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Nebraska Players Are Pissed At AD Shawn Eichorst For Firing Bo Pelini
Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst fired head football coach Bo Pelini today, and boy, are Huskers players pissed. (Even Nebraska alum Ndamukong Suh is taking shots.) A number of current players aired their grievances through Twitter....
Johnny Manziel Gets Into Real NFL Game, Immediately Rushes For TD
The Browns handed the reins to Johnny Manziel today for the first time in a starring role, and he didn't disappoint—leading Cleveland down the field and rushing ten yards for a touchdown....
Report: UAB To Shut Down Its Football Program
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is reportedly shuttering its football program, becoming the first FBS football program to close since University of the Pacific in 1995....
Ravens WR Marlon Brown Knocked Out Of Game With Concussion
Marlon Brown's day against the Chargers started off strong, with three catches for 25 yards. But the Ravens receiver's day is over after suffering a concussion on the above play that led Baltimore officials to declare him out for the game....
Former Oklahoma RB: DeMarco Murray Had An Affair With My Wife
DeMarco Murray should have been relaxing on his Sunday off, but his spot just got blown up this morning. Former Oklahoma running back Brennan Clay went on Twitter and claimed that Murray was having an affair with Clay's wife. (The two were teammates on the Sooners in 2010.)...
Rams Players Enter Field With "Hands Up, Don't Shoot"
St. Louis Rams players recognized this week's Ferguson protests with an emphatic gesture during player introductions when several members of the team's receiving corps entered the field in the "hands up, don't shoot" pose....
Report: Raiders Interested In Trading For Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh has one year left on his contract with the 49ers, but the team might not wait that long to get rid of him. According to Adam Schefter, the coach could earn an extension if San Francisco wins out and gets into the playoffs, but if not, Harbaugh could be traded in the offseason to a despe...
Nebraska Fires Bo Pelini After Seven Seasons
Nebraska athletic director Shawn Eichorst fired Bo Pelini this morning. The Huskers went 9-3 this season under Pelini; the coach had a 67-27 record in seven years with the program....
Report: Buccaneers Employ Indentured Servants As Concessions Workers
In a system labor experts are calling "outrageous," the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are among several professional sports teams a Tampa Bay Times investigation found employ unpaid, destitute people to sell peanuts and beer to fans at the stadium....
Soccer Gots Brain Dingers, Too, Y'all: How To Ignore Football Today
So, here's a common refrain down in the comments of these Sunday punch-bowl poop posts: DURR THEY GOT CONCUSSIONS IN SOCCER TOO Y'ALL DURR DON'T THAT MAKE Y'ALL A BUNCHA HYPOCRITES DURR....
Ravens Player Experiences Snow For The First Time, Runs Late To Meeting
Florida-born Timmy Jernigan had never seen snow up close until Wednesday, so after the Ravens finished practice, he enjoyed a new life experience. Snow! (He'll get sick of it soon enough.) Jernigan was having so much fun that he ended up being late for a defensive meeting....
Massive Soccer Hooligan Brawl Leaves One Man Beaten, Thrown Into River
Earlier this morning, Atlético Madrid and Deportivo la Coruña were set to do battle in Madrid. But before the match kicked off, some 200 or so rival fans decided to stage an actual fight, which resulted in knife wounds, head injuries, and one man suffering a heart attack before getting thrown into a...
UTEP Coach On Beating MTSU: "Look At Me. I Don't Drink Light Beer."
UTEP won a hard-fought 24-21 victory over MTSU tonight, and ASN announcers asked Miners coach Sean Kugler how he'd celebrate. "I might have a few beers."...
Hockey Fight Ends With Linesman Getting Punched In The Face
See what happens when you try to break up a fight, Johnny? See? You end up getting the worst of it....
Notorious Finebaum Caller Tammy Joins Iron Bowl Simulcast [UPDATE]
Paul Finebaum's radio show has long had its cast of compelling, crazy, or cretinous callers, and Auburn fan Tammy is one of its most famous. She joined the SEC Network call-in simulcast of tonight's Iron Bowl in Tuscaloosa, and let loose with her usual flow of.. words, sort of....
Basketball Referee Collapses After Tossing Opening Tip, Carted Off
Tonight's Vanderbilt-La Salle game in Brooklyn faced a lengthy delay just after the opening tip when referee Rick Crawford took an elbow to the head and immediately collapsed onto the floor....
USC Cheerleader Gets Absolutely Wrecked
Wrong place, wrong time. (She got right up afterward!)...
Jaylen Walton Goes 91 Yards In One Of The Best Touchdowns Of The Year
Oh, you thought Ole Miss could be ignored? That the Egg Bowl would be a cakewalk for the Bulldogs? Nah....
Hey, She Looks Familiar!
On the left: two years ago. On the right: tonight....