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Joe Haden Gets Emotional While Talking About What It's Like To Have A Concussion

Browns cornerback Joe Haden has had a particularly rough season, having suffered numerous injuries early on and then two concussions that have kept him off the field since Week 8. On the latest episode of the Browns’ official podcast, Haden talked to host Max Linsky about what it’s like to try and c...

So It Looks Like Rafa Benítez Is About To Get Fired Here Pretty Soon

Things are not going well for Real Madrid right now. Fresh off their humiliation at the hands of Barcelona last month, their humiliation at their own hands in the Copa del Rey a couple weeks ago, and their failure to keep pace with their two biggest rivals in the league by dropping points this past ...

The NFL Is Making Sure Officials Don't Fuck Up In The Playoffs

The NFL thrives because of gambling, and people gamble on the NFL because they believe it’s on the level. It’s a profitable little circle that gets disrupted when officials screw up, something that feels like it’s been happening with increasing frequency this year. The NFL does not want to run the r...

The NFL Wants To Stream <i>Thursday Night Football</i> Online Next Season

The NFL is hoping to sign a deal with a major tech company to stream every game of next year’s Thursday Night Football online, according to a report from SportsBusiness Daily. It is undoubtedly the future of football broadcasting, and it’s getting here very, very quickly....

Why Is The NFL's Most Infamous Quack Still Involved In Its Concussion Program? 

The many ways in which Dr. Elliot Pellman—a Guadalajara-educated rheumatologist with questionable qualifications—helped the NFL downplay the depth and gravity of its concussion crisis are well-documented. He chaired the influential Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee despite not having any educati...

Tom Brady Leaves Press Conference After Two Questions About His Friendship With Donald Trump

This morning’s cover of the New York Daily News features the headline “BRADY HAS NO BALLS” over a picture of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady standing with rancid salmon filet Donald Trump, whom Brady has previously called a “great friend” while saying it “would be great” if Trump became p...

Peyton Manning Is Coming Back Soon

Broncos QB Peyton Manning will practice today, for the first time since being removed from a disastrous game against the Chiefs and put up on the shelf to let his various bruises and tears heal. He is not expected to play this weekend—Brock Osweiler is still the starter, but probably not for long....

Dwayne Bowe Is The Browns' White Elephant

Dwayne Bowe has seven healthy scratches and three receptions this season. The Browns gave him $9 million guaranteed over a two-year contract. It’s unclear how he became such a non-factor so quickly....

Cowboys Look To Squelch Reporters With Strict New Media Policy

The Dallas Cowboys are suddenly very interested in controlling what media members can and can’t report from the team’s facilities, and have instituted an absurd new set of rules that reporters have to follow while at practices if they don’t want to get their credentials yanked....

Tom Brady On Donald Trump: "He's A Good Friend Of Mine ... I Support All My Friends"

Patriots quarterback Tom Brady appeared for his regular interview on Dennis & Callahan this morning, and actually had to face a question about Donald Trump, a toupee someone found in a garbage can and stapled to a sweet potato. Brady did a good job of not providing an actual answer. When one of the ...

How Stupid Do The 'Skins Think We Are?

On Sunday, some social media manager got his or her Twitter accounts mixed up and made it abundantly clear that the @redskinsfacts account, allegedly run by a “growing online community of passionate Washington Redskins fans and others who support the team’s use of its name and logo,” is in fact bein...

The Josh Norman-Rodney Harrison Beef Is So Excellent Right Now

Josh Norman just might be the best corner in football right now, and is certainly the most visible player on a fantastic defense that hasn’t let the Panthers lose a game yet. But former NFL safety and NBC analyst Rodney Harrison is not quite as impressed as Norman thinks he should be. The two have b...

Chuck Pagano Does Not Fear Being Eaten By Jim Irsay

Chuck Pagano was apparently feeling—what should we call it? Philosophical? Resigned? Fatalist? Realistic? With the Colts struggling toward the playoffs and his job security very much in question, Indy’s head coach offered up the one thing anyone can be sure of in this crazy world of ours: our employ...

All Hail Pylon Cam

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Andy Dalton May Not Be Done

The Bengals have gotten relatively good news regarding QB Andy Dalton’s fractured right thumb: it won’t require surgery, so he’s not automatically out for the season. But Cincinnati won’t know when he’ll be ready until he is....

Browns Learn That Videos Can Indeed Be Old

Browns cornerback Joe Haden hasn’t played since Week 8, when he suffered his second concussion of the season. The Browns were 2-6 after that loss to the Cardinals; they’re now 3-10. Though Haden was reportedly near the end of his concussion protocol, he didn’t play in Sunday’s game against the 49ers...

Despite the rumor, the NFL isn’t fining Cam Newton for handing footballs to fans....

Happy Browns Fan Lets The Dogs Out, Also His Dick And Butt [NSFW]

Look, man, it’s been a rough few decades for Browns fans, so it’s not all that surprising to see one get a little too lit after a rare victory....

Bills Fans Stop Traffic With Their Butts

The Bills played in Philadelphia on Sunday, but Buffalo’s horde travels well. Here’s a pair of them halting a vehicle’s path with their butts, accompanied by “Fly Eagles Fly.”...

Cool, The Steelers And Bengals Hate Each Other

Pretty much everything went the Steelers’ way in yesterday’s 33-20 win over Cincinnati, a game that held both insult and injury for the Bengals. For the former, there was William Gay’s minute-long touchdown celebration, that continued up to and through an excessive-celebration flag. For the latter, ...