Meet the NFL’s ultimate little brother.

He still thinks he's Popeye.

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He always looks confused.

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He exagerates to get other people in trouble.

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He pouts a lot.

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Some on the internet are not happy about it: “Gay marriage is not an American tradition like the Rose Bowl.”

Danny LeClair, 45 and Aubrey Loots, 42, from Los Angeles, will celebrate their wedding atop a float at the historical Tournament of Roses Parade, the Pasadena Star-News reported.

The parade is held every New Year's Day in Pasadena, Calif.

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The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890. This year, the famous festival of flower-covered floats will be watched by an estimated 500,000 people and millions of television viewers.

The Lions Club float at the 124th Tournament of Roses Parade on Jan. 1, 2013 in Pasadena, Calif.

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Leclair and Loots' wedding will take place atop a huge, elaborate wedding cake-shaped float which is sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The float's theme is "Love is the best protection."

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This is the first Rose Parade to take place since the Supreme Court's ruling in June brought marriage equality to California.

San Francisco's 43rd annual Gay Pride parade on June 30, 2013.

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Featuring Cam Newton making one kid’s year, Aaron Rodgers rising to the occasion, and all the best moments from the final week of the 2013 regular season.

Cam Newton Makes A Young Fan Very Happy

Make Some Noise*! (*Except If You Own The Team)

A.J. Green Makes Every Baltimore Defender Look Bad

LACES OUT, ANDY LEE

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The driver has been in a medically-induced coma since a ski accident in the French Alps yesterday morning.

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Seven-time F-1 racing champion Michael Schumacher, who retired for the second time last year, was skiing with his son in the French Alpine resort town of Meribel when he fell and hit his head on a rock. Schumacher had been wearing a helmet, but it did not sufficiently protect him.

"Someone who had suffered this accident without a helmet would not have made it this far," said Dr. Jean-Francois Payen, chief anesthesiologist at Grenoble University Hospital Center in France.

The 44-year-old German driver immediately underwent surgery for a brain hemorrhage after arriving at Grenoble already in a coma.

Michael Schumacher skis downhill in this Jan. 14, 2005 file photo.

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Schumacher, who lives in Switzerland, is being kept company by his wife, Corinna Betsh, and two children, Gina-Maria and Mick.

Doctors say they are taking his injury "hour by hour" and refused to predict the outcome, NBC News reports.

"We cannot predict the future for Michael Schumacher," said Payen. "It's too soon to talk about."

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Warranted or not, these guys are gone. Or at least, could be.

FIRED: Gary Kubiak, Houston Texans

2013 Record: 2-11
Combined Record: 61-64 after eight seasons.
Accomplishments: Captured the franchise’s first division crown, playoff berth, and playoff win in 2011. Secured a franchise-best 12-4 record last season.
Low Point(s): This season's 11-game losing streak, capped off with a 27–20 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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FIRED: Mike Shanahan, Washington Redskins

2013 Record: 3-13
Combined Record: 24-40 after four seasons.
Accomplishments: Ending the 2012 season on a seven-game winning streak to capture the team's first NFC East title since 1999.
Low Point(s): Finishing this season 3-13 with an eight-game losing streak. Publicly fighting with starting quarterback RG3. Losing that fight.

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FIRED: Jim Schwartz, Detroit Lions

2013 Record: 7-9
Combined Record: 29-51 after five seasons.
Accomplishments: Finishing second in the NFC North and going to the playoffs for the first time since 1999.
Low Point(s): Losing 14 games in 2009. Running after Jim Harbuagh after the Lions lost to the 49ers.

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FIRED: Rob Chudzinski, Cleveland Browns

2013 Record: 4-12
Combined Record: 4-12 (First year head coach. Previously served as the Browns' tight ends coach in 2004 and offensive coordinator in 2007–'08.)
Accomplishments: Recorded the first Browns win at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Low Point(s): Seven-game losing streak to end the season.

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These photos will make your day.

This is Charvis Brewer, an eight-year-old with cerebral palsy from Tennessee. He's also a MASSIVE fan of the Memphis Grizzlies.

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So Make-A-Wish teamed up with the Grizzlies and they decided he'd make a good draft pick for their team.

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So on December 29th, Charvis showed up to practice with the team.

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Charvis has been wheelchair-bound since birth due to his cerebral palsy.

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Johnny Manziel was in fine, hyperactive form on New Year’s Eve.

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Texas A&M opened the second half of the Chik-Fil-A Bowl down 38-17 to Duke on Tuesday night. But, to quote what is likely Johnny Manziel's favorite movie, was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Mr. Football got his own comeback started in the third quarter with this insane play, leaping over a defender, bouncing off his own lineman...

And escaping the pocket to toss the ball to Travis Labhart for an easy touchdown.

A&M would soon narrow the deficit to seven on a Tra Carson run. Duke then closed the third quarter with a field goal. Soon after the last period began, a perfect back-shoulder throw to Mike Evans set the Aggies up in the red zone.

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Longtime Associated Press photographer Dave Martin collapsed on the field shortly after taking celebration shots of Texas A&M’s win over Duke at Atlanta’s football college game.

This photo of Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin being dunked after his team's win was one of the last shots taken by longtime Associated Press photographer Dave Martin. The 59-year-old died shortly after collapsing on the Georgia Dome field on Dec. 31.

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Martin ran on the field after Texas A&M’s win over Duke and started taking celebration shots before collapsing after he suffered from an apparent heart attack. He was administered CPR on the field and died in the hospital on the morning of Jan. 1.

In this March 17 photo, AP Photographer Dave Martin moves out of the way of a Mississippi player after the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the final round of the Southeastern Conference tournament.

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Known as Mullet to friends and colleagues, Martin joined the AP as a staff photographer in Montgomery, Ala., in 1983. He covered sports, conflicts, hurricanes, and tornadoes during his career, which spanned more than 30 years.

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Some major news events he covered in the U.S. and around the world included Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill, tornadoes in Alabama, Super Bowls, the Olympics, as well as conflicts in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Iraq. Here are a few of his memorable photos:

Dave Martin (second from right) at an NFL football game between the Carolina Panthers and the Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta.

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Nearly 106,000 fans filed into the University of Michigan’s Big House on New Year’s Day and set the record for the largest hockey crowd ever assembled. (Oh, and there was a blizzard.) This is what it looked like.

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“Our delegation carries a message and a symbolism, which both includes and extends beyond the LGBT issues highlighted in the headlines,” said Caitlin Cahow, an out lesbian and U.S. delegate to Sochi next month, in a column for USA Today .

Caitlin Cahow in August 2009.

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In a column published Thursday in USA Today, out lesbian Olympic medalist Caitlin Cahow called for the celebration of diversity at the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia amid the nation's anti-LGBT policies.

Cahow, a silver and bronze medalist in women's ice hockey, will travel to the games next month in a delegation some see as a political statement in opposition of the laws due to highly visible out gay delegates and the absence of high-ranking U.S. officials. Janet Napolitano, a former federal official, will lead the delegation, which will also include out lesbian tennis champion Billie Jean King and out gay Olympic figure skater Brian Boitano.

In her article, Cahow said she was chosen for the delegation with the understanding that it will illustrate and emphasize the diversity of the U.S. on the global stage — echoing a similar sentiment shared by President Obama, who said the delegation "speaks for itself." Ultimately, her inclusion in the delegation means more than representing the LGBT community, she said.

"Despite the selective focus of some, I am not going to Russia to represent but one community," Cahow wrote. "Our delegation carries a message and a symbolism, which both includes and extends beyond the LGBT issues highlighted in the headlines."

LINK: Read the whole column here.

“Dark and powerful. That was my version of femme.”

Fallon Fox, born Boyd Burton, is a 37-year-old transgender athlete who fathered a daughter and served in the Navy before transitioning. Now her job is to fight women.

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During a recent interview with GQ magazine, Fox opened up about her life as a transgender professional MMA fighter. Here are a few of the highlights:

On experimenting with girls' clothing at an early age:

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On her upbringing:

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Update: Vikings special teams coach denies Kluwe’s claims; Minnesota legislator calls for investigation. “All we can do is try to expose their behavior when we see it and call them to account for their actions,” Chris Kluwe says in a post on Deadspin .

Chris Kluwe.

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Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe has accused the Minnesota Vikings of releasing him in May because of his advocacy for LGBT rights, and accused at least one assistant coach of making a number of bigoted comments.

In a post published on Deadspin today, Kluwe wrote, "I honestly don't know if my activism was the reason I got fired. However, I'm pretty confident it was."

Kluwe details a damning chain of events that led to his eventual release, starting in the summer of 2012 when he was approached for assistance by a Minnesota-based group called Minnesotans for Marriage Equality. He said a day after Deadspin published a letter he'd written to Maryland delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. "chastising him for trampling the free-speech rights of Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo," then-Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier called him in for a meeting to discourage him from speaking out about his support for same-sex marriage rights.

Kluwe also said Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer started using homophobic language in his presence and singled him out for verbal abuse despite little change in his on-field performance. Kluwe alleges Priefer, in a meeting with players, said, "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows."

In a press release this afternoon, the Vikings vigorously denied Kluwe was cut because of his work with LGBT rights groups.

"Because he was identified with the Vikings, Chris was asked to be respectful while expressing his opinions. Team ownership and management also repeatedly emphasized to Chris that the Vikings would not impinge on his right to express his views," the Vikings said in the release. "Any notion that Chris was released from our football team due to his stance on marriage equality is entirely inaccurate and inconsistent with team policy. Chris was released strictly based on his football performance."

Frazier, who was fired by the Vikings last week after going 20-31 in little more than three seasons as head coach, wasn't immediately available for comment.

Former Baltimore linebacker and special teams star Brendon Ayabadejo, who is also a prominent advocate for LGBT rights, quickly rallied to Kluwe's defense on Twitter:

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An unbelievable performance by instantly legendary freshman Trevor Knight highlights the most decisive victory over Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide team in more than three years.

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When last night's Sugar Bowl began, two-time defending national champ Alabama had lost three games in the last three seasons by a combined total of 14 points. They were a 17-point favorite over Oklahoma, and some college football writers and fans were saying they'd end the year as the best team in the country even though they'd failed to qualify for the BCS title game after a fairly fluky loss to Auburn.

But no one's saying that anymore. Oklahoma laid a beating on Bama the likes of which it hadn't seen in years, rolling the Tide's defense for five touchdowns and battering its offense for seven sacks in a 45-31 victory. Oklahoma freshman quarterback Trevor Knight (playing in only his eighth game) and receivers Lacoltan Bester, Jalen Saunders, and Sterling Shepard (among others) were incredible, attacking Alabama's fearsome secondary with a speed and precision that bordered on the ridiculous.

The Sooner receivers made the Crimson Tide's four- and five-star athletes look flat-footed, while young Knight dropped them deep, pinpoint touch passes reminiscent of Peyton Manning and the Broncos.

When you hit a guy in the back of the end zone throwing 25-plus yards back across your body on a broken play, it's your night.

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How will Washington’s famed football team make their next head coaching hire? BuzzFeed obtained an exclusive screenshot of owner Dan Snyder’s desktop, which might contain clues.

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Okay, maybe they’re simply insane.

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Brett Favre will lead the Buffalo Bills to the Super Bowl…and lose.

Speaking of miracles, the people of Western New York desperately need something good to happen to their beloved Buffalo Bills. This year E.J. Manuel suffered three separate knee injuries his rookie season and missed six starts. Want to know who doesn't miss games due to injury? A certain Mississippi state championship-winning high school offensive coordinator by the name of Brett Lorenzo Favre.

But they'll still lose in the end, because they're the Bills.

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“They have promoted a workplace environment that was conducive for success. At no time did I ever feel suppressed or that I could not be myself.”

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One of Chris Kluwe's former teammates has come out in support of the Minnesota Vikings' front office and coaching staff after Kluwe accused them of releasing him because of his advocacy for LGBT issues.

"Contrary to Chris' statements, they have promoted a workplace environment that was conducive for success," Vikings placekicker Blair Walsh said in a written statement. "At no time did I ever feel suppressed or that I could not be myself."

In a post on Deadspin yesterday, Kluwe laid out a chain of events that he claims led to his eventual release, starting in the summer of 2012 when he was approached for assistance by a Minnesota-based group called Minnesotans for Marriage Equality. He said a day after Deadspin published a letter he'd written to Maryland delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. "chastising him for trampling the free-speech rights of Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo," then-Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier called him in for a meeting to discourage him from speaking out about his support for same-sex marriage rights.

Kluwe also said Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer started using homophobic language in his presence and singled him out for verbal abuse despite little change in his on-field performance. Kluwe alleges Priefer, in a meeting with players, said, "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows."

Walsh, who was a teammate with Kluwe for only one season — 2012, defended Priefer but didn't explicitly refute Kluwe's specific claims.

"I have had countless conversations and interactions with Coach Priefer, and I personally can attest to his integrity and character," Walsh said. "His professionalism in the workplace is exemplary, and I firmly believe that my teammates would whole-heartedly agree. The allegations made today are reprehensible and totally not compatible with what Mike Priefer stands for."

The Vikings declined to make long snapper Cullen Loeffler, who once teamed with Kluwe and former kicker Ryan Longwell to make one of the longest-serving special teams trios in the league, available for comment.

Longwell, who was the Vikings' kicker until 2011, also wasn't immediately available for comment. But a couple of days ago on Twitter, Longwell spoke up on behalf of Frazier, who was fired last week as the Vikings' head coach after little more than three seasons.

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Baltimore Ravens receiver doesn’t back down after TMZ report. This comes directly after former NFL player Chris Kluwe’s claims that his LGBT advocacy efforts ended his career.

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Baltimore Ravens receiver Torrey Smith has denied that he was being homophobic after posting a photo on Instagram of a man wearing pink socks with the caption "Look at this queen."

"The things these gossip sites do to get attention smh," Smith said on his Twitter account today. "I wasn't being offensive nor am I homophobic not apologizing or taking it down."

Smith was responding to TMZ's report on the incident, which was headlined: "NFL Player Fires Off Homophobic Slur."

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You have to look at the positives, people!

Arizona Cardinals

Tyrann Mathieu, y'all. Tyrann Motherfuckin' Mathieu. Not only was he NOT a bust, but he put together a phenomenal rookie season before going down with a knee injury in early December. Dude's legit and every team is now kicking themselves for not taking him. He also has one of the best nicknames in sports ("Sugar Weasel").

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Atlanta Falcons

The Falcons rushing game LITERALLY cannot get any worse unless they hired a truck driver to just drive the ball backwards through the wall of the stadium on every possession. So there's that.

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Baltimore Ravens

Kicker Justin Tucker is clutch city. In fact, from now on, let's call Tucker "Ice Man" because that's how he plays: ice cold, no mistakes. He's so good, he single-footedly beat the Detroit Lions. The unstoppable, juggernaut Detroit Lions.

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Buffalo Bills

Two words: Kiko Alonso. Three words: Is really good. Four words: His name is dope.

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Maybe if she was on the field, Alabama wouldn’t have lost.

During Thursday night's Sugar Bowl game between Alabama and Oklahoma, one feisty Bama fan got a little confrontational with what appeared to be an unlucky Sooner student.

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Thankfully, she was pulled away before things turned violent.

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Psych! This crazy person faked everybody out with the oldest trick in the book (pretending to walk away) and then launched herself into a pile of OU students, as if she were a professional wrestler and not a woman in a houndstooth jacket at a football game.

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And as several fans tried to restrain her, she busted out her Mortal Kombat moves and Lui Kang-kicked the shit out of everybody.

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…if your team didn’t make the playoffs.

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And because he patrols the sidelines like a smug old robber baron.

This GIF is never not funny.

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