Football Page 988 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Devin Hester Was The Shit
Here’s how the Ravens explained their decision today to cut return man Devin Hester after he misjudged a punt that led to a safety:...
Wake Forest Radio Announcer Fired For Giving Game Prep Materials To Opponents
Wake Forest announced that football radio announcer Tommy Elrod—a former player and coach at the school—was fired from his position and banned from athletic facilities, after it was discovered that Elrod has been giving or attempting to give game prep materials to opposing teams for at least two yea...
The Arizona Cardinals Are Very Deep In The Trashcan
Two seasons died in Miami on Sunday. One of them belonged to the Dolphins, a team that at the moment holds the AFC’s final wild card berth, but which will have to trudge forward, fatally wounded, without starting quarterback Ryan Tannehill. The other season that croaked was Arizona’s, which dropped ...
The Patriots Can Win With Anyone
It has felt at times this NFL season like there are no good teams, or at least no teams without glaring, potentially fatal weaknesses. The Patriots certainly have theirs—a shorthanded offense, a middling defense, occasionally disastrous special teams—but they are surely the best of the bunch, and th...
Shea McClellin Pulled Off A Perfect Leap Over The Ravens' Offensive Line
Malcolm Butler made a perfect deflection on third down to put the Ravens’ best player (kicker Justin Tucker) on the field for a 34-yard field goal attempt. Tucker missed his first field goal attempt of the year on the attempt, but it was through no fault of his own. Patriots linebacker Shea McClelli...
St. Louis News Station Mercilessly Roasts Rams Executive
Jeff Fisher got shitcanned today, meaning he will no longer be glowering on the Rams sidelines and mangling Jared Goff’s development. Nobody’s happier about this than St. Louis’ FOX affiliate, who reveled in Fisher’s failures and stunted on Rams COO Kevin Demoff. As FOX2 noted, Demoff’s father is Fi...
Tell Us About Your Fantasy Football Playoffs
The fantasy football playoffs have arrived, which means that the bonings hurt even more....
Bills Fan Destroys Table, His Own Leg<em></em>
If you’re going to jump through a rickety piece of furniture—a bad idea to begin with, but for the sake of this hypothetical, go with it—you should not launch feet-first, because unlike a butt or belly, your legs and feet will not properly absorb the impact when flesh meets table, and those parts of...
Jeff Fisher Won't Be Going 7-9 This Season, Because The Rams Fired Him
The jig is officially up for Jeff Fisher. The Los Angeles Rams have fired their head coach of five seasons today....
Cardinals Wide Receiver Michael Floyd Arrested For DUI
According to ArizonaSports.com, Cardinals wide receiver Michael Floyd was arrested on DUI charges in Scottsdale, Ariz. early Monday morning....
Report: Two Louisville Football Players, One Student Shot At Heisman Party
Two Louisville football players, James Hearns and and Henry Famurewa, and an unidentified female student were shot early Sunday morning at an off-campus party celebrating Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson’s Heisman Trophy victory. The shooting took place around 2:00 a.m. in the Retreat apartment ...
Holy Hell, The Rams Are A Disaster
There is so much beauty in this world, if you only stop to appreciate it. I truly believe that when it’s all said and done, we will look back on Jeff Fisher asserting “I’m not fucking going 7-9"—and then getting a secret contract extension—as one of the funnier things that’s ever happened in footbal...
Suddenly Everyone's Asking About Tony Romo
Let’s just make this clear right off the bat, before the blog machine starts rolling and before, god bless you, you listen to sports talk radio: I’m not saying there should be a quarterback controversy in Dallas. Only that it’s already here, and we are all powerless to stop it. Strap the fuck in....
Jaguars Junction: Week 14
What makes a “world class city?” Let’s check the list. ...
Cardell Hayes Found Guilty Of Manslaughter For Killing Will Smith
After five hours of deliberations, a New Orleans jury has convicted Cardell Hayes of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter after a shooting in April that left former Saints star Will Smith dead and Smith’s wife Racquel Smith hospitalized....
Pacman Jones On Terrelle Pryor: "Pryor Suck"
For the second straight game, Browns receiver Terrelle Pryor was razzed by the opposing defense after his team lost. Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins tweeted “u really sucks” at Pryor after Cleveland’s Week 12 loss, and today, Bengals defensive back Pacman Jones teed off on the WR....
Ryan Tannehill Leaves Game With Knee Injury, May Have Torn ACL
After leaving today’s Dolphins-Cardinals game with a knee injury, quarterback Ryan Tannehill could be out for the rest of the year and possibly into next season. A hit from defensive end Calais Campbell knocked Tannehill down and sent him out of the game in the third quarter:...
The Browns Did Not Win A Game Today
The Browns tried really hard and gave it their best shot, but lost to the Bengals, 23-10. Despite reports to the contrary, today was not Cleveland’s day. Here are highlights from the game:...
Deshazor Everett Lays Out Darren Sproles Before He Can Even Catch The Punt
Eagles running back and return man Darren Sproles didn’t appear to signal for a fair catch on a punt in the fourth quarter, but he wasn’t even able to attempt to field the ball, as Skins cornerback Deshazor Everett ran him over. ...
Harry Douglas And Aqib Talib Scrap After Douglas Goes Low On Chris Harris Jr.
Tennessee Titans receiver Harry Douglas delivered a low block to Denver Broncos defensive back Chris Harris Jr. in the second quarter of today’s game, and Harris’s teammate Aqib Talib stuck up for him by picking a fight with Douglas....