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They Called The Cops On UTEP Coach Tim Floyd Last Night
Your morning roundup for Feb. 24, the day Edward James Olmos turns 63....
"You Have To Accept My Pain": An Interview With Dave Duerson Three Months Before His Suicide
On Nov. 27, I spent an hour on the phone with former Pro Bowl defensive back Dave Duerson. It had been seven years since his mother's death and 364 days since his father's burial, and the following day he would celebrate his 50th birthday. Less than three months later, he sent some text messages to ...
NFL Prospects Work On Their "Run From A Gorilla" Times
Tom Shaw runs a training program for NFL hopefuls at the Disney's Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando. That happens to be adjacent to Disney's Animal Kingdom. Shaw did not let the proximity go to waste....
The NFL's Gift Of Dave Duerson
It's hard to imagine a more horrifying thought than one of the last ones Dave Duerson ever had: knowing you've got to shoot yourself through the heart to make sure scientists can find the brain damage that led you to suicide in the first place....
We Are All Dave McKenna XVIII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit defoliates like a sapling doused with Agent Orange. Today we also offer you a profile of McKenna from TBD.com by Jon Fine:...
One Thing I Think I Think: Peter King Is The Latest In A Long Line Of Management Stooges
First there was that epic profile of Roger Goodell, which was 6,000 words of Peter King trying to stuff some brains and character into an empty suit. Then there was this item the other day. I know it's CBA season, and I can only imagine how difficult and disorienting it must be for football writers ...
We Are All Dave McKenna XVII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit disappears like Jim Zorn's head-coaching authority....
We Are All Dave McKenna XVI
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit goes the way of the Quagga. Today, old-head Frank DeFord chimes in with an NPR segment titled, "You're A Mean One, Mr. Owner." He reserves the end...
Watch As The Value Of Several NFL Prospects Plummets
An ABC affiliate in Atlanta aired a piece about Tom Shaw, one of those fitness types who gets NFL prospects "bigger, stronger and faster" in advance of Draft Day....
Justin Bieber Is More Valuable Than Scottie Pippen On The Basketball Court, Too
Your morning roundup for Feb. 19, the day Wisconsin edges closer to Cairo of the Heartland....
We Are All Dave McKenna XV
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit goes poof, vamoose, son of a bitch. Today: Snyder might be a little SLAPP-happy....
We Are All Dave McKenna XIV
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit gets disappeared. Today's topic: Snyder's mouthpiece doesn't understand how reporting works....
Now, Blake Griffin Is Posterizing Backboards With His Head
Your morning roundup for Feb. 17, the day local politics in at least one American city gets real (entertaining)....
Ryan Clark Straight Up Torches The NFL's Negotiating
"If they told you, whatever your salary is we're going to give it to you even if you don't come to work. What's your incentive to come to work? And essentially that's what the owners have." Some really good stuff in this interview. [SportsRadioInterviews]...
These Men Are Not Laughing With You
Your morning roundup for February 15, the day Bob Cook's family ended his obituary with the words "GO PACK GO."...
We Are All Dave McKenna XI
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit gets disappeared. Today's topic: a fan's right to a homemade "Dan Snyder is a jackass" poster....
Chargers WR Legedu Naanee Asked, "Do You Know Who I Am?" While Allegedly Resisting Arrest
Legedu Naanee, a San Diego Chargers wide receiver who had 23 receptions last year, was arrested in Indianapolis late Saturday and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest. The arrest itself is pretty insignificant — here's a guess that the charges will be dropped before long — but it's ...
Albert Haynesworth Accused Of Sexual Assault
Haynesworth, who was charged with assault in a road rage incident on Feb. 2, has been accused of sexually assaulting a waitress at the W Hotel last weekend. Haynesworth's agent says there is "no truth to these allegations." [WRC-4]...
We Are All Dave McKenna X
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit gets disappeared. Today's topic: money-hungry nannies....
The NHL Doesn't Seem To Think The Islanders Can Control Their Players
Your morning roundup for Feb. 13, a day in which a Supreme Court justice prepares to celebrate five years of playing mum at work....