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Sep 24, 2008 12:12 PM CDT

Millen Out as Lions' President

Ugly era ends in Detroit for former NFL star

(Newser) - Matt Millen’s tenure as the Detroit Lions’ president and GM is over, Fox Sports reports. His removal came after an executive meeting last night, and Millen reportedly packed up his office this morning. Millen, 50, was among the most reviled executives in sports—with even the son of owner...

1958 Classic Still Rings True

glossies

Sep 22, 2008 4:58 PM CDT

1958 Classic Still Rings True

Legendary Giants-Colts matchup looks odd to Eagles' Reid, but remains 'awesome'

(Newser) - Pigskin was served up differently 50 years ago, and Atlantic scribe Marc Bowden learned just how differently by watching the 1958 New York Giants-Baltimore Colts classic with current Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid. “You can’t even do that today," Reid said of the Colts' first play. “...

Lowly Dolphins Stun
Patriots in Blowout

Sep 21, 2008 3:33 PM CDT

Lowly Dolphins Stun Patriots in Blowout

(Newser) - Ronnie Brown and the lowly Miami Dolphins ended the Patriots' record winning streak and made New England's defense look as shaky as its Tom Brady-less offense today, the AP reports. Brown scored a team record four touchdowns rushing and threw for another—with four of the scores coming on direct...

Better Football-Watching Buddy? Obama By a Nose

Sep 19, 2008 3:58 PM CDT

Better Football-Watching Buddy? Obama By a Nose

Fans cross party lines in football buddy pref.

(Newser) - A slim majority of Americans would rather watch a football game with Barack Obama than John McCain, the AP reports. Though the margin is not great—50% to 47%—a poll by AP and Yahoo showed that each candidate’s appeal crossed party lines. About a tenth of Obama faithful...

'Pollard Fan Club' Mocks Brady

Sep 10, 2008 12:36 PM CDT

'Pollard Fan Club' Mocks Brady

Merchandise celebrates season-ending injury

(Newser) - Some people just can’t play nice. Believe Merch, a website run by a Steelers fan, is selling a shirt to commemorate Tom Brady’s season-ending injury, WFXT reports. The shirt reads “Bernard Pollard Fan Club” and shows Brady’s number 12 with a red line through it. Meanwhile,...

Adobe Tops Microsoft
for NFL Streaming

Sep 7, 2008 8:25 PM CDT

Adobe Tops Microsoft for NFL Streaming

(Newser) - Power up, football fans: NFL is streaming its NBC Sunday night games live for free, CNET reports. Using Adobe's Flash, it streamed one game this week and is continuing tonight with the Chicago Bears' matchup against the Indianapolis Colts. The technology offers a few tricks, too: a “star cam”...

Young QBs Fall
Through Cracks

Aug 31, 2008 12:12 PM CDT

Young QBs Fall Through Cracks

So much promise is lost to a haphazard training system, bad luck

(Newser) - All too common are the hopeful young quarterbacks who found themselves not taking snaps, the New York Times reports, but instead drifting around the NFL as human debris. Blame insufficient coaching, the win-now mantra of teams these days, or plain bad luck —for whatever reason, there are big problems...

Crazed Police Horse Kills Football Fan

Aug 31, 2008 8:02 AM CDT

Crazed Police Horse Kills Football Fan

Man strikes head in accident with runaway at Candlestick Park

(Newser) - An elderly San Francisco 49ers football fan suffered a fatal head injury when he was knocked to the ground by a runaway police horse, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The horse panicked when a white plastic bag blowing in the wind became entangled in his reins. He tumbled to the...

Pacman
Can Play,
NFL Says

Aug 28, 2008 4:51 PM CDT

Pacman Can Play, NFL Says

Cowboys' defensive back Jones will see first regular-season game since 2006

(Newser) - Troublemaking cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones will be allowed to play in the Cowboys' season opener against Cleveland, the Dallas Morning News reports. Jones, traded from Tennessee this year, hasn’t played a regular-season game since Dec. 31, 2006. The league suspended him after six arrests and 12 off-field incidents,...

NFL Defenses Tuning In
This Season

Aug 28, 2008 4:16 PM CDT

NFL Defenses Tuning In This Season

Radio hookup aims to keep foes (ie, Patriots) from stealing signals

(Newser) - NFL defenders are hearing voices in their heads—often the screams of their coaches. An off-season rule change allows select defensive players to use the same helmet communication devices quarterbacks have long been using, USA Today reports. While kinks are being ironed out, the system means incidents like the Patriots’...

Realistic NCAA Football Rosters Are Video-Game Gold

ANALYSIS

Aug 27, 2008 2:40 PM CDT

Realistic NCAA Football Rosters Are Video-Game Gold

Makers can't use players' names, but gamers willing to pay to get data

(Newser) - College-sports video games offer players and teams carefully designed to mirror real-world counterparts, but NCAA regulations bar use of college athletes’ names in-game. But, Ars Technica finds, fans are willing to pay those who put in the time-consuming work of compiling rosters, with one company grossing $150,000 last year...

No Comeback for Strahan:
He Turns Down Giants Offer

Aug 26, 2008 9:29 PM CDT

No Comeback for Strahan: He Turns Down Giants Offer

(Newser) - Former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan won’t be back on the field for another season. Strahan has turned down the injury-plagued team’s offer to bring him back from retirement, FOXSports.com reports. The Pro Bowler said the price was right, but he wasn’t willing to put his...

Giants Could Tempt Retired Strahan Back—for $8M

Aug 25, 2008 2:12 PM CDT

Giants Could Tempt Retired Strahan Back—for $8M

With team stung by injury to Umenyiora, defensive end open to NFL return

(Newser) - Comebacks always have a price tag attached, and for former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, it’d take $8 million to lure him out of his 77-day retirement, a source tells the New York Daily News. "If the Giants make a sincere overture, it's a good chance that Strahan...

The Longshots Scores

movie review

Aug 22, 2008 8:50 AM CDT

The Longshots Scores

True story is no 'touchdown'--but it's genuine

(Newser) - The Longshots, a movie based on the true story of a girl who becomes a local football star, is “not nearly a touchdown—but not a fumble either,” writes Gary Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times. The film “is a likable enough Cinderella story, one whose heart...

NFL Union Chief Upshaw Dies
of Cancer at 63

OBITUARY

Aug 21, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

NFL Union Chief Upshaw Dies of Cancer at 63

Hall of Famer helped players get free agency during 25-year tenure

(Newser) - Gene Upshaw, the Hall of Fame offensive lineman who, during a quarter century as head of the players union, helped get NFL players free agency and the riches that came with it, has died at 63, the AP reports. Upshaw died last night at his home in Lake Tahoe, Calif....

Georgia Tops Preseason AP Poll

Aug 16, 2008 3:37 PM CDT

Georgia Tops Preseason AP Poll

Six teams from SEC make the rankings

(Newser) - Georgia is the top Bulldog in the AP’s preseason poll, beating out Ohio State for the leading spot. The Bulldogs wowed voters with their 41-10 thumping of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, after finishing the year with seven straight victories. The Buckeyes, meanwhile, disappointed in the championship game for...

Midnight Means Madden Mania

Aug 11, 2008 8:20 PM CDT

Midnight Means Madden Mania

(Newser) - With the clock ticking down to the midnight release of the 2009 edition of EA Sports’ mega-popular "Madden NFL" video game, millions of eager gamers are excited to dig in—but not as excited as the manufacturer, which has made $2.4 billion from the franchise since 1995. The ...

Tom Brady Talks Football, Life

Glossies

Aug 10, 2008 5:08 AM CDT

Tom Brady Talks Football, Life

Throwing a football 'doesn't matter to God'

(Newser) - Tom Brady knows he's a talented quarterback, but he's pretty sure that doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. "Look at the attention I get: It's because I throw a football," he says in the September issue of Esquire. "But that's what society values. That's...

Trade Short of Super for Favre

OPINION

Aug 7, 2008 1:10 PM CDT

Trade Short of Super for Favre

Just making playoffs will be tough for Jets, stuck behind Pats juggernaut

(Newser) - Brett Favre's trade to the New York Jets "is a thumbs down for the surefire Hall of Fame quarterback," John Clayton writes on ESPN.com. Favre might’ve had a shot at returning to the Super Bowl by staying with Green Bay or going to Minnesota or Tampa...

Unruly Fans
to Be Ejected
in New NFL Code

Aug 6, 2008 4:35 AM CDT

Unruly Fans to Be Ejected in New NFL Code

NFL sets rules to respond to mounting fan complaints

(Newser) - Unruly football fans can be ejected from games without a refund under the NFL’s first “Fan Code of Conduct” issued yesterday, USA Today reports. Fans can now be booted for being drunk and disruptive, using obscene language and gestures, or throwing objects on the field. Code violators even...