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AP Photog Has Heart Attack On Field At Chick-Fil-A Bowl
At the conclusion of Texas A&M's thrilling comeback against Duke, an AP photographer collapsed of an apparent heart attack and required CPR at the scene. It was predictably intense. ...

Aaron Rodgers: "I'm Not Gay. I Really, Really Like Women"
Recently, we—like, quite possibly, you—became aware that there were some rumors working their way around the internet suggesting that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is gay. While not in any way convincing, the rumors were intriguing enough that we did a bit of reporting on them. That re...

The Lesson Of Black Monday: Your NFL Team Doesn't Know What It's Doing
Yesterday was Black Monday in the NFL. My team's coach got fired. Your team's coach got fired. EVERYONE'S coach got fired. If six Fortune 500 CEOs were all shitcanned on the same day, the markets would crash; there'd be barricades in the streets by noon. But it's a telling sign of football cultu...


Jon Gruden Begs NFL Teams To Stop Firing Coaches Just For Him
Five NFL coaches lost their jobs on Monday, just the latest round of mass firings aimed at clearing out possible jobs for Jon Gruden. A year earlier, NFL teams fired seven coaches in hopes that Gruden would want to move in. Some teams would apparently consider Gruden's younger brother, Jay, on the w...


The Zen Master Goes To LA: How Phil Jackson Started A Lakers Dynasty
The following is excerpted from Lord of the Rings, the new Phil Jackson biography by Peter Richmond. The text is accompanied by footnotes from the author, who also did an interview on The Stacks last week....

A List Of Baby Names Better Than "Krimson Tyde"
A couple in Alabama named their newborn boy "Krimson Tyde." In case you couldn't figure it out from their kid's name, they're big Bama fans....

Here's Your Black Monday NFL Firings Roundup
Black Monday is off to a roaring start this year. We're here for blood, and there's plenty of it. Here's your running tally of all the coaches who have been axed today....

The Jets Find Out Rex Ryan Isn't Fired, Are Overcome With Joy
Football is a brutal sport that more often than not makes you feel kind of shitty for caring so much about it. But sometimes it produces moments that make you smile, like the one in this GIF. This is how Rex Ryan's players reacted when owner Woody Johnson told them that Ryan would be back to coach t...

F1 Star Michael Schumacher In Critical Condition After Skiing Accident
Michael Schumacher is in critical condition after he suffered a traumatic head injury yesterday while skiing in the French Alps. He's currently being treated at Grenoble University Hospital Center, but doctors said today that it's still too early to tell if Schumacher will survive, or what the exten...

The Rice O-Line Has The Best Touchdown Celebrations You'll Never See
What's better than a Fat Guy Touchdown? A Fat Guy Touchdown that is followed by an elaborate and hilarious touchdown celebration, of course....

Wisconsin Football Celebrates Packers Win, Except For One Sad Bears Fan
Players from Wisconsin's football team watched the Packers-Bears game from their hotel in Orlando as they prep for the Capital One Bowl. When Randall Cobb caught the game-winning touchdown for Green Bay, most of them celebrated. Most of them. The Bears fan in the Matt Forte jersey was so, so unhappy...

Defeated Brandon Marshall Is Defeated
[Packers cornerback Tramon Williams tries to talk to Brandon Marshall, who's fine with a face full of Soldier Field grass. Sam Shields had just picked off Jay Cutler to end the game, and the Bears' season. Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast/AP]...

Aaron Rodgers And Randall Cobb Put The Packers Into The Playoffs
It seems appropriate that the Packers' game-winning score was a connection from two of their players returning from injury. In a win-and-in Week 17 game against the Bears, Aaron Rodgers found a wide-open Randall Cobb on fourth down to take a 33-28 lead that ended up as the final score, putting Green...

Packers Score Bizarre Touchdown On Play Everybody Thought Was Dead
Aaron Rodgers and Jarrett Boykin inadvertently teamed up for an odd, delayed touchdown to give the Packers a 10-37 lead....

This Is A Horseshit Unnecessary Roughness Call
Had you any doubt the NFL would protect its priceless and fragile artifact Aaron Rodgers, here's something for you. The Bears' Shea McClellin earned an unnecessary roughness penalty for being subject to Newton's laws....

Devils' Travis Zajac Sacrifices Body For Painful Game-Winning Goal
NHL claims that the puck deflected off of Travis Zajac's face for the goal in the video title, but it looks more like his chest. The replay angle doesn't confirm anything. Both possibilities are painful, though....

Jesse Palmer Saved Chris Fowler's Life With The Heimlich Maneuver
Jesse Palmer is more than a pretty face, impossible hairdo and your mom's favorite. He's a hero! Just listen to Chris Fowler....

A Completely Out-Of-Context Interview With Brian Urlacher
There's a perfectly good reason why Brian Urlacher is dressed the way he is, talking about the Bears-Packers game for all the marbles tomorrow, but it's more fun to pretend he turned into the Scarlet Pimpernel upon retiring. ...