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Mike Florio Could Probably Use A Nap
Football, man. The season is too long. It can really get to people. And with frantic 24-hour news cycles like the one created by Ballghazi, there's not much time to get away and decompress....

Tom Brady: I Didn't Alter Or Even Notice The Underinflated Balls
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady met with the press today in Foxborough and confessed ignorance as to how New England came to be using under-inflated footballs—and, incredibly, that he didn't even notice the illegal balls....

The Family Dispute Over Ownership Of The Saints Is Getting Ugly
This morning, an official press release was sent out announcing that New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson had drastically restructured his plans for the inevitable ownership transfer of each team. Under the new plan, the 87-year-old Benson's daughter, Renee Benson, and her two children...

Tinder Girl's Icebreaker: I Fucked Odell Beckham Jr.
Well, if you match with Stephanie, you'll immediately have a way to start the conversation....

The NFL Will Have Three Quadruple-Headers Next Season
You knew it was coming—and it's sure to be polarizing—but the NFL has announced that its three London games in 2015 will kick off at 9:30 a.m. Eastern. Which means three different fall Sundays will offer four football games in a row. Your body is not ready....

This NFL Bad Lip-Reading Video Is Funny As Hell
You know how every year, a bad NFL lip reading video hits the streets and something in it funny happens, like Greg Gumbel turning to Trent Green and saying, "Did I mention that I never planned to serve you rodent meat?" and you chuckle to yourself a little bit? You know what I'm talking about. Don't...

Report: Jerramy Stevens Arrested For DUI While Driving The USWNT Van
Former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens was arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles early Monday morning. USWNT goalkeeper Hope Solo was in the car with him, and she apparently got belligerent with the cops. Now, TMZ has unearthed another alleged detail from the arrest: Stevens was driving the USWNT team van...

An Entire Seahawks Scandal Arose And Died In 20 Minutes
Heady times, that fateful January morning when eagle-eyed football fans discovered the Seattle Seahawks engaged in an act so nefarious, so unsporting, it threatened to tear apart the very fabric of the NFL—nay, of America. The wounds have healed now, the fractures set, but the emotional scars linger...

The NFL Should Just Leave Marshawn Lynch The Hell Alone
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the NFL is preparing to become much more aggressive in its battle against Marshawn Lynch and his continued refusal to give a fuck....

Bill Belichick Was Trying Very Hard Not To Make Accidental Balls Jokes
At his press conference denying knowledge of deflated footballs, Patriots coach Bill Belichick discovered what we've know for days: it's very hard to talk or write about this story without making reference to "balls," and then giggling because it's very, very funny....


The Time A Jets Kicker Smacked A Ball Boy For Not Rubbing Up The Balls
Since all anyone can talk about today is the various ways in which people manipulate footballs and what dastardly cheaters the New England Patriots are, it seems like as good a time as any to remember the time a mouthy Patriots ball boy got the shit smacked out of him by an opposing kicker for not p...

Report: NFL Was Aware Of Patriots Deflation Allegations Before Sunday
This, at least, answers one of the peripheral questions surrounding claims that the Patriots illegally deflated Tom Brady's footballs: just how and when the Colts and the NFL became aware of the funny business....

Brad Johnson Paid Some Guys To Doctor 100 Footballs Before Super Bowl
As we deal with the unfolding Patriots scandal, we seek context. And it's unclear precisely how common the practice of illegally doctoring footballs actually is among quarterbacks. But it's obvious that the urge to do so is universal, because the benefits are real and significant. Ask Brad Johnson, ...

The Patriots' Ballghazi Scandal Cannot Be Overblown Enough
If you've been struggling to care about the Patriots being accused of deflating footballs, and have been hoping the whole thing would just blow over so we could get to talking about a truly excellent and fascinating Super Bowl matchup, you, my friend, are shit out of luck. Ballghazi is real, and it ...

Report: 11 Of 12 Patriots-Supplied Footballs Were Underinflated
There has been two days worth of smoke surrounding Ballghazi, and now it looks like there might actually be a fire. According to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, the NFL's investigation into whether the Patriots deflated footballs during Sunday's AFC Championship Game has found that 11 out of the 12 balls th...

This Fan-Shot Video Is The Best Way To Relive Jermaine Kearse's TD Catch
As far as in-stadium, fan-shot highlights go, this one is hard to top. It's shot from the best possible angle, it is crystal-clear in quality, and it features just enough of the Blair Witch-style screaming and shaking that makes this particular genre of highlight so enjoyable. If you're a Seahawks f...

Aaron Rodgers Likes To Tamper With Footballs, Too
We have now reached the point in the New England Patriots' Ballghazi scandal where Patriots fans can start claiming that the team didn't do anything that every other team in the NFL isn't also doing. ...

Andy Dalton, Seventh Alternate QB, Will Play In The Dumb Pro Bowl
When the NFL totaled up the votes and named six QBs to the Pro Bowl, it also drew up a list of alternates for when players inevitably bailed due to injury or just having better things to do. That list of alternates goes down a long way. Andy Dalton, basically the King Ralph of quarterbacks, is a Pro...

Russell Wilson: I Blame Those Four Interceptions On God
Tucked away in Peter King's MMQB column from yesterday is this quote from Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson:...