Football

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.

Over the weekend, the New York Jets decided to use their much talked about backup quarterback Tim Tebow in a couple of offensive plays. One of the plays was an easy swing pass where Tebow could make the catch out in the flat and hopefully find some room to run. An immaculate reception it was not.

Three overtime games and several last-second finishes highlighted the NFL action from Week 3. Here's a recap of all of Sunday's games:

Concussions have been all over the news recently, with multiple former football players suffering from the lingering effects of the brain injury. A new study done in Michigan has recommended a radical way to reduce concussions in young athletes, by banning high school football.

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

Innovative touchdown celebrations are something of a dying art, thanks to the No Fun League’s penalties on excessive showboating. $10,000 fines have a way of making a player think twice before pulling out a prop in the end zone.

The NFL opens its 2012 regular season on Wednesday night when the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants host the Dallas Cowboys. Fifteen other games fill out the schedule of the new season’s first week. Here’s a preview of the action: Wednesday, Sept. 5 Dallas C...

In Broward County, Florida, telling an athlete that they “throw like a girl” is about to become a compliment.

In 2007 when the top 5 ranked Michigan lost to Appalachian State,a Division 1AA school, people across the college football universe were shocked. It was one of the great sports upsets and a new report may explain what happened that Saturday. Was half of the Michigan Wolverine football team stoned?

It might be the end of summer but it's also the start of high school football season. Three coaches from the Flint-area are looking to pick up their 100th career victory, check out who is looking to pass the century mark.

Prepare to get fired up Wolverine Nation, because this next story is going to piss some people off. Check out the story of the young Wolverine fan who was forced to turn his U of M shirt inside out by his school.

It's always good to see a success from Mid-Michigan giving back to his community, and Saginaw High and Michigan grad and NFL star LaMarr Woodley has done just that.  The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker has paid for all students in Saginaw City schools' "pay to play" fee.