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Jermichael Finley Regains Movement In ICU After Temporary Paralysis
Jermichael Finley is recovering in the intensive care unit of a hospital following a hit that left him unable to move his extremities in yesterday's game. ...

Titans Owner Bud Adams Dies At 90
Bud Adams brought professional football to two different cities. The way of the world is that he'll largely be remembered for taking it away from Houston....

Chiefs Fan Passes Out, Wakes Up, Pisses Himself, Keeps Watching Game
This picture, which may in fact be the saddest picture you will ever see, was snapped by a reader at this Sunday's Chiefs game. Our reader sends along the following bit of context:...

Why The BCS Mattered
Sunday night, the first edition of the Bowl Championship Series standings was released for the last time, to the usual fanfare and to at least one bewildered case of Stockholm Syndrome. Is it really possible, after years of railing against the incompetence, inconsistency, and tortured existence of ...


Here's Jim Leyland Cursing Out Barry Bonds For Nearly A Minute
Jim Leyland is retiring today, which means that now is as good a time as ever to look back at one of our favorite moments from his coaching career. Here he is at the Pittsburgh Pirates' spring training facility in 1991, chewing out Barry Bonds for who knows what reason. Enjoy the glorious torrent o...

Andrew Luck Blames Himself For Reggie Wayne's Injury
Reggie Wayne's injury cast a pall over the Colts' invigorating win against Denver. He crumpled to the turf without sustaining contact, and now there's real fear he's done for the season....

Awful Person Pays $100,000 To Be Guy Fieri's Pretend Friend
Let it never be said that hedge-fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen has an eye for a bargain: The poor bastard paid a hundred grand to go on a day-long playdate with Guy Fieri, when, for the same net effect, he could have dropped maybe $25 for a sandwich-board and enough red paint to scrawl "I AM A SAD...

Trent Richardson Just Plain Sucks
Even before Trent Richardson almost fumbled away his team's upset victory over the Denver Broncos last night, he was having a bad game. Which is to say, he was having the kind of game he's been having all season. It's hard to believe that Richardson—the guy who was drafted third overall in 2012 and ...

Report: Jim Leyland To Step Down As Tigers Manager
According to Ken Rosenthal, Jim Leyland will step down as Tigers manager after eight years. Leyland reportedly told his players after Saturday's ALCS loss to Boston, and will make it official at a news conference later this morning. Rosenthal says Leyland told the players it was time for someone you...

Steelers Tattoo Somehow Not Man's Most Obnoxious
Reader Kevin sends along this photo from, of all places, a pumpkin festival in Virginia. Nobody mourns the end of shorts weather more than this guy....

No, The NFL Did Not Quickly Change The Rulebook To Screw The Patriots
America, say hello to Rule 9.1.3(b)(2). One of the NFL's newest rules, enacted this offseason in the name of player safety, controversially won the game for the Jets by giving them a second chance after a missed field goal. It was called correctly, but a misinterpretation of the rule by Bill Belichi...

My Life As A Young Thug By Mike Tyson
In the latest issue of New York Magazine, Mike Tyson looks back:...

Vontae Davis Prepared All Week For "Tom Brady" And The Broncos
After the Colts ruined Peyton Manning's return to Lucas Oil Stadium, cornerback Vontae Davis was interviewed and talked about practicing all week in preparation for Tom Brady and the Broncos. Wait, what?...

Andrew Luck's Rushing Touchdown Led Wes Welker To Consider Mortality
Andrew Luck and the Colts spoiled Peyton Manning's homecoming in Indianapolis to the tune of a 39-33 win over the Broncos, and Luck's rushing touchdown in the third quarter made the changing of the guard as obvious as Manning's missed receivers and interceptions. ...

My Americone Dream Had A Goddamn Hair In It
Sorry for making fun of your maple syrup, assholes....

The BCS Standings Are Out
Despite Oregon being No. 2 in both the Harris and Coaches Polls (and the AP poll), the computers give the slimmest of edges to Florida State. That puts the Seminoles in pole position for the BCS Championship, but winning out probably won't be enough....

The Holy Grail: A Kicker Demolishing A Returner
This almost isn't fair: Pat McAfee has eight inches and 60 pounds on Trindon Holliday. (Also, he nearly goes helmet-to-helmet.)...

Crews In Hazmat Suits Cleaned The Locker Room After The Bucs Left
MRSA is no joke. But this is darkly comic....
