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McGRATH: Fantasy football vs. reality of head trauma
Football — more specifically, fantasy football — has come to rival Christmas as an advertising extravaganza. Over the last few weeks, we’ve been inundated. Hold your fantasy draft at this pub. Down these snacks and quaff this brew while you’re picking players. Buy this software …
Brees leads Saints to 38-17 win over Dolphins on Monday Night Football
NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns, and the Saints turned a clash of unbeaten teams into a lopsided affair, beating the Miami Dolphins 38-17 on Monday night.
Two of Brees’ touchdowns went to Jimmy Graham for 27 and 43 …
NFL makes Twitter part of the broadcast team
The National Football league struck a deal to show game highlights and other video content on Twitter ahead of the short messaging service’s initial public offering of stock.
Weekend Watch: Red Sox, Braves clinch, Henrik Stenson, Mariano Rivera and cheerleaders
The MLB playoffs take shape as teams clinch; Henrik Stenson wins the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup; Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera is honored; and, as always, cheerleaders.
NFL Fantasy Football: Who to start, bench in Week 3
LADD BIRO: Here are my picks to roll, and get rolled, in Week 3 of the NFL fantasy football season.
49ers’ Aldon Smith arrested for DUI, hit with gun lawsuit
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence in San Jose, police said. Smith was arrested by officers who received a call about a solo vehicle crash around 7 a.m., San Jose …
Super Bowl ticket could cost $2,600
The NFL is considering a plan that would raise the top price of a Super Bowl ticket to $2,600, part of a rethinking of the game’s price structure that also would lower the price of the least expensive ticket to $500.
Teens trash former NFL player’s home
Former NFL offensive lineman Brian Holloway initially thought the Twitter photos showing young people partying at his family’s second home in upstate New York were a hoax.
Weekend Watch: Johnny Football, Jim Furyk, NFL Week 2 and cheerleaders
Despite herculean efforts, Johnny “Football” Manziel and Texas A&M couldn’t knock off Alabama; Jim Furyk shot a PGA record-tying 59, but it wasn’t good enough to win the BMW Championship; the Bears were one of eight teams to stay unbeaten after two weeks; and, as always, cheerleaders.
Super Bowl premium tickets double to $2,600
NEW YORK — Super Bowl fans can prepare to pay double for the best seats. The NFL says the highest-priced tickets will be about $2,600 each for 9,000 premium seats for the Super Bowl on Feb. 2 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. That’s …
NFL fines Ndamukong Suh record $100K fine for illegal low block
DETROIT — Ndamukong Suh’s latest controversial play drew a hefty fine. The Detroit defensive tackle was docked $100,000 by the NFL for his illegal low block on Minnesota center John Sullivan in the Lions’ season-opening victory Sunday. Suh hit Sullivan during an interception return by …
Rookies getting their chance
Gone are the days when NFL rookies were seen but not heard — and not playing. Not after the likes of the brilliant quarterbacks class of 2012: Offensive Rookie of the Year Robert Griffin III, Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson. Not with running backs such …
NFL picks Bruno Mars for Super Bowl halftime show
Grammy-winner Bruno Mars will perform at halftime of the Super Bowl.
NFL stadium falls leave 1 fan dead, 2 injured
Medical examiners have identified a football fan who fell from an elevated walkway at Candlestick Park as 32-year-old Kevin Hayes of Hayward, Calif.
Online gambling ramps up with football season — let the bettor beware
A few years ago, online gambling all but put bookies out of business. But today, in Chicago, bookies are embracing the technology that almost made them extinct. For example: BetChicago312.com is similar to mainstream gambling sites like Sportsbook or Bovada (formerly BoDog), except that placing …
Jim Thorpe, Pa., fights to keep body of Jim Thorpe
The hand-lettered donation jar on Anne Marie Fitzpatrick’s store counter says what many residents of this well-preserved Victorian-era town are thinking and feeling lately: “Keep Jim Thorpe in Jim Thorpe.” The surviving sons of the famous American Indian athlete have long fought to get the remains of their father moved from Jim Thorpe, Pa., to tribal lands in Oklahoma, where he was born, and they recently won a crucial legal victory that put them close to their goal.
