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Would You Do It Again? We Ask Former NFLer Eric Unverzagt
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?...

Dez Bryant Says His Sideline Tirade Was "All Positive"
Brian Billick may have sneeringly referred to it as a "spoiled child" routine, but Dez Bryant says all the gesticulating he was doing on the sidelines during yesterday's game was done with a positive attitude. ...

The Utah Jazz Tweeted A Photo Of A Blackface Karl Malone
The competition didn't last long....

Royko On Jackie
Mike Royko's column written on the day that Jackie Robinson died:...

Baby Andy Reid Has The Best Halloween Costume
Baby Mangino is a legend around these parts, but Baby Andy Reid has arrived to make a bid for the title of America's Best Baby Coach. You may say it's the mustache that really makes this costume, but I say it's all about the wide, vacant eyes. ...

Even Matthew Stafford Didn't Know He Was Going To Fake That Spike
In 1994, as Dan Marino hustled to the ball and motioned for a spike to stop the clock, he at least nodded to Mark Ingram to be ready for a pass. Matthew Stafford didn't tell anyone he had a game-winning sneak planned, because even he didn't know he was going to do it until he reached the line of scr...

Dez Bryant Melts Down On The Cowboys Sideline
Here you see Dez Bryant and Jason Witten and other assorted members of the Cowboys sideline having a Socratic dialogue in the aftermath of the Lions' improbable rally. The day was building to this. An earlier cutaway caught Bryant exploding at Tony Romo for something or other, sending color guy Br...

Lions Shock Cowboys With An 80-Yard Drive In Less Than A Minute
With 1:03 left in the fourth, Calvin Johnson had accrued 290 receiving yards, sixth-best in NFL history, but the Lions were still losing 30-24. Over the next minute, a ridiculous game would get even more ridiculous, with Detroit engineering an 80-yard drive to shock the Cowboys in the most entertai...

Terrelle Pryor Runs 93 Yards Untouched For Touchdown, Sets NFL Record
Well, that read option worked out nicely. Terrelle Pryor's 93-yard dash is the longest run by a quarterback in NFL history and the longest run by anyone in Raiders history. ...

Calvin Johnson Is Ridiculous
Calvin Johnson has 290 yards on 12 catches as of writing this. The Dallas Cowboys have 254 yards of total offense. Even when Megatron's double-covered—or sometimes triple-covered—he still does the seemingly impossible. Matthew Stafford's love of passing gives Johnson the ability to do amazing thing...

Michael Irvin Urges Jason Campbell To Lead A "Scalping" Of The Chiefs
Michael Irvin's NFL Network segment was an attempt to inspire Jason Campbell and the Browns to beat the Chiefs in a "scalping." OK. (If Irvin really wants to go with violent imagery, how about he stay closer to home and call for the Browns to stab the Chiefs in the neck with a pair of scissors?)...

When Should You Tweet At An Athlete? A Guide To Not Being A Dick
The Minnesota Golden Gophers upended the No. 24 Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday, giving Minnesota its first win over the Cornhuskers since 1960. The game also gave us the following teachable moment:...



Which NFL Pundit Has Made The Worst Picks Through Seven Weeks?
Originally published on Pundit Tracker...

Louis Delmas Gives Up His Pet Gator Because It Scares Kevin Ogletree
Lions safety Louis Delmas had to part ways with Mojo, the six-foot-long alligator that lives in his basement. Mojo's gotten too big to care for, but more than that, Delmas has a new roommate: teammate Kevin Ogletree, who isn't keen on living under the same roof as an alligator....

Keith Olbermann On Why No One Watches Baseball Anymore
Wednesday's Game 1 drew 14.4 million viewers. That's slightly up from last year's Game 1, but 2012 was the least-watched Fall Classic of all time. It's been a steady downward trend for the World Series over the least 35 years or so, from a time when the majority of Americans would tune in. To put it...
