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49ers Release Bruce Miller After He Allegedly Assaulted Elderly Man 

San Francisco 49ers fullback Bruce Miller was arrested early Monday morning after allegedly assaulting a 70-year-old man and the man’s 29-year-old son at a Marriott in San Francisco. A few hours later, the 49ers announced that Miller had been released:...

Obama On Kaepernick: "Sometimes It's Messy, But It's The Way Democracy Works" 

The uproar over Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protest of police brutality has gone on long enough that the White House has now weighed in for a second time. Last week, press secretary Josh Earnest issued a statement that the White House “acknowledge[s] and even defend[s] his right to express those vie...

Vikings Trade First-Round Pick For Sam Bradford [Update]

Sam Bradford, who demanded the Eagles trade him during an extremely weak holdout, ended up getting his wish today after Philadelphia sent him to the Vikings in return for a first-round pick next year and an additional one in 2018....

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Santa Clara Cops Say Colin Kaepernick Hurt Their Feelings, Threaten To Quit Working Games

Santa Clara police are threatening to cease serving and protecting the 49ers unless the team takes action against Colin Kaepernick, according to a letter sent by police union officials....

Jason Whitlock Lectures Colin Kaepernick At Presser, Gets Ignored

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took questions after Thursday’s game, in which he continued his pregame protest by kneeling during the national anthem. One of them came from a familiar, condescending voice....

Jared Goff Looks Kinda Butt

The preseason is over now, and if you didn’t get a chance to catch any of first overall pick Jared Goff, you may have to wait around a while....

Why Colin Kaepernick Switched Up His Protest

On the Chargers’ “Salute to the Military” night—well, let’s stop for a big parenthetical right here. (It makes me wonder how much the Chargers actually care about the military, if they choose to salute them at the single worst attended and lowest quality game of the year, the final preseason game in...

Race-Baiting Troll Phil Mushnick Cooks His Spiciest Meatball Yet

We haven’t heard from race-baiting troll and New York Post sports columnist Phil Mushnick in a while. He had a Colin Kaepernick take this evening. It will absolutely not surprise you. It’s entitled “Why Colin Kaepernick Is Wrong: It’s Not A Black-And-White Issue.” Like, I said, no surprises to be fo...

Two More Players Join Colin Kaepernick In Sitting Out The National Anthem

The 49ers traveled down to San Diego for a preseason game against the Chargers on “Salute to the Military” night. As he did against the Packers last week, Colin Kaepernick did not stand during the national anthem, instead choosing to take a knee in protest. This time, he was joined by teammate Eric ...

Skins' Workbooks Found In Dumpster, Where They Belong

A fan named Josh called into the Sports Junkies on 106.7 The Fan to report that he had found a bunch of Skins gear in a dumpster, including these defensive workbooks, apparently belonging to rookie LB Ejiro Ederaine, who was cut last week. Belichick would have had someone killed for this....

Mike Carey Is Gone And CBS Says It's All Your Fault

Football fans won’t have Mike Carey to kick around this season. The former referee who served as CBS’ in-game officiating expert for the past two seasons was dropped by the network a few months ago, and CBS would like to remind everyone that it was all those big meanies on their couches that cost Ca...

That's Not How You Throw A Football

Washington travelled down to Tampa Bay during a goddamn tropical storm to play their fourth and final preseason game. The storm has forced evacuations, but if there’s one thing we know about football, it’s that it never sleeps. The game was moved up a day, to avoid the worst of the storm, and yet co...

Anonymous NFL Executives Hate Colin Kaepernick

The divide within the NFL has already been established when it comes to Colin Kaepernick and his decision to sit during the national anthem. The 49ers quarterback is garnering more support from his fellow players than he is from the league’s executives, some of whom anonymously tore him apart when t...

Fred Taylor Says Team Doctors Overlooked His Injuries, Allowed Him To Play Hurt

Former Jaguars running back Fred Taylor retired from the NFL in 2010, bringing an end to an impressive 13-year career that was nevertheless marred by injuries. Today, Taylor is claiming that he unknowingly played hurt throughout his career due to the negligence of his team’s doctors:...

Colin Kaepernick's Fight Is Not With The Military

It has been a banner week for the takes. It’s certainly aided by the fact that there are no real sports and the one legitimate controversy is sucking up all the oxygen, feeding a maelstrom swirling about the peak of Mt. Take, but it’s been extraordinary to see so many people reveal themselves as uns...

Vikings Announce That Teddy Bridgewater's Knee Is All Fucked Up

After Teddy Bridgewater crumpled to the ground with a non-contact injury this afternoon, reports out of Vikings camp were grisly yet unspecific. Everyone on the scene had players forming prayer circles, barfing, and crying, but word on a specific diagnosis didn’t come for a while longer. This evenin...

It Looks Like Something Very Bad Just Happened To Teddy Bridgewater [Update]

Update: At a press conference this afternoon, the Vikings announced that Teddy Bridgewater suffered a “significant” knee injury, but that the full extent of the injury is still unknown. The team did not give a timetable for how long Bridgewater might be out....

Rodney Harrison: "Colin Kaepernick, He's Not Black" [Update]

NBC football analyst Rodney Harrison was on a local sports radio show in Houston this morning, and he offered a truly bewildering take on the Colin Kaepernick situation....