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No, Pete Carroll Doesn't Have A "9/11" Tattoo On His Wrist
One photo taken immediately after Super Bowl XLVIII shows an unidentified Seattle Seahawk—with a "9/11" tattoo on his wrist—holding the Lombardi Trophy. One tipster asked if the ink belonged to head coach Pete Carroll, which would be interesting, considering his thoughts on the September 11th attack...
Skeleton Helmets Are The Coolest Thing At The Olympics
Skeleton, which has only been a regular Winter Olympic event since 2002, is every bit as fast and intense and as scary as luge. Scarier; the sliders go down face-first. But that gives the sport an aesthetic edge over its cohorts. Look at those helmets!...
Richie Incognito's Triumphant Return: A Four-Tweet Play
(Please note that the Nick Foles account is a fake.)...
The Dogs Of Sochi
This is not a commentary on Sochi authorities' reported (and apparently ineffective) plan to exterminate the city's stray dogs ahead of the Olympics. It is also not a condemnation of Russia, which, like most parts of the world, has strays roaming its urban areas....
Super Bowl Fans Spent A Record $94.60 Per Person On Food and Drinks
The NFL prints money; we knew this. But some of the numbers are now out on what fans spent once they got to the Super Bowl, and it's big money....
Redskins Lied About Not Paying Horrible People To Defend Team Name
This became news a few days ago—the Friday evening before the Super Bowl, to be exact. Because of that timing, we can only assume the Redskins didn't want anyone to notice. Don't let them get away with it....
Shirtless, Drunk, And Champions: Scenes From The Seattle Celebrations
When cities—especially certain cities—win championships, it's become a morning-after tradition to check in on the fans and see how much trouble they caused. Seattleites were pretty well-behaved, all told!...
The Seattle Seahawks Burn The Broncos' Touchdown Factory To The Ground
The best offense-best defense matchup should have been a grinding, tough, watchable-for-all-60-minutes game with a million lead changes, or so that's what we envisioned. Instead, the Seahawks devoured everything in front of them. Seattle embarrassed Denver's NFL-best offense, 43-8. It wasn't even cl...
Crying Broncos Kid Is The Face Of The Super Bowl
So, there you go. Though it was taken in the second quarter, this photo of a young Broncos fan crying as dad checks his cell phone is as lasting a Super Bowl image as we're going to get....
Dumb People Mad At Multilingual "America The Beautiful" Coca-Cola Ad
Coca-Cola aired a Super Bowl ad with "America the Beautiful" sung in numerous languages. It was sweet and forgettable—there are many things not to like about Coke, but their harmless pandering to the idea that America is, among other things, a polyglot nation is not among them—except to dumb, intole...
On The Super Bowl Party Boat With Cam Newton And Endless Free Beer
There was a plastic tent in front of the aircraft carrier and a man in a black sport coat was shouting—with great authority—at a group of media people waiting to get inside the Madden Bowl party and out of the cold. A generator had just blown inside the tent, which was already filled to capacity to...
Auburn Considers Pretending It Won Another Four National Championships
Auburn has two national championships, in 1957 and 2010. But what if we're all wrong? What if Auburn actually has nine national championships in its storied history? All it takes to claim a title is to believe it....
Why The Seattle Seahawks Are In The Super Bowl
Need a last-minute primer on the teams before heading out to your Super Bowl party? Here's everything you need to know about the Seahawks for today. You can find our Broncos preview here....
Here Is An Important Photo Of Gary Bettman and KISS
The world is a better place for its existence....
Lawsuit Accuses Giants, Eli Manning Of Pushing Fake Memorabilia
A lawsuit accuses the Giants of creating fake "game-worn" memorabilia and pushing it on collectors in an attempt to make money—and in Eli Manning's case, to hang on to the authentic stuff....
Ben Scrivens Stops History
Hockey fans, if there's anything resembling sympathy to be found in that cold, unpliable puck you call a heart, you may want to send a little Ben Scrivens's way. Edmonton isn't always going to give up 100 shot attempts, and the newest Oiler isn't always going to post an NHL-record 59-save shutout, b...
The Truth About The NFL, The Super Bowl, And Sex Slavery
Originally published at Sports on Earth....
The Phoenix Coyotes Will Become The Arizona Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes (who play in Glendale, which is not actually Phoenix [but is part of the Phoenix metro area, so it's no more inaccurate to call the team "Phoenix" than it is to call a team in Auburn Hills "Detroit," or a team in Santa Clara "San Francisco" {though it's probably still pretty offe...
Your Super Bowl Weather Report: AND A GREAT SNOW MURDERED YOUR FACE
All week long, we'll be keeping track of the weather conditions for Super Bowl XLVIII. Here is your Wednesday update:...
Players Hate Those Sleeved Jerseys, And The NBA Pretends To Care
The sleeves jerseys are slowly taking over. With the news that the Nets will break out Dodgers-inspired uniforms in the spring, that makes five teams to add sleeved alternates to their regular rotation. Add in the 10 teams to play on Christmas Day, and the All-Star Game, and it's unavoidable—the NBA...