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NFL Removes Replacement Referee Assigned To New Orleans Saints Game Because He Is A Saints Fan
Chris Mortensen reported this one and it is truly amazing. Brian Stropolo is an NFL replacement side judge, for now, who was scheduled to officiate the New Orleans Saints-Carolina Panthers game this afternoon. Brian Stropolo is also a huge Saints fan— and I mean, huge. Check out his facebook. If he'...
Faceless Florida Gator Is Kind Of Horrific
The Florida Gators find themselves down a touchdown to rivals Tennessee in Knoxville tonight, and it seems one Gators player can't bear to show his face out of embarrassment—either that, or Will Muschamp tore it off in a fit of rage....
Tom Brady's Cock Is Two Feet Long, Penn State Is A Cult, And Other Things We Learned From Tony Siragusa's Autobiography
Tony Siragusa may be a pain on Fox's NFL telecasts, during which producers have inexplicably tasked him with standing on the sidelines and bellowing nonsense. But the man can tell a good story. He does a lot of that in his new book, Goose: The Outrageous Life and Times of a Football Guy, which he co...
Calvin Johnson Meets Randy Moss: Two Wide Receivers Bigger Than The Game
Sunday, the Detroit Lions go to Candlestick Park to play the San Francisco 49ers. It's an early season test for a pair of newly relevant teams. But much more importantly, it will be the first time that Calvin Johnson and Randy Moss have shared the field. The two receivers—Detroit's superstar and the...
Giants Coordinator Kevin Gilbride Accidentally Murdered His Own Mustache
It's tough to say goodbye to a close friend who suffers an untimely demise. In this case, it's Kevin Gilbride who said sayonara to his mustache, whose departure has now been eulogized somewhat in the New York Times. Of course, it all started with an innocent shave, but it quickly escalated into some...
Rich Eisen's So Excited For Thursday Night Football, He Might Need New Pants
So we have a full season of Thursday Night Football on NFL Network (for those of us fortunate enough to receive that channel, at least) and that means plenty of action our favorite ego wrangler Rich Eisen. It can be hard to manage a set featuring personalities like Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin, ...
Toronto Film Festival: Who Cares That Terrence Malick's <em>To The Wonder</em> Is Minor?
For the past week, Grierson has been at the Toronto Film Festival seeing the movies we're all going to be talking about for the next few months. Today is his first of two dispatches....
Football Is The Hardest Sport To Explain To Children And Stupid People
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season....
An Ex-Player's Guide To Exploiting The NFL's Replacement Refs
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<i>Rocky IV</i> Was NBCSN’s Most Viewed Program, But More People Watched The News In Spanish: TV Ratings, In Context
A weekly feature wherein we contextualize TV ratings for national sports broadcasts. Data via Nielsen and Sports Business Journal's John Ourand. Viewership numbers represent approximate number of persons tuned to a given program; ratings share refers to the percentage of all households using a telev...
Inside The All-22: The Packers' O-Line Blew The Comeback Attempt
This is the first year the NFL has made its "all-22" coaches' film available to the public. Every week of the NFL season, we'll walk you through something intriguing that you can't see on TV....
Watch Doug Baldwin Break His Teeth While Trying To Make A Catch
Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin broke two teeth going for a ball and didn't even complete the catch. In the video above, Baldwin dives for a possible game-winning score in Seattle's last-minute drive, but can't maintain possession. And since his hands can't break his fall because they're busy tryin...
Aaron Rodgers Says The Replacement Refs "Have To Understand The Rules"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Packers QB has a few bones to pick with the replacements....
Why Is The NFL Discouraging 70-Yard Field Goals?
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Bristolmetrics: <i>SportsCenter</i> Spent 45 Straight Commercial-Free Minutes On Giants-Cowboys
This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....
This Is The 53-Year-Old Man Who Pushed A Teen Off His Lawnmower, Tebowed, Then Drove Off
Consider this your update, hopefully the last one, on the story that captivated a nation. Police had described the suspect as bald with glasses, and, yep, I'd say David McCosby fits the bill....
NFL Teams Can't Stop Scoring. When Will They Stop Running And Punting?
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Which Rookie Quarterback Had The Most Poise After His First Start?
Mark Sanchez was the king of "poise" during his rookie season in 2009. That year, you'd have been hard-pressed to find any writers using any other word to describe him (seriously, you would). Now, after just one game this season, five first-year quarterbacks—Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck, Brandon ...
How Daytime Football Games Became Primetime Football Games
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Roger Goodell Is Cool With NFL Players Supporting Gay Marriage
No, Roger Goodell didn't take sides in the gay-marriage debate. But he told Politico he's not going to stop NFL players like the Ravens' Brendon Ayanbadejo from doing so, either:...