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ESPN, Local Stations Remain Confused On Which Teams Are Actually Playing In This Year's BCS Bowls
ESPN ran out the above graphic several times during Louisville's dominating 33-23 victory over Florida, a reminder that not all your New Year's treats are as fresh as you'd like them to be. But it's not just ESPN who's recycling last year's graphics; here's a shot from yesterday's 6 p.m. newscast o...
This Isn't About Sandusky: Everything You Need To Know About Pennsylvania's Lawsuit Against The NCAA (And Why You Should Support It)
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania's antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, filed today in federal court in the middle district of Pennsylvania, makes the ultimate "Death to the NCAA" argument. It states that the NCAA's decision to slap the Penn State football program with unprecedented sanctions was "ar...
College ShameDay: Why Is A Physics Professor Running The Fiesta Bowl? Your Non-BCS-Title Bowl Games FAQ
Our weekly college football shame index previews the rest of the Not National Championship bowls. ...
Play-By-Play Announcer Freaks Out After Witnessing Unspectacular Basketball Play
On Nov. 27, the Bucknell men's basketball team defeated Dartmouth 62-49. I can only assume that the game was as boring and sloppy as the final score makes it seem, but that didn't stop the play-by-play announcer from becoming completely euphoric after witnessing a rather mundane layup....
On Further Review, Roger Goodell Fucked Up This NFL Season From End To End
Cowboys-Redskins was the biggest matchup of the year, a win-or-go-home game for two division rivals. It turned out to be the most-watched regular-season sporting event in 15 years. But one familiar face was missing from the FedEx Field suites: commissioner Roger Goodell, who found something else to ...
Angry Cowboys Fan Fills Washing Machine With Explosives, Fires Rifle At It Just To Blow Up Tony Romo Jersey
Courtesy our friends over at the Dallas Observer, here's an example of the sort of responsible gun ownership we've come to expect from the Lone Star State. As a reaction to the Cowboys' disappointing season, one Dallas fan decided to "Get the shit off my Romo jersey" by sticking it in a washing ma...
Let's Revisit The Dumb Stuff Rick Reilly Wrote About David Akers Last Year
In December 2011, Rick Reilly wrote one of his trademark telethon-monologue columns about then-37-year-old kicker David Akers, who'd overcome all manner of personal hardship to kick a bunch of field goals for the 49ers. It was basically a nice story, but because Reilly lives in an oversimple, cardbo...
The State Of Pennsylvania Plans To Sue The NCAA Over Penn State Sanctions, And It Has A Good Chance To Win
In July, after the NCAA swung its sledgehammer and imposed sanctions that turned the Penn State football program into a bunch of porcelain shards, we argued that the school actually had a good antitrust case against the NCAA if it wanted to bring a lawsuit. Two leading sports law experts told us tha...
A Rusty Barry Alvarez Struggled With Some Of The More Complicated Aspects Of Coaching, Like How To Wear Sunglasses
Barry Alvarez ascended himself to the post of Wisconsin Badgers head football coach for the Rose Bowl, filling in for a Bret Bielema who'd abandoned his team for the bright lights of Fayetteville. (He gave himself quite the Christmas bonus for the trip, too.) Alas, Alvarez let the natives of Cheese...
Tuesday Night Fights: Jeff Pearlman Watches A Knife Vs. Cane Fight, Thinks About Albert Belle
Welcome to Tuesday Night Fights, a weekly celebration and analysis of street-fight videos found on YouTube. Tonight's fisticuffs: "Crazy fight in downtown Houston!!!" Tonight's commentator: best-selling author and SI.com contributor Jeff Pearlman, a one-time virgin, and bane of John Rocker, Roger ...
ESPN's Heather Cox After Postgame Interview With Stanford Coach David Shaw Cut Short: "Are You Kidding Me?"
Rose Bowl officials—apparently ignorant to various contractual obligations involving ESPN's access to the winning football coach—pulled away Stanford coach David Shaw moments after his team defeated Wisconsin, and interrupted his postgame interview with ESPN's Heather Cox. Cox made every attempt t...
Andy Reid: Good Enough To Make You Hate Him For How Bad He Was
So of course when the clock at last ran out on Andy Reid in Philadelphia, nobody knew what the heck was going on. He was fired before the final game Sunday and coached anyway. No, he wasn't fired till after the game Sunday. No, not that either; he wasn't fired till Monday morning. One last utter cl...
This Is What Passes For A Fight At The World Darts Championship
England's Phil Taylor beat the Netherlands' Raymond van Barneveld in the semifinals of the PDC World Darts Championship in London yesterday, but not without a little controversy. Van Barneveld appeared to refuse to let go of Taylor during the post-match handshake, the two exchanged words, and it w...
College ShameDay: What Is The Heart Of Dallas? How Long Can Pat Fitzgerald Hold A Car Above His Head? Your New Year's Day Bowl Games FAQ
Our weekly college football shame index previews the New Year's Day bowl games. ...
Hannah Storm Lost Her Eyebrows, Eyelashes, And Half Her Hair After Her Gas Grill Exploded In Her Face
Yack. SportsCenter's Hannah Storm suffered through a horrible accident three weeks ago after her propane gas grill exploded at home. She is, amazingly, returning to the air tomorrow for ABC's coverage of the Rose Parade....
The Black Monday Firing That Doesn't Make Any Sense: Lovie Smith
Romeo Crennel, Chan Gailey, Andy Reid, Pat Shurmur, and Norv Turner were fired on Monday for the usual reasons that coaches get fired. All of these guys either led franchises to horrible records (Crennel), disappointed their pitchfork-waving fan bases one too many times (Turner), led their franchise...
Trindon Holliday Is 16-0
The NFL's shortest player is also its winningest. Return specialist Trindon Holliday just completed a perfect regular season, 5-0 with Houston, 11-0 with Denver, and he joins an exclusive club featuring the rosters of the 1972 Dolphins and the 2007 Patriots. If the Broncos go all the way, Holliday w...
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Here Are All The Football People Who Have Been Fired Today [UPDATING]
We're cheering for a particularly bloody Black Monday today. Almost every team is terrible! They all have such bad rosters! Fire everyone! We'll be updating here as the firings roll in. ...
In The End, The Cowboys' Offense Was Simply Toothless
Dallas fans are placing the blame squarely on Tony Romo's shoulders for last night's season-ending loss to Washington, but that's not really fair. As our friend Pat points out, Romo closed out the season with 17 touchdowns and only three interceptions. Of course, one of those came at an inopportune...
Poor Tony Romo: Cowboys-Redskins In Five GIFs
Washington 28, Dallas 18: This, I am convinced, is Tony Romo's favorite play. I think his palms get a little sweatier when he hears it called in. Look at the dedication. The grace. He wants to sell you that botched snap. He wants to sell it to you so...bad....