The New England Patriots continued to build through free agency Saturday, finally coming to terms with receiver Brandon Lloyd. Another league source confirmed that the New England Patriots signed defensive lineman/outside linebacker Trevor Scott. Brandon Lloyd finally has his wish: tonight he and the New England Patriots finalized the terms of a contract that will [...]
It’s safe to say that Kelly Clarkson nailed her performance of the national anthem at Super Bowl XLVI last night. There was no perfect season on the line this time, but the New York Giants did it again to Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. New York quarterback Eli Manning engineered the [...]
Four years ago, the New York Giants were the charming underdogs who took the New England Patriots’ perfect season and made it imperfect. Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York’s fourth Super Bowl title. [...]
The Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2012, but is the list of snubs the bigger story? The 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame class was announced Saturday night, and it was nearly as notable for who wasn’t elected than who was. DB Jack Butler, C Dermontti Dawson, DE Chris Doleman, [...]
At first glance, this Super Bowl is a matchup of dreadful defenses. The New York Giants ranked 27th among the 32 NFL teams in total defense during the regular season. The New England Patriots ranked next-to-last. Both Super Bowl kickers have taken uncommon paths to the title game, essentially stumbling into a job that often [...]
Joe Paterno, the legendary Penn State football coach who was fired in November in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, is now in serious condition as he battles lung cancer, according to a statement the family released Saturday. Joe Paterno’s doctors say the former Penn State coach’s condition has become “serious” [...]
Tebowmania had no chance against Tom Brady’s playoff pedigree. All the heroics, all the big plays and quite a few records belonged to Brady and the New England Patriots on Saturday night in a 45-10 rout of overmatched Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos. Tom Brady threw 6 touchdown passes, 5 in the first half, [...]
New Orleans (14-3) dispatched the Detroit Lions 45-28 Saturday night in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, setting up a divisional playoff game next weekend in San Francisco. Brees led an unstoppable offense by throwing for 466 yards and 3 touchdowns, and New Orleans dominated the second half for a 45-28 NFC wild-card victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday [...]
Joe Adams had one last big highlight to help No. 7 Arkansas end a record-tying season in tall Cotton. All-SEC quarterback Tyler Wilson was well short of the record passing performance he had earlier this season at Cowboys Stadium, but did throw 2 touchdown passes after Adams’ 4th punt return for a touchdown and the [...]
The San Francisco 49ers were lights-out in their return to prime time, riding their top-ranked run defense again and prevailing through a pair of power outages to beat ailing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-3 on Monday night. Vernon Davis and Frank Gore scored second-half touchdowns last night at Candlestick Park for the [...]