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Northwestern Football Players Are Trying To Unionize
In the opening shots of a major new assault on the NCAA's amateurism model, an "overwhelming majority" of Northwestern football players have filed to be recognized as members of a union. Their endgame, if successful, would be college football players officially being classified as employees....
Juan Mata Is Signed. What Will Manchester United Do With Him?
We knew something had to give at Manchester United, what with the team's huge mounds of money begging to fill the huge holes in the squad, but it's still a bit of a surprise that the deal in hand is for Chelsea's Juan Mata, bought for a reported £37M. A bona fide world-class number 10 is a nice addi...
North Hollywood Forty
I WAS sitting at the window of a ninth-floor room in the Stoneleigh Hotel the week before Hollywood Henderson's wedding, facing approximately north, reckoning by the Dallas Cowboys tower out on North Central Expressway. The clouds had closed back in after burning off for a while earlier in the day. ...
Deion Sanders Kept Bikini-Clad Pro Bowl Streaker Out Of Jail
The Pro Bowl fosters two traditions: crushing boredom, and fans running onto the field. Sunday's edition produced both!...
Players Hate Those Sleeved Jerseys, And The NBA Pretends To Care
The sleeves jerseys are slowly taking over. With the news that the Nets will break out Dodgers-inspired uniforms in the spring, that makes five teams to add sleeved alternates to their regular rotation. Add in the 10 teams to play on Christmas Day, and the All-Star Game, and it's unavoidable—the NBA...
Denver Airport Has Flights To Peyton Manning's "Omaha!"
Denver International Airport has gone Omaha crazy just like the Manning boys. To celebrate and support the Broncos as they make their bid for the Super Bowl this weekend, flights from Denver aren't just going to Omaha, they're taking a cue from Peyton and going to "Omaha!"...
Game Time: What The Hell Is Mike Fratello Drawing?
Mike Fratello, color commentator for the Brooklyn Nets on YES, is known as the Czar of the Telestrator, which just goes to show anyone can be a Czar of anything. What the shit is going on here?...
Brent Musburger Looks Back Fondly On UNLV Coach "Fran Tarkenton"
Fran Tarkenton, Jerry Tarkanian, pool, pond, right?...
Call Trent Dilfer And He'll Teach You All About Football
From reader Neil comes this latest (and weirdest) effort from Dilfer, Inc. In much the same way your neighbor with the ponytail advertises his guitar lessons, Trent Dilfer has apparently plastered a few of these bad boys around Manhattan in the hopes that you'll call him to learn the finer points o...
Former NFLer: I Paid "Rathole Money" For Big Hits
This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...
Marshawn Lynch "Skittle Sausage" Looks Like The Worst Thing Ever
I want to be openminded about this, because I will eat pretty much anything. But the idea of adding a giant bag of Skittles to hot sausage seems as gross at that screengrab looks....
Statistically, When Is The Best Time To Buy Super Bowl Tickets?
Just a few days ago, you'd have had a better chance of finding a reasonably priced one-bedroom in Manhattan than you would've of scoring Super Bowl tickets for less than a mortgage payment or ten. For those who were able to hold off a few days, though, the savings are likely in the thousands....
Sources: ESPN <em>First Take</em> Boss In Talks With NBC To Produce <em>Today</em> Show
ESPN vice president Jamie Horowitz, the midwife of Bristol's "Embrace Debate" era that made us all a little dumber, has been approached by NBC to take control of the Today show, according to two sources. A deal appears likely, we're told, though Horowitz still has to extract himself from his contrac...
Pete Carroll And Macklemore Are BFFs And It's Totally Weird
Pete Carroll wants you to know he was into Macklemore before you'd even heard of him, you poser....
Chief-On-Chief Violence At The Pro Bowl
The only remotely noteworthy thing to happen during yesterday's Pro Bowl was Derrick Johnson laying a solid hit on Chiefs teammate Jamaal Charles. More than solid—Johnson, named the game's defensive MVP, went helmet-t0-helmet on Charles three weeks after the RB left a playoff game with a concussion....
Braised Boneless Short Ribs And A Chat With L'Artusi's Erin Shambura
A few years ago my wife and I were introduced to L'Artusi, an Italian place down on West 10th street in the Village. We rarely have the chance to dine out, but we've been back to L'Artusi a dozen times since that introduction. We feel welcome there—it's a place that makes us happy. The environment ...
Your Super Bowl Weather Report: ICY DEATH AWAITS YOU ALL
All week long, we'll be keeping track of the weather conditions for Super Bowl XLVIII. Here is your Monday update....
Police Will Investigate Alleged Rape Of Missouri Swimmer
Following a report published last week by ESPN's Outside the Lines that detailed the alleged rape and subsequent suicide of former University of Missouri swimmer Sasha Menu Courey, the Columbia, Mo., police department has opened an investigation into the alleged attack. ...
Sports Talk Radio: Art Rust Jr.
When I was a kid in the early 1980s, before WFAN, I listened to Art Rust Jr. talk sports on WABC radio. One day, must have been in 1981 or '82, I was home sick and I got to stay in my parents bed that afternoon. Nobody else was home. I listened to Art and was desperate to ask him a question, the mos...