Football

Sure, high schoolers can be cruel sometimes. But every now and then, young people will rally around someone who's different and give them the support they need. Students at Linden High School in Michigan, for example, have appointed a senior with special needs as the school's football team manager.

Woah boy. Even if you could not give one fraction of an iota of a care about football, you probably still heard about the game last night (thanks, Facebook!). To deal, we just imagined old-timey Keystone Kops music playing underneath the whole thing. Thankfully other people dealt with the insanity by making funny memes. Here are some of the best.

There aren't too many times that a NFL team will attempt a 63-yard field goal, since missing the difficult kick will result in great field position for the opposing team. But with only seconds left in the first half in their game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers didn't have to worry about that when they sent kicker David Akers out to try what would tie the record for t

While pro football’s ultimate champion will be decided next week, the entire  NFL was a winner in 2011, as the league has never been more popular.

There may not be a Super Bowl ring in your future, but you can still get a body worthy of multi-million dollar contract.

While we can argue about whether or not the right teams were playing, it was hard to argue with the excitement of the BCS bowl games so far. Three of the four were decided either in the last seconds of regulation (Rose Bowl) or in overtime (Fiesta and Sugar bowls), while the fourth (Orange Bowl) shattered virtually every bowl game record on the books for offensive statistics. But the non-BCS games

The NFL enters week five of its 2011 season — its first bye week — with just two unbeaten teams: the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers and the upstart Detroit Lions. Both teams will play in the primetime games on Sunday and Monday, respectively. Meanwhile, ...

In American football, climbing up on your opponent’s shoulders to make a catch will get you flagged. In Australian football, the move, executed by player Andrew Walker, is being lauded as the play of the year. Walker, of the Carlton Football Club, and his piggy-back ride of catch have to be seen to be believed — check out the clip below:

Upon the conclusion of the NFL lockout Monday, Indianapolis center Jeff Saturday took to the podium to praise New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Kraft’s late wife, Myra. Myra, who had cancer, passed away during the lockout.  Yet, despite his wife of 48 years’ grave condition, Robert kept a seat at the negotiating table, and was instrumental in saving the 2011 NFL season.

Ok,we've all seen those commercials with Larry Bird and Michael Jordan doing their trick shots.  Well, I stumbled upon this video of Johnny Mac, quarterback for UConn, doing football trick shots.  Are the shots real?  I think so, but honestly, it doesn't matter, these are freakin' bad ass. ...

Noticed something missing from this years Super Bowl game? CHEERLEADERS! The 2011 Super Bowl is going to be one sexy affair when it comes to the commercials. This is the first Super Bowl ever without cheerleaders, which usually brings some sex appeal to the field.

Every year it's the commercials that everybody's talking about around the water-cooler at the office, not who won the "Big Game". This commercial says nothing (really not a word was spoken) yet it sell's the product that I want to buy one now, check it out.