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Relive The Excitement Of The Pro Bowl Draft!
Did you watch the Pro Bowl draft last night? Did you know there was a Pro Bowl draft last night? You missed a lot of waiting around....


Ex-Cowboys DT Josh Brent Guilty Of Intoxication Manslaughter
A jury found Josh Brent guilty today of intoxication manslaughter for the 2012 high-speed accident that killed his teammate Jerry Brown. ...

What You Need To Know To Bet On The Super Bowl (Early Edition)
Here is your early betting info for the Super Bowl, including the line movement, bet trend, money line, and over/under, as well as the performance of the Seahawks and Broncos against the spread and O/U this season. There's been a lot of early movement—rare for Super Bowls—and we'll be updating next ...

Jack Edwards Mocks Peter Gammons, Makes Fart Noise During Bruins Game
We missed this from yesterday's Kings-Bruins game, but reader Zach helpfully pointed it out. Bruins play-by-play man Jack Edwards is probably one of the few announcers to use a Bronx cheer while calling a game. ...

Mike Francesa Opening A Super Bowl Goodie Bag Is Performance Art
Fans attending the Super Bowl will receive a swag bag full of things to keep them comfortable and warm, like a seat cushion, hat, handwarmers, and so forth. Mike Francesa devoted an entire 10 minutes of his show today to going through the bag and talking about what he pulled out. It was amazing....

Mike Francesa Gets Owned By Earmuffs
Mike Francesa had a special treat for his WFAN listeners this morning: a sneak peek at this year's Super Bowl goody bag. There was, I assume, some good stuff in there, but these earmuffs did not agree with poor Mike....

Watch The Auburn Band React Like Champions To The Iron Bowl Miracle
The unfuckingbelievable Iron Bowl happened nearly two months ago, but we feel compelled to share this video with you. Besides, you can never spend too much time thinking about that damn game. Here we see the Auburn band reacting as Chris Davis's insane, last-second field goal return unfolded before...

Two Tough Mothers
Here's Charlie Pierce's 1991 Sports Illustrated story on Bettie Taylor and Bonnie Lindros:...


Four Kings Stop Trying Against Brad Marchand, Give Up Shorthanded Goal
This shorthanded goal isn't possible without some effort by the Bruins' Brad Marchand, but what sloppy defense from the Kings....

Our Month Without Booze Is Past The Midpoint. Shit's Getting Real.
Week Three. The Wall. We warned you that Week Three would be the hardest. The novelty of Drynuary definitely wears off by now, boredom creeps in with a vengeance, and somehow you have to negotiate the interminable two weeks between the NFL conference championships and the Super Bowl without your fav...

The NFL Can Force These Eight Teams To Appear On <em>Hard Knocks</em>
After the NFL and HBO had a devil of a time finding a team to agree to be on Hard Knocks, owners passed a new rule. Now the league can force a team to admit HBO cameras into their training camp unless that team a)has a new head coach, b)made the playoffs in one of the previous two seasons, or c)alr...

NaVorro Bowman Had Popcorn Spilled On Him As He Was Carted Off
When NaVorro Bowman was carted off with a torn ACL, NFL.com's Gregg Rosenthal tweeted that "Seahawks fans threw food at "Bowman". That sounded very, very bad, especially for a fan base that loves to self-proclaim itself the best in football. But here's the footage, and it's...probably just one jerk?...

Martin Erat Rams His Stick Into Brian Boyle's Balls
I don't care if the puck is underneath Boyle, that's real fucked up, Erat....

NFL Will Consider Making Fumble Recoveries Reviewable
You probably guessed this from your own knowledge of how knees are and aren't supposed to bend (Warning: photo is painful to look at, but maybe not quite as painful as Fox showing the replay six consecutive times), but the preliminary diagnosis indicates that all-pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman has a ...

Vitali Klitschko Sprayed With Fire Extinguisher During Kiev Protests
What's Vitali Klitschko up to these days? The retired boxer was trying to keep the peace during protests in Kiev, Ukraine's capital, asking demonstrators not to provoke police. In return, someone sprayed a fire extinguisher in his face....
