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California Teen Who Required Brain Surgery After Football-Related Concussion Released From Hospital
After Adrian Padilla, a senior safety with the Oxnard, Cal. high-school football team, suffered a serious concussion during a game last month, he collapsed on the sideline and ultimately required emergency brain surgery....
Here's Chad McGhee With Your Weekly Knox City Greyhounds Update And Tony "Horny Little Bitch" Romo Evisceration
The mighty Knox City Greyhounds got back on the right side of the scoreboard by defeating the Woodson Cowboys 46-0. A marvelous victory. A redemptive victory....
The Hank Williams Jr. Apology Reads Like An Internet Comment In Which Someone Would Compare Obama To Hitler
Hank Williams Jr. posted this apology (for a bizarre Fox News appearance in which he invoked Hitler's name in an Obama analogy) on his Facebook page yesterday, but we hadn't been aware of it until today. Man, oh man, is it a treat. ...
Now We Know What Joe Paterno Really Does As Penn State's 84-Year-Old Football Coach
"I'm a cheerleader," he said. Nobody laughed. [Larry Brown Sports]...
Watch A High School Kicker Nail A 64-Yard Field Goal With Room To Spare
Austin Pacheco, a high school senior out of Carson City, Nev. who will probably be made very rich by an NFL contract in a few years, kicked a game-winning field goal on Friday night—from 64 yards and with room to spare. This is, if you recall, one yard longer than Sebastian Janikowski's record-tyi...
Florida's Dominique Easley Has Giant Metaphor Draped Around His Neck
Unpack this as you will. [Gainesville Sun; related]...
Jon Gruden's Bulge Was Showing Before Last Night's Game
Your morning roundup for Oct. 4, the day we learned where we live made us sick. H/T to Chris. Photo via Mocksession. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
The Hank Williams Jr. Intro Has Been Pulled From Tonight's <em>Monday Night Football</em>
News of the temporary (for now) HWJ absence comes via CBS Sports. You'll recall Junior compared Obama to Hitler. Oh well, let's go back to happier days, 75 pounds ago, before all these Nazi socialists started running the country....
It Looks Like A Mississippi State Football Player Urinated In The Hedges At Georgia The Other Day
They cherish those bushes at Georgia's Sanford Stadium, where football games are said to be played "Between the Hedges." Maybe sophomore defensive back Nickoe Whitley just lost something in there and happened to be photographed at a rather unfortunate moment. Maybe Whitley was just joking around. O...
It's Better To Fall On A Blocked Punt Than Run 25 Yards In The Wrong Direction
The AP account of Cornell's 31-7 win over Wagner points out that, in addition to 3.5 sacks, Zack Imhoff "also had two forced fumbles and blocked a punt for Cornell." Balls-out game. But that doesn't do justice to a punt block that someone in Wagner gear scooped up and ran away from their desired e...
Stanford Overcomes 99-Point Deficit To Beat UCLA By 26
Your morning roundup for Oct. 2, the day we mull parole eligibility for cannibal ladies. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Illinois LB Jonathan Brown Checked If The Coast Was Clear Before Kneeing A Foe In The Balls Today
"During the first half of today's Illinois/Northwestern game, Illinois linebacker Jonathan Brown clearly looks around to see if anyone is watching before kneeing Northwestern offensive lineman Patrick Ward in the groin. Of course, with 65,000 people, eleven opposing players and five refs - one of ...
Your College Football Late Games Open Thread
After appetizers — No. 13 Clemson at No. 11 Virginia Tech (ESPN2, 6 p.m.), Ball State at No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 17 Texas at undefeated Iowa State (FX, 7 p.m.) — along comes the day's grandest contests: No. 3 Alabama visits No. 12 Florida (CBS; photo H/T Getty Images) and No. 8 Nebraska at No. 7 Wis...
A Big Arkansas Comeback Called For A Shot Of A Big Arkansas Fan
Arkansas was down 35-17 to Texas A&M at the half. They took a 42-38 lead with 1:41 left. Then, when they stopped the Aggies on a fourth and two, this luscious fan ate it up. Woo Pig Sooie! ...
Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
Among the potentially good games on this here slate are Auburn at South Carolina (CBS), Michigan State at Ohio State (ABC) and No. 21 Georgia Tech at North Carolina State (ESPN)....
Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
Texas A&M (14) vs. Arkansas (18) is on ESPN right now. Northwestern at No. 24 Illinois is on the Deuce. Big Ten Network's got Minnesota at No. 19 Michigan. If you're that into LSU or Boise State to want to watch them beat up on Kentucky and Nevada teams for which they have healthy disdains, you al...
Listen To The Longest Soccer Goal Call Without A Pause Ever
Your morning roundup for Oct. 1, the day the nanny state says you're no longer allowed to legally fornicate with animals in Florida. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Deadspin's College Top 25 Or So: Buzz For The Yellow Jackets
It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be. ...
JV Football Coach Suspended For Making Players Lie On Graves To Learn About Persistence And Rebirth
"The sources said [coach Jim] Marsh, also an English teacher at the high school, ordered the team bus to pull over near the cemetery. He then asked the roughly two dozen players to get out and lay on the graves. The players rested there for several minutes while Marsh preached about the importance ...
Here's Chad McGhee With Your Weekly Knox City Greyhounds Update And T-Shirt Sales Pitch
Last Friday was not a good day for the Knox City Greyhounds. In fact, per superfan Chad McGhee, "it went bad." Like 54-8 bad. "Nightmare on Elm Street" bad. "I pray to the Lord that this team regroups and gets their heads out of their asses hopefully" bad....