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Son Surprises His Dad With Bengals Tickets; Dad Gets All Weepy
Until today, I never thought that the Cincinnati Bengals were capable of bringing their fans to tears of joy instead of sorrow. But that's exactly what happened when one Giants fan surprised his father, a lifelong Bengals fan, with airfare and tickets to an upcoming Jets-Bengals game at Paul Brown ...

Next Draft: League of Denial
I've raved about Kottke in this space before as a choice place to find cool shit. Here's another—Dave Pell's Next Draft. I get his daily e-mail which is chock full of interesting. ...

Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Derland Moore
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?...
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Report: Angry Texans Fans Go To Matt Schaub's House To Harass Him [Update]
You're not a nutcase, so I probably don't need to tell you, but: Don't fucking do what these Texans fans reportedly did....

The NFL Has A New Shutdown Corner
Cool name? Check. Surprisingly competitive team? Check. The league's top cornerback this year? Might be. So why isn't Alterraun Verner a household name yet?...

<em>Daily News</em> Anoints Geno Smith The Next Mark Sanchez
This is either a serious failure of back-page wood creativity, or a really bad omen for Geno Smith....

Reminder: <em>League Of Denial</em> Is Tonight. Here's A Clip You Haven't Seen
Here's a clip from the Frontline documentary League of Denial. It premieres tonight at 9 p.m. tonight on ES—oh right, on PBS....


Reporter Alan Schwarz Changed The NFL; He's Here To Talk Concussions
We're joined now by New York Times enterprise reporter Alan Schwarz. Best known for his groundbreaking work on football's concussion crisis, he also wrote a terrific history of the role of statistics in baseball, and is a regular recipient of warm holiday greetings from Roger Goodell. Have questions...

Jadeveon Clowney Shouldn't Play Until He Gets Paid
South Carolina's all-world DE Jadeveon Clowney didn't play this weekend with a muscle strain, or maybe bruised ribs, and also some bone spurs in his foot. He's not been particularly clear on the ailment, or the state of his recovery, and the Gamecocks were surprised and confused that Clowney himself...

Report: Injured Julio Jones Could Be Done For The Season
The Falcons' season just keeps going from bad to worse. Last night's loss to the Jets at home dropped them to 1-4, and now there's this:...

The NFL Can Now Force Teams To Appear On <em>Hard Knocks</em>
After peaking with the Jets, Hard Knocks has had a hell of a time finding teams to go under the documentary microscope for training camp. After a string of refusals the 2012 edition settled for the boring Dolphins, and though the Bengals stepped up this year, it was another forgettable season. But t...

The New Pro Bowl Uniforms Are Here
The Pro Bowl now has a whole bunch of new rules. It's a fantasy draft format instead of conference vs. conference. Kickoffs and kneeldowns are banned. The play clock will be shorter, but will run after incomplete passes. With today's release of the new uniforms, this Pro Bowl absolutely won't look a...

Chart: How Does Your NFL Team Stack Up On Offense and Defense?
Over at Advanced NFL Stats, Brian Burke has put together a great visualization plotting the offensive and defensive performance of the league's 32 teams. It's nothing too complicated—basically a NYMag Approval Matrix for football—but it reveals a lot about the state of the NFL through Week 5....

The Olympic Torch Keeps Going Out
The Olympic torch relay began in Moscow two days ago, and the flame has already been extinguished four times. It's a slight embarrassment for the host nation, but a fairly large one for the factory that made the torches, and also happens to make ballistic missiles....

Tough Guys Don't Dance
Earlier this year the New York Times reposted a 1976 article by Clark Booth about violence and football. It originally appeared in The Real Paper....

Mark Sanchez, The Cheerleader: Your <i>Monday Night Football</i> GIF Roundup
New York 30, Atlanta 28: So that was a surprisingly entertaining game. The Jets won on a 44-yard field goal as time expired but this play from Julio Jones is your play of the game. Jones snatched a 46-yard pass with one hand and Cromartie all over him. It came exactly one play after Jones was flagg...

We Have A Dirty Bird Sighting
And it comes courtesy of Jeff Cumberland after he and Geno Smith hooked up to give the Jets a 10-7 lead in Atlanta....

