Football

When Jay Cutler found out the Broncos were surreptiously trying to send him to Detroit in a trade to get 2009’s version of Scott Mitchell, I’m sure he didn’t think he was going to end up calling Soldier Field home. But that is, shockingly, what has happened. Jay has whined his way out of Denver […]

The United Football League will kick off in October with a whopping four teams. The league has recruited some medium-sized names to coach said teams, but no man is bigger than Denny Green, who will head up the San Francisco team (he previously coached in the Bay Area with the 49ers and at Stanford). The […]

The weirdest sports story this weekend was the news that Terrell Owens has signed a one-year, $6.5 million contract with the Buffalo Bills. Owens, who loves the limelight and attention, would have been the last player one would associate Buffalo, an NFL Siberia when compared to his other teams in San Francisco, Philadelphia and Dallas. […]

Terrell Owens got his popcorn last night with a little surprise. His release from the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys decided a $9 million cap hit was worth getting rid of the future Hall of Famer (for ability in both football & inducing headaches). Sources are reporting that Owens finally just became too much of a […]

The website Pop Sugar has a photo gallery of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady hanging out on a balcony in L.A. this week with new wife Gisele Bundchen and his little son John. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart also makes an appearance. Pop Sugar gushes about how hot Brady looks, but my discerning eye […]

Kurt Warner and his wife, Brenda Kurt Warner resigned with the Arizona Cardinals for two years and $23 million after flirting with the San Francisco 49ers. His decision was made, Warner said, by a conversation he said he had with God: “I told my wife probably 45 minutes into it that I just felt God […]

Former USF player Will Bleakley There's an incredible story developing now involving two NFL players (Corey Smith and Marquis Cooper of the Lions and Raiders) and two former college football players who were reported missing in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday. Sports Illustrated is reporting that the Coast Guard has found the overturned boat and […]

Sorry, sometimes a headline presents itself and I’ve gotta post it. But the release of Derrick Brooks and Warrick Dunn by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers does represent one of the few things I think is terribly wrong with the NFL: The releasing of big-name talent that fans have come to adore to make room for […]

Wayne Burdick is a dedicated Chicago Bears fan. So much so that AT&T charged him $27,000 to watch a game using a wireless card. His tale of woe, as he wrote to the Chicago Sun-Times: I was in Miami on Nov. 2 getting ready to go on a Caribbean cruise. I wanted to catch the […]

SI’s Peter King says Brett Favre is retiring again. So where will he end up next year? Tampa Bay? Arizona? My guess is that he’ll actually stay retired this time. The last three months have been brutal for Favre, with loud whispers of him tainting his legacy. My guess is guys like King have told […]

In honor of the big game, here is the latest Super Bowl by Dylan Edwards, a cartoonist for Outsports who has now landed a book deal thanks to his work that appeared here. We are so happy for Dylan and invite you to check out his Outsports cartoon archive. In honor of the big game, […]

Is it just me, or does this Super Bowl have all the makings of a snoozer? No disrespect to the two teams involved, but I can’t remember a Super Bowl I had less interest in. For each of the last seven years, I feel we’ve been blessed with great storylines, heroes and villains headed into […]

Disturbed Arizona Cardinals fans used gasoline to burn pro-Cardinals slogans into the lawn at the suburban Phoenix home of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb prior to the NFC Championship Game. Michael Silver of Yahoo reports that one of the vandals left behind information that identified him. What was going through the mind of the misguided […]

Keyshawn Johnson, on the ESPN pregame show, said Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was “a bit of a drama queen.” This followed a report on Big Ben’s injury status two weeks after a concussion and whether he would be able to play (it seems as if he’s questionable to play with an injury every week). […]

Fox spent so much time slurping Florida's Tim Tebow last night, that the blogs are hammering both (see here, here and here). So I found this cartoon via the Interception King to be spot on given how Fox genuflected at Tebow's every move: Fox spent so much time slurping Florida's Tim Tebow last night, that […]

A bunch of indy filmmakers have set out on a mission to show the mysteries and controversy behind the identity of God, as seen by our culture and society. The film is called God In The Box. One of those they talk to is Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, a devout Christian. One of them […]

Yawn. I don't have a whole lot to say after watching Florida's boring-as-hell 24-14 BCS title win over Oklahoma. The game was poorly played, the play calls were often baffling and Fox looked like it had the Z Team covering it (the Fox announcers couldn't even get the down right in a crucial goal-line sequence). […]

The San Diego Chargers beat the Indianapolis Colts, 23-17, in overtime Saturday. The Chargers scored on the opening possession and the Colts never got the ball. This reignited debate on whether the NFL should change its OT rules. What do you think? The San Diego Chargers beat the Indianapolis Colts, 23-17, in overtime Saturday. The […]

This story from Yahoo proves conclusively that college football’s BCS system sucks and that the two teams that get to play in the title game are there for reasons other than their on-field success. Some voters in the Harris Interactive Poll, which helps determine BCS rankings, NEVER WATCHED UTAH PLAY! The same Utah team that […]

Yes, I know Utah won’t win the mythical national championship since the absurd BCS system settled on Florida and Oklahoma as the two teams to play for the BCS title. But after watching the Utes dismantle Alabama, 31-17, in the Sugar Bowl, they have as much claim to the title as anyone. The Utes are […]