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Cam Newton Has Reached The Summit
You could see what the Giants were trying to do to Cam Newton on Sunday. From the very first play of the game, the plan was to blitz him as much as possible, get him on the ground, and try to knock him out of his rhythm. In some ways the plan, which has worked before, was a success—Newton was sacked...
The Chargers Gave San Diego Football A Deserving Funeral
San Diego’s never had a reputation for being ravenous football town, but that doesn’t make the fact that the Chargers have played what is very likely their last game in San Diego any easier to swallow for the fans who do care. Those fans showed up to cheer their asses off yesterday, and they were re...
Robert Nkemdiche Is Out Of The Sugar Bowl And Headed To The NFL After His Fall And Arrest
After falling out of an Atlanta hotel window a week ago then getting popped for marijuana possession, Ole Miss lineman Robert Nkemdiche has been suspended from the team’s Sugar Bowl matchup with Oklahoma State. He will head to the NFL, according to a statement he released this morning....
How Not To Run A Fake Field Goal
The New Mexico Bowl, one of the more mediocre matchups out of approximately one million mediocre bowl matchups this year, is on and popping. Arizona has New Mexico and the winner presumably gets expanded water rights on a tributary of the Colorado River or something. Anyway, New Mexico tried to go f...
Tom Brady Is A Hilarious Moron
There was an old episode of The Larry Sanders Show that aired right during the peak of the O.J. Simpson murder trial hysteria. And in the episode, Hank Kingsley (as played by the brilliant Jeffery Tambor) tells the rest of the staff that he thinks O.J., his neighbor, is innocent of murder. Why? Beca...
How The Hero Of <i>Friday Night Lights </i>Won And Lost His Good Name
Of all the real-life characters in Friday Night Lights, Brian Chavez would surely have been voted Least Likely To Be Caught Brawling After Permian High Football Games Into Middle Age....
Bankruptcy Filings: Clinton Portis Owes Nearly $5 Million
Former NFL running back Clinton Portis has owed a lot of people a lot of money for some time now, and according to bankruptcy filings, the exact amount that he owes to various creditors is $4,857,659.50....
Ole Miss Star Robert Nkemdiche Visits Blues Club, Jams On The Sax
It’s only been a few days since Ole Miss defensive end Robert Nkemdiche fell out of a damn window, but he seems to have recovered just fine based on this video of him doing his thing on the sax....
Colts Release LB Daniel Adongo After Cops Respond To Domestic-Violence Call
The Indianapolis Colts today waived linebacker Daniel Adongo, a week after police were called to investigate possible domestic violence involving him for the second time since October. Though no charges were filed in either case, the Colts’ roster move could be tied to today’s release of police repo...
Joe Haden Gets Emotional While Talking About What It's Like To Have A Concussion
Browns cornerback Joe Haden has had a particularly rough season, having suffered numerous injuries early on and then two concussions that have kept him off the field since Week 8. On the latest episode of the Browns’ official podcast, Haden talked to host Max Linsky about what it’s like to try and c...
What's Going On At Texas A&M?
This summer, Kevin Sumlin dismissively quoted the hoary old football platitude that “if you have two quarterbacks, you really have none,” bragging that with Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray on his team, both young, former five-star recruits, the Aggies were in pretty good shape. He maybe shouldn’t have t...
Utah Lineman To BYU At Las Vegas Bowl Welcome Dinner: "You’re A Dirty Team"
One of the more entertaining bowl games will take place on Saturday, when in-state foes Utah and BYU meet-up in the Las Vegas Bowl for the Holy War in Sin City. Besides the natural rivalry, there is also the element of BYU’s conduct at play. There was the brawl with Memphis during last season’s bowl...
The NFL Wants To Stream <i>Thursday Night Football</i> Online Next Season
The NFL is hoping to sign a deal with a major tech company to stream every game of next year’s Thursday Night Football online, according to a report from SportsBusiness Daily. It is undoubtedly the future of football broadcasting, and it’s getting here very, very quickly....
Why Is The NFL's Most Infamous Quack Still Involved In Its Concussion Program?
The many ways in which Dr. Elliot Pellman—a Guadalajara-educated rheumatologist with questionable qualifications—helped the NFL downplay the depth and gravity of its concussion crisis are well-documented. He chaired the influential Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee despite not having any educati...
Tom Brady Leaves Press Conference After Two Questions About His Friendship With Donald Trump
This morning’s cover of the New York Daily News features the headline “BRADY HAS NO BALLS” over a picture of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady standing with rancid salmon filet Donald Trump, whom Brady has previously called a “great friend” while saying it “would be great” if Trump became p...
Cowboys Look To Squelch Reporters With Strict New Media Policy
The Dallas Cowboys are suddenly very interested in controlling what media members can and can’t report from the team’s facilities, and have instituted an absurd new set of rules that reporters have to follow while at practices if they don’t want to get their credentials yanked....
How Stupid Do The 'Skins Think We Are?
On Sunday, some social media manager got his or her Twitter accounts mixed up and made it abundantly clear that the @redskinsfacts account, allegedly run by a “growing online community of passionate Washington Redskins fans and others who support the team’s use of its name and logo,” is in fact bein...
Coach Accused Of Telling Players To Tackle Ref Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Assault
Former John Jay High School (Texas) football coach Mack Breed pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and was sentenced to 18 months probation for his role in a September incident where two players blindsided referee Robert Watts....
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Happy Browns Fan Lets The Dogs Out, Also His Dick And Butt [NSFW]
Look, man, it’s been a rough few decades for Browns fans, so it’s not all that surprising to see one get a little too lit after a rare victory....
Cam Newton, Goddamn
Cam Newton had another excellent game yesterday, tearing up the Falcons with an easy 265 yards and three touchdowns. The highlight of the day was the touchdown throw above, which only gets more ridiculous with each viewing....