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The Honey Badger Is Headed To The NFL
After being thrown off of the LSU football team due to multiple failed drug tests and getting sent to John Lucas's anti-drug gulag, Tyrann Mathieu has decided that he's had enough of the NCAA. A few hours ago he released a statement with his intention to declare for the 2013 NFL draft and sent out ...
NASCAR Driver Brad Keselowski Is Tragically Bad At Basketball
We are unabashed fans of Brad Keselowski, because he gave this awesome, boozy victory speech on SportsCenter after winning the Sprint Cup. Keselowski is a good driver and a great interview, but as you can see in the video above, he is a horrendous basketball player....
Australia's Rugby League Cracks Down On Big Hits, And Fans Aren't Happy
In any discussion of player safety in American football, rugby inevitably gets invoked in two ways: NFL players are called pussies for wearing body armor, and rugby is pointed to as an example of how players will self-police and self-preserve on tackles when they're not overly protected. Neither of...
Report: The NFL Made Disability Payments For Brain Trauma While Publicly Denying That Football Causes Brain Trauma
Officially, it was three years ago that the NFL first acknowledged that repeated concussions can indeed have a long-term effect on mental health. In the six years before that, the league had taken the opposite stance, publishing a series of scientific papers that denied any link between football and...
Michael Vick Still Can't Drive A Car Because Of Concussion Suffered Last Week
Nick Foles got the start today for the Eagles because Michael Vick is still recovering from a concussion he suffered against the Cowboys last week. Eagles trainer Rick Burkholder said "[h]e's had symptoms all week" and that he is "foggy."...
Arizona Quarterback Returns From Concussion, Promptly Pukes Again
Remember Matt Scott? He's the Arizona quarterback who unleashed a flood of vomit after a helmet-to-helmet collision against USC a few weeks ago. Wildcats coaches asserted Scott was fine and did not, in fact, suffer a concussion during that game—but he did suffer one the next week against UCLA. Tha...
Have Head Injuries Actually Hurt The NFL's Popularity?
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....
Why Do We Let Kids Play Tackle Football?
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Here's A Radio Ad Using Smooth R&B To Sell Tactical Firearms To Women
The Paul Finebaum radio program is a must-listen on Mondays after Alabama losses, but almost as good as the panicked redneck phone calls are Finebaum’s advertisers. Here’s one we’re told has been running a few months, from Hoover’s Tactical Firearms in Birmingham. (That’s the gun range that made ne...
The Tackling Technique Roger Goodell Says Will Make Football Safer. (It Won't.)
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How NFL Players Found Their Voice On The Marriage-Equality Issue
When Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe wrote his famous "lustful cockmonster" letter to a Maryland state delegate back in September, he wasn't just defending gay marriage: Kluwe was also sticking up for Brendon Ayanbadejo....
Youth Football Coaches Arrested For Running Gambling Ring
"Who the hell would ever bet large sums of money on little league football?" is a question that has only two answers: absolutely no one ever, and people in Florida. South Florida, specifically, where nine little league coaches have been arrested on charges of bookmaking for running a gambling ring t...
"What A Man": Reactions To The University Of Arizona's Negligent Treatment Of Matt Scott's Concussion
There's little doubt that head trauma can result in vomiting: the Mayo Clinic lists "nausea or vomiting" as among the likely symptoms of a concussion, and 100 Questions & Answers About Head and Brain Injuries (available as an eBook through Google) spends a section speculating about the cause of po...
Tyrann Mathieu Charged With Marijuana Possession In Saddest Bust Ever
Former LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu and three other former LSU football players were arrested this afternoon on charges of marijuana possession. Mathieu has been officially charged with simple possession of marijuana. Considering that Mathieu has already been dismissed from the LSU football te...
Five Pee-Wee Football Players Suffered Concussions In A 52-0 Loss
It is not as absurd a question as it would have been, say, 10 years ago: Would you want your kid playing football? You can point to the safety advances, and the increased awareness, and the character-building spiel—and then you can point to a Pop Warner football game in Massachusetts last month, in ...
Ohio State Quarterback Braxton Miller Forced Out Of Game With Possible Head Injury [UPDATE]
Ohio State's Braxton Miller—one of the nation's top quarterbacks—left the field in Columbus on a cart after suffering an ugly injury during the Buckeyes' game against Purdue. After a long run to set up a much-needed scoring opportunity (the undefeated Buckeyes being down 20-14 at the time) Miller'...
The Red Sox Are Preparing To Trade An Actual Player For A Manager
ESPN Boston reported today that the Red Sox are in serious negotiations to acquire former pitching coach John Farrell from the Blue Jays. Farrell is the Blue Jays' manager, and the Red Sox, well, they're looking for one....
Sticking Your Head Out The Window Of A Moving Train Is Not A Good Idea
Because another train might pass in the other direction at that exact same moment. Which can be downright terrifying, in case you were wondering. Odd, isn't it? I always thought sticking your head out the window of a moving train just as another train passes in the other direction wouldn't be much...
"Mild" Concussions, Magical Helmets, And Other Ways Football Lies To Itself
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"Shaken Up On The Play": The Semantic Loopholes That Allow The NFL To Survive Its Concussion Crisis
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