ECU Hosting a Pirate Themed Football Party Tonight
bustersports.com — You probably won't be watching a toppled ACC powerhouse beat up on a erstwhile FBS team. But you should. Students of East Carolina -- AT THE DIRECTION OF THEIR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, NO LESS -- are going to be dressing up as pirates in the world's first (and hopefully not last) "Pirate Out." (Submitted by HeDiggMe) More…
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Saints Beat Falcons and Tie Best Start to a Season at 7-0
nytimes.com — The Saints have tied their best start to a season. Drew Brees had 308 yards passing, Pierre Thomas scored two touchdowns and Jabari Greer returned an interception for a score to help the Saints improve to 7-0 with a 35-27 victory over the visiting Atlanta Falcons on Monday night. Only the 1991 Saints began a season with as many wins. (Submitted by badwithcomputer) More…
Fantasy Football is Glorified Dungeons and Dragons
thejockitch.com — Fantasy football and Dungeons & Dragons are similar in too many ways to ignore. The first main similarity is determining the draft order. Similar to the draft, D&D players roll a 20 sided die to determine who will fight first during a battle. Every position has its advantages and disadvantages. Both are games of extreme chance, luck and passion. (Submitted by MarioRocks) More…
Favre Beats Packers at Lambeau: 4 TDs in a Single Game
sports.espn.go.com — Brett Favre still knows how to win big games at Lambeau Field, even if this one came for the enemy and to a chorus of boos. or the second time in less than a month, Brett Favre sliced up his former team and stuck it to the franchise that cast him aside as the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers 38-26 at Lambeau on Sunday. (Submitted by badwithcomputer) More…
NFL's Brain-Jarring Hits Reverberate Through Time
boston.com — Even with an enfeebled Willie Wood sitting right behind him in a wheelchair this week, NFL chief Roger Goodell still refused to acknowledge the damage football is causing to players’ brains. For me, this was sickening. (Submitted by Blinker1315) More…
Twenty Years Ago, One Hit Changed Two Lives Forever
ncaafootball.fanhouse.com — After a collision on the field, Gaines, a tailback for Vanderbilt, got up and headed back to the huddle. Mullins, a safety for Mississippi, never moved again. Brad Gaines now makes a 175 mile trip 3 times a year to the tombstone of a man he never really knew. (Submitted by RandomEyes) More…
Redskins Keep Alienating Fan Base: Owner Now Disallows Signs
sports.yahoo.com — Let’s see if we can get this all straight. The Washington Redskins are 2-5, last in the NFC East and averaging an inept 13.7 points. So what do the upper reaches of management do? They tacitly tell the salary-supporting, skybox-filling, Bentley-providing fanbase to shut up. That’s right: Signs have officially been banned. (Submitted by diggleague) More…
Guy Shoots Friend in Head while Checking Football Scores
blogs.citypages.com — When we're hanging out around the house with our buddies, we can't skip an opportunity to point guns at our friend's head just for the heck of it. And to make it more exciting, why not actually pull the trigger? The safety is on right? Oops. (Submitted by janinekahn) More…
Redskins ban all fan signs at FedEx Field
voices.washingtonpost.com — I fished this sign out of a garbage can outside FedEx Field. It was in the garbage can because there's a new policy that says no signs of any sort are permitted inside the stadium. Even signs sending best wishes to husbands in Afghanistan. (Submitted by redsfaithful) More…
3 Arrested, 1 Charged With Murder of UConn Football Player
sportingnews.com — John William Lomax, of Bloomfield, was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with stabbing 20-year-old Jasper Howard, a Connecticut football player, attorney Deron Freeman said. His bond was set at $2 million, according to Freeman. (Submitted by efreeman) More…
Dallas' Best Football Team is Also its Best-Looking
blogs.dallasobserver.com — Football 'n Females! (Submitted by Bukowsky) More…
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