Top story No. 1: Saints win first Super Bowl

New Orleans Saints radio play-by-play announcer Jim Henderson expressed perfectly the overall sentiment of just about every New Orleanian when kicker Garrett Hartley booted the game-winning field goal in the NFC Championship Game. “Hahaaaa! Pigs have flown! Hell has froze over! The Saints are on their way to the Super Bowl!” Henderson shouted during the [...]

NFL fines Jets $100,000 for tripping incident

The New York Jets are paying for their sideline shenanigans. Th NFL fined the team $100,000 on Thursday for violating league rules when assistant coach Sal Alosi ordered players to form a sideline wall, then tripped Miamis Nolan Carroll during a punt return earlier this month. The discipline was in response to the actions of [...]

Faceoff: No D in Jets? Top exec? AFC, NFC fields?

Whats wrong with the Jets defense? PRISCO: Thats easy. Its the outside pass rushers. When you play a 3-4 scheme, you need to have edge rushers who can create major problems. They dont. The three primary outside linebackers have combined for 14½ sacks. Thats not good enough. When you look at most good 3-4 schemes, [...]

Favre fined $50K, not suspended in Sterger case

Brett Favre was fined $50,000 by the NFL for failing to cooperate with its investigation of inappropriate messages and lewd photos he allegedly sent to a former Jets game-day employee. Commissioner Roger Goodell “could not conclude” that Favre violated the leagues personal conduct policy based on the evidence currently available to him. The league said [...]

Versatile new trio giving Patriots tidy fix at tight end

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick rarely praises rookies. So it was noteworthy recently when he admitted similarities between the receiving and blocking ability of former Giants tight end Mark Bavaro and Pats rookie Rob Gronkowski. Former Pats linebacker Tedy Bruschi joked earlier this year that Belichick was still looking for the next Bavaro, great [...]

Pro Bowl: Vick draws start, Falcons lead with 7

Michael Vicks sensational comeback season made a big impression throughout the NFL, not just in Philadelphia. The Eagles quarterback, who sat out two seasons while serving a federal sentence for dogfighting, will start for the NFC in the Jan. 30 Pro Bowl in Honolulu. Vick was selected in a leaguewide vote by NFL players, coaches [...]

49ers fire Singletary after eliminated from playoffs

Mike Singletary was fired by the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday night after two disappointing seasons, including a 5-10 showing this year for a franchise expected to win the NFC West. The team made the announcement late Sunday upon returning to the Bay Area, several hours after San Francisco was eliminated from playoff contention with [...]

Panthers secure No. 1 pick in April’s NFL draft

It took a rare Sunday off for the Carolina Panthers to finally win something big this season – the No. 1 overall draft pick. The Panthers are on the clock for Aprils draft and potentially in position to take Stanford star quarterback Andrew Luck after wins by Cincinnati and Denver allowed Carolina to clinch the [...]

Cassel’s 3 TD passes fuel Chiefs’ rout of Titans

NFL news-rts.com w With Kansas Citys greatest one-year turnaround came great reward. Three hours after racing past Tennessee Titans 34-14 Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs became AFC West champions when Cincinnati upended four-time defending champion San Diego. The Chargers loss gave KC (10-5) its first division title since Dick Vermeils 2003 Chiefs went 13-3. KCs [...]

Bengals foil Chargers’ hopes for AFC West title

NFL news-rts Carson Palmers near-perfect showing left San Diego out in the cold. Pa and the Cincinnati Bengals snapped the Chargers streak of four straight playoffs appearances with a 34-20 victory on Sunday that was an ending in several ways. The Chargers (8-7) froze up in their coldest game in nearly three years, repeatedly self-destructing [...]