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Even NFL.com Can't Help But Trash The Pro Bowl
Since NFL.com didn't even bother having its own writers cover the game, they ran the AP account. An account which couldn't help editorializing about the "tattered image" and "historically low standards" of the game. [Press Coverage]...
On Sunday, We're All Going To Eat Guacamole, Use The Bathroom, And Beat Our Wives
There's a new study claiming heart attacks skyrocket after the Super Bowl. Sounds plausible, but if it's anything like all the other things we "know" happen more on Super Bowl Sunday, take it with a grain of salt, i.e., it's completely bull....
Everything About The Pro Bowl Was Half-Assed
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Your NFL Pro Bowl Open Thread
The NFL's also-ran showcase is on TV tonight. So is "The Lost Valentine," a film in which "a reporter seeks the truth about a World War II pilot," starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Betty White. Advantage: Sarah....
These Newborns May Never Have A Chance To Develop Their Own Identities
The staff of St. Clair Hospital's Family Birth Center has taken to wrapping all newborns in gold Terrible Towels this week. Something about the professional team that may not play next season being in a big game next week....
Aaron Rodgers Thinks Less Of Injured Packers Who Don't Stand By Their 53 Men
Aaron Rodgers will play in the Super Bowl next weekend. But this weekend, he was asked his thoughts on injured Packers who chose not to stay in town to, you know, support the side enough to warrant team-photo inclusion....
So, What "Personal Photographs And Video" Were On Bernard Berrian's Missing BlackBerry?
Vikings wide receiver Bernard Berrian apparently left his BlackBerry atop a Vegas ATM in October. He got it back but not before the couple who found it allegedly asked for $30K lest they sell it to the highest bidder....
Eli Manning Wants Plaxico Back
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: one way the Giants could avoid shooting themselves in the foot....
Get Your Art On: Judging The Paintings Of The Super Bowl Bet
Art museums in Pittsburgh and Milwaukee have made what's become an annual bet: a loan of one their more famous pieces to the Super Bowl winning city. This gives us a chance to critique small-town art museum collections....
Suspicious Package Found Outside Cowboys Stadium
Police and the FBI are on the scene. Terrorist without a calendar? A jealous Jerry Jones making sure if he can't play, no one can? Arlington, sick of all the attention Dallas has been getting? [KTLV]...
Titans Owner Bud Adams Didn't Seem To Know He Lost $8 Million In A Team/Coach Divorce
Right after the Tennessee Titans confirmed, via one-sentence press release, that it had parted ways with coach Jeff Fisher after 16 seasons, the news seemed to surprise Bud Adams. When a reporter from The Tennessean called, he said ......
Matt Hasselbeck Apologizes After Antonio Cromartie Threatens To Smash His Face
Responding to New York Jet Antonio Cromartie's rant about how the players' union needs "to get their sh— together and just get it done," Seattle Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck took to the tubes and "joked" about Cromartie's intelligence....
Mark Sanchez And The Phantom Booger
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Sanchize clears up snotgate....
Arian Foster Is Humble, But Also Wouldn't Mind A Giant New Contract
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Foster might be the best RB, but isn't paid like it....
Ochocinco No Mas
Chad Ochocinco says he's changing his name back to Chad Johnson. Maybe because Aaron Hernandez already wears number 85 on the Patriots....
Former Packer: "Jay Cutler's Tampon Fell Out On National TV"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Greg Koch was unimpressed with Cutler's toughness....
Just Who Is Hosting The Super Bowl Anyway?
Dallas is, to the casual and logical observer. But don't let the mayor of Arlington hear you. He might get mad....
Jay Cutler Took The Stairs Sunday Night
At least according to a gossip column, which had Cutler and his pseudocelebrity girlfriend going out for steak after the NFC Championship game. That's some expert-level shit-stirring right there, questionable eyewitnesses. [Chicago Tribune]...
Jay Cutler Is Tougher Than The Toughest Tough Guy, Say Tough-Talking Defenders Of His Toughness
It's been almost a full day since Jay Cutler's mopey face and medial-collateral ligament severity and tears were dissected by every human who's ever watched football, I'm still stuck on this question: Is Jay Cutler TOUGH? [PFT, Chicago Tribune, NKOTB]...
Caleb Hanie Also Quit — On His Mustache
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: the third-string hero might've earned himself a promotion to backup....