On Sunday, former 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster was in a jail cell, accused of slapping his ex-girlfriend, his second domestic violence arrest in ten months. 48 hours later he was the newest member of the Washington Redskins. Of course it was the Re...
The NFL is the most brutal of sports. An NFL player who proclaims a clean bill of health only means his pain is manageable, his tendons sore not ruptured. As a player or a fan watching said player, you know devastation is always possible. Any snap coul...
For the past few weeks I have been tossing and turning pondering an oh-so-tantalizing question: are the Bears actually good…and interesting? Is this real? As a diehard Bears fan for past 30 years, I have been fooled time and time again. I was barel...
Jason Garrett is by all accounts a brilliant, philanthropic, interesting human being. But as an NFL head coach, he stinks. In Garrett’s eight seasons (yes, eight seasons) as Jerry Jones’s puppet, he’s lost three Week 17 play-in games in a row, been ...
In one of the weirdest moments in this young NFL season, Bills 30-year-old cornerback Vontae Davis went into halftime with his team and left before the start of the second half, retiring from the league. Davis released a statement later noting reality ...
Christmas came early for Bears fans, who awoke to the news that their team was poised to trade for one of the premier pass rushersdefendersplayers in t...
Welcome back to this humble column. The dust has been blown off and we’re ready for another topsy-turvy season, full of jaw-dropping athleticism, a million surprises and enough issues to keep us a in regular state of conflict. (Spoiler: Watch out, you m...
Malcolm Jenkins. Chris Long. Torrey Smith. Zach Ertz. The Philadelphia Eagles. The NFLPA. Josh Norman. Reggie Bush. LeBron James. Steph Curry Steve Kerr. Philly mayor Jim Kenny. Senator Bob Casey. A million other politicians. A million sensible NFL fa...
During the week of Super Bowl 50, held in San Francisco, I found a moment of zen on the typically chaotic radio row during a powwow with former 49ers president Carmen Policy and his great friend Dwight Clark. In my role as SI NFL editor at the time, I ...
Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner during a battle of the War of 1812. Over one hundred years later, the first recorded use of the song during a sporting event occurr...
