The Grief Performance: Football’s Concussions and Controversies

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Ronald Metellus on concussions, Manti Te’o, and the complicity of fandom.

Our Football Picks, Week 4: The Catch

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Jim Jividen’s got a can’t-miss script for the best sports book never written: how the progressive San Francisco 49ers stood athwart the rising tide of conservatism in the 1980s and gave San Franciscans something to be proud about.

The NFL Draft: Morris Claiborne and the Hundred-Yard Lie

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Star Louisiana State University cornerback Morris Claiborne either bombed the Wonderlic or didn’t give a shit about it. What can we learn from this?

Personal Foul: Deion Sanders Claims Attack by Wife

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Jamie Reidy comments on news that NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders pressed charges against his wife for assault.

Low-Hanging Fruit

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While the NFL lockout does have an element of greed, Aaron Gordon writes, it’s the owners’ fear of stagnated growth that’s really keeping the two sides apart.

Vick Signs Choice’s Glove (Video)

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Back in my day, you hated everyone on the other team. You didn’t talk, and you wiped your butt with your hand before the post-game handshake.