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The NFL Tries To Halt The Witch-Hunt For Fake Injuries
As the football pendulum swings back toward offense, one of the oldest tricks in the book has returned to the forefront: defenses faking injuries. The NFL tried to nip this one in the bud, sending out a preseason memo to cut that shit out, but it's backfired and fans and opponents are seeing fakes e...

Report: Giants Plan To Work Out Kerry Rhodes On Tuesday
The fact that no NFL team signed or even worked out All-Pro safety Kerry Rhodes in the offseason is mind-boggling, but at least one team now wants to give him a look....

Report: Josh Freeman Wants The Hell Out Of Tampa
CBS Sports is reporting that Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman is expected to ask for a trade before next month's deadline. Tampa Bay is no longer a healthy place for a young, inconsistent quarterback who needs a coach that doesn't hate him....

Life Is A Lot Better When You Don't Expect Much Of Yourself
What a smooth week of being physically fit and observing a healthy, balanced diet it has been. What say we gather 'round the chiminea and swap stories of our personal triumphs? And share music, too. Here's a Spotify playlist. Let's get to it....

This Is The Funniest MMA Knockout Of 2013
Derrick Mehmen landed a shot on the side of Rolles Gracie's face that didn't seem particularly brutal in the second round during Saturday night's World Series of Fight 5. Oh, but it was....

Oklahoma State Pregame Features Thayer Evans Effigy Full Of Knives
The Oklahoma State fan responsible for this Thayer Evans effigy peppered with knives seems to be taking the Sports Illustrated report about the Cowboys with less than a level head....

Confused Ref In Cal-Ohio State Doesn't Know What The Hell's Going On
Ohio State fumbled mid-way through the first quarter against Cal and before the Golden Bears recovered, two flags were thrown for personal foul and unsportsmanlike conduct. Sifting through the bodies and change of possession, our poor ref had the penalties, numbers and even sides of the field all ...

The Radio Game
Dig this bit from Mark Harris' short essay, “Recalling the Joy of Watching Baseball on the Radio,” which is featured in the collection Diamond: The Baseball Writings of Mark Harris. Most famous for his Henry Wiggens trilogy, Harris doesn’t argue that radio is superior to television, just that they e...

Jag Juice Sure Sounds Disgusting
Sometimes there are ideas that should remain ideas. "Jag Juice," the brainchild of a Jacksonville gas station chain, is one of those things. From the limited research (read: looking at this tweet seconds before retching) it appears that Jag Juice is a frozen drink. A Slurpee of sorts. ...

Johnny Football Giveth And Johnny Football Taketh Away
In one series, in the less than two minutes, Johnny Manziel made Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide both seethe and clap stone-facedly with delight....

Tourism Ad: Jordy Nelson Gets Concussed, Dreams Of <i>Oz</i>-Like Wisconsin
In this reimagining of the classic film The Wizard of Oz, Jordy Nelson replaces the unconscious-and-dreaming Dorothy and the tornado-spun house that scrambles her brains is replaced by a tree. Oh, and the magical world of Oz is now autumnal Wisconsin. ...

Johnny Manziel Throws For TD On Opening Drive; Let's Check in On Saban
Tracy Wolfson: How do you plan to control Johnny Manziel?...

Jersey-Eating Southern Miss Helmet Attaches To Arkansas Running Back
When Arkansas running back Alex Collins was tackled after a seven-yard run, he tried getting up and discovered a whole lot of unexpected weight to pull up. That's because Ed Wilkins's helmet somehow latched on to his jersey and would not let go, connecting both players in a weird two-person horse c...

This Is The Most Impressive "Pick-Off Throw" You'll Ever See
I mean, it's not even the pitcher and he uses a bat! These pennant races are crazy....

Orange Pride Member: "Never One-On-One With Recruits"
Sports Illustrated's tortured exposé into the Oklahoma State football program took another hit Friday. A former member of the Orange Pride hostesses—a group accused of using sex (or of being used themselves) to entice recruits into the drug-infested and academically-helpful den of iniquity that is a...

Now Kerry Rhodes Is Out Of The NFL Because He Wanted Too Much Money
Or is it because he's not really that good and doesn't actually "like" football, whatever the fuck that means? These are the latest reasons for explaining the increasingly inexplicable lack of interest in Kerry Rhodes this season. ...
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OK State Registrar: <em>Sports Illustrated</em> Still Hasn't Called Us [Update]
Over the last day, one of Sports Illustrated's main sources for the second part of its five-part investigation into Oklahoma State has been under attack. Fath' Carter claimed that he graduated from the university with a degree in education, and, more significantly, that he and former Cowboys runni...

