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J.J. Watt's Mom Wants Him To Fix His Nose

J.J. Watt's already intimidating without blood on his face, but when he does bust open his nose, like he did in Week 4 against the Seahawks, it makes him terrifying. Imagine being a quarterback, seeing a six-foot-five behemoth with a bloody face trying to take him to the turf. This injury recurs eve...

Anatomy Of A Con: How The Public Was Scammed To Build Candlestick Park

While everyone's free to be as nostalgic as they like about Candlestick Park now that it's probably seen the end of its useful life, it's worth remembering that it wasn't only a miserable place to watch a game, but also a forerunner of the modern public financing con. The piece below, which original...

The Texans Have The Saddest Christmas Tree In The NFL (Naturally)

The Wall Street Journal assigned eight members of its sports staff to judge photos of 29 of 32 NFL teams' Christmas trees. Because the universe bends toward order, the Texans have the very worst. ...

Someone Please Help Eddie DeBartolo Open His Beer

Here's a funny moment from last night's Monday Night Football broadcast, in which 49ers owner former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr., desperate for something to wash down a mouthful of snacks, attempts to crack open a beer. It does not go well....

Bye, Candlestick

[They played one last regular-season football game at the unlovable old pile in an unlovable corner of America's most overrated city. San Francisco's Candlestick Park—like most sports arenas, with the notable exception of the one replacing it—began life as a million-dollar swindle, and it seems only...

Report: Tony Romo Out For The Season

With a victory against Philadelphia next Sunday, the Cowboys are in the playoffs, but Tony Romo won't get the chance to help his team win or lose or whatever it is Romo does. According to Adam Schefter, he's out for the rest of the season with a back injury....

Has Calvin Johnson Played With A Partially Torn PCL Since October?

Back in Week 5, Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson sustained a knee injury that kept him out of a game against Green Bay. A few days later, we received a tip:...

Two Boys Kissing: How Our Favorite Sports Photo Of 2013 Came To Life

In January, photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice was on assignment for Sports Illustrated when she went to a San Francisco gay bar, HiTops, during the 49ers-Falcons NFC Championship game. She was assigned to get a photo that would accompany a story about the diversity of 49ers fans. Her photo, above, was...

Von Miller's Out For The Season, And The Broncos Are An Injured Mess

As the celebration of Peyton Manning's record 51 passing touchdowns fades away, and the Broncos try to lock up the top playoff seed, there are still a bunch of concerns about the state of the team heading into the playoffs. The biggest came yesterday after linebacker Von Miller suffered a torn ACL e...

The Real Reason The NFL Can't Fix Concussions Any Time Soon

In yesterday's game against the Giants, Lions tight end Dorin Dickerson sustained a concussion while covering a kickoff return. (It appears to have been on a simple touchback.) He stayed in the game, until he eventually screwed up on back to back plays. ...

Peyton Manning Threw A Lot Of Touchdowns

Nine years after setting the single-season record for touchdown passes, five years after watching Tom Brady claim the record for himself while setting fire to the rest of the league, and two years after undergoing four neck surgeries that probably should have ended his career, Peyton Manning is back...

Peter King Should Shut Up About Cam Newton

During the fourth quarter of yesterday's Saints-Panthers game, with the Panthers down three points and running out of time, Peter King sent the following tweets:...

Tom Brady, Left Hanging Forever And Ever

Will Tom Brady ever not be left hanging? ...

Santa Rodgers Photobombs Green Bay's Captain Photo

Even when he's not playing, Aaron Rodgers still shows up in the Packers' team captain photos. This Sunday, Rodgers was an aloof Santa, lurking behind Sam Shields, John Kuhn, and Jarrett Boykin. He's been doing this for a while....

Football Hits Cameraman In Groin

Skins Fan In "Dallas Sucks" Shirt Thrown Down Stairs [UPDATES]

This Skins fan—clad in a "Dallas Sucks" shirt—just gets tossed down the stairs by some kind of security. The reason why is as clear as the reason for the dude in the Peyton Manning jersey at a Cowboys-Skins game....

Tony Romo's Christmas Card Allows For Endless Cheap Jokes

This is apparently Tony Romo's Christmas card, as sent to us by an anonymous tipster. Romo and Candice Crawford look so happy. Their kid Hawkins, on the other hand, seems to be struggling with the sandwich—hot dog?—forced in his face. Make your own punchlines....

Jason Garrett: Angry Man

Peyton Manning Breaks Record For Most TD Passes In One Season

In 15 games, Peyton Manning broke the NFL record for most touchdown passes in one season....

Panthers Fan Gets Drenched By All Of The Rain

At least he has that thin plastic poncho keeping him damp instead of soaked....