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That'll Earn You An Ejection
Southeast Missouri St. linebacker Kendall Donnerson earned an early exit from today’s game at Missouri when officials judged him guilty of targeting Tigers quarterback Maty Mauk. Donnerson made the most of his headhunting play by hitting Mauk (who stayed in the game) late....
Stanford Is The First Upset Victim Of The College Football Season
Stanford University, a Silicon Valley-sponsored industry suckup named after a racist robber baron, just lost to an unranked Northwestern team starting a freshman at QB. The Cardinal generated 240 whole yards of offense, turned the ball over twice (it could have been worse, as Northwestern dropped se...
Rutgers Dismisses Five Arrested Football Players
Earlier this week, five Rutgers football players were arrested for an April assault on a 19-year-old student. Andre Boggs, Ruhann Peele, Nadir Barnwell, Razohnn Gross, and Delon Stephenson were all kicked off the team this morning following their arrests. The five were charged with aggravated assaul...
Mike Williams Carted Off With Neck Injury After Crashing Into Goal Post
Clemson receiver and NFL prospect Mike Williams is headed to a hospital after suffering a neck injury early in the Tigers’ game today against Wofford. Williams crashed into the goal post while attempting to make a catch; he was carted off the field....
Tim Tebow Cut By Eagles
Tim Tebow, former and maybe now future TV analyst, is no longer an NFL quarterback. The Philadelphia Eagles cut him today, per Adam Schefter:...
Ole Miss Benches Laremy Tunsil As Precaution Against NCAA Process
Laremy Tunsil, Ole Miss’ starting tackle and a probable future top-five pick in the NFL draft, was held out of today’s season opener against Tennessee-Martin in what the school called a “precautionary measure.” Tunsil and his stepfather Lindsey Miller filed domestic violence charges against each oth...
High School Football Player Dies After Injury On Punt Return
In the fourth quarter of a high school football game last night in Winnsboro, La., Tyrell Cameron — a sophomore on Franklin Parish High — sustained a fatal neck injury on a punt return. He was stretchered off and taken to Franklin Medical, where he was pronounced dead. He was 16 years old....
Cowherd's Hair: Your <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
ESPN’s College GameDay is back! And while today’s signs were subpar (as is always expected at neutral sites), there were a few winners. Here are our favorites....
Report: Neurologist Who Switched RG3's Concussion Diagnosis Resigns (UPDATE)
According to a report from Liz Clarke & Mark Maske of The Washington Post, Dr. Robert Kurtzke, the independent neurologist who reversed Robert Griffin III’s concussion diagnosis, then unreversed it a day later, has resigned from the neurological consultant program that works with the NFL and the NFL...
Tom Brady's Angry Dad Phones Radio Show, Calls Roger Goodell "A Flaming Liar"
Tom Brady Sr. called a San Francisco radio program Friday afternoon to defend his son, angrily declaring the show’s host “full of crap” and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a “flaming liar.”...
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Is This Bad? (It's Bad.)
The U.S. is losing to Peru at halftime in a friendly at RFK, which is not a good thing. This shot, though, is a worse thing. ...
¡Golazo Fantástico!
Mathieu Valbuena came into today’s friendly between Portugal and France as a substitute and quickly landed the deciding goal on this tremendous free kick. On a day full of Euro qualifiers, it seems the most outstanding effort we’ve found is from a match that doesn’t matter....
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Defense Lines Up With 10 Players To Honor Late Teammate, Recovers Fumble, Scores Touchdown
Arkansas Tech’s defense had only 10 players on the field on its first play against Southern Nazarene in honor of Zemaric Holt, a 21-year-old defensive lineman who drowned in July. Despite the intentional disadvantage, the Wonder Boys—great name, by the way—scored a touchdown....
Demetrious Johnson And John Dodson Face The Pain, Step To This
There is an Ultimate Fighting Championship card scheduled for this Saturday, like many—probably too many—other recent Saturdays. What makes this one special is that it will be capped off by a main event of the highest caliber, with a dominant champion facing a threatening, wildly athletic challenger...
Tell Us About Your Recurring Dreams
It’s possible you have a recurring dream; one that crops up every few weeks (or days!) and you can’t seem to shake. Maybe you have a few of them! Lots of people have anxiety dreams that haunt them: Your teeth are falling out. Your house is falling apart. You have to take an exam for a class you forg...