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LSU's D.J. Chark Goes 79 Yards, Scores Touchdown On First Career Touch
D.J. Chark’s at the end of his second year in an LSU uniform, but it took until tonight’s Texas Bowl for him to ever touch the football in a real game. We’ll expect he touches it plenty in the future after taking his first touch 79 yards and for a touchdown....
Peter King: "I Am Obviously A Rube"
He’s probably talking about the Chip Kelly firing, but may be talking about Skyline chili. Seems accurate either way....
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Eagles Fire Chip Kelly [Updated]
The Philadelphia Eagles have “released” head coach Chip Kelly, according to a statement the team made tonight. The full statement reads:...
Rams Defensive End William Hayes Is A Dinosaur Truther
ESPN’s Nick Wagoner has a fun story about Rams defensive end William Hayes, who is presented as the team’s resident merry prankster. The highlight of the story is when Hayes shares his thoughts on dinosaurs:...
Joe Mixon's First Meeting With Reporters Was A Joke
Oklahoma Sooners running back Joe Mixon met with reporters today, marking the first time he’s spoken to the media since being suspended for one year after allegedly punching a woman in the face. From the outset, the university tried to prevent reporters from asking about the alleged assault....
Mike Pettine Doesn't Have Much To Say About Latest Video Of Johnny Manziel Partying
Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel is apparently incapable of going more than a few weeks without a video of him drinking and rapping along to a Future song appearing on the internet....
How Did Brandon McManus Shank That Kick So Badly?
It’s a good thing Broncos kicker Brandon McManus got the chance the redeem himself with a 37-yard winner in overtime, because if his last appearance on the field had been the incomprehensibly shanked attempt that would have won the game at the end of regulation, he’d probably be locked in Peyton Man...
The Replay Booth Probably Did Not Assist Ed Hochuli On Late Facemask Call
For a moment during the third quarter of tonight’s Monday Night Football contest, it seemed that we had yet another refereeing controversy on our hands. As Broncos DE Malik Jackson sacked Bengals quarterback AJ McCarron, he grabbed McCarron’s facemask. But despite McCarron pleading for the call as h...
Phrasing, Steve Young
There had to be a better way to express this point. ...
The PEDs Debate Is Over
By the time Al-Jazeera America’s The Dark Side: Secrets of the Sports Dopers finally aired last night, it felt like an afterthought. That’s partly because The Huffington Post’s Saturday report on the documentary’s claims—most notably, that Peyton Manning has been an illicit consumer of human growth ...
Quadree Henderson Returns Military Bowl Opening Kickoff 100 Yards For Touchdown
Pitt got started early in today’s Military Bowl in Annapolis—as early as possible, in fact, as freshman Quadree Henderson ran the opening kickoff back 100 yards for a touchdown in Navy’s own stadium....
Rodney Harrison: HGH Will Make You Rich And Famous And Kids Shouldn’t Use It
Over the weekend, a nation of sports fans trying to make sense of an Al-Jazeera report tying Peyton Manning to shipments of human growth hormone turned to Football Night In America for answers, and Rodney Harrison whacked them in the head with a frying pan. During the broadcast, Harrison was asked a...
Seven Or So On One Or So
This, from AP shooter Andy Clayton-King, is a hell of a photo (as noted by ESPN’s ESPN on NFL Twitter account)....
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Duke Wins Pinstripe Bowl After Would-Be Indiana FG Ruled No Good [UPDATE]
Indiana kicker Griffin Oakes’s overtime field goal went wide right, ruled officials, giving Duke its first bowl win since 1961 as the Blue Devils claimed the Pinstripe Bowl trophy at Yankee Stadium....
"WHERE'D THE BALL GO!??"
It’s a bright, sunny day in El Paso for today’s Sun Bowl, where the snow is coming down so hard the ball is disappearing:...
Check Out This Bad Peter King Tweet
This tweet sucks! Why would you congratulate Odell Beckham Jr. here? What is Peter King’s deal?...
Here Are Videos Of Dez Bryant Racing A Horse In College
Oklahoma State blog Pistols Firing unearthed a couple of videos of Dez Bryant racing Bullet—Oklahoma State’s mascot horse—in Boone Pickens Stadium....
<i>Bone Crunchers</i>, <i>Crunch Course</i>, And How The NFL Hitched Its Brand To Brain Damage Snuff Films
On Christmas Day, Sony Pictures Entertainment will release Concussion, a film that will almost certainly be very bad. As we’ve already noted, the film—starring Will Smith as CTE researcher Dr. Bennet Omalu—suffers from significant issues, both in theory and practice. (When the film studio’s lawyers ...
Charles Woodson Announces Retirement
Future Hall-of-Fame cornerback Charles Woodson told reporters today that he will retire at the end of the season. His final home game—and potentially the Raiders’ final home game in Oakland—will be Christmas Eve against the Chargers, while his final game will be January 3rd at Kansas City....
Bengals Running Back Says He Was Racially Profiled At Toys R Us
Bengals rookie running back James Wilder Jr. claims that he was racially profiled today while shopping at a Toys R Us in Florence, Ky. ...