Category Archives: Football

Begging the Question

Who keeps over $440,000 in jewelry in a hotel-room safe? New York Giants defensive tackle Shaun Rogers told police that he had $440,000 worth of jewelry stolen last weekend while he was staying at a hotel in Miami Beach. According … Continue reading

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Why Welker Walked

The incomparable Greg Bedard discusses what the Patriots might have been thinking: If the Patriots only had one standout tight end, Welker would absolutely be the right guy to go forward with this offense. But because they have invested so … Continue reading

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Happy Mossmas

Eight years ago today was one of my favorite moments in football history. NSFW. Context below.

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Someone Finally Found A Use For Dan Shaughnessy

Arian Foster’s Twitter profile picture is an excerpt from yesterday’s Shaughnessy column:   Generating bulletin board material is about the best that can be expected from the seemingly universally disliked Boston Globe sportswriter.

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What The Internet Will Be Talking About Today

So, Rex Ryan evidently has a tattoo on his arm, of his wife wearing nothing but a Mark Sanchez jersey while Tebowing.

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ESPN’s First Take just keeps getting worse

I hate to pile on a show that is already demonstrably stupid, but this particular story is just awful: Parker states that he can’t tell if RG3 is a brother or cornball brother because A- he has a white fiancee and … Continue reading

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ESPN’s ridiculous stance on women

There’s a lot about sports reporting and the way women are involved that irritates me. For example, why don’t we ever have female commentators on men’s sports? Sure, they typically like to have an ex-player on the team, but why … Continue reading

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Football and Politics

I caught the Fox NFL pregame show for the first time this season this past Sunday and was surprised at how funny this bit was:

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Take Back Thursdays

Bill Simmons, never known for his brevity, provides a surprisingly succinct takedown of the NFL for adding more Thursday night NFL games this season while claiming to care about player safety/health: The league’s Thursday-night commitment keeps getting lost in the shuffle when Goodell … Continue reading

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Second Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Given that there’s unlikely to be an NHL playoffs this year, I got to thinking about other good times in the sports year.  We’re clearly in the midst of one of them — the NL and AL championship series are … Continue reading

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Three Lists

The Library of Congress has a new exhibit called Books That Shaped America, which identifies 88 books that “have had a profound effect on American life.”  It’s a rare list indeed that manages to incorporate The Great Gatsby, The Joy … Continue reading

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How Tecmo Bowl No Longer Explains the World

Writing in Grantland, Chris Bown argues that football play-calling has turned a corner in the past few years.  Gone are the days of Tecmo Bowl play-calling, where the team has already decided to run or pass before the ball is snapped. … Continue reading

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Always Bet on West

If you’re a fan of a football  team from the East Coast and it feels like your team often under-performs on Monday Night Football, that’s probably because they do: The Stanford researchers dug through 25 years of Monday night NFL … Continue reading

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Depressing NFL News, vol. XXXI

(via TNC) Hey look, more NFL players suffered serious and sometimes fatal symptoms from CTE: Easterling, who played for the Falcons for eight seasons in the 1970s, began coping with apparent dementia and depression about a decade into his retirement. … Continue reading

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NFL: National Football Litigation

Months ago, we noted that the NFL might soon find itself overwhelmed with lawsuits from former players, now that so much evidence is coming to light regarding the long-term health impacts of playing football.  Now this: More than 2,000 former … Continue reading

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Sports Miscellanea

1) Someone needs to rethink her facebook friend requests  (h/t SP): A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape conviction burst into tears Thursday as a judge threw out the charge … Continue reading

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One Ring to Rule Them All

You know it’s a slow sports day when this is getting coverage: The Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants received their rings in a private ceremony at Tiffany and Co. on Wednesday, and it will give each of them a … Continue reading

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This makes Spygate look like nothing

Based on ESPN reports, Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis is probably in serious trouble: Sources familiar with Saints game-day operations told “Outside the Lines” that Loomis, who faces an eight-game suspension from the NFL for his role in the recent … Continue reading

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