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<em>Monday Night Football</em>'s Experiment With A New Sideline Reporter Failed Miserably
ESPN paid the NFL $1.1 billion this year for the rights to broadcast Monday Night Football. To bolster that coverage and warrant that massive sum, they pay millions of dollars in salaries to NFL sideline reporters Suzy Kolber, Rachel Nichols, Sal Paolantonio, and Ed Werder....
Homemade Infographic: When's Your Bowl Season?
Congratulations! Your football conference got invited to some bowl games. But "bowl game" covers nearly four weeks' worth of possibilities—from the MAC-WAC showdown in last week's Famous Idaho Potato Bowl to the SEC-on-SEC Alabama-LSU rematch in the national title game on Jan. 9....
ShortCenter: Marcellus Wiley Advocates For The Needle
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....
Aw Jeez, The Lights Are Out At Candlestick Again, A Fan Is On The Field, And Big Ben Is Providing Commentary
The lights went back out in Candlestick with 12:13 left in the first half, leading a fan to conclude the time was ripe to run onto the field. Ben Roethlisberger, meanwhile, lamented James Harrison's suspension—while Harrison himself took credit for the outage....
When The Lights Go Down In The City
The start of Monday Night Football is currently delayed due to this transformer explosion that blacked out Candlestick Park and presumably led to several copped feels. [ESPN]...
I Am Totally Not Going To Panic At All About Aaron Rodgers Getting Frighteningly Outplayed By Kyle Orton
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
Ron Rivera Says The Panthers' Trick Play Yesterday Was Inspired By The Movie <i>Little Giants</i>
Carolina head coach Ron Rivera told reporters this afternoon that the Panthers' trick play against Houston yesterday was inspired by "The Annexation of Puerto Rico," the Fumblerooski play used at the end of the 1994 classic film Little Giants. Here's the play in question, which in the movie is cal...
Deion Sanders To Tony Romo: "Who Gets In Your Butt?"
He was just trying to see if Romo has anyone willing to challenge him in the way Tom Brady was, but Sanders definitely could have worded his question a bit better. [h/t to Jackie A.]...
Tom Brady Shows Tim Tebow What A Real Quarterback Looks Like
We're doing a season-long NFL roundtable with our friends at Slate. Check back here each week as a rotating cast of football watchers discusses the weekend's key plays, coaching decisions, and traumatic brain injuries....
In Philly, It Was The Agony Of The Feet For The Jets And Rex Ryan
Your morning roundup for Dec. 19, the day we watched Kim Jong Il's monster movie. Photo via The 700 Level. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Elvis Dumervil Made Tom Brady Fear For His Life
Sure, the Patriots throttled the Broncos 41-23. But New England's victory didn't come at the expense of a little of Tom Brady's machismo, as the horrified look in his eyes upon this sack by Elvis Dumervil was more apropos for someone who wears Uggs. Which, I guess, means it's apropos—period. ...
Tom Brady Smiling, Colts Winning, Packers Losing, And Other Inexplicable Things: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
I guess we should have known God was asleep at the switch when the Colts won and the Packers lost. The Patriots finally beating Tebow was just an inevitability, then. Image via....
Ray Lewis Is Back!: Your Sunday Night Football Open Thread
Here is your final open thread of the night. Enjoy each other down below....
You Sure This Is Gonna Work, Tom?: Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
Lots of important games with important teams and important players. Discuss all these issues and more down below....
St. Louis Lineman Called For Holding Yells, "That's Not Fucking Holding!" Into Ref's Open Mic, And Then It Gets Weird
Rams guard Harvey Dahl disagreed with the holding penalty called against him late in the St. Louis-Cincinnati matchup, and told the referee as much in a colorful manner—while the ref's mic was still open and broadcasting to the Edward Jones Dome. That earned him another penalty and sent CBS announ...
Even In The NFL, Cam Newton Can Get Away With Trickery
Carolina took a 21-0 first half lead on the Houston Texans thanks to this bizarre play, one earning "Fumblerooski" references. That specific play was banned by the NFL decades ago, but...pshh.. rules. [FOX]...
Here's The Brutal Back Injury That Led To Bears WR Johnny Knox Being Carted Off The Field
There's at least one gruesome injury a week in the NFL, but they're usually of the ankle, knee, or elbow variety. This one's a bit different, and really pretty horrible to watch. ...
Mike Shanahan Just Remembered Rex Grossman Is His Starting QB: Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Week 15 begins now. Well, begins again after Thursday night. And last night. Week 15 continues. Talk about it below....
Cowboys At Buccaneers: Your Saturday Night Football Open Thread
Dallas at Tampa Bay (NFL Network): The Buccaneers have not won since October 16th and are on the verge of dropping eight straight for the first time since 1987. "'I hate to say there's an extra emphasis on [this game]; that means you didn't have emphasis on the other ones,' said Morris. 'It certain...
San Diego Chargers Assistant Coach Cris Dishman Needs Help Tracking Down Lomas Brown, Doesn't Like Being Called A "Heavy Drinker"
Cris Dishman is an ex-NFL player, two-time Pro Bowler and current assistant secondary coach for the San Diego Chargers. Cris is upset with former Detroit Lion, and current analyst, Lomas Brown because Brown called Dishman and his wife "heavy drinkers" in a segment of his Dan Le Betard interview tha...