Daniel J. Flynn

Will Johnny Manziel, the most hyped college football player since Tim Tebow, also soon find himself experiencing the NFL on his couch rather than on the gridiron? The pair appears at first glance as an odd couple. The former is

Bill O’Brien helped Penn State escape from the scandalous end of the previous regime. But Bill O’Brien’s only escape from the previous regime was to escape State College. Insight to this mindset of the new Houston Texans head coach comes

Ann Arbor, Michigan more than doubled in population on New Year’s Day as the NHL took over Michigan Stadium in its sixth Winter Classic. In doing so, the Big House set an all-time hockey attendance record. The estimated crowd of

Prior to the NFL season, rumors of a homosexual player coming out of the closet abounded over the internet. What team did he play for? Who was it? Would several players make a safety-in-numbers announcement? For anyone waiting with baited

The man who helped State College move on from Jerry Sandusky will attempt to make Houston forget the Texans’ terrible 2-14 campaign. According to ESPN, the Houston Texans will announce Bill O’Brien as the team’s new coach by the end

Naval Academy football players have suffered worse. Midshipman Earl Wilson lost his life after attempting an awkward tackle of a Villanova player in 1909 and Jonas Howard Ingram survived the Battle of Veracruz a few years later to win a

The Veterans Committee unanimously elected managers Joe Torre, Bobby Cox, and Tony La Russa to the Baseball Hall of Fame earlier this month. But many prognosticators believe that when the Baseball Writers Association of America announce their selections in early

The least surprising thing about Dan Snyder firing Mike Shanahan on Monday was that two other NFL clubs canned their coaches before the Redskins had canned theirs. Even if he hadn’t lost his last eight games, Shanahan would still be

The NFL playoff seedings are set. So is the 2014 draft order–at least for most of the twenty teams that failed to make the playoffs. Baltimore and Dallas flip a coin to determine the sixteenth pick by virtue of their

Are you suffering from withdrawals from this weekend’s action? Is the room spinning? Do you need a glass of water? Then you’re in the right place. Welcome to the Sports Hangover, a Monday ritual in which we try to piece

For Chris Weidman, the best offense was a good defense. The UFC middleweight champion again defeated Anderson Silva in controversial fashion on Saturday night. This time, there likely won’t be a rematch. Just more than a minute into round two,

The NFL regular season ends Sunday, and so do the head coaching careers of several familiar faces patrolling on the sideline. Breitbart Sports carts out its job-o-meter to gauge who sets down his headset. What hot-seat head coaches can put

There are few boxers bigger than Vitali Klitschko. But there is something bigger for Vitali Klitschko than boxing. The six-foot-seven Ukrainian heavyweight has retired from the ring to focus on his homeland. Kinda. Sorta. “At the moment, I cannot officially

The stakes in the UFC’s Saturday night middleweight championship bout couldn’t be higher. Chris Weidman merely fights to retain his newly won middleweight belt. Anderson Silva competes to determine whether his remains the name fans speak most often when the

Football takes its ball from rugby. Occasionally, it takes its players from the sport, too. The Detroit Lions signed speedster Carlin Isles to its practice squad today. Isles is a member of the United States Sevens Rugby, which plays Scotland,

Major League Baseball’s thirty teams have the opportunity to bid for the services of a player not now or ever on any MLB roster: a durable starting pitcher coming off a no-loss season. Masahiro Tanaka may prove to be the

Injuries have forced New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick to do more with less this season. He’s not happy about it. “I’m in favor of total preparation for the players for the season,” Belichick remarked in a conference call

Five NFL franchises need a competing squad to wrap them a Christmas present to prevent a wrap on their 2013 campaign. In the spirit of season, Miami, Baltimore, San Diego, Pittsburgh, and Arizona all need gifts to continue to play.

A pilot study on youth football players indicates that a season of competition resulted in no impairment to brain function. The scientists affiliated with Sanford Research and the University of South Dakota actually found substantial postseason improvements on tests gauging

The New England Patriots dominated the Baltimore Ravens on the national stage in CBS’s featured game Sunday afternoon, scoring two defensive touchdowns and shutting down last season’s Super Bowl MVP. Numerous storylines emerged from the beatdown. New England landed their tenth division

Reading the patriarch of cable television’s most-watched reality program spouting forth in Drew Megara’s piece enraged some and enthused others. It gave me a sense of déjà vu. I had not only read the article before, I had been in it—back in October

Shin Dong-Hyuk is the only person born in a North Korean political prison camp to escape to the West. His memoir, Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West, ostensibly reads as the

Notre Dame released their football schedule for the 2014, 2015, and 2016 seasons, revealing that the team will play Catholic school rival Boston College at Fenway Park on November 21, 2015. The Fighting Irish will also visit Lucas Oil Stadium this