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Dez Bryant Is Going Off On The Cowboys And Sean Lee
How are you spending your Friday evening? Free agent wide receiver Dez Bryant is spending his ripping the Cowboys—most notably shithead VP Stephen Jones, linebacker Sean Lee, and offensive tackle Travis Frederick—to shreds....
Dear The Jets: What The Hell Are You Doing With Sam Darnold?
The Jets drafted Sam Darnold in the hopes he would become their franchise quarterback, something they haven’t had for the better part of [checks notes] close to 50 years. Darnold, the third overall pick, was supposed to make his training camp debut today. But he was nowhere to be found in Florham Pa...
Most Embarrassing NFL Team Now Has Most Embarrassing Slogan
It’s never good to be a sports franchise that is so synonymous with failure that the prospect of brighter days ahead seems all but unimaginable. That ship sailed and sunk for the Cleveland Browns a long time ago, but now they seem to be attempting to reach an even more shameful depth. It’s one thing...
The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is This Cat's Perfect Tackle
Look at that form! Reader Kyle sends in this excellent video of his new kitten getting jacked up, and it’s the best tackle I’ve seen since Jadeveon Clowney atomized that Michigan guy....
Aaron Donald Is Digging In
The Los Angeles Rams’ aggressive offseason—timed to coincide with a quarterback on his rookie deal and with a crucial period to sell personal seat licenses—continued with the recent signings of wideout Brandin Cooks and running back Todd Gurley to lucrative contract extensions. Nonetheless, the Rams...
The Football World Can't Even See The NFL's Rotten Core
NFL training camps are booting up this week, and that means it’s time for some of the very best players in the league to indicate that they won’t be attending, and in some cases to threaten that they will be sitting out the entire regular season as well. Holdouts are nothing new in the NFL, but some...
CBS Sports Columnist Questions Society And Invokes Tebow After Bryce Love Skips Media Day For Class
Stanford running back and last season’s Heisman runner-up Bryce Love didn’t make it to Pac-12 Media Day this week. The returning senior had a perfectly valid reason why he, as a “student-athlete,” couldn’t attend....
Florida Football Players Allegedly Confronted Gambler With Frying Pan
Several University of Florida football players were involved in a bizarre confrontation with a supposed local gambler. According to a Gainesville Police report obtained by First Coast News, tight end C’yontai Lewis, wide receiver Kadarius Toney, defensive tackle Kyree Campbell, wide receiver Tyrie C...
Jameis Winston Says He Has "Grown And Learned" From The Experience Of Grabbing An Uber Driver's Crotch
Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston will miss the first three games of the upcoming season after being suspended for groping an Uber driver. As part of the terms of the suspension, Winston apologized to the driver for “the position he put her in.” All this came after Winston initially denied the d...
What Does Todd Gurley's New Contract Mean For Le'Veon Bell?
The Steelers’ veteran players report for training camp today. Running back Le’Veon Bell will not be among them. ...
I Hope People Never Stop Asking Bill Belichick About Malcolm Butler
The last time we saw the New England Patriots in a meaningful football game, their defense was getting 538 yards dropped on them by the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl loss. This all happened while starting cornerback Malcolm Butler, who had played nearly 98 percent of the defensive snaps in the...
18-Year-Old University Of Maine Freshman Football Player Dies After Collapsing During Preseason Workout
Darius Minor, an 18-year-old freshman defensive back on the University of Maine football team, died Tuesday during a preseason workout, per a report on the university’s website:...
Urban Meyer Was Aware Of Ohio State Coach's 2009 Domestic Violence Arrest
Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer told reporters that he was aware of former receiver coach Zach Smith’s 2009 domestic violence arrest while Smith was working for Meyer as a grad assistant at Florida....
Michigan State Reinstates Linebacker Who Called His Teammate The N-Word<em></em>
Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio confirmed during today’s Big Ten Media Day that linebacker Jon Reschke, who left the program in February 2017, has been reinstated. Reschke, a starter in his 2015 sophomore year who missed most of 2016 due to an injury, apologized at the time of his depart...
Ohio State Fires Assistant Coach Zach Smith Following Ex-Wife's Domestic Violence Protection Order
Ohio State has reportedly fired wide receivers coach Zach Smith, three days after his ex-wife filed a domestic violence civil protection order against him, and just about two months after Smith was charged with criminal trespassing in mid May. OSU’s statement was brief:...
Iowa Football Player Arrested For Foolishly Thinking The Police Want Drunk Students To Get Home Safely<em></em>
Iowa Hawkeyes defensive lineman Brady Reiff was arrested Saturday morning after thinking that a police car was a cab. Yeah right, like campus police would ever help a student who had too much to drink!...
Larry Fedora's Football Crusade Is About Culture War, Not Science
A well-respected neuropsychologist once told me he thought the media was getting the concussion stuff all wrong. The headlines are all bad, he lamented, all the “Football is killing kids” doom-and-gloom stuff. His entire professional life, he reminded me, had been dedicated to treating concussions, ...
Report: Ohio State WR Coach Zach Smith's Ex-Wife Files Domestic Violence Protection Order
The ex-wife of current Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith has filed a domestic violence civil protection order against him following Smith’s arrest for criminal trespassing, according to a report from Brett McMurphy. The filing of the protection order also illuminates past details of Smith’...
Josh Gordon Will Miss The Start Of Training Camp For Unclear Reasons
Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, who has spent the majority of his NFL career suspended for violating the league’s substance abuse policy, looked all set to start the 2018 season with a clean slate. This morning, however, he released this worrisome statement indicating that he will not be with the ...
Time To Vote In The Only College Football Poll That Believed In Central Florida—The Deadspin 25 Is Back
Polls! You can’t trust ‘em! Don’t believe me? Get a load of this shit, from Big Poll, no less:...