The once written-off Miami Dolphins moved back into the NFL playoff picture with a 24-17 win over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday.

It’s bad enough for Green Bay Packer fans to watch longtime quarterback Brett Favre tear up the football field for the rival Minnesota Vikings. But now even

If NBA superstar LeBron James truly believes he can help the Cleveland Browns, coach Eric Mangini has an orange helmet waiting for him.

Coordinator Perry Fewell was pegged by Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson to take over as interim coach because of the job he did in holding together the team's

Reality TV star Tila Tequila filed a lawsuit against San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman alleging domestic violence.

It only took the Baltimore Ravens 17 seconds to change an inefficient, unproductive and disorganized half hour, and the course of the match, in a 16-0 win over

Peyton Manning threw a touchdown pass with 13 seconds remaining as the unbeaten Colts rallied from a 17-point deficit to edge the New England Patriots 35-34 on

Finally after 40 years of being pushed around and dominated by the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Cincinnati Bengals refused to be bullied any more.

As Jamal Lewis backtracked on his stinging comments directed at Cleveland coach Eric Mangini for overworking his players, several of the Browns gathered near

Legendary sportscaster Roy Firestone drops by "Good Day LA" to talk about this year’s recipient of the Roy Firestone Award, USC coach Pete Carroll.

Frank Gore ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, and Jay Cutler threw a career-high five interceptions as the San Francisco 49ers snapped a four-game losing

The latest injury Brett Favre must fight to maintain his record durability streak is a pulled groin muscle. Back from his bye week, Favre said he believes

Atlanta Falcons football player Tony Gonzalez and his wife, October, are the latest celebrities to go nude and appear in PETA's "We'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear

DENVER (AP) — Tyrone Carter started in place of safety Ryan Clark as a precaution Monday night and made the big play that sparked the Steelers to their fifth

Rookie Josh Freeman passed for 205 yards and three touchdowns Sunday to lead the previously winless Bucs to a 38-28 victory over the Green Bay Packers.

NEW YORK (AP) — Once. That's how many times the Houston Texans have beaten the Indianapolis Colts. When they meet on Sunday, the Texans will try to win for

The National Organization for Women called on the Oakland Raiders to suspend coach Tom Cable while the team investigates allegations he has a history of

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith both are slated to participate in the league's latest round of

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Saints equaled their best start to an NFL season with Pierre Thomas scoring two touch downs in a 35-27 win over the Atlanta Falcons on

The Titans and Rams are winless no more. The Broncos finally lost a game. And the Indianapolis Colts did just enough to win.

Score the first round of the New York-Philly twinbill in favor of the Eagles by brutal knockout.

The Arizona Cardinals' game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday has sold out.

The Kansas City Chiefs have barred running back Larry Johnson from team activities pending an investigation into his use of a homosexual slur this week.

DeSean Jackson scored on a 67-yard reverse throw and caught a 57-yard touchdown pass in the first half as the Philadelphia Eagles converted three turnovers

7 yards for a touchdown and Keyaron Fox ran back an interception 82 yards for another as Pittsburgh turned three major defensive stands into a 27-17 victory on

Three times the Minnesota Vikings were ready to take the lead and possibly put away the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Chad Ochocinco is used to making news. Now, he's trying to break some.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell expects the league to start playing multiple regular-season games in Britain in the next few years — an expansion that could

The Napa County district attorney says he will announce his decision Thursday on whether to file charges against Oakland Raiders coach Tom Cable for allegedly

The Chicago Bears and quarterback Jay Cutler have agreed on a two-year contract extension that runs through the 2013 season.

Text messages show a woman asked former NFL quarterback Steve McNair to transfer $2,000 into her bank account hours before police say she shot him to death,

Eddie Royal became the first player in Broncos history to return a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns in the same game, leading undefeated Denver to a wild

Tom Brady finding his form could be bad news for the rest of the NFL. A few other quarterbacks were at their Sunday best, too. Brett Favre and Drew Brees

Eli Manning returned to his hometown only to see Drew Brees torch the New York Giants' league-leading defense.

The winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded underachieving defensive end Gaines Adams to the Chicago Bears for a second-round pick in the 2010 draft.

The NFL fined Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis $25,000 on Friday for two separate plays, including a helmet-to-helmet hit on Cincinnati Bengals receiver

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is blaming others for being dropped from the group trying to buy the St. Louis Rams.

It's hard to imagine a room full of rich, mostly middle-aged white Republicans turning thumbs down on one of their own.

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams.

A chain saw carving of former Buffalo Bills running back Thurman Thomas is missing from a parking lot across from Ralph Wilson stadium, a day after it was

The Dolphins snapped the ball to four players in their game-winning drive Monday night. They ran from the wildcat twice in the final 23 seconds, and Ronnie

Seattle Seahawks fullback Owen Schmitt is used to dishing out punishment to opponents on the football field, but the three-year veteran inadvertently took out

The Rev. Al Sharpton wants the National Football League to block conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh from bidding on the St. Louis Rams.

Broncos kicker Matt Prater booted a 41-yard field goal in overtime to give Denver a 20-17 victory over the New England Patriots. In other action, the Vikings'

In a duel for first place in the AFC North, the Cincinnati Bengals found another way to win a close game.

Michael Crabtree exerted extra effort running one of his first pass routes as a San Francisco 49ers wide receiver and then defensive back Nate Clements got in

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and running back Fred Taylor are hopeful Taylor's ankle surgery Thursday isn't season ending.

Tony Romo says he knows it's not always "lollipops and chocolates and fun times" for the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.

The San Francisco 49ers and wide receiver Michael Crabtree have agreed to a six-year contract after several months of difficult negotiations.

The New York Jets reached an agreement with the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday to acquire troubled but talented wide receiver Braylon Edwards.

FOX 4 video seems to show a confused Cowboys quarterback during the crucial moment of Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos.

Brett Favre's first game against his former team was all fun for the Minnesota Vikings and all frustration for Green Bay, as the graying quarterback connected

Ben Roethlisberger's throwing got fast-starting Pittsburgh going on its first two drives, Rashard Mendenhall surpassed his previous career total with 165 yards

Tom Brady and Randy Moss hooked up for their first touchdown pass of the season, the Baltimore Ravens failed on fourth-down plays on their last two series and

Lofa Tatupu has had multiple concussions. He's one of the first three active NFL players who have agreed to donate their brains for research after death.

Nike says it does not have a "contractual relationship" with Michael Vick, a day after the quarterback's agent announced a deal with the manufacturer.

Derek Anderson will start at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns on Sunday against Cincinnati.

Michael Vick brought his anti-dogfighting message to a sparse crowd at a southwest Washington church on Tuesday.  The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback received

Terence Newman returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown with five minutes left to crack open a tight game and send the Dallas Cowboys to a 21-7

A person familiar with Chad Pennington's condition says the Miami Dolphins quarterback dislocated his shoulder.

Brett Favre threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Greg Lewis in the back of the end zone with 2 seconds left to lift Minnesota to a 27-24 victory over the stunned

Brett Favre still has quite the winning touch.

Finally, the Detroit Lions are winners.

The Oakland Raiders have backed off a demand made to CBS that quarterback-turned-announcer Rich Gannon be banned from the team's facility for production

Randy Moss and Wes Welker have formed a potent 1-2 punch for the New England Patriots the past two seasons. But injuries to both could leave the Pats punchless

If you're hot on the whole EA Sports Madden football video game series, then we've got a treat for you.

New York Jets rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez has some tendinitis in his right knee that isn't expected to affect his availability for this weekend's game

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady isn't commenting about a lawsuit against him and his supermodel wife.

Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a nightclub and later

While the Miami Dolphins' celebrities were making a Hollywood-style grand entrance, Peyton Manning slipped in a side door and stole the show.

A Redskins rookie learned a valuable lesson in social networking etiquette after Sunday's squeaker over the St. Louis Rams. Linebacker Robert Henson took heat from fans after he

While Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was busy hosting a packed house at Cowboys Stadium on Sunday night, NBC's cameras showed off the brand new $1.2 billion,

Mark Sanchez and the New York Jets sent quite the message to the New England Patriots. The rest of the NFL, too.

Hundreds of fans are furious with the Cowboys after they say the "Party Pass" ruined their fun.

Lawrence Tynes kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Giants a 33-31 victory over turnover-prone Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday

Missing high, low and everywhere in-between, the overall No. 1 draft choice of 2007 completed only 7 of 24 passes for 109 yards. But JaMarcus Russell came into focus when he had

The New York Jets backed up their big talk and finally beat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at home.

LaDainian Tomlinson has been ruled out of the San Diego Chargers' home opener against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday due to a sprained ankle, just the second

Eagles quarterback Dononvan McNabb is doubtful for Sunday's game against New Orleans because of a fractured rib.

Buffalo Bills cornerback Leodis McKelvin is so far willing to forgive and forget after two male teens admitted to police that they defaced the player's front

Michael Vick can throw passes to his teammates instead of ball boys. The Philadelphia Eagles elevated Vick to the team's 53-man roster Tuesday, a move that

Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in the final 2:06 as the New England Patriots rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat the Buffalo Bills 25-24 on Monday

Three active NFL players are joining former players in agreeing to donate their brains after death to a Boston University medical school program that studies

Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher is out for the season, and that reality if setting in at Halas Hall and around Chicago.

Brett Favre returned from yet another retirement, feeling healthy and happy in his Minnesota Vikings debut.

Brett Favre looked pleasing in purple. Adrian Peterson always does. The ageless quarterback threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to rookie Percy Harvin in his debut

Richard Seymour says he's "excited" to join the Oakland Raiders after initially being "blindsided" by his trade from New England.

Jeff Reed kicked a field goal in overtime to give the Super Bowl champion Pittburgh Steelers a 13-10 win over the Tennessee Titans in Thursday's opener of the

The lawyer for a woman who is accusing Ben Roethlisberger of rape is prepared to ask a Nevada court to compel the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback to name all

The attorney for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is rejecting a settlement offer by a former Nevada casino worker who claims the Super Bowl

Attorneys say the trial of a man accused in the shooting that left a former Jacksonville Jaguars player paralyzed is on schedule to start later this month.

San Diego Chargers star outside linebacker Shawne Merriman said he did not harm reality TV star Tila Tequila at his home early Sunday and added he was

Five-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Richard Seymour has been traded from the New England Patriots to the Oakland Raiders, giving the rebuilding franchise a

David Tyree has gone from Super Bowl hero to unemployed hero. Tyree was released by the New York Giants on Saturday in the final cutdown.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre was fined $10,000 by the NFL on Friday for his crack-back block on Houston defensive back Eugene Wilson in a

Michael Vick was hardly dynamic in his first significant action in three years, just hours after the Philadelphia quarterback found out he'll be fully

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is eligible to play beginning in the third game of the regular season.

John M. Stephens, the 1988 Offensive Rookie of the Year for the New England Patriots, has been killed after his pickup truck ran off a highway and struck some