Football

Dec 3, 2008

As the Raiders get ready to play the Chargers on Thursday, one thing is for certain, the team will finish the season with a losing record...again.

Dec 3, 2008

Plaxico Burress will not be going to jail. Not unless you count jail as playing for the Oakland Raiders. But he won't be tried in a court of law. He will find a way to get away with it all.He's already...

Dec 3, 2008

If Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce were suspended for his role in Plaxico Burress' accidental shooting, he would be difficult to replace.

Dec 3, 2008

Stephen Colbert explains why Plaxico Burress is a First Amendment hero.

Dec 3, 2008 | 1 comment

School holding press conference Wednesday to announce decision

Dec 3, 2008 | 2 comments

Six players, including the heart of the Minnesota Vikings' stout defensive line, were suspended for four games without pay by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's anti-doping policy.

Dec 2, 2008 | 6 comments

On Tuesday the Giants officially gave up on the player who caught last year's Super Bowl-winning touchdown.

Dec 2, 2008

There is a pretty good chance that both the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders will sign a new head coach this winter. Could Bill Cowher, Mike Holmgren or even Jim Harbaugh be in the future.

Dec 2, 2008

This offseason the 49ers are going to have to decide who their starting quarterback is, again. Could current Patriots starter Matt Cassel be an option?

Dec 2, 2008

One of the tidbits that may have been glossed over during the NFL's Week 13 is that the San Francisco 49ers went into Buffalo and beat the Bills.They are the first West Coast team to win a game in the...

Dec 2, 2008 | 2 comments

Just last week, Steve Smith was held up, apparently by the driver who took him to his home in a gated community in Clifton, N.J.

Dec 2, 2008

To be honest, Raiders Weak took a huge hit once the Raiders started to roll over and piddle on themselves. You know when knife sales started falling in San Diego, the rivalry was no longer what it was.Now,...

Dec 2, 2008

Lone gunman Plaxico Burress dropped in on the medical staff at the Meadowlands today to get some TLC for his recent gunshot wound and his bad hammy.

Dec 1, 2008 | 10 comments

The Nittany Lion may have to sit out the Rose Bowl!

Dec 1, 2008 | 10 comments

Maybe Weis' the size of Weis' buyout -- by the way, who knew old Charlie had such financial foresight? -- will keep him safe.

Dec 1, 2008

Lane Kiffin, still more than 24 hours away from his official introduction as Tennessee's coach, already had a phone to his ear and a recruit on the line Sunday.

Dec 1, 2008

"Say man, you got one of those tailgating passes I can wear around my neck?" "No, I've only got one." "Ah, fudgecicles." "Here, just carry around this severed head....

Dec 1, 2008

On a day where coaches around the National Football League were making ridiculous and absurd calls from the sidelines, defying all human logic and sound reasoning, Oakland head coach Tom Cable may have...

Dec 1, 2008

Plaxico Burress's tribute to Sean Taylor went a little overboard.What in the name of Vincent Vega was Burress doing with that gun? Though, years of catching lame ducks from Eli Messiah probably led him...

Dec 1, 2008 | 7 comments

Year in and year out, the BCS proves to be an inadequate way to determine who the top two teams in the country are. And the need for a college football playoff may never be more apparent than this se...

Dec 1, 2008

14 NFL images from Thanksgiving weekend.

Dec 1, 2008

Giants WR Plaxico Burress stars -- with QB Eli Manning and coach Tom Coughlin playing roles alongside -- in one blog's re-imagining of the gun-obsessed holiday classic, "A Christmas Story."

Dec 1, 2008 | 1 comment

It looks like it may have been the Premature Exclamation Bowl (don't worry, New York media -- it happens to lots of publications).

Dec 1, 2008

The holiday weekend was a good time for a road trip. If winning away from home is a predictor of playoff success, count Pittsburgh, Denver and Carolina among the contenders.