Professional sports leagues often sell jerseys at a discounted price if a player changes numbers, teams, or even names. The discounted rate may seem like a good deal, but is it worth it to buy them and risk wearing an “out dated” jersey?

Slate magazine published an interview April 30 with writer Malcolm Gladwell on the links between football and brain damage. Gladwell cited football’s link to head injuries as the most compelling reason to end college football. He also maintained that the culture of the sport is another reason to end it. The timing of Slate magazine’s [...]

Former linebacker 48-year-old Junior Seau was found dead Wednesday at his home in Oceanside, Calif., according to the Los Angeles Times. Authorities said he died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and are calling it a possible suicide. Paramedics reportedly tried to revive Seau, but were unsuccessful. Fans showed up at his [...]

Former Cal State Fullerton basketball player Andre Hardy has been signed to a free-agent contract with the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League. The Raiders announced the signing Thursday and said they will use Hardy at the tight end position. Hardy is 25 years old and hasn’t played football since high school. Hardy, a [...]

The Super Bowl halftime show has sprouted another controversy. No, it’s not Nipplegate: Part Two; it’s Fingergate. During Madonna’s Give Me All Your Luvin’ performance, guest artist M.I.A. flipped off the camera, a gesture that NBC censors failed to, well, censor. The incident has enraged the Parents Television Council (PTC), who insists the incident was [...]

The Mannings. When most football fans hear those words, they know exactly who is being talked about. They have been called the royal family of football, and with good reason. Archie Manning played quarterback in the NFL for 12 seasons and had two sons that would succeed him and play that same position. Peyton and [...]

By Zach Berman Philadelphia Daily News (MCT) FLORHAM PARK, N.J. _ Plaxico Burress and Michael Vick will both be on the field in Philadelphia on Sunday as free men, linked more by the interruptions of their Pro Bowl careers than what earned them fame in the first place. Vick is in his third season since [...]

Intense football fandom was evident by the sights and sounds in the bar, radiating a sense of excitement that with the addition of great food and drinks is enough to make any football junky’s mouth water. On any given Sunday between September and February at Big’s Grill in Fullerton, one can find this excitement at [...]