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Lou Holtz: I Basically Know What It's Like To Be A Black Man Targeted By Police<em></em>

During my nightly viewing of Fox News, a familiar nasally, barely comprehensible voice called out from the abyss, mumbling, I have opinions about black people protesting!...

Cops Announce Jarvis Landry Will Not Face Battery Charges

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry will not face charges stemming from an August investigation into alleged domestic battery, per the Broward County State Attorney’s Office, which announced it would be looking into possible battery charges against Landry early last month. The investigation s...

The "CTE Drove Aaron Hernandez" Narrative Is Too Convenient, And Dangerous<em></em>

The hits arrived swiftly, recklessly, striking brains and causing damage. Not tackles on this Sunday’s NFL fields. Not this time. These were journalists contorting Aaron Hernandez’s diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy into arguments as twisted as the man himself....

Bucs Clarify They Won't Let Internet Tough Guys Come Talk Shit With Gerald McCoy

If you heard Gerald McCoy’s call to come to the Buccaneers’ headquarters and talk your shit to his face yesterday, I have bad news for you: The Bucs won’t let you, because answering McCoy’s call to come “hold court” with him does not (for some reason) constitute “official business.”...

Raiders Superfan Dr. Death On Giving Up Football

I’ve never lost a team. I don’t and can’t really understand what Raiders fans are going through with the planned departure of the team from Oakland; that’s what I came here to figure out....

Hopefully he’s all good now....

Carson Wentz Said He’d Give His Game Check To Jake Elliott If He Made 61-Yard Game-Winning FG

Jake Elliott’s big kick not only won the game for the Eagles Sunday. It might’ve won Elliott a big payday....

Larry Fitzgerald Still Kicks Ass<em></em>

Larry Fitzgerald smoked Cowboys defensive backs all night Monday for one of the best performances of his career. The Cardinals receiver, who has infuriated defenders since the George W. Bush administration with both limited and Pro Bowl quarterbacks, caught 13 passes for 149 yards and a touchdown. ...

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Cam Newton's Wobbling

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Alejandro Villanueva Didn't Want Any Of This

Steelers offensive lineman and former Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva, who stood for the national anthem before Sunday’s game even though head coach Mike Tomlin had stated all his players would stay in the locker room to avoid making any sort of statement, said Monday that he deeply regrets how his...

Pennsylvania Fire Chief "Embarrassed" He Called Mike Tomlin The N-Word On Facebook

After the Pittsburgh Steelers stayed in the locker room for the national anthem before their game on Sunday, a Pennsylvania fire chief wrote on Facebook that “[head coach Mike] Tomlin just added himself to the list of no good niggers. Yes I said it.”...

This Is All Bullshit

The NFL loves nothing more than a hollow branding opportunity. Just look at the self-satisfaction on the face of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when he knelt, uselessly, with his team before the performance of last night’s national anthem. That’s the look of a man who knows he’s taken something that has ...

Dallas Sportscaster On NFL Players Taking A Knee: "All Of Us Should Protest How Black Americans Are Treated In This Country"<em></em>

Sportscaster Dale Hansen of Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA—whose excellent work we have shouted out before—offered a beautifully strong and clear defense of the national anthem protests on his segment tonight....

Cowboys Try To Please Everyone By Kneeling Before Anthem, Accomplish Nothing<em></em>

The Dallas Cowboys, including the team’s coaching staff and owner Jerry Jones, decided to collectively kneel before tonight’s Monday Night Football game—but before tonight’s national anthem performance, while nothing was happening, in a flimsy attempt to please everyone by taking the imagery of prot...

Jessie James Decker Claims Husband Eric Decker Was Tricked Into Staying In Locker Room For National Anthem

The Titans and Seahawks decided to stay in their respective locker rooms during the national anthem before yesterday’s game, with Tennessee declaring the gesture a display of unity. But according to Jessie James Decker, wife of Titans wide receiver Eric Decker, that unity wasn’t absolute: She claims...

Why Wasn't Sterling Shepard's Catch Ruled A Catch?

The Giants are 0-3 and their offense oscillates between scuffling and a shitshow, but they certainly didn’t get any help on Sunday from the NFL rulebook. Take a look at the GIF above. According to the rules, that Sterling Shepard touchdown catch was not a catch....

The Patriots Are Sorry They Charged Fans $4.50 For Tap Water

In his new pseudo-health book, Tom Brady warns readers not to drink tap water. “Even when you use tap water for steaming vegetables,” he writes, “it’s better to filter it first.” Sunday, the Patriots ran out of Brady’s precious bottled water at the Gillette Stadium concession stands, and then had th...

Here Are Jets And Patriots Fans Booing The National Anthem [Update]

National anthem demonstrations became the story at NFL stadiums around the country on Sunday. But at Texans-Patriots in Foxboro, Mass., at Dolphins-Jets in East Rutherford, N.J., and at Raiders-Washington in Landover, Md.,* the players who protested were met with jeers and boos from thousands of fan...

Josh Norman, LeSean McCoy, And Others Explain Why They Chose To Demonstrate During The National Anthem

President Donald Trump said Friday that any “son of a bitch” NFL player who kneeled during the national anthem should be fired. He was immediately and rightfully torn apart by professional athletes, both for that remark and for claiming he was uninviting the never-invited Golden State Warriors to th...

Report: Darren Sproles Broke His Arm And Tore His ACL On The Same Play

Eagles running back Darren Sproles ran into the worst luck imaginable yesterday, reportedly breaking his arm and tearing his ACL on the same play against the Giants. Adam Schefter says Sproles will have surgery on his arm today, then surgery on his ACL later....