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The Patriots Annoyed John Harbaugh By Having Fun With Eligible Receivers
The Patriots needed creativity to beat the Ravens last night. Julian Edelman showed he could throw a deep ball better than Tom Brady on a trick-play touchdown bomb to Danny Amendola, but New England also ran a few plays that mixed up eligible receivers. Those formations were totally legal, but Balti...
Jets RB Chris Johnson Arrested For Openly Carrying A Firearm: Reports
Chris Johnson is starting the offseason on the wrong foot, getting arrested in Orlando last night on a misdemeanor weapons charge for "open carrying of weapons/firearms," according to a report from Erika Esola. ESPN has the details of this relatively minor offense: ...
Bets And Bullets: A Small-Time Gambler's Death By SWAT
It's been nine years since police in Fairfax County, Va., turned small-time bettor Sal Culosi into a bookie and then killed him, but Culosi's death has been forcibly dragged back into the news, and so has all the unaccountable power-drunkenness that led to it. His killers, we've been reminded, struc...
Worst Damn Knife Thrower Nearly Kills His Assistant
This happened on some sort of Lithuanian talent show, and I very nearly broke out into a cold sweat while watching it. ...
Why Can't Skip Bayless Say Johnny Football Has A Drinking Problem?
In case you missed it, everyone's getting pissed at Skip Bayless for calling Johnny Football an alcoholic on the air last week. Here's Bethlehem Shoals:...
Oregon's Championship Game Uniforms Are Pretty Disappointing
The Ducks toned down their uniforms for their national championship against Ohio State, and the results are plain boring. The school colors, green and yellow, are just totally absent. Weak....
Oregon, Ohio Mayor: Name Won't Change For College Football Championship
You might have heard that the city of Oregon, Ohio will change its name for the Jan. 12 college football national championship game between the Oregon Ducks and Ohio State Buckeyes. That's not actually going to happen, according to Oregon's mayor....
Mark Schultz Is Mad That <i>Foxcatcher</i> Implied A Homosexual Relationship
Foxcatcher has been out for seven weeks, but former Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz apparently just watched it this week, because he's furious with director Bennett Miller over the implications that Schultz had some sort of sexual relationship with insane, murderous billionaire John du Pont. ...
Sick SEC Burn, Danny Kanell
OK, maybe Seminoles alum and ESPN analyst Danny Kanell has been stanning for FSU long enough and hard enough that everything he has to say should be discounted—he's certainly catching enough crap for it. But what is college football for if not reveling in the misery of others to make yourself feel b...
Ohio State Beats Alabama And The College Football Final Is Set
Ohio State and Urban Meyer exorcised some demons tonight. ...
What Do Ohio State Fans Love To Complain About? An Investigation
This year, Ohio State debuted a new service that allowed fans in the Horseshoe to let stadium officials know about any concerns during games via text message. Loud neighbor? Drunk neighbor? Loud, drunk neighbor? All you had to do was send a message to 69050 addressed to Brutus, the school's grotes...
Your 2015 College Football Playoff Cheat Sheet
College football begins a new era today. After years of frustration with the Bowl Championship Series, there's finally a playoff to crown a national champion. If you haven't followed the season closely to this point but want to follow along, here's a quick rundown of what you should know about each...
Hey, Newspaper, That's The Wrong Harbaugh
Whoever put together this morning's Detroit Free Press front page forgot the Golden Harbaugh Rule: John is the normal-looking one, and Jim is the one who always looks like a goddamn angry dragon. ...
Rex Ryan Is A Free Man
Black Monday is off to a running start: the Jets have officially announced the firing of head coach Rex Ryan and GM John Idzik. From owner Woody Johnson's statement:...
Rex Ryan Just Wants To Get Fired Already
Only the Jets could donk their way into annoying their head coach by not firing him. But according to a report from NJ.com, Ryan is righteously pissed that Jets owner Woody Johnson and doofus-turk Charley Casserly are shopping his and John Idzik's jobs without actually having fired them. ...
Report: Rex Ryan Has Already Cleared Out His Office
How positive is Rex Ryan that he is going to be fired after six season as the New York Jets head coach? According to a report from Dom Cosentino, Ryan has already cleared out his office in advance of Sunday's game at Miami. Jets owner Woody Johnson has reportedly hired former Texans GM Charley Casse...
Report That Andre Johnson Is Willing To Take A Pay Cut Is News To Him
Andre Johnson, the greatest receiver in Texans history and the longtime face of the franchise, may be somewhere else next year. He'll turn 34 during camp, and after a disappointing season, it'd be hard to justify the $16.1 million cap hit he'll carry. ...
John Wall Is In Control
You may have skipped yesterday's Christmas Day game between the Knicks and Wizards, in part because the craptacular Knicks were involved, and in part because a certain level of pacing is required when there are 12 hours of basketball to watch. If you did skip it, you didn't miss the greatest game ev...
Quincy Acy Tries To Swing On John Wall, Small Brawl Ensues
The Knicks are getting outclassed by the Wizards today, and New York's frustration boiled over in the fourth quarter. With John Wall driving to the hoop, Quincy Acy — perhaps trying to stop another 360-degree layup — hits Wall with a forearm shiver at the right elbow. Wall was having none of that sh...
John Scott One-Hit KOs Tim Jackman
San Jose's John Scott took a swipe at Anaheim's Tim Jackman in the second period last night, and connected with the Duck's jaw. Whether it was the butt of Scott's stick or his hand, Jackman fell to the ice....