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Wes Welker Is Back And It Feels Terrible

By all accounts—his own, his teams’, and a top NFL-affiliated concussion specialist’s—Wes Welker is healthy and ready to play. St. Louis badly needs a receiver. Still, when the Rams announced they signed Welker to bolster their etiolated passing attack, my first reaction was disappointment. It’s a s...

U.S. Soccer Bans Headers For Players Under 11 To Resolve Concussion Lawsuit

The United States Soccer Federation has taken a major step in an attempt to reduce concussions among youth soccer players, adopting a policy that bans players under 11 from heading the ball and reducing headers in practice for 11 to 13 year olds, the New York Times reports. The new rules—which also ...

Four weeks after the Columbia Journalism Review and Deadspin noticed multiple instances of apparent plagiarism by San Francisco Chronicle Warriors beat reporter Rusty Simmons, he has returned from his suspension. No word yet on what a review of his work by the paper found. [CJR] ...

Nearby Building Explosion Caught On Video During Soccer Match

Towards the end of last week’s Braşov-Râmnicu Vâlcea match in Romania, in-stadium cameras caught a nearby bread factory going up in flames following a massive explosion. Reports from Romania say the fire killed one person and wounded five others. The match was suspended....

Grimes Is A Very Awkward Pop Star, Which Makes <i>Art Angels </i>Way More Fun

The truth is that all sorts of weirdos get to be pop stars nowadays, and that should excite you whether you like pop stars or weirdos. Think Lana Del Rey, who has excellent rocket-launcher technique and makes profoundly soporific records that double as fainting couches. Think Fetty Wap, who has one ...

Investigators: KGB Successor Enforced State-Approved Doping Program For Russian Athletes

The World Anti-Doping Agency just released the results of a months-long investigation into doping allegations leveled against Russian athletes. The investigators found that use of performance-enhancing drugs by Russian athletes—many of them Olympic athletes—is not only widespread, but also supported...

Cam Newton Vs. The Packers Banner Has A Happy Ending

Banners! Let’s talk about banners. It’s much more interesting than talking about how the Panthers are 8-0*, and with a two-game lead plus the tiebreaker over the Packers, are firmly in the driver’s seat for homefield advantage in the NFC. Because homefield isn’t so great if you’ve got a bunch of a v...

What's Going On At The University Of Missouri? All Your Questions, Answered 

This morning, University of Missouri system president Tim Wolfe stepped down, ending an eight-day hunger strike by graduate student Jonathan Butler aimed at Wolfe’s removal. The issue at hand was Wolfe’s lack of response to a recent spate of racist incidents on campus, and Butler’s protest had the s...

University Of Missouri President Tim Wolfe Resigns

University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe announced this morning that he will resign from his position. Wolfe’s resignation was spurred on by students, including the football team, who were unsatisfied with his handling of several on-campus incidents of racism....

Teddy Bridgewater Left Momentarily Unconscious After Taking A Vicious Hit

Teddy Bridgewater was attempting to slide for a first down when Lamarcus Joyner ran into him and knocked him unconscious with this vicious elbow strike. The tackle drew an unnecessary roughness penalty. Bridgewater laid there unconscious for a while, before leaving the game to be evaluated for concu...

Missouri Head Coach Gary Pinkel Voices Support For Players Going On Strike [UPDATE]

Hours after the athletes of color on Missouri’s football team announced they were going on strike until university president Tim Wolfe is removed from office, head coach Gary Pinkel tweeted out this photo of the team and its coaches with a message of united support for the work stoppage....

Undefeated Michigan State Beaten By Officials As Apparent Blown Call Hands Game To Nebraska

Michigan State’s undefeated season is no more after officials awarded a game-winning touchdown to Nebraska’s Brandon Reilly despite the fact the Cornhuskers receiver appeared to go out of bounds on his own before re-entering the field to catch the pass with just seconds remaining in Lincoln....

Missouri Football Players Go On Strike To Force Removal Of School President [UPDATES]

The University of Missouri’s Legion of Black Collegians released a statement tonight from the collective athletes of color on the Tigers football team stating they are on strike from football-related activities until the school president steps down in the wake of several racist acts on campus....

North Texas Player Stretchered Off After Crashing Head Into Concrete Wall

North Texas tight end Marcus Smith left the field on a stretcher after crashing into a concrete sideline wall late in his team’s game at Louisiana Tech....

Tre'Quan Smith Makes Circus Catch While His Defender Flips Him Over 

UCF has had a remarkably bad 0-10 season. This is quite the shocker for the team that entered the season ranked #1 in the only college football poll that matters. Longtime coach George O’Leary retired midseason and it’s been grim down in Orlando. But at least Tre’Quan Smith is still providing us wit...

Keith Joseph Jr. & Sr., Current And Former Mississippi State Football Players, Die In Car Crash

Last night, Keith Joseph Jr. and his father Keith Joseph Sr. were driving to attend a football game at Pascagoula High, where Joseph Jr. went to school, when they both died in a car crash. The younger Joseph was a redshirt freshman with the Mississippi State Bulldogs, and his father played there in ...

Kiffin's Krimson Korner: Your Tuscaloosa <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup

Another week, another SEC College GameDay location. This turnout was a bit depressed due to rain, so your choices are... suspect....

Kyle Turley: "Suicidal And Homicidal Tendencies Became A Part Of My Daily Living"

Former NFL offensive lineman Kyle Turley appeared on Highly Questionable today to push for more research into the usage of marijuana to treat football injuries, instead of pharmaceuticals. Since he retired in 2007, Turley has been quite outspoken about the damaging health effects of football. He was...

Joe Theismann Says He Did Not Tell A Man Looking For An Autograph To Grow Some Tits

On Nov. 2, someone on Twitter claimed that his uncle asked former Skins quarterback Joe Theismann for an autograph, and Theismann told the man to grow some tits. Wow, that’s harsh. Did Joe really do that? He responded today:...

One Mystery And Four Other Good Stories From The New York City Marathon

Gosh, it was fun to see a woman with some healthiness about her and FIEN—who is FIEN?—printed on her bib, out front just killing it in Sunday’s New York City Marathon. And wasn’t it a marvel to watch that cheetah Wilson Kipsang loping along at 5:05 or so per mile, easy as cracking a cold one? ...