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Bengals Re-Sign Player, Helping Him Pay For Daughter's Cancer Battle
In June, Cincinnati Bengals defensive tackle Devon Still learned his four-year-old daughter, Leah, has stage four pediatric cancer. Still missed offseason workouts to be with her, shaved his head in solidarity, and filled his Instagram with pictures of Leah and updates on her treatment....
<em>The New York Daily News</em> Will No Longer Use The Term "Redskins"
This is kind of a big deal. In an editorial published yesterday, The New York Daily News announced that the paper will no longer refer to the Washington football team as the "Redskins," and will no longer print the team's logo. This isn't just a decision from the editorial board, as was the case whe...
Junior Seau's Family Rejects Concussion Settlement With NFL
Junior Seau's family will back out of the proposed concussion settlement being offered to former NFL players, ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru report today. Instead, the family will pursue its own wrongful death suit, according to the family's lawyer, Steven Strauss. ...
Don't Step To Will Muschamp About His One-Play Suspensions
Florida's season opener on Saturday was suspended after just one play, a kickoff, after rain and lightning strikes made the game unplayable. Two days later, coach Will Muschamp announced that three suspended Gators would be reinstated. This struck some observers as funny. It was not funny to Muscham...
Denver Mayor Doesn't Know CSU Coach's Name; CSU Coach Gets All Sad
Despite the fact that the University of Colorado and Colorado State University both have garbage-ass football programs, the two schools like to make a very big deal out of their annual early-season meeting, which is dubbed "The Rocky Mountain Showdown" and played in the Broncos' stadium. So of cours...
Wisconsin QB Doesn't Have An Injured Shoulder; He Has The Yips
Wisconsin head football coach Gary Andersen said Tuesday that backup quarterback Joel Stave was out indefinitely with a shoulder injury. Later that day, Andersen rowed it back, saying Stave's shoulder wasn't hurt; he's just working his way through a severe case of the yips....
Raiders Closing In On Stadium Deal To Keep Team In Oakland
It looks like Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis got exactly what he wanted out of all of those fancy steak dinners in San Antonio and all that public kissy-face with Los Angeles. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the city of Oakland has cobbled together a deal for a new stadium that would k...
The Associated Press Explains The Word "Trill"
"Though trill is a word to describe a vibratory sound, that's not what it means in rap culture. It's a hybrid of true and real and has long been used by Texas rapper Bun B, who calls himself Bun B Trill OG." ...
FIU Changes Mind, Will Credential <i>Miami Herald</i> Beat Writer
The Miami Herald reports today that FIU will credential the paper's beat writer, David J. Neal, for the rest of the season—less than a week after the same university refused to credential Neal for the team's home opener. ...
UTEP RB Crushes New Mexico, Who He Says Stood Him Up As A Recruit
Rushing for a career-high 237 yards and three touchdowns must have felt incredibly sweet for UTEP sophomore running back Aaron Jones. But add in the fact that this performance came against New Mexico, a school he says stood him up for a planned in-home recruiting visit, and Saturday just might have ...
The South Comes In All Flavors
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Baylor Line Breakdown Leads To Sprawled, Trampled Freshmen
Baylor's got a fancy new stadium, and they opened it tonight with the traditional Baylor Line—in which incoming freshmen rush the field like idiots and form a human tunnel for the football team. It didn't go so well tonight....
New Mexico State's Horse Knocks Over Girl During Pregame Ceremonies
One unlucky New Mexico State student was knocked over by a horse during Thursday's pregame ceremonies for the Aggies' season opener against Cal Poly....
Kliff Kingsbury Morphing Into Charlie Weis Is Quite Disturbing
The Big 12 has a commercial with some of the conference's coaches morphing into each other, and that's how we get Kliff Kingsbury turning into Charlie Weis. This transformation can actually happen if Kingsbury screws up every major decision in his future. Don't do that, Kliff. You're too handsome to...
Holy Cross-Albany Had The Craziest Ending You Didn't Watch Yesterday
We'll go out a limb and say that most of you didn't catch the game between Holy Cross and Albany on the first Saturday of college football, but it featured a wild (and scary) finish....
Ohio High School Football Game Cancelled After Bench-Clearing Brawl
Officials cancelled a football game between Garfield Heights (Ohio) and Collinwood High (Ohio) in Garfield Heights Friday night after a cheap shot on the field incited a bench-clearing brawl. ...
Eastern Michigan's Cinder Block-Smashing Intro Could Have Been Better
In theory, smashing a cinder block wall to kick off the college football season is pretty cool. One, two, three swings, the wall collapses, and the team runs onto the field as everyone cheers. We learned yesterday that in reality, it is not that cool....
These People Went Out In Public Looking Like This
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Nation's Number Two Football Recruit Ruled Ineligible
Kahlil McKenzie, ranked as high as second in the nation among high school football recruits, has been ruled ineligible for the current season, despite having broken no laws or done anything wrong at all, really....
Auburn's Ball Boy Is Hella Fast
It might not be the best sign for Arkansas's football season when the opponent's ball boy has a better chance of catching Auburn's Melvin Ray on his 49-yard touchdown jaunt than any Razorback defender. But look at the wheels on that kid!...