only as valuable as the silly highlights it provides. For the first time, there will be a skills competition of sorts, which includes catching footballs dropped by a drone. That might be cool, but it probably won’t be nearly as impressive as Justin Tuc...
Roger Goodell Insists That Thursday Games Are Not Ass
Roger Goodell had a chat with repugnant putz Colin Cowherd today on his show, and, among other topics, the NFL commissioner defended the quality of Thursday games....
Fancy Dog Tom Brady Wants To Play Catch So Bad Oh Please Oh Please Just Huck That Ball So He Can Go Get It
We already knew that Tom Brady relaxes like a fancy dog and eats like a fancy dog. Now, thanks to ESPN, we know that he loves to play like a fancy dog, too:...
Tom Brady Owns The Steelers
There are no alternative facts. Even dead-ender Steelers fans, the ones who kept insisting he’s just some pretty boy cheating cheater, can no longer hide from this reality: The Steelers belong to Tom Brady....
Oregon Plans To Fire Co-Offensive Coordinator Arrested For DUI Five Days After He Was Hired
When Willie Taggart upgraded his head football coaching gig from South Florida to Oregon, he brought along associate head coach David Reaves to take over as one of the Ducks’ new co-offensive coordinators. After five days of officially being on the job, Reaves has been suspended indefinitely as the ...
Erin Andrews Was Diagnosed With Cervical Cancer Just After Her Stalking Lawsuit Trial
Fox Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews was diagnosed with cervical cancer in October of last year, just six months after the conclusion of her lawsuit against Marriott and her stalker, Michael David Barrett. ...
Adam "Pacman" Jones To Police: "Suck My Dick"
Bengals cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was arrested on Jan. 3 in Cincinnati and charged with assault, disorderly conduct, and obstructing official business, as well as harassment with a bodily substance after he allegedly spit on a nurse at the jail. Today, TMZ published video footage of Jones while...
Michigan Off To Italy To Spend Some Money, Practice Some Football<em></em><em></em><em></em>
Michigan announced Monday it will fly its football team to Rome this coming April (after finals, of course), where the players will conduct three of their 15 spring practices at the facilities of AS Roma, including an open scrimmage....
Tom Brady Desperately Wants You To Stop Asking Him About His Friend Donald Trump
Patriots QB and AFC champion Tom Brady did his weekly call on WEEI’s Kirk and Callahan today to talk about the team’s win over the Steelers. He was also asked about his friendship with and his reported call to Donald Trump before Trump’s inauguration. Brady was so determined to not confirm anything—...
Julio Jones Is A Marvel
Although the Atlanta Falcons’ 44-21 blowout of the Green Bay Packers wasn’t competitive, Julio Jones kept it entertaining. The wide receiver racked up 180 yards with two touchdowns Sunday as he humiliated the Packers’ defense....
Man Accused Of Pulling Fire Alarm At Steelers' Hotel Told Cops He Was A Patriots Fan And Drunk
On Sunday morning police arrested 25-year-old Dennis Harrison, of East Boston, Mass., and charged him with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and setting off a false fire alarm. Harrison is accused of pulling the fire alarm at the Logan Airport Hilton where the Steelers were staying before th...
Report: Jim Tomsula Is Coming In From The Cold
Today brings us the best news of the NFL season. According to NBC 4's Carol Maloney, Jim Tomsula—former firewood cutter, night janitor, doormat salesman, and 49ers head coach—is returning to the league as Washington’s defensive line coach....
Martellus Bennett Wants To Dance With Somebody
In his ninth NFL season, tight end Martellus Bennett is heading to the Super Bowl....
Roger Goodell Must Hate This
If there’s a silver lining to yet another appearance by the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl—they’re early three-point favorites—it’s that the whole thing should make commissioner Roger Goodell at least a little uncomfortable. Goodell has gone out of his way to avoid New England this postseaso...
Bill Belichick: Players, Players, Played Hard, Players
Bill Belichick, man of much pettiness and few words, had this to say about the New England Patriots’ 36-17 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers:...
Tom Brady, Patriots Trump Steelers
The New England Patriots are headed to yet another Super Bowl after giving the business to the Pittsburgh Steelers. ...