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Calvin Johnson Is The Last Thing A Cornerback Sees
Here are a couple great photos of Calvin Johnson reflected in cornerback Patrick Peterson's visor. So cool. ...

Jimmy Breslin, Jerry Izenberg And The Old Days
Back in 2008, my pal Todd Drew wrote about going to see Jimmy Breslin speak at the now-closed Barnes and Noble on 66th street, across the street from Lincoln Center, and just a few blocks north from where bar-restaurants like The Ginger Man and Saloon and O’Neal’s Ballon used to stand:...

The Great Chase
Wladimir Balentien is the new single-season home run king in Japan. Fifty-two years ago, Roger Maris chased Babe Ruth’s home run record here in the States. Of course, he eventually broke it. When he did, this is what the great Leonard Shecter wrote in the New York Post:...

Colin Kaeperpicks: Week 2 Sunday Night GIF Roundup
Seahawks 29, 49ers 3: It was a long night for the 49ers, and that's not counting the hourlong weather delay. Seattle's defense and Marshawn Lynch provided most of the points, while Colin Kaepernick was tormented and flushed out constantly. The noisy Seattle crowd might have helped San Francisco bloc...

We Have Our First Ball-Spinning Penalty!
Sidney Rice can't say the NFL didn't warn everyone. As threatened in preseason, spinning the ball "at" an opponent is good for an unsportsmanlike conduct flag....

Russell Wilson Is Surprised By The Snap: "Oh Shit!"
Actually, everyone was surprised. The best part is center Max Unger looking for someone to block....

A Whistling Fan Caused The Seahawks' Punt To Be Blocked
We've isolated the crowd audio on the 49ers' blocked punt in the first quarter. At the 19-second mark of the video, you can here a few short, sharp whistles in quick succession—exactly the cadence of a referee trying to blow the play dead....

Yup, Some Redskins Fans Are Calling For Kirk Cousins To Start
With a second straight disappointing performance, the preseason Super Bowl champs are really trying the patience of a fanbase that doesn't have much patience to begin with. But maybe give the franchise savior more than two hours of game action before calling for his job?...

LSU Frat Makes Fun Of Kent State By Referencing 1970 Campus Shootings
College football fans are superb at being dicks, huh?...

Eagles Nearly Traded For Colin Kaepernick, Drafted Russell Wilson
In the annals of NFL what-ifs, here are two gigantic, NFC-altering ones....

Bizarre Sequence Features Three Iced Kicks Before Actual Attempt
The end of regulation in the Tennessee-Houston game was one of the strangest sequences in football history, including four FG attempts, a successfully iced kick, an iced miss, a nullified block, and a doink off the upright. ...







