DeAngelo Hall has plenty to celebrate, having gone from being waived to among the top paid CBs in a matter of months. As the clock struck midnight Friday morning, NFL free agency has officially begun. Over the next day or so, be prepared for some big news to drop. Already in the morning hours, the R...

I’ve noted many times that the NFL Combine is the most overrated event in sports when it comes to gauging talent, yet every year I get caught up in what a guy runs or what a guy jumps or what a guy throws (combine studs that probably went a bit high: JaMarcus Russell, Donte Stallworth, and jus...

Andy Reid is certainly built to survive in cold weather, but unfortunately his Eagles couldn’t make the same claim. Days before the Arizona Cardinals nearly applied a death blow to Steeler Nation, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in conjunction with Coors Light (for when you feel like having a p...

PITTSBURGH As Willis McGahee lay motionless, as Ray Lewis and other players knelt to pray, as the cart with the stretcher motored out and a concerned hush fell over Heinz Field, nothing mattered anymore....

Nothing perks up our Friday like a good cheerleader catfight. Today, it's former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader/PETA supporter Bonnie Jill Laflin vs. Tennessee Titans cheerleader/rodent decapitator Melissa Hodges. Remember our post on Hodges not too long ago? She's the Titans cheerleader who doubles as ...

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. The red contact lenses were a nice touch, but it wasn't enough to intimidate the Ravens on Saturday. Joe Flacco's unibrow shielded him from harm. I had always wondered why Vanden B...

What they're saying out in the ether about the weekend's AFC playoff games ... • Steel Curtain Decends To Host AFC Title Game. All of that makes this report from NFL.com’s Adam Shaefter more intriguing. The league web site approved insider claims that there’s a legitimate chance that the Charg...

They’re not set-set, as there’s still some time in the Chargers/Steelers game, but up three scores with under a couple of minutes to play, we’ll go ahead and assume Pittsburgh takes this one home. So there it is: Next week Baltimore will play at Pittsburgh for their third and final...

newVideoPlayer("/background_deadspin.flv", 506, 343,""); Two top seeds slept for an extra week in their comfy, comfy beds and then promptly got bounced from their Super Bowl dream machine yesterday. How do you feel today Steelers and Giants fans? In fact, home teams are 2-4 in this year's playoffs. ...

The Ravens did not move the ball with consistency, but a few deep completions and a last-minute field goal helped them beat the Titans and live to see next weekend....