fl Page 967 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Cam Newton, A Quarterback To Build A Dream On
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

Lady Gaga Poured Champagne Into A Disabled Section At The Giants Game Last Night
For those keeping score, she has also flipped the bird at a Mets game and chugged whiskey and fondled herself in the Yankee Stadium clubhouse. No word on whether she plans to continue her unique quest for the New York sports cycle by spitting on children at Madison Square Garden. [New York Post; Ph...

Mike Stanton Hit The Ball About 900 Feet Last Night
The Marlins don't do distance estimates, so we'll never know precisely how dead Stanton killed the ball. But rest assured, he killed it very dead....

The Rams Were A Real Pain In Ahmad Bradshaw's Nuts Last Night
Your morning roundup for Sept. 20, the day we learned that putting on a banana costume sometimes isn't worth it. Photo via tipster Ryan, who saw it on ESPN.com and wrote, "Thanks for the nut grab photo, ESPN." Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Eli Manning Told Suzy Kolber He Was Impressed With How Big Brandon Stokley's Package Grew During The Game
Here's Eli Manning with some important postgame football talk about how wide receiver Brandon Stokley's package size changed during tonight's game. Giants won, 28-16, even though the offense didn't play too well....

Giants LB Michael Boley Celebrates His Return TD By Whipping The Ball At Some Dude's Face
Whatever godforsaken gig has this guy standing on the sidelines—an innocent victim, forced into Boley's warpath—I hope like hell he's getting paid for it....

Your Monday Night Football Open Thread
Hakeem Nicks is likely to play; Steven Jackson will not. So it's Cadillac time in the Meadowlands! The Rams and the Giants both had hopes of competing this year, and one of them is going to have a lot less hope once this is done....

Vince Young Says There's A Fake Vince Young In The D.C. Area (Updated)
"'I heard that he has been taking money, taking pictures with little kids at hospitals,' Young said on Monday. 'It's been real sick.'" Sounds a little like what Titans fans were saying once upon a time about the real Vince Young, doesn't it? [NBC Washington]...

The Kansas City Chiefs' Sad Cavalcade Of Torn Knee Ligaments
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

The Referee Tries To Explain What Happened In Mayweather-Ortiz
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: Joe Cortez says that's why you keep your guard up, Victor....

Michael Vick’s Head Injury Is The NFL’s Worst Nightmare
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....

That Astonishing Raiders-Bills Game Had Its <i>Heidi</i> Moment
Raise your hand if you thought Oakland and Buffalo would put on the most entertaining game of the week, and then put your hand down, you liar. But parity, and unpredictability, and any given Sunday and all that, and there it was: a high-scoring, relatively clean thriller with two teams looking to ...

Rob Ryan's Play Chart Had A Photo Of A Woman In A Bikini On It (Updated)
It was just two weeks ago that Rob Ryan confirmed his "freaky" twin brother Rex's fetish for Rex's wife's feet. In doing so, Rob reminded us that "everybody has whatever screwed up thing going on." And yesterday, Rob gave us a bit of an indication of his own. It seems that as he considered which bl...

SprtsCntr: All Hands On Deck, Michael Vick Is Hurt
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....

Cedric Benson's Ass Was Showing Yesterday
Your morning roundup for Sept. 19, the day we learned binge drinking can negatively affect your ability to dance. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Sunday NFL Roundup: Rex Ryan and Mike Westhoff Discuss The Finer Things Edition
"I'm tellin' ya Mike, had to be, like, size 15's. At least." Photo courtesy of: Me. Here's a quick roundup of today's action, as always, done just for you. Also courtesy of: Me. ...

Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
Here is your Sunday Night Football open thread. Talk about all your fantasies, groups of people operating towards a common goal and whatever else tickles your fancy. ...

Watch Luke McCown And Mark Sanchez Take Quarterback Ineptitude To New Heights
If you wanted to watch two NFL quarterbacks at the top of their craft doing battle, the Jets-Jaguars game was not for you. If, instead, you were looking for failure begetting failure, Mark Sanchez and Luke McCown delivered....

Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
All your late afternoon/early evening fun is down below. Let's get lubed up together. ...

Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Hey, welcome back. Thanks for joining us for a full day of football open threading. First, the 1 p.m. games. Entertain yourself and others down below. ...