The name of the first professional football player seems too perfect to be true. Pudge Heffelfinger sounds like a mythical Midwestern gridiron god more than a living, breathing human being. Heffelfinger’s fable is actually nonfiction fare. He was as real as the broken ribs he brutally delivered to a poor college kid while scrimmaging for kicks and giggles with the …
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U.S. Olympic legend Simone Biles showed off her commitment to her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, in a gesture of permanence this week. Biles got a tattoo of the letter “J.” It’s a nod to Owens. However, the tattoo is small and on her ring finger. It was seen in footage posted by Biles’ tattoo artist, Sydney Smith, on …
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Aaron Rodgers made it through the first two weeks of the 2024 NFL season, but all New York Jets fans were waiting for Thursday night for the team’s home opener because it’s the first time he’s back home since his Achilles tear. Rodgers infamously didn’t make it through his first series as a Jet last season, tearing his Achilles on …
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Aaron Rodgers‘ return home for the New York Jets went exactly how fans wanted it to: healthy and dominant. The Jets took down their AFC East-rival New England Patriots, 24-3, to move to 2-1 on the season, while the Pats are now 1-2. Rodgers might not have gotten any points with the offense on the Jets’ first drive of the …
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The NFL was not in the same celebratory mood as Derek Carr was during the New Orleans Saints’ blowout win over the Dallas Cowboys. In the second quarter of the game, Carr scored a touchdown on a 1-yard run. He mimicked late pop star Michael Jackson’s signature dance moves to celebrate the Saints taking a 34-13 lead. While Carr was …
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The Dallas Cowboys’ goal every season is the same as every other franchise in the NFL, but it carries more weight each time the Vince Lombardi Trophy isn’t back in Arlington at the end of the season. Owner Jerry Jones, at 81 years old, continues to put together the right teams on paper, but Dallas continues to fall short of …
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There’s nothing quite like a division rivalry game for a home opener, but New York Jets fans took “fired up” to a whole new level in the parking lot of MetLife Stadium on Thursday night. East Rutherford, New Jersey was the site for “Thursday Night Football” this week between the Jets and New England Patriots, the team’s AFC East foe …
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Patrick Pass, a former New England Patriots fullback, was arrested on Wednesday in North Providence, Rhode Island, after allegedly assaulting an elderly man at a Planet Fitness gym. Pass, 46, was allegedly arguing with an 82-year-old man over exercise equipment at the gym before the former NFL player shoved the victim to the floor, per multiple reports. The man reportedly …
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Prosecutors in Michigan announced that they will not file charges following a deadly shooting at a popular tailgating site after theDetroit Lions game on Sunday, adding that the shooter was acting in self-defense. Jalen Welch, 25, and Rayshawn Palmer, 40, were fatally injured on Sunday afternoon after the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said a “physical altercation” involving several men had …
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Legendary NFL coach Tony Dungy challenged a tweet from Vice President Kamala Harris about abortion rights. Harris has been unapologetic about her stance on abortion rights for women, and she continued with a post on X Thursday. “One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree: The government, and certainly Donald Trump, should not be …
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