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Chart: A Week In The Insane Life Of An NFL Head Coach
Over on ESPN, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh was kind enough to provide a schedule of his work week leading up to Baltimore's game at Chicago on Nov. 17 (the story will appear in the Dec. 9 edition of ESPN The Magazine). It's not an easy job—Harbaugh spends about 69 hours a week in meetings (or mee...

Florida Players Block Each Other
Every unhappy team is unhappy in its own way, the appropriated chestnut goes, but it's true. The reasons for Florida's loss to FCS Georgia Southern, and for this whole bowl-ineligible season, are complex and numerous and can't possibly be boiled down to a single illustration. Oh, no, wait, they tota...

"Name That Blue" Tests How Well You Know Your Sports Colors
Who's up for a rousing round of Name That Blue, the logo-color guessing game that only sounds dumb until you realize you've been playing it for 20 minutes?...

Supernat & Smif n Wessun: New York Knicks Freestyle
Via the always-fun Up North Trips, let's go back to the grimey mid-'90s....

2013 Deadspin Hall Of Fame Nominee: The Buttfumble
The Jets may have finally out-Jets'd themselves on Thanksgiving night last year, when Mark Sanchez ran headlong into Brandon Moore's backside, triggering a fumble that the Patriots' Steve Gregory returned for a touchdown. Sanchez was demoted this season and then got injured. Moore has since retired...

Footrace Between Drunk Bears Fans Ends Exactly As It Should
Kids, don't drink and run....


Here's Sad Derrick Rose's First Sad Post-Surgery Photo
Welcome back, Sad Derrick Rose. We didn't miss you....

Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Rich Strenger
This is an interview series in which we ask the plaintiffs of the NFL concussion lawsuit one question (and maybe a few more): Knowing what you know now, if you could do it over again, would you still play football?...

Kobe Bryant Signs Two-Year Extension, Will Be NBA's Highest-Paid Player
It looks like Kobe Bryant is going to be a Laker for life. Making a move that nobody was really expecting, the Lakers just announced that they have signed Bryant to a two-year extension, and he didn't come cheap....

Photos: French Soccer Fans Brawl With Riot Police
Supporters of Ligue 1 side Saint-Étienne traveled to Nice for yesterday's match, and were not polite guests. They brawled with home fans, brawled with riot police, even brawled with each other in a bloody spectacle that left one man dangling from the upper deck....

Dr. Z
There's a really nice video on Paul Zimmerman by NFL Films. Worth your time. ...

Derrick Rose Is Out For The Season
Derrick Rose underwent a successful repair of his medial meniscus today. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Bulls have announced that Rose is done for the season. ...

Do Not Even Think About Dapping Chris Paul In Front Of DeMarcus Cousins
Saturday's Kings-Clippers game ended with DeMarcus Cousin missing a tough, potentially game-tying shot as time expired. As Cousins was leaving the court, he noticed his teammate, Isaiah Thomas, attempting to shake Chris Paul's hand. Thomas should have known better, because Cousins was having none o...

How To Draw Athletes The Ed Emberley Way
I didn't know from Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a World when I was growing up and I'm not exactly sure how I missed it. Drawing was something I could do well from an early age. But while I was reading Richard Scarry's books and the story about Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Emberley was tea...

Cowboys Player Celebrates Win By Smearing Fake Blood All Over His Face
This is what Cowboys defensive tackle Jason Hatcher looked like right after his team's 24-21 victory over the Giants. That's fake blood all over his face, because Jason Hatcher likes to celebrate victories like a totally normal person, obviously....

Behold! The NFL's Circle Of Parity
It took 12 weeks, but we've reached that point in the season. It's now possible to visualize the NFL's circle of life, where every team has lost to the team preceding it. Any Given Sunday, indeed....

Bill Belichick And The NFL's Unexpected History Of Overtime Kick-Offs
Yesterday was 11 years to the day that Marty Mornhinweg declared that the Lions would kick off to start overtime. Chicago scored on its first series, and Mornhinweg wasn't Lions coach much longer. Yesterday, Bill Belichick pulled a Marty Mornhinweg, with better results....

Chris Long Did Not Have Much Fun Playing Against His Brother Yesterday
Everyone loves football games that come with a built-in subplot, so it's no surprise that yesterday's Bears-Rams game received some extra hype due to the brother-on-brother matchup of defensive end Chris Long and offensive guard Kyle Long. Two brothers enter, but only one can win! It'll be just lik...

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