Injuries leave the Panthers with few options

The man who has been blamed for starting Carolinas injury curse had to share time with the latest unknown fill-in in the Panthers locker room on Wednesday. As Maake Kemoeatu made a rare appearance around the team while riding around with his right leg bent on the back of a specially made scooter, reporters rushed [...]

NFL Calendar

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.

NFL Injury Report

NEW YORK – The National Football League injury report. As provided by the league (OUT – Definitely will not play; DNP – Did not practice; LIMITED – Limited participation in practice; FULL – Full participation in practice): THURSDAY INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS – COLTS: DNP: RB Joseph Addai (knee), S Antoine Bethea (not injury [...]

Giants T Kareem McKenzie out with knee injury

New York Giants offensive tackle Kareem McKenzie left Sunday nights loss to the Philadelphia Eagles with a sprained left knee. McKenzie was hurt late in the second quarter when teammate Chris Snee blocked a Philadelphia defender into the tackles knee. William Beatty replaced McKenzie. New York also lost cornerback Corey Webster with a left knee [...]

NFL Capsules

INDIANAPOLIS -Peyton Manning threw three TD passes in the first 23 minutes, then was picked off three times, but the Colts earned their 22nd consecutive regular-season win with a 28-16 victory over the Denver Broncos on Sunday. The Colts defense held off the Broncos as Indianapolis broke the Patriots record victory streak set last year. [...]

Season lost, but team is no lost cause

It wasnt so long ago you could make the argument – and a convincing one at that – that the Redskins were one of the worst teams in the league, card-carrying members of the NFL Underclass. This was back when they were just skating by the Rams, losing to the Lions and Chiefs and blowing [...]

Steelers Harrison takes blame for letdown

Less than a week after saying his teammates needed to focus on doing their own job, Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison admittedly did not heed his own words. As a result, the reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year repeatedly found himself out of position Thursday night at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Not coincidentally, the Browns, [...]

Abandoning run leads to lost season

Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall averaged four yards on his first four carries against the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night. It stood to reason that Mendenhall could push the pile on third-and-1 on the Steelers opening drive. Mendenhall never received the opportunity. Instead, the Steelers spread the field with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger operating from the [...]

Babineaux may still play Sunday

Falcons head coach Mike Smith doesnt believe that the arrest of defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux will be a distraction for the team. This is a strong group of men in this locker room, Smith said after Fridays practice. We all have a job to do, and were going to go out and do it. The [...]

Black Hole trip finally comes around again

The Washington Redskins have played 90 regular-season and postseason road games in 34 stadiums since Dan Snyder bought the franchise in 1999. They have visited every team in the NFL. Except one. That would be the Oakland Raiders, whom the Redskins meet Sunday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum for the first time since November 1998. Only [...]