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The Taxpayer Extortion Playbook: How To Ignore The NFL Playoffs Today
While all attention focuses on this afternoon's two championship games, the NFL is quietly and methodically running its taxpayer extortion playbook on the people of St. Louis. The Los Angeles trump card, the NFL's longtime key leverage in stadium negotiations, is being deployed with particular oomph...
Report: Rams Owner Bought Land, Threatening To Build L.A. Stadium
Going by a Los Angeles Times report posted early this morning, Rams owner Stan Kroenke is set to saber-rattle the fillings right out of the city of St. Louis. Kroenke got his hands on 60 acres of real estate adjacent to the old Forum in Inglewood, and has made plans to combine it and the 238 acres n...
Getting Screwed With Your Pants On: A Guide To Ignoring The NFL Today
Even by dismal NFL standards, the Colts' stadium deal is fucking bullshit. There's Jerry Richardson using the same extortion mechanics behind public financing to secure "private" construction financing via Personal Seat Licenses, and then there's the Indianapolis Colts just screwing the whole godd...
Taxpayers, Fans Winners As St. Petersburg Rejects Rays Stadium Deal
St. Petersburg's city council rejected an agreement with the Tampa Bay Rays that would have allowed the team to seek new stadium sites while providing the MLB franchise an out from its lease with the city that locks them into Tropicana Field through 2027....
The Bills Will Play At Home On Sunday
Despite having more success in Detroit than they've had in Orchard Park in years (though playing the Jets had a little something to do with that), the Bills will return home to a playable Ralph Wilson Stadium for next weekend's game....
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Looks Like Sunday's Bills Game Will Be Moved [Update: Yep]
It's still snowing in Western New York. (What the fuck, snow.) The Bills remain scheduled to play the Jets, but people are dying and trapped and stranded and there's probably no real reason 70,000 people should be on the road at the same time on Sunday. It's sounding like sanity is beginning to prev...
You Can Still See The Jaguars Logo At Wembley For Today's Soccer Match
England is playing Slovenia at Wembley today in a crucial Euro 2016 qualifier, and it appears they weren't able to entirely remove the Jaguars logo from last week's Jacksonville-Dallas game there. Expect England to lose by 40....
Report: Royals And Chiefs Concessions Are Disgusting, Unhygienic Mess
Were you one of those fans fortunate enough to see the Royals' magical postseason run in person, or perhaps you're a loyal Chiefs supporter? If so good for you, but it means you probably ate some mold or rodent shit. ...
Washington D.C. Politicians Being Shady As Shit About New Soccer Stadium
The debate over an arena for D.C. United—with a proposed site cost of $300 million, it would be by far the most expensive soccer-specific stadium project in the country—has been long and contentious but stands on the verge of a major step: the approval of the Washington D.C. City Council. But the da...
What The Royals' Pennant Win Sounded Like From The Parking Lot
It's the next-best thing to being inside the stadium! (No it's not. A bar would have been better. Or your couch in front of a TV. But I'm glad this video exists!)...
Chart: Stadium Distance From Downtown In Four-Sport Cities
This chart from Redditor jamintime shows distance between stadiums and downtowns in cities with NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL franchises. Google Maps was used to track distance and define downtown and stadium locations. In cities with multiple pro teams in the same sport, the closest stadium to downtown wa...
Arkansas Player Hit In Face By Errant Pass While Watching Jumbotron
The gigantic video board at Jerry World has claimed another victim: this Arkansas player, who while sitting on the bench was staring up at it while an errant (or, maybe, thrown away) pass headed directly toward his face....
How To Call A Team's Bluff On Stadium Subsidies
Today, the Angels walked away from negotiations on a deal to renovate Angel Stadium, all because the city did something every city ought to do when its sports team comes looking for handouts: Anaheim did its homework....
The Dolphins' Stadium Is Literally Built On An Indian Burial Ground
This explains everything....
Hey, The Golden State Warriors' New Stadium Design Looks Like A Toilet
Yeah, man, that's a toilet....
Couple Making Out At LSU Game Take Tumble Down The Bleachers
These two didn't care about LSU football. Hell, they were so into each other that they didn't even care about gravity. But gravity won....
Report: Roger Goodell Cancels Appearance At 49ers Game
Roger Goodell has reportedly had a last-minute change-of-heart about attending tonight's 49ers home opener, despite having had his appearance scheduled for a couple years....
Jadeveon Clowney Blames Texans' Crappy Turf For Knee Injury
LB Jadeveon Clowney, the first-overall draft pick, will miss time as he recovers from a torn meniscus in his right knee suffered in the second quarter of yesterday's season opener. He told one teammate how it went down:...
Raiders Closing In On Stadium Deal To Keep Team In Oakland
It looks like Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis got exactly what he wanted out of all of those fancy steak dinners in San Antonio and all that public kissy-face with Los Angeles. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the city of Oakland has cobbled together a deal for a new stadium that would k...