Football Page 979 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Cops: Deputies Ignored NFLer Who Taunted, Then Sprayed Champagne At Clubgoers

New Orleans police are investigating what happened at a New Orleans nightclub this week after a couple said Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan harassed one of them, then sprayed both with champagne. The police released their initial report today, and it includes several snicker-inducing details, li...

College QBs Are Unprepared For The NFL

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting story on what some NFL coaches and executives consider a “crisis” over the future of the quarterback position: an increasing number of prospects, nurtured within the uptempo and spread offenses that are sweeping college football, who enter the league wholly...

Patriots Request Reinstatement Of Accused Ball-Deflating Employees

With trumped up charges and a whole lot of dodgy PSI data, the only somewhat-weighty evidence that the Patriots had a concerted ball-deflation scheme going was the text-message comedy stylings of locker-room attendant Jim “The Deflator” McNally and equipment assistant John “Dorito Dink” Jastremski. ...

Reports: Bruno Mars Invited To Perform At Super Bowl Halftime Show

Here are a pair of reports stating that the NFL has asked Bruno Mars to play a part in the Super Bowl 50 halftime show, just two years after his last appearance....

Why Jason Pierre-Paul Avoided The Giants All Summer

Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul met with the Giants on Monday for the first time all year, and let team doctors examine his injured hand for the first time since losing his index finger in a fireworks accident. But the timing of his return, so close to the start of the season, was no accident: Pierr...

Penn State Has Already Reached The Symbolic Burials Portion Of The Season

I’m all for football teams carrying out batshit rituals that are meant to exorcise bad vibes, but I feel like going to the Let’s Meaningfully Bury Some Shit well just one week into the season is a little much. Penn State would disagree:...

911 Recording: Browns Coach Andy Moeller's Fiancée Claims He "Tried To Strangle Me And Beat Me Up"

TMZ acquired the 911 call made by the woman involved in Browns offensive line coach Andy Moeller’s alleged assault over the weekend. The victim tells the operator that Moeller attempted to strangle and beat her, and also says she’s engaged to Moeller before adding, “not anymore, though.”...

Cardale Jones Didn't Know He Was Starting Until The First Series

The only meaningful bit of pregame intrigue surrounding Ohio State’s season opener against Virginia Tech was the question of who would be the Buckeyes’ starting quarterback. With Braxton Miller moving to receiver, the choice was down to J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones, and both were kept in the dark ...

Kansas State Band Insists They Were Not In Dong Formation

Kansas State officials continue to apologize for anyone they might have offended by Saturday’s Jayhawk-vs-dong marching band formation, while insisting there was “no ill intention.” The Star Trek-themed program purported to show the U.S.S. Enterprise attacking a “horrible space creature,” but to nea...

Cleveland Browns Suspend Offensive Line Coach Andy Moeller Indefinitely [UPDATES]

Here is a statement the Cleveland Browns just put up on their website:...

Vernon Adams Jr. Says He'll Play After Taking Cheap Shot To The Head

Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. told media he’ll play this Saturday against Michigan State despite being dazed by a shot to the head that knocked him from this past weekend’s game against Eastern Washington....

Georgetown Player Breaks Five Vertebrae, Could Be Paralyzed

Georgetown linebacker Ty Williams underwent surgery Saturday to repair five broken vertebrae that left him with a bruised spinal cord suffered in the above pass play during this weekend’s game at Saint Francis....

Stanford Is The First Upset Victim Of The College Football Season

Stanford University, a Silicon Valley-sponsored industry suckup named after a racist robber baron, just lost to an unranked Northwestern team starting a freshman at QB. The Cardinal generated 240 whole yards of offense, turned the ball over twice (it could have been worse, as Northwestern dropped se...

Rutgers Dismisses Five Arrested Football Players

Earlier this week, five Rutgers football players were arrested for an April assault on a 19-year-old student. Andre Boggs, Ruhann Peele, Nadir Barnwell, Razohnn Gross, and Delon Stephenson were all kicked off the team this morning following their arrests. The five were charged with aggravated assaul...

We Are Living In An Era Of Fascination

Tom Brady's Angry Dad Phones Radio Show, Calls Roger Goodell "A Flaming Liar"

Tom Brady Sr. called a San Francisco radio program Friday afternoon to defend his son, angrily declaring the show’s host “full of crap” and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a “flaming liar.”...

Defense Lines Up With 10 Players To Honor Late Teammate, Recovers Fumble, Scores Touchdown

Arkansas Tech’s defense had only 10 players on the field on its first play against Southern Nazarene in honor of Zemaric Holt, a 21-year-old defensive lineman who drowned in July. Despite the intentional disadvantage, the Wonder Boys—great name, by the way—scored a touchdown....

Jarryd Hayne Ruined A Cornerback's Night

Despite a 49ers offseason that featured chaos, abrupt retirements, and the installation of a retired barstool as head coach, there is at least one nice story on the team: Jarryd Hayne. The 27-year-old former rugby league player played well enough in the preseason to merit serious consideration for a...

Patriots Planned To Raise A Tom Brady Banner If Brady Were Still Suspended

At next Thursday’s season opener, Tom Brady will take the field and the Patriots will raise their fourth Super Bowl banner to the rafters. The latter wouldn’t have happened without the former, team president Jonathan Kraft said: the Patriots couldn’t properly celebrate a championship without its qua...