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Who Wants To Sex The Tim Tebow?: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
Today, Football spanned the globe. At least if you still subscribe to Eurocentrism. Lots of fun stuff to discuss down below. ...

You Gonna Eat That, Bro? Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
Week seven, round two. We saved the mediocrest for second to last. Enjoy the fun with all your friends down below. Or just lurk like a weirdo....

You'd Probably Curse Too If You Got Stuck Reffing The Seahawks/Browns Game
Tipster Israel M. sent along this little snippet titled, "Ref in Cleveland-seattle game yells FUCK." Yes, he sure seems to do so....

Tim Tebow Will Carve Up The Dolphins: Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Week seven is upon us. Is it flex schedule time yet? Let me know, down in the comments....

Rob Gronkowski, Hanging Out With Porn Star Bibi Jones, Looks Like He's Enjoying His Bye Week
The Patriots don't play this weekend, and Bill Belichick's authoritarian grip on his players is apparently taking some in-season time off, too. Gronkowksi, the Patriots' rookie second-year tight end, reportedly went back to Arizona (where he played in college) to unwind, and by all indications he's...

Tony La Russa Brian Billick Appeared On A Game Show Roughly 30 34 Years Ago, And Nobody Knew Who He Was
Up until a few weeks before this 1977 appearance on The Match Game, awesomely-jacketed Brian Billick "was playing professional football." The coaches didn't think he was "quite the caliber" that a professional football player should be, though, which is why he still haunts us from the broadcast bo...

Vikings Cornerback Arrested On Domestic Assault Charges, Will Likely Be In Jail For Kickoff
"Chris Cook is in legal trouble again. The Minnesota Vikings' second-year cornerback was being held without bail at Hennepin County Jail early Saturday morning on two domestic assault charges, according to jail records. A source confirmed it is the Vikings' cornerback. Cook, 24, was booked into the...

Arizona's Referee Streaker Faces Up To 18 Months Of Hard Time
Your morning roundup for Oct. 22, the day we realized Jack Daniel's prices are probably going to rise. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

NFL Fines Troy Polamalu $10K For Calling His Wife After Getting Concussed
It's been so long since the last asinine NFL fine! But today, Goodell's goons went vigilante on spousal communication and fined Troy Polamalu for calling his wife to let her know he was not bleeding from his ears (yet):...

The Jets Are Going To Beat The Piss Out Of The Chargers, And Other Things You Should Know For This NFL Weekend
Hello, folks. Welcome back to Bad Beats, the column you visit for betting advice and sad tales of gambling woe. Read past Bad Beats here. Got any stories for us? Email us at [email protected]. Subject: Bad Beats....

Darrelle Revis And His PR Handler Hung Up On A Trolling Mike Francesa Today (UPDATE)
WFAN/YES Network host Mike Francesa is a special combination of windbag and gadfly. He's the self-appointed expert on all matters of New York sports, even though he doesn't know much about them. And he loves picking on angry, frothing Jets fans for their loud coach and on-field antics, despite the...

People Are Getting Dumber By The Day About The Harbaugh-Schwartz Fight
It must be a slowass week in the NFL, because people are still being idiots about the dustup between Jim Schwartz and Jim Harbaugh. Hey Mark Schlereth, can I count on you for saying something delightfully cliched and stupid?...

Dan Snyder Does An Interview! (For His Own TV Show. With A Fifth Grader.)
The last time Dan Snyder subjected himself to the terrifying bright lights of a studio interview, it was June, and it was bullshit. Back then, he went on the D.C. affiliates of FOX and NBC and agreed to pretend that his flack, Tony Wyllie, hadn't planted every single question. It was so scripted t...

Kevin Walter Called Cortland Finnegan A Prick
Texans WR Kevin Walter went on The Big Show on 790 in Houston this morning to talk Sunday's battle for the heart of the AFC South. You can listen to the whole interview over there, but we've pulled out the bulletin board material, as the kids like to say. Walter, who will probably be covered by Fi...

Watch Stephen A. Smith And Terrell Owens Struggle To Define The Word "Soon"
Tipster Stephen N. just sent in this compelling sliver of an interview between two noble men. So, thanks for that....

This Evening: Proof That America Thinks Rex Ryan Is Smarter Than Tony La Russa
Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 20, the day we were depressed to learn what Mr. Belding was up to these days. H/T to Jon for the map. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

The Redskin Faithful Do Not Have Much Faith In John Beck
When the dust settled on the annual mid-season quarterback shuffle this past week, John Beck was the Washington Redskins' starter. That's John Beck, the formerly mulleted Mormon who has thrown more interceptions (3) than touchdowns (1) in his five NFL seasons....

When Is It OK To Give Up On Your Team For The Season?
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Buy Drew's new book, The Postmortal, through here. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed....

Rex Ryan Retroactively Guarantees Super Bowl Rings For Team He Never Coached
It has been a watershed week for coach fights in the NFL. First, of course, there was the Great Handshake Showdown Of Oh-Eleven at Ford Field on Sunday evening, when two grown men disagreed about the proper way to deliver post-game handshakes and resorted to standing around grimacing at each other a...

That Jerome Harrison-Ronnie Brown Trade Was Voided Because Harrison Has A Brain Tumor
Awful news on why the trade-deadline deal between the Lions and Eagles could not be consummated yesterday. If there's a bright side, as Adam Schefter pointed out, Harrison's tumor might not have been found had the trade not been attempted. [PFT, via @AdamSchefter]...