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How I Let Go Of My NFL Career
Excerpted from the new epilogue to Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile, now available in paperback. We published an adaptation from the book last year....
What Playing Football Does To Your Body
The paperback version of Nate Jackson's Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile is now on sale. It's got new material, and we'll have some of that on the site next week. Below is an adapted excerpt from the book we ran last year. It's still painfully timely....
"Uncle Nate" Auctioned Off A Rolex Johnny Manziel Gave Him
You do remember "Uncle Nate" Fitch, don't you? Johnny Manziel's bro/assistant/hanger-on, who allegedly arranged Manziel autograph sessions with memorabilia dealers that got the QB suspended for half of a game? Manziel's doing all right for himself now, and apparently so too is Uncle Nate....
Tony Scheffler Retires, Citing Three Concussions
Lions tight end Tony Scheffler has announced his retirement, citing the three concussions he suffered during his NFL career as the reason he's walking away from the game. Below is a 2011 story from Nate Jackson, a former teammate of Scheffler's, offering a behind-the-scenes look at one of the nights...
Dolphins Scout Says He Was Fired For Staying Home To Care For Sick Wife
So, this is not a very good look for the Miami Dolphins, an organization which has pretty much become synonymous with "bad looks" over the course of the last year or so. According to a intent-to-initiate-litigation letter obtained by Fox Sports, a former Dolphins scout plans to sue the team over his...
Free Throw Attempt Features Flopping, Flagrant Foul
It's rare that a free throw attempt is delayed for five minutes, but it happened tonight in El Paso as the Conference USA semifinal between Southern Mississippi and Louisiana Tech forced officials to review footage of what was, essentially, a prank....
Bill Simmons's Dad Helped Recruit Nate Silver To ESPN
Time.com's Jack Dickey, writing for Time, has a profile of Nate Silver, the data maven who will be bringing his number-crunching digital publication, FiveThirtyEight, to ESPN later this month. There's plenty of good stuff in there (for subscribers) about ESPN's courtship of Silver. ...
JaVale McGee Just Created Two Of The Best NBA Highlights Of The Season
Our old buddy Pierre just posted both of the clips below to his Instagram account, and I cannot stop laughing at them for reasons I can't completely explain. Maybe it's the music, maybe it's the slo-mo, or maybe it's just because I'm desperate for things to laugh at now that I've been robbed of JaVa...
Nate Robinson Dunks Three Times In Two Minutes
How do you turn the last two minutes of an NBA game into an impromptu dunk contest? Build a 22-point fourth quarter lead, wait until the other team has given up, and then unleash Nate Robinson....
My Injury File: How I Shot, Smoked, And Screwed My Way Through The NFL
Adapted from Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile (Harper)....
Nate Robinson Needs To Do Better At Staying Hydrated
The Denver Nuggets took a train from Boston to Philadelphia after their game against the Celtics on Friday night, and the trip did not go very well for Nate Robinson....
Just Another Reason To Love Nate Robinson
Nate Robinson has been playing with a banged-up right hand in his last two games, but if you think a messed up shooting hand is going to prevent Nate Robinson from taking pull-up jumpers, you don't know Nate. He's still got a left hand, after all....
This Is Why We Love Nate Robinson
Cross half court, call for the ball (preferably begin before actually crossing half court). Wander over to the sideline, immediately call for the ball again. Clap your hands while continuing to call for the ball. Confuse Ty into giving you the ball, incredulously. Wave off any assistance from teamm...
Kirk Hinrich Has A Great Time Wrestling With Nate Robinson
Just more proof that basketball is always more fun when Nate Robinson is involved....
Here's What Nate Burleson's Car (And Pizza) Looked Like After His Wreck
Judging by these photos, which a good-natured Nate Burleson just posted to his Instagram account, the Lions wideout was lucky to walk away from his falling pizza-induced car accident with just a broken arm....
Nate Burleson Crashes SUV And Breaks Arm Trying To Rescue Pizza
The Lions could be without wide receiver Nate Burleson for the rest of the season because of a vehicle crash that happened at 2:25 a.m. today. According to police, alcohol was not a factor. But falling pizza was....
Why The NFL Should Let Players Smoke Pot
Originally published in Bloomberg View....
The Most Honest Book About Football You'll Read All Year
Former Bronco Nate Jackson's book is out today, and it's an exceptional memoir of life on the NFL's margins. You'll find out what it's like hiding injuries to make a roster, waiting for the year's annual drug test to pass so players can start smoking, and what a dickbag Eric Mangini is. Slow Getting...