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Here's the link that will make you think... that someone in Shawne Merriman's life needs to get him to breathe a towel or six of ether and get cut on before the big idiot wakes the hell up. In researching this piece, I checked out Merriman's web site, which is as Extremely Manly as you might imagine. Guess what? It doesn't mention his wife or kids, and I couldn'...

Jay Glazer of FOX Sports, and the entire sports blog-o-sphere, is reporting that Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman will play this season. A torn LCL and PCL in his left knee won't keep the defensive star on the sideline. The injury will eventually need surgery, but Merriman feels ready for the Super

Who is really responsible for holding Merriman out this season?

Only the crooked doc from ANY GIVEN SUNDAY could really be clearing Shawne Merriman to play with two torn knee ligaments.

Just hours after trimming their 80-man roster down to 75 players, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers parted ways with another player on Tuesday night.The Bucs have traded defensive end Marques Douglas to the Baltimore Ravens, PewterReport.com is reprting.According to NFL Network, the Bucs receive a 2009 late-round draft pick and a conditional pick in 2010 that is contingent upon Douglas passing...

What the heck would you do if you had torn ligaments in your knee? Construct a grappling device to substitute for light walking? Confine yourself to a motorized scooter? Change your X-Box gamer tag to WalkItOut7463?

Staying true to what he said a few days back, Chargers LB Shawne Merriman will put off surgery on his knee and play this season for the Bolts.  Merriman has two torn ligaments in his left knee, and said the other day that surgery would likely end his season before it gets started.  He told ESPN he was going to do whatever it took to play, which is likely why he'll decide to...

Shawne Merriman of the San Diego Chargers has decided to play on his left knee with two torn ligaments which means we’ll be seeing the “Lights Out” dance whenever he makes a big play. If you’re not a fan of the Chargers the dancing is probably annoying, but there’s a reason Shawne Merriman likes to [...]ShareThis

College football starts in a mere HOURS, so a quick roundup will have to do til then while we pregame . . . Jay Mariotti, please don't let the door hit you on the way out. Douchebag. (AwfulAnnouncing) Michael Phelps: Olympian, eight-time gold metal winner, host of SNL. (Fanhouse) Shawne Merriman is a complete idiot. (SportingNewsBlog)

Is that picture right there. It is Reggie Williams's-formerly of Dartmouth and the Bengals-right knee. ESPN's Jemele Hill reported on this and it is easily one of the best cases I have ever heard to take a season off. We have all heard that despite two torn ligaments Merriman has decided to play through the pain this season. Williams made the same decision despite...

Chargers LB Shawne Merriman is prepared to forgo surgery to repair two torn ligaments in his knee so that he can play this year with the Bolts. It seems like he's trying to be a warrior about the whole thing and help his team and all of that "rah rah" stuff, but this just seems crazy to me. I spoke to TONY BLOGS Medical Expert, Dr. Ezekiel Coleslaw, about this earlier...

The Bucs announced today they have sent DE Marques Douglas to the Ravens for a late round draft pick in 2009 and a conditional draft pick in 2010.? Douglas was seemingly penciled in to have a big role after signing with us as a free agent in the offseason, but the emergence of Jimmy Wilkerson was going

DENVER, CO — Barack Obama’s fantasy football leaguemates are growing tired of his antics, and are thinking about taking some real corrective action against the Illinois senator-turned-presidential candidate. “For the third time, we have to reschedule the fantasy football draft,” wrote league president James Wilcox, a Chicago-based attorney, in an email to...

"Minor League Team Awards Fans With Crap, Literally" - yes, that is the correct headline. We know you annoying upper-middle class liberal arts kids with your 780 verbal SATS scores are chomping at the bits to say, "Haha, no I think you mean figuratively". Well f-u, Chad Peterson of Pomona and Betsy Goldberg of Williams, I mean literally.The Yuma Scropions of the...

The Chargers have made it official that defensive end Shawne Merriman will play this season despite a decapitation he suffered in a preseason game last week. In the 2nd quarter against the 49ers, Merriman was beheaded on a hard chop block by on of the San Francisco runningbacks. The head rolled around the field, as players from both sides confused it for a fumble and tried to step...