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It's Almost Colin Kaepernick Time

The San Francisco 49ers are bad, and their starting quarterback, Blaine Gabbert, is also bad. Gabbert was terrible against the Cardinals last night, throwing for just 162 yards while getting picked off twice, and he’s now got six picks and five TDs to go along with a completion percentage of 58. Th...

The Only Good 49ers Highlight Tonight Was Anthony Davis Doing Rude Blaine Gabbert Tweets

The 49ers lost to the Carson Palmer-less Cardinals by 12 points tonight in front of about 50 or 60 fans. Blaine Gabbert laid an egg and threw for 162 yards, along with a pair of picks and a pair of touchdowns. The most noteworthy thing the team did on the field was knock coconuts. The best highlight...

Antoine Bethea Goes In For Big Hit, Ends Up Taking Out His Own Teammate

49ers safety Antoine Bethea got a little overzealous while going for the ball (ostensibly) on this play. Instead of getting the pick or landing a hit on Cardinals receiver J.J. Nelson, Bethea slammed teammate Tramaine Brock right in the head. Brock had just managed to break up the deep ball, and he ...

Report: NFL Threatens To Fine Teams If They Use Too Much Footage On Social Media

Buried in Albert Breer’s column for MMQB this morning was a nugget suggesting just how seriously the NFL is taking their declining primetime TV audiences. Ratings in the 18-t0-49 demographic have fallen between 12 and 16 percent for Thursday, Sunday, and Monday night games, and the NFL, coincidental...

It’s time for our Tecmo Super Bowl simulation of tonight’s Thursday Night Football matchup between the Cardinals and the 49ers, LIVE:...

LSU-Florida Game Called Off Due To Hurricane Matthew

Saturday’s college football game in Gainesville, Fla. between LSU and Florida has been canceled, with Hurricane Matthew expected to hit the state this weekend....

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Which NFL Owner Told His Players Not To Protest Because "This Is My Stage"? [Update]

Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin went on Any Given Wednesday tonight, and dropped a tantalizing anecdote about how NFL owners have responded to player protests during the national anthem....

Former Florida QB Chris Leak Under Investigation For Sexually Assaulting A Teenager [Update]

According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel, former Florida quarterback Chris Leak is being investigated by the Orlando Police Department for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in early September. Leak was in the midst of his first season coaching Edgewater High School when he resigned on Mo...

I Covered The Braves For A Newspaper That Didn't Exist

When my sportswriter friend asked me, back in September of 2000, if I wanted to join him at an Atlanta Braves game that he was working, my first thought was, “That sounds fun!” When he suggested that I use an outdated photographer’s pass he had in his possession, issued for a different game vs. a d...

Police Reportedly Determine That Aqib Talib Shot Himself In The Leg

Early this summer, Aqib Talib was shot in the leg and briefly went to the hospital. Initial reports had him as a victim in a shooting at a Dallas strip club, but he maintained that he was shot in the leg at a park later that evening, saying that he was too drunk to know who shot him....

The NFL Clearly Has No Idea What Taunting Is

Toward the end of Washington’s victory over Cleveland on Sunday, Skins cornerback Josh Norman intercepted a pass and was penalized for taunting. Norman’s infraction? As referee Jeff Triplette memorably intoned, it was 15 yards for “shooting a bow and arrow.”...

How Long Until The NFL's Hard-On For Personal Fouls Ruins A Game?

Even if you believe that Odell Beckham Jr.’s tendency toward emotional outbursts has rightfully earned him extra scrutiny from NFL referees, the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty he was hit with last night was pretty confounding:...

Odell Beckham Lost His Cool Again

Odell Beckham Jr. was barely there last night. The excellent Vikings defense held him to a career-low three catches for 23 yards, all on a single second-quarter drive that didn’t cross midfield. Minnesota merely perfected what’s emerged as a solid strategy to keep Beckham in check—he hasn’t scored a...

Ravens Fan In Critical Condition After Fight With Raiders Fans

Joseph Bauer, a 55-year-old Ravens fan from the Baltimore suburb of Jessup, is in critical condition at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center after he sustained a head injury during a fight with a pair of Raiders fans at the Ravens Stadium this weekend. The Baltimore Sun first reported on t...

Somehow, The Vikings Might Be The Best Team In The NFC

When Teddy Bridgewater’s leg exploded into powder, it looked like the Vikings were in trouble. When Adrian Peterson hurt his knee then did a walk of shame through a restaurant, it looked the Vikings were in even more trouble. Instead of collapsing into a dumb pile of rubble led by Shaun Hill, they’r...

Larry Donnell Knocked Out Of Game With Concussion After Huge Hit

Early in the second quarter of tonight’s game against the Vikings, Giants tight end Larry Donnell was trying to pull around and block for Orleans Darkwa, when linebacker Anthony Barr came through the gap like a rocket and smashed into him, knocking him four yards back and straight into Darkwa. Darkw...

The Jets Have Bigger Problems Than Ryan Fitzpatrick

This is not what the Jets envisioned when they finally ended their very long and very weak standoff with Ryan Fitzpatrick. All they needed was a competent quarterback who could score a few points and let the defense win games, and Fitzpatrick seemed to fit the bill. The best-case scenario for the 2...

Todd Gurley Has Nowhere To Run

Remember how excited you were for a full season of Todd Gurley, one of the few running backs in the NFL with the necessary combination of youth, ability, and a team with no pesky passing game, to emerge as one of the NFL’s last true feature backs? Well, the goddamn Rams don’t want you to have nice t...

NBC Made Michele Tafoya Talk About Memes

Sunday night’s Chiefs-Steelers game lost all semblance of competitiveness by the second quarter, but if you stuck around for the dregs of the fourth quarter, you heard NBC sideline reporter Michele Tafoya talk about the memes of the week....