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The Steelers Are Happy To Let Ben Roethlisberger Feel As Important As He Thinks He Is

The Steelers gleaned no lessons from the Le’Veon Bell fiasco, huh? Not only are they happy to let their relationship with receiver Antonio Brown wither away, but the front office has made sure to emphasize that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is the only player above reproach. Take note, upcoming fre...

Mike Leach Is Taking The Football-As-War Metaphor To The Classroom

People in football love to compare the sport to war. Look at all the shared terminology—“in the trenches,” “field general”—the similar sense of ritual bluster, the contrived partnerships between the NFL and the military, the cynical propagandizing of Pat Tillman, and, of course, Kellen Winslow’s spe...

Report: The AAF Needed A $250 Million Bailout After Just Two Weeks Of Games

Anyone with a stake in the AAF was eager to let the world know what a wild success the league’s first week of games was, citing the fact that the opening contest got better ratings than an NBA game on ABC. But according to a report from The Athletic, the league’s solid ratings didn’t prevent it from...

Antonio Brown Lists His Demands While Sweating Profusely On An Elliptical 

Antonio Brown continued his public campaign to get himself out of Pittsburgh by posting a lengthy video on his Instagram account yesterday. The video features a sweaty Brown jogging on an elliptical, shouting motivational phrases at himself, having a FaceTime call with a pal, and revealing what he’...

Linebacker Ryan Davis Exits AAF Game On Stretcher After Injuring His Neck While Colliding With A Teammate

Orlando Apollos linebacker Ryan Davis Sr. had to be helped onto a stretcher on Sunday after suffering an injury to the head and neck area late in the first half of his team’s game against the San Antonio Commanders....

Colin Kaepernick Settles Collusion Case With NFL

Colin Kaepernick and the NFL reached a settlement today in the Oct. 2017 collusion lawsuit that Kaepernick filed against the league over his alleged blackballing. Kaepernick’s attorney, Mark Geragos, announced the news this afternoon with a brief statement, also confirming that Eric Reid had also s...

Report: Steelers Owner Art Rooney II Wants To Meet With Antonio Brown In Florida [Update]

Antonio Brown’s antagonistic relationship with the Steelers has continued to sour this offseason. On Tuesday, Brown all but made a public trade demand when he posted a goodbye message to Steelers fans on his Twitter account. But according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport, Steelers owner Art Rooney II still...

The Promise Of The AAF Has Been Made And Broken Before

Football is a lie unto the body. The better you tell it, the better you play. Whether running routes, disguising coverage, juking a defender, or pretending you aren’t hurt: Football is about deception. The Alliance of American Football began its inaugural season last weekend, when eight new football...

David Stern: Colin Kaepernick Would Still Have A Job If The NFL Had Been Smart Enough To Suspend Him

Former NBA commissioner David Stern was a guest on the Bloomberg Business of Sports podcast, where he attempted to take a jab at the NFL by arguing that if Colin Kaepernick had been a basketball player, his protest against police brutality and social injustice would not have cost him his job. ...

Denver's Joe Flacco Trade Gets The Coveted Mike Francesa Seal Of Approval

John Elway has a very poor history of acquiring quarterbacks for his Denver Broncos. This isn’t to say he can’t do it, or that he’s doomed to failure, or even that all his failures to date are necessarily his fault. Maybe he’s been really unlucky! Point is, if you’re looking for evidence that being ...

Poop Johnson Is Back In The News

No, his first name is not really “Poop.” It’s Cory. That doesn’t take anything away from how this transaction was delivered, though:...

Report: Browns Owner Jimmy Haslam Is A Big Pouty Baby 

Just two years into a four-year advertising deal with ESPN, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam is cutting it off, reportedly because he’s upset about a story ESPN published a few weeks ago about Haslam’s chaotic and unsuccessful ownership of the Cleveland Browns, the Sports Business Journal reported today. ...

John Elway Will Trade A Pick He Would've Screwed Up Anyway For Joe Flacco

Last season’s Denver Broncos went 6-10 with an unimpressive 30-year-old quarterback, putting them in position to pick in the top 10 for the third time in the last 27 years. Their poor record, formidable division, and need to actually rebuild would seem to make them a curious candidate to pay up for...

Dan Snyder's Sleazy Stadium Scheme Is Crumbling Around Him

Dan Snyder’s underhanded scheme to plop a new home for his constitutionally corrupt and dysfunctional football team somewhere in the DC metropolitan area is suddenly in the deepest of shit. The DC power-move went to shit, and now the proposed site in Maryland, the acquisition of which would’ve requi...

The NFL Coaching Failson Bar Has Been Lowered

The NFL coaching ranks are filled with failsons.* Always have been, of course, but it feels especially acute these days. In just the last week or so, we’ve seen: the Rams hire Wes Phillips, son of Wade (and grandson of Bum); three different Belichicks on one staff; that same team hire Mick Lombardi,...

Report: Nebraska Running Back Facing Revenge Porn And Child Porn Charges Over Video Of Alleged Rape

Nebraska running back Maurice Washington is being charged under California’s “revenge porn” law for keeping a 2016 video on his phone of a then-15-year-old classmate being sexually assaulted, and sending the video to the victim along with the message, “Remember this hoe.” NBC Bay Area reports that t...

Kyler Murray Wanted Football More Than Baseball Wanted Kyler Murray

Outraged by the Bob Costas report from the weekend, Kyler Murray today chose a potential future in the NFL to a potential future in Major League Baseball....

Kareem Hunt Gets Another Chance From The Guy Who Drafted Him

Running back Kareem Hunt, who was cut by the Kansas City Chiefs in November after TMZ published a video of him kicking and shoving a woman at a hotel last February, has a new job with the Cleveland Browns. His old boss was willing to vouch for him....

What It Was Like To Be A Sex Worker During The Super Bowl<em></em>

ATLANTA — Kara* drove 248 miles from Nashville to Atlanta for Super Bowl weekend. She wasn’t there to watch the game. A 25-year-old sex worker based in Oakland, Kara anticipated she’d get at least five to 10 clients. She stayed with a family member and placed ads online, and waited for the texts and...

ESPN’s Mark Fainaru-Wada, along with Outside The Lines, explores how NBC announcer Bob Costas was ultimately dropped from his position as a halftime commentator on Sunday Night Football, as well as last year’s Super Bowl, for basically telling the truth about the concussion risk that football inhere...