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It Took 36 Browns QBs 28 Seasons To Match Peyton Manning's 500 TDs
Peyton Manning reached 500 touchdown passes yesterday. Five hundred is an arbitrary number. (A nice, round number that enshrines him in the elite company of one, but arbitrary nonetheless.) How can you truly grasp the weight of an arbitrary number? Set it as the constant, and see how extreme the oth...
Matt Forte's Fumble Was The Most Damaging Play Of Week 5
With under fives minutes to play in a tie game, Chicago possessed the ball with an opportunity to control the clock and take the lead. But Matt Forte fumbled in what was the most detrimental play of the week. According to data from Brian Burke of Advanced Football Analytics the fumble lowered th...
Miami Dolphin Arrested, Tazed For Allegedly "Touching Females" At Club
Miami Dolphins defensive end Derrick Shelby was arrested early Saturday at a Florida nightclub for allegedly causing a disturbance. That's one way to spend a bye week. He resisted nonviolently, according to the police report, and his mugshot shows the police handled it their way....
'Baseball's Bolshevik': Why The Martyrdom Of Curt Flood Still Matters
You’re probably familiar with the story of Curt Flood, the ballplayer whose refusal in 1969 to accept a trade was the first major skirmish in the fight for free agency. You’re certainly familiar with his legacy, which today alone hangs over the news of the NBA’s media megadeal. Retro Report, via The...
Florida QB Treon Harris Suspended, Investigated For Alleged Sex Assault
Some shit is going down with University of Florida freshman quarterback Treon Harris, who came off the bench during Saturday's game against Tennessee to help lead the Gators to a 10-9 win. Reports are that Harris has been suspended indefinitely, and is currently being investigated in connection with...
ESPN Reporter Asks Why Titans Aren't Pissed Off, Pisses Off Titan
The Titans blew a 28-3 lead in a 29-28 loss to the Browns Sunday, and according to Justin Walters, who shot the video, ESPN Titans writer Paul Kuharsky openly wondered why players didn't seem mad about the collapse. Linebacker Wesley Woodyard gave him what he wanted....
Brutal Bathroom Fight At 49ers Game Leads To Arrests, Head Injury
A few San Francisco 49ers fans got in an ugly fight in the bathroom at Levi's Stadium yesterday, resulting in two men getting arrested and another dealing with a severe head injury....
Bills Say Someone Shined Laser Pointer On Them; Guy Tweets He Did It
Though the Bills took down the Lions in Detroit yesterday, not all was beer and skittles. During the game, quarterback Kyle Orton and holder Colton Schmidt complained to officials that someone had shined a laser pointer in their faces. And a dude on Twitter claimed to be the one behind it....
Jaguars Apologize For Mascot's Ebola Joke
Put that headline in a time capsule, so future generations can recall the brief period of time Ebola was in the news and the Jaguars were an NFL team....
Report: Geno Smith Missed A Meeting Because Of A Dumb Team Policy
The New York Jets got stomped to hell by the San Diego Chargers yesterday, and the 31-0 blowout was so bad that Jets starting quarterback Geno Smith was yanked before the start of the second half. Smith's day got even more embarrassing after the game, a report claimed that he'd missed a team meeting...
Who Gets To Spike The Football?
When the Patriots are doing well, Tom Brady doesn't get mad, and instead does fun stuff like play hot potato with Julian Edelman before spiking the ball....
Brian Hoyer And The Browns Are Out Here Thriving
The Browns are .500! The Browns are .500! Brian Hoyer's the man after a huge comeback win against the Titans. ...
How Do The Most Common NFL Scores Compare To Soccer?
On Friday, FiveThirtyEight ran a post that collected data on nearly 200,000 English soccer scores from the last 126 years. The most common score was a 1-1 draw, there were more than 13,000 0-0 draws, and an alarming number of games where one side didn't score at all. The most common reaction was tha...
EverBank Field Pool Features Woman Wearing Jeans & A Sweatshirt
When the Jaguars announced they were adding swimming pools to EverBank Field, we all prepared for the inevitable bottomless moon shot on TV. Little did we know, the opposite of nudity was in store for the sad souls watching a game from Jacksonville....
Bills Edge Imploding Lions With Field Goal; Jim Schwartz Carried Away
Lions kicker Alex Henery, who replaced previous Lions kicker Nate Freese roughly two weeks ago, will probably not be a Lions kicker for much longer. He missed all three of his field goal attempts today, keeping the game in reach. Kyle Orton and the Bills took advantage of that opportunity with 11 ...
The Pillow Stays Dry Tonight, Browns Fan
Once trailing 28-3, the Browns closed the game on a 26-0 run, and beat the Titans 29-28. The Browns are .500 and they will beat your ass in second halves. ...
Bucs WR Louis Murphy Flagged For Inappropriate Language
The NFL's battle against words continues. Buccaneers receiver Louis Murphy was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct after a Tampa Bay touchdown. Here's the on-field audio. Can you figure out when Murphy uses inappropriate language? We don't hear it....
Golden Tate Fakes The Goalpost Dunk Celebration
The fine would've been worth it, though. ...