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Johnny Manziel's Ex-Girlfriend Told Cops He Hit Her Several Times (Updated)
This afternoon, Fort Worth PD released their report about the night they were called regarding an “altercation” between Johnny Manziel and his ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley. According to the report, Manziel “struck her several times” both in a hotel room where the two had argued, as well as in her c...
Rob Gronkowski Grinds On Fox Sports Anchor
Rob Gronkowski was on Fox Sports today, and the topic of his supposed brief career as a stripper came up. Anchor Julie Stewart-Binks suggested he should dance for her. “If you had a chance to make some more money using, maybe, me ...” she said. “Wanna maybe show us a little Magic Mike?” Gronk agreed...
Rodney Harrison On How He'd Stop Cam Newton: "Hurt Him...Go Right At His Knees"
Here’s former safety Rodney Harrison on the Dan Patrick Show yesterday, discussing what Denver could do to mitigate Cam Newton. He doesn’t quite offer advice to the Broncos, but he does know what his teams would have done: tried to injure Newton to get him out of the game....
The NFL Can't Stop Pandering At Women
The video starts out simply enough, with a stereotypical pseudo-military march followed by a booming voice announcing “Patriots Today!” and a quick announcement from a corporate sponsor. But this report from the New England Patriots soon takes a turn. There are no highlights of tackles, catches, or ...
Jimmy Fallon Gives Out Superlatives For The Super Bowl
Jimmy Fallon dragged out his Tonight Show Superlatives gag for the Super Bowl, and not even backup Broncos center James Ferentz was immune. He really does look like the adult version of the kid from Up, though....
Filing: Clinton Portis Tried To Pay Back $170,000 Casino Credit With Bad Checks
Clinton Portis has been having money trouble for a while, culminating in a bankruptcy filing in which in the former NFL RB claimed about $4.85 million in debts he can’t pay. Among that was listed $170,000 owed to the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, and a Borgata filing this week fills in the blanks...
Columbus Business Group Wants $5 Million From Taxpayers To Move Browns' Training Camp
Brent Larkin at Cleveland.com got his hands on a copy of a list of proposed development projects that was submitted to the Ohio state government by group of Columbus business leaders. One proposed project on the list asks for $5 million in public funds to build the Cleveland Browns a new practice fa...
Iowa Senator Introduces Just The Whiniest Bill About The Stanford Band
The notoriously “edgy” Stanford marching band performed a skit full of dumb hick stereotypes during halftime of Stanford’s 45-16 thwacking of Iowa in the Rose Bowl. Despite the fact that the skit wasn’t particularly good, funny, or unexpected, everybody lost their goddamn minds. Iowa fans got mad, R...
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49ers Nix Girl Scouts Stadium Sleepover In Favor Of A More Profitable Event [Update]
The San Francisco 49ers had an agreement with Girl Scout troops around Northern California: The girls who sold the most cookies would get to visit the team’s stadium in May, meet cheerleaders, and enjoy pizza and movies on the field. This week, the team reneged on the deal....
Gronk Eats Wings, Suffers, Drips Snot
Rob Gronkowski, a T-shirt sleeve that ripped because a bicep was flexed too vigorously from within it, ate spicy chicken wings in some type of challenge. Wings are a messy food, so Gronk predictably had sauce smeared around his mouth, but because of the capsaicin, his nose was dripping like a faucet...
Joseph Randle After Getting Arrested: "This Is The End Of My Career"
Former Cowboys running back Joseph Randle told Texas police, “This is the end of my career,” after he was taken in for an outstanding speeding warrant Monday....
Report: The Rams Are Considering Going After Peyton Manning
Here’s a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter that will make you arch your eyebrows and say, “What? Haha. Wait, what?”...
The CTE Headlines Get Ahead Of The Science, But Maybe That's Not So Bad
Raiders great Ken Stabler suffered from “moderately severe” CTE when he died, according to researchers at the Boston center that examined his donated brain. Another dead football player with cognitive impairment, another CTE diagnosis. The only real surprise is that anyone is surprised—and that anyo...
Reports: Broncos Safety Ryan Murphy Questioned In Prostitution Sting, Brother Cited
Broncos practice squad safety Ryan Murphy was questioned as part of a prostitution sting on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. CBS San Francisco reports that the sting took place in northern San Jose, about a 10 minute drive from the 49ers’ stadium, the site of Super Bowl 50 on Sunday. While Mu...
The NFL Is Screwing The World Out Of Watching The Only Known Copy Of Super Bowl I
In January the NFL Network broadcast the first ever replay of Super Bowl I, contested 49 years ago between the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. But as the league’s press release notes, it wasn’t a replay of the original broadcast. Instead, they located “all 145 plays from Super ...
Reports: Browns Will Cut Johnny Manziel In March
Welp, that will about do it for the Johnny Manziel era in Cleveland. The Browns released a cryptic statement about Manziel this afternoon, and now there are reports that he will be officially cut next month....
San Francisco Still Doesn't Know How It's Going To Pay For Hosting Super Bowl Week
Reporters were guided by police escort from San Francisco down to the media center in San Jose yesterday and, according to the San Jose Mercury-News the escorts will continue during the week. While the reporters tweeted about how awesome their escorts were (yes, really, they did), it got me wonderin...
Report: Giants’ Jay Bromley Likely Won’t Be Charged After Attempted Rape Accusation
According to reports in both of New York’s tabloids today, cops have questions about the woman who accused Giants lineman Jay Bromley of attempted rape and vehicular assault, with the Post’s police source saying Bromley is unlikely to be charged. ...