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  • Blogs

    December 4, 2011

    Chicago Bears Mascot Protests for the 99% (Of Bears)

    ​The above picture was taken earlier this afternoon at Soldier Field during the Chicago Bears-Kansas City Chiefs game. As you can see, Chicago's mascot, Staley Da Bear, is in full support of the Occupy Wall Street movement and has occupied the sideline for the cause. Why he is dressed like Jim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Super and Not-So-Super Bowls: Allen Barra Ranks all 44 Previous Big Games from Worst to First

    ​While we wait for this Sunday's showdown between the Steelers and the Packers, we're feeling nostalgic for the big games of our past. We've been spoiled lately with some pretty exciting Super Bowls. But we remember a time not so long ago when the ultimate championship tended to be something ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Bill Murray Shoved a Stranger Over Football

    ​Legend has it that Bill Murray is a weirdo. In one version of the infamous, widespread Bill Murray story, a kid is in Manhattan's Union Square late one night when someone comes up behind him and covers his eyes. When he turns around to see who it is, he notices it's Murray, as in the famous a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Tom Coughlin Will Sort of Remain in Control of the Giants

    ​With about five minutes to go in the Giants 17-14 victory over the Redskins in Washington yesterday, the bad news was flashed across our TV screens: the Green Bay Packers had defeated the Chicago Bears, shutting the Giants out of the playoffs and ending their season. Immediately, I'm betting, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Jockbeat: Jets Defense Can Get Them to Super Bowl -- If Sanchez Can Keep Up

    ​"They played well," Cincinnati receiver (and ace David Letterman guest) Chad Ochocinco told the Washington Post after the Jets 38-0 season-ending win over his team on Sunday, January 3. "My fear coming into today's game was not the individuals I had to play against. It was Rex. He's a defens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Ed Koch Celebrates Bypass Operation with Big Steak Dinner

    ​Back in the Chicago Bears' 80s heyday, there was a story (now debunked, alas) that quarterback Jim McMahon fed his offensive line dinner every weekend as a gesture of appreciation toward the people who kept him from getting killed. Former Mayor Ed Koch seems to have heeded that apocryphal exa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Plaxico Burress Gets $1 Million in Settlement

    Plaxico Burress was let go by the Giants last week, but at least he's leaving with $1 million more than he might have. A special master has ruled in arbitration that the Giants can't dock a million off Burress' signing bonus because his self-shooting in November was not a willful attempt to default ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Brian Parks Says: Forget the Pro Bowl! Who Has the NFL's Best Uniforms?

    The Denver Broncos used to be cool, man. They've changed. Last week, we made clear our dim view of the televised scrimmage known as the Pro Bowl. Nonetheless, we forced ourselves to eyeball a few minutes of it yesterday, given that it was the last we'll see of pro football for a while. While endu ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 28, 2009

    Love for Legals?

    Warm up the Know Nothings, and that old car

  • News

    October 23, 2007

    They Might Be Giants

    Let's hope Coughlin's crew leaves the bad ball in foggy London

  • NYC Life

    April 17, 2007

    Eddie Robinson's Unlikely Pal

    Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2007

    Notes on Super Bowl XLI: Apparently, God Hates The Bears

    Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2006

    Time for the NFL Payoffs!

    Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2005

    '05 Race: Freddy and Billy are Friends

    Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend

  • News

    September 19, 2000

    Sports

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    July 25, 2000

    Sports

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    January 11, 2000

    A Century Of UNI Watch

    Remembering the Grambling legend and his unusual friend

  • News

    November 16, 1999

    Sports

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