The biggest controversy in the NFL isn’t about Michael Vick or Brett Favre… it’s about the Dallas Cowboys’ magnificent monstrosity of a video board in their opulent new $1.15 billion stadium. The world’s largest high-definition TV screens hang above the field, 60 yards long (from one 20-yard line to the other 20-yard line)… and, even [...]

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A little bit late but why not.

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Spike TV is tackling a college football comedy pilot. “Blue Mountain State” follows three incoming freshmen attending Midwestern college football powerhouse Blue Mountain State who “must quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, classes and nonstop hazing.”
Former NFL running back-turned-actor Ed Marinaro stars as the team’s coach. Darin Brooks (”Days of Our Lives”) [...]

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John Madden is taking the weekend off — for the first time in 28 TV football weekends. The legendary NFL analyst’s streak of 476 consecutive regular-season games will come to an end on Sunday night. Cris Collinsworth will replace Madden in the NBC booth with Al Michaels for the Seahawks-Bucs game in Tampa Bay. Madden, [...]

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In a surprising move, the NFL is putting Saturday’s big game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants on three networks. The 8 p.m. telecast, in which the Pats will try to become the first NFL team to complete a 16-0 regular season, will be simulcast on the NFL Network, CBS and NBC. Originally [...]

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will play the halftime show at the Super Bowl in Arizona on Feb. 3. Bruce Springsteen was reportedly the NFL’s top choice earlier this year. Since the Janet Jackson incident in 2004, the NFL has been playing it safe. Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, and Prince (who was super in [...]

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