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    March 7, 2012

    Playing Dirty: Was the Saints' Bounty Scheme Just Football as Usual?

    For sheer elegance, you can't beat the Irish when it comes to writing about American sports. Here's Cormac Eklof of IrishCentral.com on the NFL's bounty scandal: "Goodness me, the New Orleans Saints have landed themselves in quite the juicy pickle. The NFL is basically, at this moment, winding up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2011

    Rex Ryan to be Fined At Least $75K For Telling Fan to "Shut the Fuck Up"

    ESPN is reporting the NFL plans to fine Jets head coach Rex Ryan between $75,000 and $100,000 for swearing at a fan last week at MetLife Stadium. Ryan was walking off the field at halftime during Sunday night's game against the New England Patriots when someone in the stands yelled, "Hey, Rex, Belic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Let's Be Clear: NFL Players Smacked Down the Owners

    NFL players' honcho DeMaurice Smith​As you may have heard, the NFL lockout ended just a short time ago, and since the TV commentators I'm hearing seem to be confused about who actually came out on top, let me give it to you straight. I'll repeat my words in this space on April 27: "I think I can c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    NFL Lockout No Joke — Or Is It? Let's Go to the Video.

    Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout with Taylor Lautner from Taylor Lautner Funny or Die, the comedy film company co-started by Will Ferrell, almost makes the NFL lockout worthwhile with Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout, a deadly little spoof that combines the oh-so-easy-to-parody Field of Dreams with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Plaxico Burress: Why He Deserves Another, Er, Shot

    ​Let's stop the ongoing debate about whether or not Plaxico Burress "deserves a second chance." Who really knows whether any ex-con is rehabilitated until years after he reenters society? What criteria can anyone really use to determine that someone "deserves" a second chance? The only reaso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Roger Goodell, Stop It Already! The NFL's Players Have Won.

    Roger Goodell: He lost.​The New York Giants opened up their weight room yesterday to three players: Chris Canty, Brandon Jacobs, and Mario Manningham. Why just those three? It isn't clear. As Gary Myers says in this morning's Daily News, "The Giants have now decided to close the weight room until ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2011

    The Looming NFL Strike: Get Ready for Clueless Coverage

    ​Why is the looming NFL strike different from all other strikes? Well, first, it's not a strike, it's a lockout. Or at least it will be on March 4, when the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the National Football League and the player's union expires and the owners padlock the gates. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    The Super Bowl Is Stupid

    ​The Super Bowl is stupid. We say that and we're football fans here at Runnin' Scared. Watching the "big game," as it is referred to by companies attempting to profit off its popularity without paying licensing fees, is a useful exercise in being a stupid person for an entire day. Don't believ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Morning Links: International Criticism Mounts Against Israel, Hurricane Season Begins, Quit Facebook Actually "Update Your Status" Day

    AP​• Israel is holding more than 600 activists from the Gaza convoy, and international criticism of the country is mounting, with the UN condemning the acts that on Monday killed 9 civilians -- many of them Turks, a country that had once been a friend of Israel -- aboard the flotilla that ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    A NY Super Bowl in February Goes from "Stupid" to "Done Deal"

    ​Remember several months ago when you heard for the first time that the Giants and Jets owners were putting in a bid for the 2014 Super Bowl? Remember how stupid that sounded at the time? What exactly happened in the meantime to make that idea sound less stupid? When, exactly, did having th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Ben Roethlisberger Gets In End Zone, Only Lightly Penalized

    ​We used to think Frank Coffey was the funniest man in fake-sports news until we saw his headline on the Ben Roethlisberger decision: Roethlisberger To Sell Girl Scout Cookies Door-to-Door. Now we're wondering if the NFL isn't funnier. Roethlisberger, who has twice been involved in allegatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Woody Johnson, Jets' Owner, Unclear on Coin Toss Concept

    ​Does New York Jets owner Woody Johnson really think the NFL uses two-headed coins? It's hard to imagine a sillier flap than the one Johnson is raising about the NFL's decision on who gets to play the first regular season game at the new Meadowlands stadium. First of all, if the story is bein ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Rightbloggers Defend Rush with an NFL Boycott; Are Beer, Buffalo Wings Next?

    The National Football League has a large millionaire population which predictably contributes overwhelmingly to Republicans over Democrats. Yet this week we learned from rightbloggers that the NFL is in fact a wing of the liberal conspiracy. Early this month Rush Limbaugh and Dave Checketts coll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Conservatives Urged to Boycott NFL

    In the annals of rightwing hubris, we haven't seen much to equal this: one of the conservatives enraged that Rush Limbaugh's ex-partners have excluded him from their plans to buy the Rams (which Limbaugh and his followers blame on liberals) has proposed that patriots counter-attack by... boycotting ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Jockbeat: Class Struggles at the Scrimmage Line

    You haven't been reading much about the beginning of the NFL's labor talks, and that's a pretty good indication that you're going to be reading a lot more about it by this time next year. So get primed now.  First, there's a new sheriff in town, DeMaurice Smith -- or De Smith, as he calls himse ... More >>

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