Many of you are set for a day of football that you hope won’t be too distracted by The Emmys.
However, that doesn’t mean that you should shun a meeting of non-sports TV and televised sports like this remote segment of Late Late Show host and recent UK transplant James Corden giving American football a try and even going so far as to make a field goal attempt at a real Raiders game.
Watch his journey and if he succeeds here.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
This is definitely something we didn’t see coming from Judd Apatow, but, with Laura Dern and South Park and Team America: World Police co-writer Pam Brady delving into the world of female football fans in a film, we’re on board.
Even if the project ends up being something else, the idea of something between The League, Girls, and Enlightened, with a dash of Team America/South Park sounds pretty great.
Whether it may have been a lifelong dream or not, Jim Gaffigan was part of the Indianapolis Colts during preseason and then was subsequently cut.
For the life of us, we couldn’t imagine why Jim, who really makes an efficient use of time between eating and practicing by mixing the two, would get cut.
Last Week Tonight and John Oliver do another bang up job breaking down what might be a confounding news story.
In this case, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gave an address regarding the recent controversies surrounding NFL players and rampant incidents of domestic abuse.
Oliver shows how Goodell makes an address like a politician trying to not upset his constituency, but also avoiding making any promises. Watch it here.
One of the more subjective calls in football, the excessive celebration penalty gets the Key & Peele treatment.
What do we mean by the Key & Peele treatment? Just watch and find out.