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Michael Tomasky from the Daily Beast just jumped into the Redskins name-change debate. He rationally gives the argument some historical context, and it just might be the best piece written on the subject so far. Read it....

Is Tim Tebow's NFL Career Over? His Camp Is Torn

In a story in ESPN The Magazine's upcoming issue, writer David Fleming goes long on the NFL's casting out of Tim Tebow and questions whether the free agent quarterback still has a future in the NFL. The answer Fleming comes up with: probably not....

Steelers Tackle Mike Adams Hospitalized After Stabbing [UPDATE]

The Pittsburgh Steelers have just released a statement saying Mike Adams, their second-year offensive tackle, was stabbed early this morning in what looks like an attempted robbery in the city's South Side. Adams, 23, had to be hospitalized....

Rams running back Isaiah Pead will be suspended one game for violating the NFL's substance-abuse policy. First: one game! Second: Pead is the fourth member of the Rams' 2012 draft class to be suspended for something or other....

Map: Do You Live In IHOP America Or Waffle House America?

America might be a fast-food nation, but at least it's a rich, greasy tapestry of fast food. In-N-Out Burger is the jewel of the West Coast. Massachusetts seems to breed Dunkin' Donuts franchises the way it used to breed Kennedys. Oklahoma and Wyoming are the only states to have both Hardee's and Ca...

All Night Long

Back in 1969, Jimmy Breslin spent a night hanging out with Broadway Joe Namath:...

Calvin Johnson is funding a pro-abstinence movie—"a coming-of-age story about a girl trying to stay true to her virginity and her religion"—and it has this poster. So there you go. [TNR]...

On Tuesday, Temple's Matt Brown was supposed to fly to Saskatchewan to sign a CFL contract, but couldn't board the plane because his passport had expired. On Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers called to offer him a job. [Philly.com]...

School Self-Reports NCAA Violation After Golfer Washes Her Car With "University Water"

The West Coast Conference held its meetings this week, and one item of interest came out via Portland basketball coach Eric Reveno: one school self-reported an NCAA violation because an athlete washed her car on campus....

Want To Buy Doug Flutie's House? It Has A White Piano And Pink Carpet

Former Boston College and NFL quarterback/folk hero Doug Flutie and his wife just put their Natick, Mass., estate on the market for $1.7 million. The house was built in 1995, and hoo boy does its age show....

The American Athletic Conference Reveals Its Logo

The American Athletic Conference (or "the American," as the cool kids say) unveiled its new logo this morning. The member schools are said to be thrilled, at least after their first choice of logos was turned down....

Nathan Fielder's Newest Text-Message Prank Is A Relationship-Killer

We've covered the text-message-based exploits of Nathan Fielder here before when he told followers to text their parents about drugs. This time the prank is a whole lot more personal and it has a huge cliffhanger element. ...

Guys Who Taped Call Between NFL GMs Charged With Federal Crime

A little over two months ago, we published a recording of a phone call between Bills then-general manager Buddy Nix and Buccaneers GM Mark Dominik. A couple of 20-year-olds had shared with us the fruits of their ingenious prank, wherein they called the Bills' switchboard as Dominik (looking to speak...

Rob Gronkowski Needs Another Goddamned Surgery

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski will have yet another surgery, this time on his back, and is expected to miss part of training camp. That's the best-case scenario....

Panthers Lineman Hits Cam Newton With A Fantastic Videobomb

Usually, the mark of a good videobomb is its subtlety, but Panthers lineman Jordan Gross is proof that the art form can also be deployed with a more overt sensibility. Gross's frantic jig was enough to get Cam Newton to forget the question that he had just been asked, so we'll call this videobomb a...

Former Division II Quarterback Found Dead In Michigan Woods

Cullen Finnerty, a former quarterback for Grand Valley State University and a three-time Division II national champion who was briefly a member of the Baltimore Ravens, was found dead Tuesday night by rescue workers who had been looking for him since he went missing on Sunday. Finnerty's body was fo...

Saints Receiver Joe Morgan Busted For Alleged DWI

The Earhart Expressway is a pretty damned busy highway. It's three lanes in either direction, and runs from New Orleans to the suburbs, and sometimes a Saints receiver passes out in his car in the middle of the road on a Saturday night....

Maurice Jones-Drew Allegedly Punched Out A Bar Staffer [UPDATED]

Jacksonville Jaguars running back and back-to-UCLA student Maurice Jones-Drew has been charged with battery after he allegedly punched and knocked out a bar staffer over the weekend at a beach bar in St. Augustine, Fla., according to police....

Down on the Corner, Out in the Street

From the SI Vault, check out Gil Rogin's 1964 story, "Confessions of a Stoop Ball Champion":...

Adrian Peterson said in a radio interview that gay marriage is "not something I believe in."...