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New Orleans 49 – N.Y. Giants 24 Drew Brees threw for 363 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score, and the New Orleans Saints beat the New York Giants 49-24 on Monday night. The loss was the third in a row for New York (6-5), which dropped a game behind first-place Dallas in the NFC East ...

Tim Tebow’s magic continued in Denver, while several other teams rallied for key victories. Here are the NFL scores from Sunday and a recap of all the action from Week 12: Denver 16 – San Diego 13 (OT) Matt Prater kicked a 37-yard field goal with 29 seconds left in overtime, and the Denver Broncos beat the San Diego Chargers 16-13. The ...

The day started with Lee Corso letting loose an expletive on ‘College Gameday,’ and things just got crazier from there. The BCS was officially thrown into chaos as three of the nation’s top five teams all went down to defeat. #1 LSU remained in the driver’s seat for the title game with another dominating win, but any number of one-loss schools are now back in the mix for the title game. The bigges

Tim Tebow weaved through the defense on a 20-yard touchdown run with 58 seconds left  to give the Denver Broncos a 17-13 victory over New York Jets on Thursday night. Down 13-10, Tebow led Denver (5-5) on a 95-yard drive, capping it by rushing past safety Eric Smith and blasting through defenders for the score ...

This armadillo at the Cincinnati Zoo shows some real talent on the gridiron as he gleefully attacks a football over and over.

The best teams in the league are already eyeing first-round playoff byes as the NFL schedule moves into its stretch run. Here’s a preview of the games scheduled for Week 11: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers – 1:00 PM Averaging 35.6 poi ...

NFL Hall of Famer Forrest Gregg, who once held the NFL consecutive games played record with 188 in a row, told The Associated Press he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease on Wednesday.

With the season winding down, things are really starting to get tight for a lot of teams. LSU and Oklahoma State control their own destinies in the national title hunt, but there is still a lot of movement that could occur if one of those two loses. Several teams are still trying to lock up spots in their respective conference championship games while others are just trying to improve their bowl r

The NFL Thursday night game schedule continues in week 11 with a battle of AFC teams fighting to stay in post-season contention. New York Jets at Denver Broncos Denver (4-5) rides into this contest winners of three of the four games that quarterback Tim Tebow has started, including last week’s triumph over Kansas City that saw the former Heisman Trophy winner complete just two passes. Not ... Rea

Green Bay 45 – Minnesota 7 Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes, and the Green Bay Packers routed the Minnesota Vikings 45-7 on “Monday Night Football” to remain undefeated on the 2011 season. Green Bay (9-0) got an 80-yard punt-return for a touchdown from Randall Cobb in the first quarter, and the defending Super Bowl champions never looked back in dominating Minnesota (2-7). Rodgers th ...

Yale officials announced Sunday that quarterback Patrick Witt withdrew his application for the Rhodes Scholarship so that he will be able to play against archrival Harvard this weekend.

San Francisco 27 – N.Y. Giants 20 Defensive end Justin Smith swatted down an Eli Manning pass to end a potential game-tying drive, as the San Francisco 49ers beat the New York Giants 27-20. Kicker David Akers had four field goals for San Francisco (8-1), which found enough offense to win despite playing most of the game without leading rusher Frank Gore, who suffered a knee injury ...