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Troy Polamalu is one of the best safeties in the NFL and makes more game-changing plays than most defensive backs. He’s exciting, instinctive, and a hard hitter. Remember this play he made against Jake Locker earlier in the season? That was …
A Danny Woodhead touchdown catch was overturned by the referees on Sunday, helping the Washington Redskins beat the San Diego Chargers 30-24 in overtime. Washington was up 24-21 late in the game and the Chargers were driving for what could have been …
It’s calls like these that lead people to say the NFL has gone too soft … or that they are totally biased towards star quarterbacks. The New York Jets were called for a highly questionable roughing the passer penalty in the fourth quarter …
I guess it’s still fashionable to mock the Dirty Bird even though that hasn’t been a big celebration for the Atlanta Falcons for a while. After scoring a touchdown in the first quarter on Sunday to put the Carolina Panthers up 7-0 on the …
Adrian Peterson scored on a touchdown run Sunday that will earn a permanent place on his career highlight reel. The Minnesota Vikings were down 20-17 to the Dallas Cowboys with six minutes left in the game. They had the ball on the 11 and …
Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen had a funny reaction to Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant getting two penalties on the same play late in the third quarter of their game on Sunday. The Cowboys had a 3rd-and-15 from the Vikings 34 late in …
The best part about having so many NFL teams on byes this week is there are fewer chances for us pick games wrong this week. That’s always a good thing, right? Well after two bad weeks in a row, it’s time for a bounce-back week. …
Miami Hurricanes star running back Duke Johnson left Saturday’s 42-14 loss to Florida State with a leg injury after being stuffed on a fourth down play in the third quarter. The word is that he has a broken ankle and will be out for the season. …
Denver Broncos head coach John Fox will have heart surgery in North Carolina on Tuesday and likely be out 4-6 weeks, according to a report. FOX NFL reporter Jay Glazer reported the news about Fox’s surgery and says the head coach has known for …
Boxer Curtis Stevens appears to have a chai tattoo permanently inked on his neck. Chai is the Hebrew symbol for life and a symbol of Judaism. It’s common to see Jewish people with necklaces that have a Chai chain. Todd Phillips, who directed …
Jonathan Martin left the Miami Dolphins on Monday because of ongoing emotional issues, not bullying, according to a new report. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Omar Kelly and Dave Hyde say Martin left the team because of “other emotional …
The Miami-Florida State game on Saturday wasn’t officially a Miami-Florida State game until Bobby Hart and Anthony Chickillo scrapped early in the third quarter. Florida State had the ball at the Miami 31 in a 2nd-and-9 situation up 21-14. …
Jameis Winston is a fantastic quarterback despite not having his best vision when he plays football. When Florida State played Miami on Saturday in Tallahassee, one of the side-stories the ABC announcers kept mentioning was how Winston does not wear …
Juan Martin del Potro was robbed on Saturday while signing an autograph inside a Paris train station. Del Potro was taking a train from Paris to London after playing in the Paris Masters, where he lost to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals. According …
Denver Broncos head coach John Fox was taken to the hospital on Saturday after feeling light-headed on the golf course and is said to be “doing fine” despite the initial scare. There were initial reports that Fox, who is in his third …
The week didn’t go so well for one Pelini brother, but the other was much more fortunate. Bo Pelini’s Nebraska Cornhuskers beat Northwestern 27-24 on Saturday after connecting on a miracle Hail Mary on the last play of the game. …
