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I Got A Manicure In The Super Bowl Media Lounge
It's been a long day and you've been busting your ass on the radio for hours and hours, dishing out your strong takes to the loyal listeners of ESPN's regional radio affiliate in Altoona. You need a break. You need to come in from the WINDSWEPT MOONSCAPE of this cold weather Super Bowl week. Well...

The Truth About The NFL, The Super Bowl, And Sex Slavery
Originally published at Sports on Earth....

Former NFLer: "Every Drill Was Live... Just Bang 'Em Up, Jack 'Em Up"
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?...

Capturing Madden
Ken Belson goes behind-the-scenes at EA Sports....

Your Super Bowl Weather Report: AND A GREAT SNOW MURDERED YOUR FACE
All week long, we'll be keeping track of the weather conditions for Super Bowl XLVIII. Here is your Wednesday update:...

Former NFL Player: I Guarantee I Have CTE
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?...

Which NFL Experts Predicted A Broncos-Seahawks Super Bowl?
We have recently recapped the awful performances of baseball and college football pundits—both groups whiffed entirely on either of the championship game participants. Did the NFL pundits do any better with their preseason predictions? We tracked 63 "experts" from CBS, ESPN, NFL.com, and Sports Illu...

Police Officer Indicted In Shooting Death Of Former Florida A&M Player
A grand jury yesterday indicted Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Randall Kerrick on a count of voluntary manslaughter, for his role in the Sept. 14 death of Jonathan Ferrell. Kerrick fired 12 shots, hitting the unarmed Ferrell 10 times, as he sought help after a car accident....

Richard Sherman Answers Question About Strippers The Best Way Possible
Super Bowl Media Day is a circus, and the mass of "journalists" allowed to ask questions inevitably results in events like this, when Richard Sherman is asked a question about how to prevent girls from becoming strippers....

NFL Cheerleading Is A Scam: A Former Ravens Cheerleader Tells All
As a glimpse into the dark side of NFL cheerleading, the recent Raiderettes lawsuit was revelatory, but it didn’t quite capture the soup-to-nuts seediness of the enterprise. Thanks to a tipster—a former cheerleader—we’ve gotten our hands on a copy of the many rules and many regulations the 2009 Balt...

NFL Logos As European Soccer Badges, Part III
They're here. It's the third release from Football as Football, an ongoing design project that is reimagining each of the NFL's 32 teams in the style of four different European soccer crests. ...

British People Offer A Perfect Explanation Of The Super Bowl
Everything they have to say is pretty much exactly right. ...

North Hollywood Forty
I WAS sitting at the window of a ninth-floor room in the Stoneleigh Hotel the week before Hollywood Henderson's wedding, facing approximately north, reckoning by the Dallas Cowboys tower out on North Central Expressway. The clouds had closed back in after burning off for a while earlier in the day. ...

Denver Airport Has Flights To Peyton Manning's "Omaha!"
Denver International Airport has gone Omaha crazy just like the Manning boys. To celebrate and support the Broncos as they make their bid for the Super Bowl this weekend, flights from Denver aren't just going to Omaha, they're taking a cue from Peyton and going to "Omaha!"...

Former NFLer: I Paid "Rathole Money" For Big Hits
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?...

Marshawn Lynch "Skittle Sausage" Looks Like The Worst Thing Ever
I want to be openminded about this, because I will eat pretty much anything. But the idea of adding a giant bag of Skittles to hot sausage seems as gross at that screengrab looks....

Statistically, When Is The Best Time To Buy Super Bowl Tickets?
Just a few days ago, you'd have had a better chance of finding a reasonably priced one-bedroom in Manhattan than you would've of scoring Super Bowl tickets for less than a mortgage payment or ten. For those who were able to hold off a few days, though, the savings are likely in the thousands....

Pete Carroll And Macklemore Are BFFs And It's Totally Weird
Pete Carroll wants you to know he was into Macklemore before you'd even heard of him, you poser....

Chief-On-Chief Violence At The Pro Bowl
The only remotely noteworthy thing to happen during yesterday's Pro Bowl was Derrick Johnson laying a solid hit on Chiefs teammate Jamaal Charles. More than solid—Johnson, named the game's defensive MVP, went helmet-t0-helmet on Charles three weeks after the RB left a playoff game with a concussion....

Braised Boneless Short Ribs And A Chat With L'Artusi's Erin Shambura
A few years ago my wife and I were introduced to L'Artusi, an Italian place down on West 10th street in the Village. We rarely have the chance to dine out, but we've been back to L'Artusi a dozen times since that introduction. We feel welcome there—it's a place that makes us happy. The environment ...