Donovan McNabb

The NFL Draft thrives on awkwardness. We watch as supposed stalwarts projected to go in the top ten fall further down the board, sweating, shifting and smiling nervously the whole time. Witnessing a kid lose hundreds of thousands of dollars on his initial contract with each passing minute makes for great television. There’s plenty of discomfort to go around, too – when players get booed, when players spurn a team, and recently, when Roger Goodell uncomfortably hugs giant men. When ESPN began airing the first round during prime time on Thursdays in 2010, the network and NFL realized they would need more ...

The Dwight Howard saga continues. The latest news out of Orlando is that the superstar basketball player almost came to blows with his Magic teammate Jameer Nelson at the team’s practice facility toward the end of last season. Howard’s endless internal debate between loyalty and trade demands finally got the most of Nelson. But he’s definitely not the first pro athlete to attack his teammate. Here’s a list of some of our favorite intra-team scraps. ...