It was the end of the road for Michael Irvin’s Dancing With The Stars run Tuesday night. He was never the best dancer, but he was one of the fan favorites from the first night. Unfortunately, this was his best week of dancing (video after the jump). To get kicked off the show after his [...]
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Redskins owner has target on his back
Think the Washington Redskins are getting hammered for their coaching and playing? Well owner Daniel Snyder is taking it on the chin from fans and the DC media…for allegedly trying to suppress anger at his coaches and players!
Snyder’s heavyhanded attempt at message killing, Douchewellian as it was, worked in the short term: The censorship of [...]
Larry Johnson weekend recap
A couple notes about the Larry Johnson story from over the weekend: Johnson’s agent, Peter Schafer, told TMZ that he had no idea the word “faggot” bothered some people. “I’m learning that there’s a segment of our society that finds it offensive.”
Johnson apparently reached an agreement with the Chiefs that essentially cuts his suspension in [...]
Weekend Hot Jock: Chad Ochocinco
Chad “Johnson” Ochocinco caught my eye this week making the rounds on ESPN, promoting his new book, Ocho Cinco: What Football and Life Have Thrown My Way. I’ve seen Ochocinco plenty of times, but I’d never really admired his handsome good looks. He’s got great bone structure in his face and doe-like eyes. And coming [...]
Larry Johnson makes it clear: He’s not sorry
Larry Johnson has issued the clearest statement yet that he doesn’t regret using the word faggot, and that his apologies were truly hollow: He is appealing his one-game suspension. Agent Peter Schaffer told Pro Football Talk:
We will be filing an appeal tomorrow. It is our belief that the action did not warrant the discipline unilaterally [...]
Chiefs suspend Larry Johnson for two weeks
The Kansas City Chiefs suspended running back Larry Johnson until Nov. 9, which covers one game (the Chiefs are off this week) and two game checks after he made disparaging remarks about his coach and used three anti-gay slurs towards fans and reporters. (Background here and here).
A statement from the Chiefs via Pro Football Talk:
“The [...]
Larry Johnson ‘apologizes,’ is suspended
Kansas City Chiefs running back has issued a statement about his verbal attacks in the last 36 hours on his coach and for “words” he used. His written statement:
First of all, I want to apologize to the fans of the Kansas City Chiefs and the rest of the NFL, Commissioner Goodell, the Chiefs organization, Coach [...]
NFL player Larry Johnson uses homophobic slurs
Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has used three anti-gay slurs in the past 24 hours after he was confronted about using his Twitter account to rip his head coach Todd Haley.
When reporters entered the Chiefs locker room on Monday, Johnson said he was not answering any questions until Thursday. He then uttered this [...]
Miles Austin’s great ass-ets
My partner walked in on me watching the Falcons-Cowboys game Sunday afternoon, and I was surprised to see him stop in his tracks and watch for a few seconds. Then came what’s on the minds of lots of gay guys after yesterday’s game: “Who’s No. 19?” That would be Cowboys receiver Miles Austin, who’s on [...]
Brad Childress does drag
If the Vikings are looking for a scapegoat for their loss at Pittsburgh on Sunday (and they wouldn’t dream of calling out No. 4), they may want to look to a female flight attendant with a mustache. On their flight from Minnesota to Pittsburgh, Vikings head coach Brad Childress reportedly donned a wig, nylons and [...]
Two bonehead coaches of the week
We used to hand out a weekly NFL bonehead coach of the week award. This week, college football’s bonehead coach is easy; And the NFL’s wasn’t much harder.
In a road game at Alabama Saturday, Tennessee were within 2 points with about 40 seconds left in the game (this just moments after a successful onsides kick), [...]
Saying bye-bye to two Outsports NFL faves
Oh how quickly the stars of two Outsports faves are fading in the NFL. I’ve written before about the demise of Brady Quinn in Cleveland. It seems he’s on the precipice of losing about $11 million this year because he couldn’t hang onto the starting job there. He’s also put his Cleveland-area house up for [...]
Fisher wears Manning jersey, Titan fans irate
The Tennessee Titans are 0-6 and are coming off a 59-0 loss to New England, so Titans fans are not a happy bunch. They are less happy after Titans coach Jeff Fisher donned a Peyton Manning jersey at a fundraiser Tuesday because he “wanted to feel like a winner.” Manning plays for the arch-rival Indianapolis [...]
Rate the NFL throwback uniforms
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the American Football League, and to sell more jerseys, the NFL is having former AFL franchises wear their original uniforms. This has been done in the past several years with various teams, but the AFL focus has prompted a fierce debate on the fashion aesthetics [...]
Broncos beat Chargers, show they’re for real
I keep waiting for the Denver Broncos to wake up and realize they are supposed to be mediocre. But they keep surprising me and their 34-23 win at the San Diego Chargers on Monday night convinces me they are legit.
Denver used two kick returns for touchdowns by Eddie Royal and a suffocating defense to win [...]
