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May and June are just about the only months when there's nothing to talk about regarding the NFL. Mays is doing the heavy lifting with his Warning series, but we wanted to make sure you were fully aware of some of the truly stupid NFL news stories fl...

Gareth Bale. I can't remember the last time I saw so many grown men terrified of one human being. I've been traveling through Europe during the NFL downtime and made my way to Upton Park on Monday night for a match between two London rivals, West Ham...

Why American soccer is succeeding despite Sepp Blatter.

Why San Francisco is now the undisputed champion of football, plus the rest of the Week 15 news.

On Tuesday, Arsenal lost on penalties to Bradford in the League Cup. This is astonishing because Bradford is in the fourth division of English football and Premier League–side Arsenal is still good (or they might be ... they are in the last 16 ...

The majority of the NFL playoff spots come into focus, and the rest of the Week 13 news.

A visit to Wembley on the occasion of another American football tilt.

The shockwave of the replacement referees' legacy, plus Thursday's Skunk of the Week.

In case you were out living a life of leisure, here's what you missed in sports on Wednesday. Adam Jones bashed an 11th-inning home run to lead the Orioles past the Mariners 3-1 and give the club its 15th straight extra-innings win, the longest ...

The Sports Guy empties his inbox while making his NFL picks.

Here's a look at the numbers behind some of the biggest sports stories this past month. Send us suggestions for next month's edition by tweeting at @michaelkruse with the hashtag #GrantlandStats. Amount of money Peyton Manning made last year: $42 ...

An economic perspective on CTE and the concussion crisis.

Our man on video games takes a trip to John Madden's man cave to see how the game is made.

The current interpretation of pass-related penalties is changing games more than it should.

All the weekend NFL games. Plus: The case for the Grantland Quarterly.

There have already been a few whispers of quarterback controversies in Seattle (Tarvaris Jackson vs. Charlie Whitehurst), Minnesota (Christian Ponder vs. Donovan McNabb, at least according to Ponder), and Miami (Chad Henne vs. whomever the Dolphins a...