High School Quarterback Suspended for ‘Inappropriately Touching’ Teammate During Practice
A high school football player has been suspended from school for “inappropriately touching” his team’s center during a snap in practice, a report says.
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UCLA Football Player Arrested on Rape Allegation
UCLA football player Adam Searl was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual assault from almost a year ago.
Jeb Bush Launches Tailgate Events at SEC Games
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is mixing his campaign for president with SEC football by announcing a series of tailgate events at Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi State games.
Watch: Pee-Wee Football Teams Break Out the ‘Whip/Nae Nae’ Dance in Middle of Game
A pee-wee football scrimmage broke into a dance-off in Massachusetts this past weekend. A group of seven-year olds were in the middle of scrimmaging during the halftime of a varsity game when the hit song by Silentó’s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” started
Donald Trump Labels Name ‘Redskins’ a ‘Positive’
GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has waded into the controversy over the Washington Redskins name, siding with team owner Daniel Snyder. The billionaire says that the name isn’t offensive.
Watch: Stanford Football Team Uses Virtual Reality to Prepare QBs for Game Situations
On Saturday’s “College Gameday” on ESPN, the Stanford football team showed off its use of virtual reality with quarterbacks to help read defenses and pick up blitzes. This technology being used with quarterbacks also allows coaches to get in the
Helmetless High School Football Player Kicked, Family Alleged to Have Started Post-Game Fight
During Friday’s match-up between California high schools Lakewood and Long Beach Millikan, a Millikan player appeared to kick an opponent who was on the ground after losing his helmet. Lakewood running back Victor Bates lost his helmet while being tackled with the football.
Watch: 7-Foot Tall, 440-Pound High School Lineman a Nightmare for Opponents
According to Stephen Spiewak of MaxPreps, John Krahn has always been big for his age. He was six-foot tall in sixth grade, six-foot-five inches tall as a freshman and six-foot-eight inches tall (and 330 pounds) as a sophomore. And he has just continued to
Own Goal: UK Foreign Aid To Splash £3 Million On Football In China
China has the fastest growing economy in the world, standing second only to the US as a financial powerhouse. Its wealth is building exponentially and the Asian giant is sufficiently advanced to have a space exploration program of its own. Still,
Watch: Tennessee High School Football Player Suspended for Running Over Referee
Add another black mark to the litany of high school football incidents as a Tennessee football player has joined in on the unnecessary roughness. Malcolm Easley, who was lined up as a linebacker, blindsided official Kyle Gill on a play near the goal line. Easley
Vikings End ‘Ragnar’ After Mascot Sought to Pillage Team for $20K a Game
The Minnesota Vikings find themselves in an unusual contract dispute that keeps one of the team’s most cheered performers off the sidelines rather than off the field.
Santa Clara Contemplating Halftime Booze Ban at 49ers Games Due to Violent Beating
Officials in Santa Clara, California consider a ban on selling alcohol after halftime at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium after a violent beating of a visiting fan, reports say.
Watch: High School Football Player Allegedly Rubs Icy Hot on Opponent’s Face
According to CBSNews, a high school football player has been accused of putting his hand in an opponent’s helmet and smearing Icy Hot on his face during the middle of a game. Angel Salazar, a player for La Canada High
Mother of High School Football Player Who Bashed Player With Helmet Says It Was Unintentional
The mother of Fritz Moncion, the Linden, NJ high school football player who took the helmet of an opponent and hit him with it, spoke out on her son’s behalf and said the vicious hit, which caused ten stitches, was
As Gov. Christie Criticizes ‘Breathless Coverage,’ Rutgers WR Accused of Slamming Coed on Concrete
With news being made once again over disciplinary troubles in Rutgers University’s football program, Governor Chris Christie has taken time out from his pursuit of the White House to criticize the media for “overhyping” the problems.
Watch: High School Football Player Takes Off Opponent’s Helmet, Whacks Him With It
Video has surfaced from an incident at a high school football game Friday out of New Jersey between Immaculata and Linden that resulted in one player getting 10 stitches. A Linden defensive lineman pulled off the helmet of an Immaculata
Marco Rubio Returns To The Water Joke In Football Video
As Sen. Marco Rubio is seeing his presidential campaign dragged down by weakening polling numbers, his campaign is out with a new video alluding to his last big mention in the media: after he hit a child with a football.
Book Review: ‘Football, Faith, and Flannery O’Connor: A Love Letter to the South,’ by Chris Queen
Chris Queen’s new book Football, Faith, & Flannery O’Connor: A Love Letter to the South is just what the title promises, a breezy, fast-moving brochure for a somewhat loosely-defined slice of America. One of the most quintessentially Southern things about the South is that it’s not easy to say exactly where it begins and ends.
Watch: Two High School Football Players Target, Hit Referee
John Jay High School in San Antonio, TX fell to Marble Falls High School 15-9 on Friday, but what took place at the end of the game is quite alarming. With about one minute left in the game, two players
Report: University of Illinois Fires Football Coach One Week Before Season
ESPN reported during Friday’s “College Football Live” that University of Illinois has fired head football coach Tim Beckman just one week before the season opener with Kent State, with University of Illinois Director of Athletics Mike Thomas citing preliminary results of an external review
Marco Rubio Accidentally Hits Kid in Face with Football at Iowa Campaign Stop
At a campaign stop in Ankeny, Iowa, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio accidentally hit a kid in the face with a football.
Russian Football Beauty Pageant Winner is Not-So-Secret Neo-Nazi
The winner of the ‘Miss Charming’ award at a Russian football (soccer) beauty pageant has been outed as a Neo-Nazi, after pictures and messages from her social media accounts were uncovered. Olga Kuzkova, a 21-year-old fan of the highly ranked
Ole Miss, Mississippi State Football Coaches Address Confederate Flag
Now that the Confederate battle flag has been removed from the South Carolina capitol, football coaches at Mississippi’s major universities are being asked to weigh in on removing the state flag, the only flag in the union that contains the Confederate battle flag.
NFL Signs Agreement to Play Games at New Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
The National Football League has signed a 10-year agreement with a newly commissioned sports stadium in Great Britain to host two American football games per year there.
Proof in Stats: Why No One Cares About the Women’s World Cup… Yet
“England are out of the World Cup”; the unfortunate and familiar phrase that was uttered once again last Wednesday signalling the exit of the Lionesses from the Women’s World Cup taking place in Canada. Ordinarily one might be inconsolable for a
