Articles filed under Football
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Surprise! NIU will go bowlingDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Northern Illinois' bowl hopes appeared to die with its season-ending loss to Navy. But when Louisville, Arkansas State and Arizona State lost their final games this week...
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Vikings escape, keep Lions winlessDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - DETROIT - The Minnesota Vikings didn't talk much about avoiding the embarrassment of losing to Detroit. They didn't have to. "In your mind you don't want to be the team ...
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Hard to argue Gators, Okla.Dec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - That logjam at the top of the rankings wasn't so hard to figure out. Nobody dominated the last two months of college football like Oklahoma and Florida. Every poll and p...
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Thomas helps Saints stay alive in playoff raceDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS - Falcons linebacker Curtis Lofton pounded his fist into the Louisiana Superdome turf after Pierre Thomas bowled over him for a first down. The game-sealing ...
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Packers get the boot on final playDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - GREEN BAY, Wis. - Matt Schaub certainly didn't look like a guy whose knee wasn't healthy enough for him to play just six days ago. Schaub returned from a four-game absen...
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NFL's leading scorer Morten Andersen retiresDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Kicker Morten Andersen, the NFL's career-leading scorer, is retiring because of knee problems. The 48-year-old Dane, who scored 2,437 points durin...
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Reed leads Ravens over RedskinsDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - BALTIMORE -- If the Washington Redskins are fortunate, it might be another four years before they have to face the Baltimore Ravens again. If the Redskins are lucky, may...
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Fitzgerald, Wildcats gear up to take on MissouriDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Pat Fitzgerald and his wife, Stacy, board a New York-bound flight early today so Fitzgerald can take part in the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2008 induction ...
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Lions' center doesn't regret obsene gestureDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit center Dominic Raiola says he has no remorse for making an obscene gesture toward Lions fans because their heckling went too far. Raiola, wh...
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Passing game suffering from lack of consistencyDec 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. Why has the passing game struggled in the past five weeks? A. You have to look at Kyle Orton's ankle injury. There has been a lack of consistency and a lack o...