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Jan. 9-10, 2010 -- Wild card playoffs. Jan. 16-17 -- Divisional playoffs. Jan. 24 -- Conference championships. Jan. 31 -- Pro Bowl, Miami. Feb. 7 -- Super Bowl, Miami. Feb. 24-March 2 -- NFL combine, Indianapolis. March 5 -- Free agency begins. March 21-24 -- Annual owners meeting, Orlando, Fla. April 22-24 -- NFL draft.
Although NFL team, the Oakland Raiders, have been in the Bay Area for years now, it still has its hardcore fanbase in Los Angeles. Some even feel the silver-n-black are still L.A.'s home team, no matter where they're located now. Rapper Ice Cube agrees with that 100%. The rapper recently played the role of producer for the latest in ESPN's documentary series "30 for 30" about the former L.A. team.
In the NFL, three teams have dominated this decade. Despite league rules that make sustained excellence increasingly difficult, they are the resilient elite of the nation's most popular pro sport: the Indianapolis Colts, who carry a 19-game winning streak into Sunday's game at the Houston Texans; the Pittsburgh Steelers, the defending Super Bowl champions who've won two NFL titles in four years ...
Though winning on the road in the NFL is difficult most weeks (just ask the Bengals about their trip to Oakland last week), three teams have been perfect this season. With the Cardinals (5-0), Saints (5-0) and Colts (5-0) unscathed away from home, the 2009 season is tied for the most ever. Just three other seasons have opened with three teams starting 5-0 on the road (1983, 2001, 2007). We take ...
By Brett Martel ./ Associated Press NEW ORLEANS -- Bill Belichick and Bill Gates have more in common than their first name, the way Saints coach Sean Payton sees it.
Pittsburgh starter Ben Roethlisberger has been ruled out with a concussion.
Fumble! NFL players' inability to hang onto their money stirs concern with lockout looming
While the two NFL teams that call the Garden State home are folding fast after successful starts, a lot of the Jersey guys in the league are having Pro Bowl type seasons.
With three Thanksgiving games in the books, the rest of the NFL is looking to make their mark on the playoff hunt this weekend. Check out who news14.com's Michael Parks thinks wins each game before things get going.
Watching injured Lions rookie Matthew Stafford trying to do his job on Thanksgiving Day against Green Bay was, well, painful. Even though it's his left, non-throwing shoulder that is plaguing the
The line opened -2 with Warner originally expected to play, but early in the week his status became unlikely. That triggered some Wise Action to hit the Under 47 and moved the line to Titans -3. Now that he's playing the line dropped back to the open...
The NFL took several important steps this week in addressing concussions, a problem that has dogged the league for a long time.
PPITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is expected to miss Sunday night's game at Baltimore because of a concussion.
For the first time since 1990 and the third time overall, the NFL has two 10-0 teams, the Colts and Saints. Even juicier, Indianapolis has won 19 in a row, two short of the league mark set by New England early last season.
SAN FRANCISCO — Back in his dominant high school days, Maurice Jones-Drew didn't let himself think too far ahead about his football future, or what he might be able to do in the NFL despite being undersized.
Former Giants coach Jim Fassel won the championship in the inaugural season of the United Football League, as his Las Vegas Locomotives beat Jim Haslett's Orlando Tuskers, 20-17, in overtime Friday.
Cincinnati's improved defense is eighth in the NFL in third-down conversion percentage defense this season. The Bengals allowed only 6-of-19 third-down conversions in the first meeting between the two clubs at Cleveland in early October.
Nov. 28 1906 — Tommy Burns fights to a 20-round draw with light heavyweight Jack O'Brien in a world heavyweight title bout in Los Angeles.
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will miss Sunday night's game at Baltimore because of a concussion, an unforeseen development that forces the inexperienced Dennis Dixon to start one of the Super Bowl champions' biggest games this season.
BALTIMORE — Whether they're facing each other in the AFC championship game or playing for nothing more than pride, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens never have to wait until the opening kickoff to stoke up the intensity.
It’s debatable whether Eric Mangini can do anything to save his job, if a new Browns personnel czar decides he wants his own head coach. There are several things he should strive for, though, if he is intent on staying.
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