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Lowsman Trophy Watch: Jadeveon Clowney Arises
Each week, Football Outsiders recognizes the most outstanding college linemen, defenders and other darkhorses from the previous weekend who are habitually overlooked in the hype for that other award (whatever it's called). These are the Lowsmen....
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:...
Adam Wainwright's Moment Of Desperation, Captured For Eternity
Adam Wainwright struggles defensively....
Russian Soccer Fans Were Racist Today. But Were They Racist Enough?
Champions League soccer is back on today, and English side Manchester City traveled to Russia to play CSKA Moscow. City won, 2-1. City have the better team, so the result itself isn't shocking. But going to Russia to play soccer sucks. It's far. It's cold. The environment is oppressive. CSKA are act...
Cricketer's Girlfriend Caught Pantomiming Sex While Watching Match
Note to current and future cricket WAGs: the camera is always turned on, so be mindful of your, um, gesticulations....
Atlanta Newspaper Tweets Some Dumb Shit About Lottery Winner
It's since been deleted (of course), and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has yet to offer an apology or an explanation, but some announcement about their account being hacked will probably hit the Twitter machine any moment now....
Ballet For Dorks: The Awkward Beauty Of Bowling
Bowling is a ritualized behavior that requires strength, coordination and an often decidedly idiosyncratic technique in order to aestheticize a communally sanctioned exposition of controlled violence. Orrr . . . maybe it's just a fine example of the sort of loud, explosive fun that humans sometimes ...
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?...
Gronk To Host Women's Football Clinic At Harvard. There Will Be Booze.
Sup, ladies. Do you like football? Do you like Rob Gronkowski? Do you want to learn some of the basics of how to play football? Would you like to learn those basics from Rob Gronkowski? Welp, for $99, Gronk is here to help. Provided you're at least 21 years old and you're into drinking before any so...
Amputee Paralympian Has The Best Halloween Costumes
It might take you few seconds to figure out exactly what you're looking at. It's former Paralympic Games ski racer Josh Sundquist, unveiling this year's edition of his always-great Halloween costume....
Mike Francesa Threatens To Go After Wonderful Twitter Parody Account
Mike Francesa's been on a roll lately. The latest incident involves the radio guy threatening the two anonymous dudes who run an exquisite Twitter parody account, @MikeFrancesaNY....
John Sterling Will Call The <em>Kitten Bowl</em>
As counter-programming to the Puppy Bowl, (and as counter-counter-programming to the Super Bowl), the Hallmark Channel has announced it will air the Kitten Bowl on Feb. 2. It will be just like the Puppy Bowl, only with more assholish animals....
The Realest Baller You'll See Today, Or Any Day
There's just a lot going on here. ...
"Chili Slander": Cincinnati Media Reacts To Our State Food Rankings
Our Great American Menu post is generating a healthy discussion among foodies, provincialists, and professional trolls (2,500 replies and counting). Those responding most vociferously? Queen City residents, and their pablum providers in the Cincinnati media....
Kicked-Out Cowboys Fan Gets A Very Philly Send-Off From Eagles Fans
Just watch and listen for yourself. Security was clearly removing a Cowboys fan from the Linc's seating area, and no one in this video punched a woman. Can we please now stop with the lazy stereotyping of Philly fans as boorish thugs?...
This Is How America Feels About Kim Kardashian And Kanye West
h/t IronMikeGallego...
Sage Steele Takes <em>NBA Countdown</em> Hosting Job
Last week we told you that ESPN had offered Sage Steele the host's job for NBA Countdown. It took her a few days, but she has said yes. ...
"Reach-Around": Beavis And Butthead Read The Sports
Here's Steve Levy and Scott Van Pelt hehehehe-ing their way through Giants-Vikings highlights. SVP describes Jared Allen "reaching around" the lineman to sack Eli Manning and Steve Levy apparently could not resist saying "reach-around." ...
Why Did The College Wrestling All-American Shoot The Duck?
This story is a couple of weeks old, but it somehow escaped the attention of our Ducks Desk. Ethen Lofthouse is a senior at Iowa who placed fifth at 184 pounds at last year's NCAA wrestling championships. One recent Friday afternoon, Lofthouse's neighbors noticed that he and his roommates were shoot...