KIMMEL CALLS OUT THEISMANN DURING ‘MNF’ APPEARANCE: In order to liven things up on an otherwise uninspiring Monday night matchup, ESPN brought in comedian Jimmy Kimmel to bring some levity into the booth.

During the Giants-Falcons clash, the ABC late-night host threw on a headset, and managed to get some good riffs.
His best came right after […]

BLIMEY! SUPER BOWL MAY SOON BE SAILING FOR LONDON: Hope you like kippers and kidneys on your nachos, as the NFL has their Super Bowl sights set on London:

The SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS reports that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell mentioned the possibility of bringing the Lombardi trophy to Blighty.
He says there’s a “great deal of interest” […]

• CNBC’s Darren Rovell is certain to scare the kiddies with his Halloween get-up of Will Ferrell from “Blades of Glory“:

• WAGGLE ROOM wants a 40% cut, as they tee off on news that Michelle Wie’s 2nd-straight agent has left the fairway.
• THE BEAUTIFUL GAME shares the excitement over this beautiful goal.
• HUGGING HAROLD REYNOLDS […]

REPORT - NFL NETWORK SPAMMING FANS INTO STONE AGE: Since the cable channel’s inception, NFL Network has come up empty when trying to elbow it’s way onto most basic cable services. Now the NEW YORK POST reports on the NFL’s latest technique to try to attain basic cable status: Spam you into the stone age.

The […]

TORONTO FB TEAM FEELING BLUE AFTER SETTING RECORD: Meet Canada’s version of Duke Blue Devil football - the University of Toronto:

The CBC reports how the school set a new Canadian collegiate record of craptasticity, when the Varsity Blues lost their 48th consecutive game on Saturday.
The U of T wrote themselves into record books (in both […]

S.C. COLLEGE WAVES BYE-BYE TO PLAYERS WAVING GUNS: Three Carolina football players have been kicked off the team for drug and gun possession. Not from the Carolina Panthers, not from North or South Carolina, but from Coastal Carolina:

WPDE in Myrtle Beach, SC, reports that the three were expelled from the Chanticleers program as a […]

AFGHAN GOLF COURSE NOTHING BUT SAND & BOOBY TRAPS: Carl Spackler may have had to deal with gophers, but he didn’t have to worry about Taliban fighters playing through:

The NEW YORK TIMES reports on a real Cinderella story, the tale of Mohammad Afzal Abdul and his desire to keep the game of golf alive and […]

• Tick tick tick tick: AWFUL ANNOUNCING grabs the bull by the horns, and tips us off to the premiere episode of the Worldwide Leader’s new news show, E:60:

• AZ SPORTS HUB knows desperate times call for desperate measures. That’s why they think the Cardinals should bring back Jake Plummer:

• The folks at his […]

3 MOS. AFTER 5-YR CONTRACT EXTENSION, NU AD SACKED: WOWT-TV in Omaha reported moments ago that “UNL Athletic Director Steve Pederson has been fired. That word came Monday afternoon in the aftermath of yet another rocky performance and lopsided loss by the NU football team on Saturday.

“University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced he asked […]

59-YEAR-OLD PLAYER FINALLY GETS BACK ON THE FIELD: Over a month ago, we shared the story of a 59-year-old ex-college player looking for a chance to play football once again. Not only did he make the team, he finally hit the turf this weekend and helped his squad clinch a win:

YAHOO! SPORTS updates the […]