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To stoke up student fervor for their annual football game with arch rival Harvard, Yale students voted to sell a t-shirt using a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald: “I think of all Harvard men as sissies.” On the back, the students added: “WE AGREE.” But after complaints from a campus LGBT group, the shirt has been dropped. The LGBT Co-op …

Rex Wockner points us to this bit of holiday Americana. Wayne Spring shot off his mouth. And then a firing squad of Saints fans shot up his 60-inch flat screen – may it rest in pieces. The Louisiana man predicted a Washington Redskins’ victory over undefeated New Orleans last Sunday – and offered local fans a chance to blast his …

Stanford football coach Jim Harbaugh was caught on network television calling a referee a “fucking asshole faggot” during a game against Notre Dame on Saturday. The referee was on the field and may not have heard the epithet.

“I think most people are fair-minded. I think that in sports, what matters most is someone’s talent and his or her ability to help a team win. Sports are about people competing together on a team. It’s not about what divides us or what makes us different. It’s about what we all share in common, and what an athlete brings …

The Kansas City Chiefs have released star running back Larry Johnson over his usage of “faggot” when speaking to reporters and on his Twitter feed. A two-time Pro Bowler, Johnson was second on the team’s all-time rushing list with 6,090 yards. A group of fans had petitioned the team last week not to allow Johnson to gain the 75 yards …