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Nebraska Goes Big For 99-Yard TD Strike
After an eight-yard sack on second down left Nebraska with a third-and-14 play from their own one-yard line, Nebraska did not go with the bullshit draw play. The Huskers went for it all....
Bill O'Brien Told Reporter He Was Leaving Penn State A Month Ago
Bill O'Brien is now (unofficially) officially leaving Penn State for the Houston Texans. The AP reports that two sources have said O'Brien reached an agreement with Houston, "the worst team in the NFL," Tuesday night. With the news that he'll no longer be at Penn State, one reporter divulged some fi...
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...
A Feisty Reporter Gave Jimmy Haslam The Business Today
So, Jimmy Haslam, you think you can just fire Rob Chudzinski and not have to answer to the fans? You cannot! At least not while there are real "news guys" around who are willing to ask the tough questions....
Reporter Faints During Live Segment, Still Finishes Interview
Yes, it's OK to laugh. KUTV reporter Brooke Graham, the woman falling backwards into the snow, is fine. Moments after she apparently passed out while doing an interview on cross country skiing Saturday, Graham continued and finished the interview....
Greg Maddux Taught Me How To Watch Baseball
Having purchased a Hall of Fame ballot, which we filled out in accordance with the wishes of our readers, we're reviewing the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's ballot. All entries in the series can be found here....
Sad Browns Fan Holds World's Saddest Protest
Oh man, look at this poor bastard....
Is Peyton Manning's Single-Season Yardage Record A Lie?
Drew Brees held the NFL record for most passing yards in a single season with 5,476 yards, and Peyton Manning broke that yesterday in the second quarter with 5,477 during a rout of the Raiders. Or did he?...
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]...
Whether Or Not Rob Chudzinski's Been Fired, Browns Players Are Mad
The Browns went from 5-11 last season to 4-12 this season under first-year coach Rob Chudzinski. According to Chris Mortensen, Chud will be fired. (Although he hasn't actually been fired yet.) Browns players are reportedly mad at the prospect of Chud leaving....
Reports: Texans To Hire Penn State's Bill O'Brien
According to Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen, the Texans and Bill O'Brien are working on an agreement to make Joe Paterno's replacement Gary Kubiak's replacement as well. ...
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. ...
Gene Teague Slams Head On Court, Suffers "Really Bad Concussion"
This is a scary moment from early in the second half of Friday's Seton Hall game against Lafayette. Gene Teague, who was having a phenomenal game up to that point and already had a double-double, has his feet undercut as he makes his move to the rim and violently lands on his head. He then begins co...
Russell Westbrook Is Out Until After The All-Star Break
Russell Westbrook underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee today, and will be out until after the All-Star break, reports Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman. ...
What It Was Like To Play In The Most Violent NFL Game Ever
After the most violent NFL game ever played, Marc Wilson sat on the team flight back to the West Coast, nursing his injured thumb. A Raiders team doctor approached. He had a secret message to pass along....
1980 ESPN Report About Pool Shark Is Ron Burgundyishly Hilarious
On a slow Christmas news day, WAVY-TV (Hampton Roads, Va.) unearthed this gem from 1980: longtime sports director Bruce Rader's feature on a pool shark who happened to be female. It aired on ESPN, which was just a year old at the time and which in those days would apparently ask local stations for s...
LeBron James Saved Christmas With These Two Dunks
Usually, a LeBron James dunk is a thing of power, grace, and a little too much efficiency. All the power of a locomotive, and all the creativity of one as well. So when LeBron and Dwyane Wade interrupted whatever idle conversations you were having with your relatives yesterday with two preposterous...
NBA's Christmas Uniforms Are Ugly As Sin
Last month, we saw the leaked NBA uniforms for Christmas Day—with sleeves? Sleeves?—and thought, hey, maybe they just seem bad because no one's actually wearing them. Perhaps they'll look better in action, on actual players. Nah. They look like generic unis for a movie set in the future designed to ...