Gridiron guru Pete Carroll shares wisdom with Matt Lauer
Pete Carroll's unique approach to coaching has been well documented — in particular, he focuses attention on cultivating optimism, mindfulness and gratitude among his [...]
Aaron Rodgers chills out with kids from Camp Hometown Heroes
Aaron Rodgers (not Tom Wrigglesworth) won his second career NFL MVP award last week after leading the Green Bay Packers to an 11-3 record. [...]
Patriots escape Seahawks, but animals win 2015 Super Bowl ads battle
The Seahawks may have lost a heartbreaker on the field of Super Bowl XLIX, but animals dominated the commercial breaks. From the requisite puppy, [...]
Battle of the Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman spoofs
Three storylines dominated the news leading into Super Bowl XLIX: 1) Marshawn Lynch's reticence with the media, 2) Richard Sherman's loquaciousness with the media, [...]
Teddy Bear the Porcupine picks the Super Bowl XLIX winner… corn!
For years now, animals have been commissioned to pick the Super Bowl winner with varying degrees of success. For fans of analytics, the tradition [...]
Saints quarterback Drew Brees is a human pressure guage
Saints quarterback Drew Brees visited with Conan O'Brien this week and the topic of deflategate came up. Conan was curious to know if Brees [...]
Buckeyes-Ducks CFP championship game revisited with bad British commentary
What would happen if a British sports announcer were to call the play-by-play for an American college football game? No need to wonder, as [...]
Saturday Night Live and Bill Nye weigh in on deflategate
As the NFL closes in on a scapegoat to blame for deflategate, Saturday Night Live and Bill Nye weighed in over the weekend on [...]
Super-duper Super Bowl history quiz
In one week either the Seattle Superhawks will win their second consecutive Super Bowl, or the Patriots will claim their fourth of the new [...]
Great deflategate debate won’t abate on Twitter
The case of the mysteriously underinflated footballs is almost a week old, but the twittersphere remains as obsessed with the controversy as ever. Take [...]
Aaron Rodgers can have his New York Bozo; Andrew Luck has Dora the Explorer
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning set sports bloggers abuzz last season with a quirky sprinkling of "Omaha" added to his snap counts. In the Packers [...]
Buckeyes release epic CFP National Championship trailer ahead of Monday’s game
As if the College Football Playoff National Championship needed any more hype, the Ohio State Buckeyes released a full-blown theatrical trailer promoting the game. [...]