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Bucs' Cannon Scares The Shit Out Of Cam Newton And Steve Mariucci
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got trounced by the Carolina Panthers last night, but they did succeed at making Cam Newton and Steve Mariucci nearly die of fright. ...

This Is The Best Buccaneers Fan
This hazmat suit-wearing Bucs fan has been more entertaining than the team tonight. Go MRSAneers!...

NFL Might Sell Package Of Thursday Night Games To Another Network
For those who don't have NFL Network and therefore miss out on Thursday Night Football, you may soon get to watch two teams on short rest try not to exacerbate minor injuries....

Drake Looks Thrilled To Be In Photo With Fianceé Of Eagles Player
Drake had to cancel his show Saturday night in Philly, but at the hotel bar, he ran into a group of ladies that included Laura Roberts, who's engaged to Eagles safety Kurt Coleman. Roberts, who was out for her bachelorette party, is the one in the black up front. Holy shit does Drake look excited....

NFL Spreads, Visualized: Week 8
We posted some initial lines on Monday, but below is updated gambling info for the 13 Week 8 NFL match-ups. Packers-Vikings and Giants-Eagles—which we held to wait for the result of the MNF game—are now included, as are money lines. Spreads, ATS performance, and bet trends are from SportsInsights.co...

Off-Broadway Joe: The Song And Dance Of A Playboy Nearing Middle Age
Originally published in the July 1981 issue of Inside Sports. Reprinted here with the author's permission. For more on Namath, check out this reprint of a frank Playboy interview from 1969....

What A Paralyzed Player Would Mean For The NFL
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here....

Which Lazy-Ass NFL Fans Order The Most Food Online During Games?
Watching Sunday football is already sweetly lazy, but to take the laziness to the next level you really have to order greasy delivery, and you have to order it online....

It's Official: Greg Schiano's Players Hate His Guts
NFL.com's Michael Silver has a new report on just how badly things have soured between Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano and his players, and it paints a bleak picture. There are two main takeaways from this story: Greg Schiano's players really, really dislike playing for him, and Schiano actually ...

Book Excerpt: Nicholas Dawidoff On The 2011 New York Jets
Over at Men's Journal check out this excerpt from Nicholas Dawidoff's new book, Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football:...

Photoshop Contest: Dan Snyder's Thumbs-Up
The Redskins tweeted out this photo yesterday, of owner Dan Snyder modeling his new Kevin Durant sneakers. Dan loves 'em. We love it too....

Report: The Rams Asked Brett Favre To Unretire
For fuck's sake, St. Louis, even Tebow would have been a better idea....

William Harrison, Author Of Sports Dystopia <em>Rollerball</em>, Has Died
William Harrison, the author and screenwriter whose 1975 classic Rollerball semi-accurately foretold how the future of sport would suck, died Tuesday, just shy of his 80th birthday....

Remembering Pat Summerall's Wonderful <em>Murder, She Wrote</em> Read
Yesterday's episode of A Football Life profiled longtime broadcaster Pat Summerall, who passed away earlier this year. It was loving without being hagiographical, devoting an entire segment to Summerall's alcoholism. But the most fun bit was this, noted and pulled out by Kissing Suzy Kolber....

So, How's The NFL Spinning A New Poll On Youth Football And Concussions?
NFL communications is PR, and Brian McCarthy is a PR guy, so we shouldn't and don't expect them to share anything that isn't overwhelmingly positive for the league. Take this post McCarthy just tweeted out, which "summarizes" the results of a new HBO Real Sports/Marist poll on public opinion of yout...

Bill Belichick Says The Jets Also Pushed. Did They?
Lots of controversy—fun, silly controversy—over the overtime penalty on the Patriots that may have cost them Sunday's game at the Jets. Tackle Chris Jones was flagged for pushing teammate Will Svitek into the offensive line, negating a missed field goal. The first conspiracy theory was that the NFL ...

Steve Smith Isn't Done With Janoris Jenkins Just Yet
Steve Smith had some fighting words for Rams cornerback Janoris Jenkins after the two faced off this Sunday, and it looks like he's not done being angry yet....

Retired Quarterback Who Isn't Brett Favre Wants To Help The Browns
It seems so long ago that the Browns had convincingly beaten the rival Bengals to improve to 2-2 with the help of Brian Hoyer (The Destroyer). Now, Hoyer's out for the season, Brandon Weeden has his old job back by default, and Jeff Garcia's offering his services. Wait, really?...

Vikings-Giants Was Crap, And You Watched It Anyway
How bad does a football game have to be before people tune out? Worse than last night's mess, apparently. Vikings-Giants pulled a 9.5 overnight rating—meaning, roughly, somewhere between 14 and 15 million viewers....

He's Not Getting Drug Tested Anytime Soon
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., OCT. 21: Steve Weatherford attempts to prevent return man Marcus Sherels from scoring. Also, punters are still punters. (Al Bello/Getty)...