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Referee Hit With Smoke Bomb Thrown By Tottenham Supporter
West Midlands police arrested two men believed to be responsible for tossing a flare or a smoke bomb onto the pitch during yesterday's Tottenham Hotspur-Aston Villa match. In footage that was broadcast to viewers on Sky Sports 1, which you can watch below, the smoke bomb struck assistant referee Dav...
Patriots Had Cheated Before On FGs; Jets Warned Officials
You're looking at a screengrab from last weeks' New England win over the Saints, shared by the Globe's Ben Volin. On a New Orleans field goal attempt, rookie tackle Chris Jones is pushing Will Svitek into the offensive lineman. It's the same illegal move, with the same two players, that got the Pats...
Titans Owner Bud Adams Dies At 90
Bud Adams brought professional football to two different cities. The way of the world is that he'll largely be remembered for taking it away from Houston....
Chiefs Fan Passes Out, Wakes Up, Pisses Himself, Keeps Watching Game
This picture, which may in fact be the saddest picture you will ever see, was snapped by a reader at this Sunday's Chiefs game. Our reader sends along the following bit of context:...
Why The BCS Mattered
Sunday night, the first edition of the Bowl Championship Series standings was released for the last time, to the usual fanfare and to at least one bewildered case of Stockholm Syndrome. Is it really possible, after years of railing against the incompetence, inconsistency, and tortured existence of ...
Andrew Luck Blames Himself For Reggie Wayne's Injury
Reggie Wayne's injury cast a pall over the Colts' invigorating win against Denver. He crumpled to the turf without sustaining contact, and now there's real fear he's done for the season....
Trent Richardson Just Plain Sucks
Even before Trent Richardson almost fumbled away his team's upset victory over the Denver Broncos last night, he was having a bad game. Which is to say, he was having the kind of game he's been having all season. It's hard to believe that Richardson—the guy who was drafted third overall in 2012 and ...
No, The NFL Did Not Quickly Change The Rulebook To Screw The Patriots
America, say hello to Rule 9.1.3(b)(2). One of the NFL's newest rules, enacted this offseason in the name of player safety, controversially won the game for the Jets by giving them a second chance after a missed field goal. It was called correctly, but a misinterpretation of the rule by Bill Belichi...
Vontae Davis Prepared All Week For "Tom Brady" And The Broncos
After the Colts ruined Peyton Manning's return to Lucas Oil Stadium, cornerback Vontae Davis was interviewed and talked about practicing all week in preparation for Tom Brady and the Broncos. Wait, what?...
Andrew Luck's Rushing Touchdown Led Wes Welker To Consider Mortality
Andrew Luck and the Colts spoiled Peyton Manning's homecoming in Indianapolis to the tune of a 39-33 win over the Broncos, and Luck's rushing touchdown in the third quarter made the changing of the guard as obvious as Manning's missed receivers and interceptions. ...
The BCS Standings Are Out
Despite Oregon being No. 2 in both the Harris and Coaches Polls (and the AP poll), the computers give the slimmest of edges to Florida State. That puts the Seminoles in pole position for the BCS Championship, but winning out probably won't be enough....
The Holy Grail: A Kicker Demolishing A Returner
This almost isn't fair: Pat McAfee has eight inches and 60 pounds on Trindon Holliday. (Also, he nearly goes helmet-to-helmet.)...
No One Is Signing Tim Tebow
Mike Silver, formerly trolling for Yahoo Sports, now trolls for NFL.com. And the league understands just as well as anyone the value of putting the nation on Tebow Alert, even when there's absolutely nothing to it....
Greg Schiano Tried To Kick A Buccaneers Hero Out Of Practice
You might think a Schiano Man would see Super Bowl MVP Dexter Jackson taking in Bucs practice, not recognize him, and kick him out. You'd be wrong. A Schiano Man sends someone over to kick him out....
Male Jets Fan Decks Female Fan In MetLife Stadium Fight
As MetLife Stadium let out after the Jets' OT win over the Patriots, a fan brawl eventually resulted in one man punching a woman in the head. What do you expect from a jamoke in a Wayne Chrebet jersey and green camouflage pants?...
Steve Smith Spits Hot Fire On Janoris Jenkins
Carolina WR Steve Smith is no stranger to trash talk, so his nasty matchup with Rams CB Janoris Jenkins was nothing new. But afterwards Smith was in rare verbal form—it looks like someone finally got under his skin....
Obscure New Rule Gives Jets An Overtime Win Over The Pats
The Jets were granted a second chance in overtime after Nick Folk missed a 56-yard attempt. Patriots defensive tackle Chris Jones was flagged for a rule instituted this offseason....
Ben Hartsock Does His Best MLB Ump Impression As Chris Long Is Ejected
Defensive end Chris Long was ejected from the game after throwing a punch during a Rams-Panthers scrum in the third quarter, and tight end Ben Hartsock made sure to let Long know with his best baseball ump impression: "You're outta here!"...
