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Let's Not Forget That Alabama Also Added Five Iffy National Championships

Texas A&M is (deservedly) taking a lot of shit for deciding over the summer to add two very questionable national titles to their history. But they're far from the only school to count championships awarded by obscure polls or retroactively applied formulas. Why, their new conference-mate Alabama is...

Saints Players' Bountygate Suspensions Overturned On Appeal

The NFLPA, arguing on behalf of four members of the Saints who were suspended for their roles in New Orleans' bounty scandal, was actually fighting the war on two fronts. There was one lawsuit in federal court, and a second, quieter appeal to a three-member panel, challenging Goodell's jurisdiction ...

<em>Sports Illustrated</em> Senior Writer Calls ESPN A "Cesspool," Unethical

Well, surprise, surprise. ESPN finds itself in yet-another dust-up with its journalistic practices....

Ask Black Crowes Drummer (And Nashville Sports-Talk Radio Host) Steve Gorman About Being A Rock Star And Stuff

Steve Gorman is a founding member of the Black Crowes, and he remains their drummer. He's also an avid sports fan, and since January he's hosted his own afternoon weekday program on Nashville radio station 102.5 The Game. Gorman, who says the Black Crowes are still together even though they haven't ...

Texas A&M Picked Up Two National Championships, Two Conference Titles Over The Summer

You're looking at two photos of Texas A&M's Kyle Field, both via Rant Sports. The top was taken last season, the bottom snapped just this week. Pretend this is one of those "spot the differences" bar games, and see if you can tell what's new. Yep, the Aggies' history managed to get a lot more storie...

Lions Fan Named Shawn Payton Sentenced For Calling In Superdome Bomb Threats During Playoffs

Back in January, Detroit's return to the playoffs was a bit of a thud, getting blown out in the second half by the once-and-future dome offense in New Orleans. But it wasn't for lack of trying, especially on the part of Shawn Payton, from Jackson, Mich. Payton was watching the game at home, and he d...

Paul Ryan Allegedly Ran His One And Only Marathon "On A Whim" After Three Weeks Of Training

We're all aware Paul Ryan is in very good shape, as a longtime devotee to P90X, and his feats of athletic impressiveness are becoming well known. He's run a marathon! He's climbed mountains! Except that's where the facts have been getting fuzzy as of late. The marathon kerfuffle, which happened when...

Joe Biden Was Ecstatic When He Learned We Finally Got A College Football Playoff

We take a rare excursion away from sports today, as this screencap is simply too good not to post. The Vice President delivered a rousing acceptance speech for his re-nomination last night in Charlotte, though it's unclear exactly why he felt it necessary to do the Joker routine....

The Nationals And Cubs Need To Work On Their Bench-Clearing Brawl Technique

#NATITUDE was on full display tonight at Nationals Park as an inside pitch to Bryce Harper, preceded by some jawing between Nationals third base coach Bo Porter and Cubs bench coach Jamie Quirk, led to perhaps the most anticlimactic bench-clearing brawl in baseball history. Lots of pushing, some ye...

More people watched Bill Clinton's DNC speech than the Giants-Cowboys game last night....

Mike Rizzo Says You People With Opinions On Stephen Strasburg Only Know 10 Percent Of The Story

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Leave the shutdown decisions to the experts....

Art Modell, 1925-2012: Grifter, Traitor, Model NFL Owner

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Rob Gronkowski Dreams To One Day Own His Own Party Bus, And More

Rob Gronkowski is back to work. The Summer of Gronk is over. Sports Illustrated's Chris Ballard chronicled the final moments of our generation's most momentous offseason—you should read it, if you like sentences like, "What was I supposed to do, turn down the shots?"—and today on Twitter Ballard pro...

If You're In New York Tonight, Come Hear Some Good Writers Talk About Football

This month's edition of Gelf's Varsity Letters reading series is tonight at Pacific Standard on Fourth Ave in Brooklyn at 7:30. Kevin Cook, author of The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s—The Era that Created Modern Sports will be there, so will Peter Schrager, co-author of ...

Aaron Sorkin Wants You To Know Jay Paterno Was Really Moved By <em>The Newsroom</em>

Aaron Sorkin says Jay Paterno called him after Paterno watched an episode of The Newsroom earlier this summer. The episode, which was about last year's attempted assassination of then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, showed how some networks (like NPR) inaccurately reported Gifford had died. Which, com...

Roger Goodell's Sanctimonious Pledge To "Make Everything Safer, Including Our Military"

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Are Football Players Really Living Longer Than Baseball Players? Why Grantland's Study Is Wrong

Grantland recently published an article, "Mere Mortals," by Bill Barnwell, which claims that:...

The Hilariously Inept Rockies Let A Run Score On A Throw Back To The Mound

With a runner on third in the second inning of this afternoon's game, Jhoulys Chacin got a little too casual snatching at the return throw from his catcher. He deflected the ball into the precise no-man's-land between the mound and second, and Juan Francisco scampered home with Atlanta's first run...

Report: Former Cleveland Browns Owner Art Modell Is Gravely Ill [UPDATE]

Sad news out of Baltimore tonight as Jim Donovan of WKYC in Cleveland is reporting that Art Modell, the former Browns owner who became infamous for moving the franchise to Baltimore after the 1995 season, is in a Baltimore-area hospital and that his "vital organs are failing."...

Dwyane Wade Says The Lakers Getting A Bunch Of Stars Is Good For The NBA

Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Superteam bro-love forever....