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Terrell Owens Says He’ll Skip Hall Of Fame Enshrinement And Have His Own Ceremony Later
Terrell Owens will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this August. But he won’t be there to celebrate his enshrinement....
Temple's Still Getting Fleeced By The Eagles, And Locals Are Stuck With Both Bills
Temple has yet to start construction on a promised community jobs center, a project that was announced three years ago, but its plans for a controversial on-campus football stadium have only gained steam. This is thanks in part to some grade-A scuzzery courtesy of the Philadelphia Eagles....
Grand Jury Doesn't Indict Two Baylor Football Players Accused Of Sexual Assault
A McLennan County grand jury decided on Wednesday not to indict Baylor football players John Arthur and Tre’von Lewis, two redshirt freshmen who were under investigation for possible sexual assault....
Ryan Shazier's Dream Is To Return To The NFL, For Some Reason
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier gave his first press conference today since getting carried off the field with a serious spinal injury in a December game against the Bengals. That injury left fans in the dark for over two months about whether Shazier was even able to walk, but Shazier, w...
Ravens Give Bullshit Player-Blaming Explanation For Violation Of Offseason Rules
The offense and the punishment here are minor and don’t much matter, but the excuse is very much indicative of how things work in the modern NFL....
Hue Jackson Tries To Motivate Browns By Inadvertently Making Their Helmets Look Cooler
Anyone paying attention to Browns training camp—so, nobody beyond a group of irascible, underpaid beat writers—may have noticed that the players’ equipment looks a little different. The brown and white stripes that go across the middle of the helmet are missing. In a surprising deviation from everyt...
Malcolm Jenkins Says A Lot Without Saying A Thing
The Eagles had a media availability today, the day after Donald Trump celebrated Philly’s Super Bowl title by honoring himself. As one might expect, there was a big media turnout:...
Former Michigan State Football Players Sentenced To Probation, Banned From Tinder
Former Michigan State players Donnie Corley, Josh King, and Demetric Vance were sentenced to 36 months’ probation Wednesday morning, bringing to a close the first of two sexual misconduct cases being faced by former Spartans....
The NFL Is Too Dumb To Realize That Donald Trump Is Never Going To Stop With This Shit
There is a story—which is usually described as a poem but is more precisely a muddled version of a song written by the jazz singer Oscar Brown Jr.—that Donald Trump delights in reading to crowds at his campaign rallies. Trump refers to it as “The Snake” and his fans know it by that name. “Who likes ...
Dual-Sport Athlete Kyler Murray Wants To Gamble On One More Year Of College Football<em></em>
Oklahoma QB Kyler Murray was considered a fringe first-round baseball prospect a month ago, but few people would have guessed that he’d go to the Oakland A’s in the top 10 of Monday’s draft, since Murray is planning to play football for the Sooners in the fall. The Athletics clearly decided that th...
White House: Philadelphia Eagles "Decided To Abandon Their Fans"
Donald Trump won’t leave this alone, because he can’t leave this alone, because this isn’t about patriotism or respecting the flag or honoring the troops or anything other than his own desire to stoke outrage and division in the name of political expediency. Via the White House press office:...
Fox News Shows Eagles Players Praying, Falsely Implies They Were Protesting During Anthem
Picking on Fox News is the easiest thing in the universe. So let’s do it, shall we?...
Tulane Settles Lawsuit Accusing Two Former Football Players Of Sexual Assault
Tulane has settled a lawsuit filed by a woman against two football players who she says raped her in 2014, according to the New Orleans Advocate....
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Flag-Humping President Disinvites Eagles From White House Visit [Update]
The Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles aren’t going to be at the White House for the presidential visit that was pretty much traditional until the Golden State Warriors blew off Donald Trump. According to a statement from the President, the Eagles “wanted to send a smaller delegation,” implying...
Dwight Clark Dies After Battle With ALS
Dwight Clark, the two-time Super Bowl-winning receiver for the San Francisco 49ers and the man who caught “The Catch,” has died at age 61, according to a tweet signed by Clark’s wife, Kelly....
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Mychal Kendricks, On Potentially Joining The Browns: [String Of Expletives]
This is probably just what happens when it is suggested publicly that a self-respecting football player would play for the Cleveland Browns if he had any other choice:...
Annual Also-Ran Buffalo Bills File Trademark For "Respect The Process"
The Buffalo Bills recently pushed reset after a 9-7 season and poured resources into moving around in the draft to select huge quarterback Josh Allen and even huger middle linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, figuring the moves point them towards a future in which they might actually someday win their divis...
NFL Players Are Preparing For A Fight After All
Here’s an interesting item about the NFLPA tucked deep into Albert Breer’s latest weekly column over at Sports Illustrated:...
Baltimore Prep Football Fight Gets Bigger And Uglier
The predicted unraveling of Baltimore’s prep football scene appears to indeed be underway. Another scheduled opponent bailed on playing the city’s burgeoning national gridiron powerhouse, St. Frances Academy, as accusations of cheating, cowardice and racism were flying all over town. All because St....
Washington Football Executive Resigns Over Cheerleading Escort Scandal
Washington president of business operations Dennis Greene has resigned in the aftermath of a New York Times report detailing a disturbing trip to Costa Rica made by the team’s cheerleaders for a photo shoot, where they were told to serve as escorts for sponsors....