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The Texans Have The Saddest Christmas Tree In The NFL (Naturally)
The Wall Street Journal assigned eight members of its sports staff to judge photos of 29 of 32 NFL teams' Christmas trees. Because the universe bends toward order, the Texans have the very worst. ...
Peyton Manning Threw A Lot Of Touchdowns
Nine years after setting the single-season record for touchdown passes, five years after watching Tom Brady claim the record for himself while setting fire to the rest of the league, and two years after undergoing four neck surgeries that probably should have ended his career, Peyton Manning is back...
The NCAA Is Not Going To Tolerate Excess Education
Originally published at Bloomberg View....
Croozon' With The Tooz
Pete Dexter and John Matuszak—a good combination:...
Pixar Animator Is Back With More NFL Sketches
Pixar animator Austin Madison's collection of NFL-related sketches was one of the coolest things we saw last year, and we are happy to discover that Madison has been making similar sketches this season. You can find all of them on Madison's website, but here are a few of our favorites....
Idiotic Dad Makes Young Son Run Next To Car For "Football Training"
This dad makes his son run (in the worst shoes) while he rolls next to him, recording and motivating by swearing at him. It's all for the sake of football, of course....
75 Years Ago NFL Players Looked Like This
"Pro football is almost a different game from college football," LIFE magazine helpfully informed its readers in October 1938. In those years, the biggest pro sports in America were baseball, boxing and horse racing; professional football barely registered on most fans' radar. But pro ball was makin...
Fuck Your Fantanking
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. ...
This Is The Peyton Manningest Photo Of Peyton Manning
Look upon Peyton Manning, wearing his helmet and watching game film on a iPad while dipping his injured ankle in a cold tub, and have all of your assumptions about him being more football-playing automaton than man swiftly confirmed....
Classic College Football Programs With Character
So in case you don't know from A Continuous Lean do yourself a favor and check it out. It's a consistently smart, stylish, and elegant place. ...
American Football Gains IOC Recognition
The International Olympic Committee officially granted provisional recognition to the International Federation of American Football. This does not mean football will be an Olympic sport—but it's a necessary first step....
The Badassest Rookie Linebacker The NFL Has Ever Seen
I was never a Bears fan, although I do admire the uniform — orange, black and white together just feels football-y, somehow — and I bawled like a crazy person while reading I Am Third and again while watching Brian's Song. (Damn you, James Caan. Damn you to tearjerking hell.) But recently I came acr...
Cut Off From The Herd
Dig S.L. Price's 1997 SI feature on Randy Moss:...
Meanwhile, In Pittsburgh
What kind of weirdo drinks red Gatorade? ...
One-Handed Beer Football Is America's Greatest Tradition
The best football action of Thanksgiving weekend takes place not in Detroit or Dallas, or on an SEC field. It happens in a park in Emerson, Iowa, where for more than a decade family and friends have been gathering for the PBR Bowl....
Three Gigantic Hits On A Ridiculous DIII Punt Return
Just look at these blocks. Three de-cleaters in one play! All legal(ish)! ...
The 32 Rules of Thanksgiving Touch Football
Originally published in the Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2011. Republished with permission of the author. For more, visit the WSJ.com sports section....
14 Hard-Nosed NFL Quarterbacks Play Nice For One Photographer
[NOTE: The black and white photo that was previously atop this post has been replaced with a far more excellent color picture. Thank you, Hit Bull Win Steak, for pointing out the existence of this version.]...
A League Of His Own
If you've never read Dave Meggysey's classic Out of Their League it's worth hunting down. ...