| |
| Despite defections, plenty of talent still on hand for Pro Bowl |
NFL Football |
01/27/2012 |
| |
| ague's annual all-star game will be lacking some of its star power once again due to a variety of factors. This will mark the third consecutive year in which the Pro Bowl will be held one week prior to the Super Bowl, thereby removing members of the New England Patriots and New York Giants that were chosen to play in Sunday's exhibition from their conference respective rosters once those teams qualified for the upcoming championship game. The AFC has been hit particularly hard by the rule, as the Patriots had seven |
|
| |
| Pagano: It's going to be a great journey |
NFL Football |
01/26/2012 |
| |
| , that I was going to be coming to Indy to play for a world championship," admitted the 51-year-old Pagano. "That's what I thought I was coming here for, certainly not standing here as the next head football coach." Pagano and the Ravens lost to the New England Patriots on Sunday in the AFC Championship Game after Billy Cundiff missed a game-tying field goal in the waning seconds of the fourth quarter. "Words can't describe the emotions that I'm going through right now and the feelings," Pagano said. "Coming off pr |
|
| |
| Gronkowski to miss practice time |
NFL Football |
01/26/2012 |
| |
| Foxboro, MA (BettingExpress) - New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is expected to miss practice time this week in preparation for next Sunday's Super Bowl because of the ankle injury he sustained during last Sunday's AFC Championship Game. Gronkowski hurt his left ankle while being tackled during the third quarter of the 23-20 win over Baltimore. He was able to return to the contest, but was seen with a walking boot on Monday. "We'll just have to see," Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said when asked w |
|
| |
| Road to Super Bowl XLVI: Giants have been down this path before |
NFL Football |
01/26/2012 |
| |
| before responding with wins in three of their last four outings en route to a 10-6 finish to the regular season. Things got a lot tighter for the latest edition of the G-Men. Their fast start, which included a win over their Super Bowl XLVI opponent New England Patriots on Nov. 13, was nearly snuffed out by a four-game losing streak to heavy-hitters San Francisco, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Green Bay. The Giants seemed to hit a low point with a 49-24 pounding at the Saints in Week 12, but the real back-breaker c |
|
| |
| In the FCS Huddle: FCS players could impact the Super Bowl |
Division I-AA College Football |
01/25/2012 |
| |
| en Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in last year's Super Bowl. In two weeks, plenty of former FCS players have the opportunity to be game- changers, particularly those from the NFC champion New York Giants, who will play the AFC champion New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis. The former FCS players will hope to live up to Collins' interception return for a touchdown in Green Bay's win last February. Collins, one of six Packers on that team who played collegiately in the FCS, |
|
| |
| JoePa's legacy will live on |
Division I College Football |
01/23/2012 |
| |
| has settled and the court system is finished magnifying Penn State in a bad light, Paterno will be honored and his legacy restored. Paterno was about family, education and simply doing the right thing. Penn State may have done the latter in tabbing New England Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien as Paterno's successor. O'Brien made an immediate impact during his introductory press conference by bringing his son, wife and other family members along to show that he too can lead like Paterno. I wonder if seve |
|
| |
| Rookies Newton, Dalton among Pro Bowl replacements |
NFL Football |
01/23/2012 |
| |
| g the players selected for this week's Pro Bowl as replacements for those originally selected from the Super Bowl participants. With the Pro Bowl again being played the week before the Super Bowl, the Pro Bowl selections from the New York Giants and New England Patriots will not play in the league's All-Star contest in Hawaii. Newton, the first overall pick of the 2011 NFL Draft, will replace New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, while Dalton, selected in the second round, will take the place of New England's To |
|
| |
| Irony abound on Championship Sunday |
NFL Football |
01/23/2012 |
| |
| Philadelphia, PA (BettingExpress) - The San Francisco 49ers had been living off turnovers and stellar special teams play all throughout their tremendous 2011 season. Tom Brady had been bailing out a condemned New England Patriots defense time and time again over that same time frame. Which makes it all the more harder to explain how the former's championship dreams died because of a pair of disastrous mistakes from the NFL's best "third phase" unit over the course of this campaign, or how Brady's maligned mates on |
|
| |
| NFL Playoff Game Capsules |
NFL Football |
01/23/2012 |
| |
| rts Network) - First, the win and a Super Bowl berth was knocked out of Lee Evans' hands. Then, Billy Cundiff pulled the Ravens' chance to tie the game wide left. Baltimore couldn't capitalize on two good scoring chances in the final minute, and the New England Patriots held on for a 23-20 victory in Sunday's AFC Championship Game. Tom Brady's diving touchdown on fourth down early in the fourth quarter was the decisive score, and helped the Patriots advance to Super Bowl XLVI against the New York Giants. New Englan |
|
| |
| Patriots advance to Super Bowl, Ravens come up short |
NFL Football |
01/23/2012 |
| |
| rts Network) - First, the win and a Super Bowl berth was knocked out of Lee Evans' hands. Then, Billy Cundiff pulled the Ravens' chance to tie the game wide left. Baltimore couldn't capitalize on two good scoring chances in the final minute, and the New England Patriots held on for a 23-20 victory in Sunday's AFC Championship Game. Tom Brady's diving touchdown on fourth down early in the fourth quarter was the decisive score, and helped the Patriots advance to Super Bowl XLVI against the New York Giants. It will be |
|
| |
