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Bristolmetrics: Amid College Football Chaos, ESPN Reports On Which Games Will Be Seen On ESPN
When last we met, Roger Clemens was the most important defendent, the NBA ended but continued to dominate, and Rick Reilly continued to lift his own material. What would this week bring? ...
Here's The Andy Griffith Stand-Up Routine About Football That Gave Him His Start In 1953
Film and television star Andy Griffith is dead at 86, and the star of Matlock and The Andy Griffith Show is being properly memorialized across the media world today. While he's best known for his work on television, it's worth revisiting how Griffith got his start: in standup comedy....
Texas A&M Made A Really Sad Video Because They Just Want The SEC To Like Them
First day of school's coming up, isn't it? You've picked out that new JanSport, some Keds, and a nice binder. You just want to fit in. We all do....
It's Official: Erin Andrews Joins Fox
Well, congratulations are in order. Fox has officially announced the return of Erin Andrews to the network responsible for her first break in 2000 when she worked at Fox Sports Florida. ...
Don't Expect A Catchy Name For The College Football Playoff
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: Bill Hancock suggests the "College Football Championship."...
NFL Pushes Back Start Times, So No More Getting <em>Heidi</em>-ed By Your Own Team's Kickoff
I enjoy football. Do you enjoy football? If you do, you're going to be able to watch even more football, starting this season. Ten whole minutes more football! This is the greatest innovation since Sunday Night Football, which in turn was the greatest innovation since football. (Thursday Night Footb...
Here's Why Chris Berman Calling An NFL Game Is A Terrible Idea (In Case You Needed A Reminder)
Over the years, ESPN has used the second game of the annual Week 1 Monday Night Football doubleheader as a kind of test kitchen, to see just how much bullshit American sports fans can tolerate. We've been subjected to Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic, and Mike Ditka, all at once. Twice. And now, as the ch...
ESPN Finally Relents And Will Let Chris Berman In The Booth For One <em>MNF</em> Game
For years, Chris Berman has wanted to call a pro football game—something he hasn't done in all his time at ESPN. Before the 2009 season, we've heard, Berman asked the network if he could call just one game, maybe a late-season nothingburger like Cardinals-49ers. And ESPN, as it always has, slammed t...
The College Football Playoff Is The Best Sports Innovation Of Our Generation
I remember being baffled by college football from the very beginning. I was the only sports fan in my family. My parents didn't give a shit about sports. My brother and sister didn't give a shit about sports. If I wanted to learn how different sports functioned—how to watch them—I was more or less o...
A.J. Hawk Shoves Guy Into Lake During Pickup Football Game
A number of Buckeye alums in the NFL, including A.J. Hawk, Troy Smith, Doug Datish and Bobby Carpenter, took part in a charity golf tournament over the weekend. The event, in Warren, Ohio, raised money for a group providing after-school programs for at-risk youth, so that's great. Even better was ...
College Football Announces Plan To Make More Money
A four-team playoff is officially a go. This is a huge improvement over the old "two-team playoff," model, twice as good if you're counting participants, and three times as good if you're counting meaningful games. It could have been better, but progress is progress....
The Indoor Football League Suspended A Coach Because His Team Gave A Player A Ride In A 27-Year-Old Van
The Indoor Football League is quickly becoming my favorite professional sports league, though I use the term "professional" very, very loosely. Last week we told you how the Omaha Beef would miss the IFL playoffs because they're owned by the league, and the league decided the Beef's participation wo...
Craig James Not Planning To Go Away
This is not the end, my only friend. Craig James lost in the Texas Senate primary, lost badly and embarrassingly, and we went and allowed ourselves to hope that maybe we wouldn't have to hear about him for a while. Ha! Craig James doesn't slink off that easily....
The Indoor Football League is Delightfully Dysfunctional
The last time we heard about the Indoor Football League was when Terrell Owens got cut by the Allen Wranglers for basically being Terrell Owens. Now comes news that the Omaha Beef—and isn't that the best nickname ever?—will miss the playoffs because of what the IFL's interim commissioner called "ex...
The BCS Name Is On Its Way Out
Here's a deceptively tricky question: Just what is the BCS? It's a series, of some kind, or an organization. That exists inside a computer, maybe? A magic computer that spits out teams and those teams have to play each other in a BCS game, which is just a regular national championship game, but it's...
Arena Football Player Has Best Excuse Ever For Why His Apartment Caught On Fire
"Kevin Marcus Ellison of the Spokane Shock claims he was told by God to torch his apartment with a marijuana blunt." Happens to the best of us....
NCAA Mistakenly Sends FCS National Championship Banner To Rival School
What's the difference between North Dakota and North Dakota State? Fuck if the NCAA knows. North Dakota State won the FCS title in January, but the NCAA accidentally mailed the championship banner to North Dakota, even going so far as to address it to North Dakota's athletic director by name. But ge...
Incoming Arkansas Freshman Writes "Sonnet" On What It Means To Be A Razorback
Vin Ascolese is a linebacker recruited from North Jersey, the heartland of American poetry. The All-American hasn't played a snap for Arkansas, but he's all about the Arkansas spirit already. Ascolese recently posted a "sonnet" to his Twitter account, and god damn it is inspiring. (It's also not a s...
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Reports: Three Dead, Including Two Former Football Players, After Shooting At Auburn Off-Campus Party [UPDATE]
Details are still sketchy, but it appears a shooting took place at an Auburn University off-campus housing complex that is reportedly home to many Auburn athletes. The shooting took place at a party at the complex at some time around 9:30 p.m., according to police chief Tommy Dawson. A press confer...
Glory Days: Dez Bryant Whipped Out His Highlight Video Just To Taunt My Friend
An occasional series featuring our readers' tales of momentary sports glory. If you've got a video of your own brush with athletic greatness, send it to [email protected], subject: Glory Days....