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The Chargers Gave San Diego Football A Deserving Funeral
San Diego’s never had a reputation for being ravenous football town, but that doesn’t make the fact that the Chargers have played what is very likely their last game in San Diego any easier to swallow for the fans who do care. Those fans showed up to cheer their asses off yesterday, and they were re...
Odell Beckham Jr. Should Have Been Ejected
Despite the headline, this isn’t a hot take. I’m not trying to convince you of anything. It’s a statement of fact, really: given Beckham’s increasingly violent tantrums, culminating in a legitimately dangerous after-the-whistle hit on Josh Norman, he had absolutely no business being in that football...
Teddy Bridgewater Was Almost Perfect Today
The Bears aren’t a particularly tough defense anymore, but Teddy Bridgewater’s destruction of them this afternoon warrants some attention. The Vikings beat Chicago 38-17 at home today, and Bridgewater went 17/20 with four passing touchdowns and another on the ground. This line gives him the third-be...
Odell Beckham Jr. Celebrates Game-Tying TD Catch With An Allen Iverson Stepover On Josh Norman
OBJ redeemed his no-good-very-bad day full of punches with this late touchdown catch....
DeAndre Hopkins To Ref: "What The Fuck You Looking At?"
Texans - Colts is one of the few close games taking place this afternoon, and it’s been pretty ugly. T.J. Yates tore his ACL and viewers can now enjoy a Matt Hasselbeck vs. Brandon Weeden duel. DeAndre Hopkins took out his frustration out on a ref and a hot mic caught it loud and clear for all of us...
OBJ And The Panthers Cornerbacks Are Staging A Boxing Match In The Middle Of A Football Game
Odell Beckham Jr.’s matchup today with Josh Norman, perhaps the best corner in the game this year, is one of the coolest one-on-one matchups we’ve seen all year. On the Giants’ fourth play from scrimmage, Beckham burned Norman, and then dropped a perfectly good touchdown. A few plays later in the qu...
LeSean McCoy Still Has Animosity For Washington, Dishes Out Some Pregame Burns
LeSean McCoy and the Bills are in Washington, where McCoy played a bunch when he was an Eagle. Even though McCoy is no longer in their division, he apparently still won’t pass up a chance to diss Skins fans....
Bad Looks: Today's Guide To Ignoring The NFL
For my money, the big NFL news this week was Diana Moskovitz’s report that discredited quack Dr. Elliot Pellman is still playing an important-seeming role in the NFL’s concussion safety apparatus. Try as they might, the NFL can’t solve concussions—that’s impossible in football—but they also can’t ke...
Report: The Patriots Are Also In Bed With Tom Brady's Shady Fitness Guru
Tom Brady’s relationship with Alex Guerrero is well-documented and wide-ranging: Guerrero is Brady’s body coach, business partner, and trusted friend. He’s also been sued for fraud twice, including for a beverage called Neurosafe that he claimed could prevent concussions, as well as for another drin...
Retired Showboater Richard Dent Claims He'd Knock Cam Newton On His Ass For Celebrating
Every time an athlete gets excited about kicking ass at their job, you’ll hear the chorus of traditionalists and outsiders jawing about how no professional athletes should celebrate because of the hallowed sanctity of the game they play that makes billionaires richer. Cam Newton in particular is a ...
Here's Your Ready-Made NFL Officiating Conspiracy Theory
In the wake of a string of very visible officiating blunders—and a perceived increase in the number of zebra screw-ups—the NFL this week announced a potentially big change to its postseason procedures, one that will expand the types of disputed calls on which officials will be allowed to consult the...
Tom Brady Is A Hilarious Moron
There was an old episode of The Larry Sanders Show that aired right during the peak of the O.J. Simpson murder trial hysteria. And in the episode, Hank Kingsley (as played by the brilliant Jeffery Tambor) tells the rest of the staff that he thinks O.J., his neighbor, is innocent of murder. Why? Beca...
Bankruptcy Filings: Clinton Portis Owes Nearly $5 Million
Former NFL running back Clinton Portis has owed a lot of people a lot of money for some time now, and according to bankruptcy filings, the exact amount that he owes to various creditors is $4,857,659.50....
What Does This Headline Mean?
Sam Farmer wrote a column which started with the recent spate of injuries to playoff-bound NFL quarterbacks for Tuesday’s edition of the Los Angeles Times. The copy’s fine, but the headline has puzzled me and others on the Deadspin staff for a couple of days now....
St. Louis Rams Fans Hope Last Night Wasn't Goodbye Forever
The last home game of the season could also have been, if owner Stan Kroenke gets his way, the last Rams game in St. Louis. Kroenke desperately wants to move to Los Angeles, and while it’s far from a done deal—Oakland and San Diego want out too—the fans who attended the 31-23 win over the Buccaneers...
Colts Release LB Daniel Adongo After Cops Respond To Domestic-Violence Call
The Indianapolis Colts today waived linebacker Daniel Adongo, a week after police were called to investigate possible domestic violence involving him for the second time since October. Though no charges were filed in either case, the Colts’ roster move could be tied to today’s release of police repo...
All The Ways We've Described Rob Gronkowski In 2015
Rob Gronkowski, who will bleed Grey Goose if you cut him, had quite a year. After the Patriots won the Super Bowl, Gronk was shirtless, twerking, and shirtless while twerking. Here are all the things we’ve called the tight end while chronicling his exploits:...
Joe Haden Gets Emotional While Talking About What It's Like To Have A Concussion
Browns cornerback Joe Haden has had a particularly rough season, having suffered numerous injuries early on and then two concussions that have kept him off the field since Week 8. On the latest episode of the Browns’ official podcast, Haden talked to host Max Linsky about what it’s like to try and c...
The NFL Is Making Sure Officials Don't Fuck Up In The Playoffs
The NFL thrives because of gambling, and people gamble on the NFL because they believe it’s on the level. It’s a profitable little circle that gets disrupted when officials screw up, something that feels like it’s been happening with increasing frequency this year. The NFL does not want to run the r...
The NFL Wants To Stream <i>Thursday Night Football</i> Online Next Season
The NFL is hoping to sign a deal with a major tech company to stream every game of next year’s Thursday Night Football online, according to a report from SportsBusiness Daily. It is undoubtedly the future of football broadcasting, and it’s getting here very, very quickly....