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A Terrified NCAA Bails On Its Video Game License

The NCAA announced today that it will no longer license its trademarks to EA Sports for use in the popular NCAA Football video game series. 2014's will be the last edition to feature the NCAA name and logos. (Individual schools and conferences have their own contracts.)...

Here's U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid talking shit about the USC Trojans' football team. [SportsGrid]...

America Is Ruining Johnny Football

Let's talk about Johnny Manziel's hangover, which is a fun thing to talk about because it ends with Johnny Manziel getting screwed regardless of the truth. If Johnny Manziel really was hungover the night before a meaningless voluntary offseason QB camp session, then NFL people will crush him for n...

Marrying Television, Football Gained An Audience But Lost A Game

Dig Sherry Kafka's 1973 Texas Monthly article on Don Meredith: "Tuning In Dandy Don":...

ESPN's Mark May Needs To Shut Up About Johnny Manziel

Here's Mark May, responding to the latest bit of news about Johnny Football:...

Here Is A Very Important Charlie Weis Photo

[via KSK]...

Johnny Manziel Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor Stemming From 2012 Fight

Remember that whole mess that started last June, when Johnny Manziel got into a bar fight, got arrested, got suspended from the Aggies, got un-suspended, then won a Heisman? Whatever happened to the actual court case?...

Ex-NFL Player Charged With Leaving Toddler In Car At Strip Club

Former University of Florida linebacker Monty Grow, who later played two NFL seasons as a defensive back for the Chiefs and Jaguars, faces a child abuse charge after allegedly leaving a 3-year-old girl in his car while he hung out at a strip club....

Johnny Manziel Leaves Mannings’ Camp Early; Hangover? [UPDATING]

Johnny Manziel was one of many college quarterbacks to attend the Manning Passing Academy over the weekend. But he's the only one who was reportedly kicked out of it for being hungover....

Aussie Rules Football Player Scores Goal, Falls Down In Same Motion

Despite Australian Rules Football being one of our favorite sports here, we don't cover it often because pesky issues like time zones lead to matches being played while most of us are drunk or asleep. That's a shame, because at least two matches a week are aired here live, and they're almost always...

You Know...For Men!

Sure, this picture brings to mind the Stanley Kubrick over-the-edge look, but hey, it's just needle point fellas. Good and good fuh ya. ...

Bill O'Brien, Penn State Trustees Hold Private Meeting In Plain Sight

Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien wants the university to consider a proposal to ask the NCAA to modify the heavy sanctions against Nittany Lions. O'Brien also considers lawsuits like the ones filed by Pennsylvania's governor, a state senator, and the Paterno family to be detrimental to that ca...

Brain Game

If you've never read "Game Brain," Jeanne Marie Laskas' 2009 GQ story, do yourself a favor. It's a good one:...

Reporter Gets Run Over By Football Player While Conducting Interview

Here's Fox Sports Next reporter Amy Campbell conducting a run-of-the-mill interview while at a showcase for the nation's top high school football recruits. Everything is going fine until HOLY SHIT AMY LOOK OUT!...

Radio Host: Vandy FB Player “Allowed” Teammates To Rape His Girlfriend

While Nashville police have yet to release details of a sex crimes investigation that led to the dismissal of four Vanderbilt football players, allegations are starting to emerge through other channels. Former Volunteers quarterback Erik Ainge disclosed some of those details this morning on his Tenn...

I Wonder If I've Run Into The Person Who Killed Nicole

Case you've never read it, here’s Pat Jordan’s 2001 New Yorker profile of O.J. Simpson:...

Report: NFL May Not Invite Academically Ineligible Players To Combine

This would be a shitty thing to do:...

Photos Of College Football Player's Bloomin’ Onion Burns [GRAPHIC]

Earlier today we relayed the story of Kyle Smith, the college football player who suffered horrific burns after a cooking accident. Now we've received two photos of his burns, and warning: they are graphic....

The Dark Prince Of Football Was A Yankee Doodle Dandy

Al Davis was born on the 4th of July. To honor the occasion, check out Richard Hoffer's 1989 Sports Illustrated profile: "Lord of the Rings":...

College Football Player Horribly Burned While Making Bloomin’ Onion [Update]

Kyle Smith, a sophomore defensive tackle for NAIA Carroll College in Montana, received horrific burns last month after a cooking accident at his girlfriend's home. Smith was attempting to make a battered, deep-fried onion when everything went horribly wrong. ...