Football

Videos featuring football or basketball trick shots are little played out at this point, but a football trick shot video starring  Abraham Lincoln? Well, that's still worth a look.

Spirit the eagle, Auburn University's mascot, took its traditional aerial tour around the bleachers of Jordan-Hare Stadium before the kickoff of Auburn's football game against Mississippi State on Saturday. He was looking quite majestic in flight as the crowd of 85,000 cheered until ... smack -- Spirit crashed right into a glass-enclosed luxury box.

A young lady who showed up to the St. Louis Rams' preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs wept with joy after St. Louis QB Sam Bradford autographed the "Marry Me Bradford" sign she had brought to the stadium.

Hawkeye, the loyal pup of late Navy SEAL Jon T. Tumilson that had us reaching for the Kleenex when photos of him slumped under his master's casket spread around the web, has caught the attention of (who else?) University of Iowa football team the Hawkeyes...

ESPN The Magazine has dedicated its entire football preview issue to controversial QB Michael Vick, including a feature which poses the question, "What if Michael Vick were white?" It's complicated, concludes the thought piece's author, Touré. What's also complicated is the status of the article's photo -- a digital rendering of Vick as a white man -- on ESPN's website.

While Down syndrome student Brett Bowden rarely got on the field, he was popular member of Hobbton High School's football team due to his enthusiasm and positive attitude. Everybody expected Bowden to be on the team again for the 2011 season, but, in a controversial decision, the state of North Carolina has ruled him ineligible.

In American football, climbing up on your opponent's shoulders to make a catch will get you flagged. In Australian football, the move, executed by player Andrew Walker, is being lauded as the play of the year. Walker, of the Carlton Football Club, and his piggy-back ride of catch have to be seen to be believed -- check out the clip below:

When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a Canadian Football League team, scored against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, they eschewed typical touchdown celebrations like chicken dances and got their plank on instead. The offensive team drop into the rigid plank pose that's been sweeping the globe (and more recently, fellow athletes like Dwight Howard and Gilbert Arenas).

The NFL lockout has left many players with a lot of free time on their hands. Peyton and Eli Manning are making the best of their time off by starring in 'Football Cops,' a DirecTV ad spoofing buddy cop shows.