Homemade?

Then again, the early ’80s, marielito crime boss look is due for a comeback.

Here’s a photo and video of Seattle Seahawks player Owen Schmitt, who split his forehead in pregame warmups today by … wait for it … hitting himself with his own helmet.

(Scariest part? Fullback Schmitt played in the game, catching one pass)
 What would possess Schmitt to consider doing such a crazy thing in the first […]

Stephen A. Smith is filling in middays this week on ESPN Radio’s affiliate in Philadelpha, as he noted on Twitter today.

(Can Stephen A. Draw An Audience Without ESPN Distribution?)
He also pointed out that he’ll have news on his full-time career plans “in days.”

Can Stephen A. Draw a National Audience Without ESPN?

Yes

No

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Here’s some photos of the AFL Dallas Texans helmets the Kansas City Chiefs wore today. I grew up in K.C., and always knew about Lamar Hunt’s Texans moving to Kansas City. Damn if they didn’t do this after I moved away to NFL-impaired Los Angeles.

(WANT)
Brilliant merchandising idea by the league and the Chiefs. Obviously […]

Hopefully he didn’t impregnate Mrs. Potato Head with that hug.

(Why, after all these years — a photo!)
Where else can you get a good price on condoms, a firearm holster, and fresh vacuum cleaner bags for all the stray (medical, of course) weed in your carpet?

So Carolina has just scored to lead the Redskins 20-17 with about nine minutes left, perhaps sealing the fate of the embattled Jim Zorn. But word on the street is that Zorn was a lame duck anyway, no matter what he does over the next few weeks.

Or, as FOX SPORTS noted today, Dead Coach Walking. […]

Unbelievable finish to the Arizona-Washington game late last night.

UW wins on a late-4th quarter kick-pick-six from Arizona’s Delashaun Dean to Mason Foster.
What a suck season so far for the Stoops bros.
Video after the jump.

Deion Sanders appeared on NFL Network today to talk about his involvement with now-suspended Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant and his possible role in tampering with now-49ers receiver Michael Crabtree. Sanders was in rehearsed, hyper-defensive mode, which made for a plethora of unintentionally hilarious moments.

(Watch entire interview here)

Early sampling:
NFL Network interviewer Jason La Canfora to […]

One of the joys of living on the Pacific: Early morning playoff baseball!

Actually he probably is up. (Freeway trash detail always starts at dawn.)

Ed Price at AOL Fanhouse reports this weekend that Phil Cuzzi, the umpire who botched the Joe Mauer fly ball call that may have cost the Twins a win in Game 2 of the ALDS, was previously fired from professional umpiring after he failed to impress supervisors during call-ups from the minor leagues.

(And you thought […]