Football

This day is like no other.  It marks not only the beginning of a new month, but the turning of the seasons.  We say so long to summer and the heat and now turn our attention to the cooler weather and the sport that  accompanies it.  Football!

After a long, cold winter of labor disputes, lockouts, and a few months where it looked like we might not have a football season this  year, the 2011 NFL season is just about ready to begin. And before the Packers and Saints finally take the field for the first game on September 8, some of music’s biggest stars will celebrate the new season with this year’s NFL Kickoff Concert, featuring performan

A young lady who showed up to the St. Louis Rams’ preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs wept with joy after St. Louis QB Sam Bradford autographed the “Marry Me Bradford” sign she had brought to the stadium.

Hawkeye, the loyal pup of late Navy SEAL Jon T. Tumilson that had us reaching for the Kleenex when photos of him slumped under his master’s casket spread around the web, has caught the attention of (who else?) University of Iowa football team the Hawkeyes. Form ...

Youtube.com The Billy Sims Barbecue Ultimate Tailgate Tour will roll into Lawton tomorrow and will be here through Sunday at Billy Sims Barbecue on Cache Road.

A lengthy piece in the upcoming issue of GQ highlights Michael Vick’s mindset past and present and the aftermath of the dogfighting scandal that sent him to prison for two years. How’d he handle the sentencing and subsequent backlash? “For a while, it was all ‘Scold Mike Vick, scold Mike Vick, just talk bad about him, like he’s not a person,’” he said. “It’s almost as if everyone wanted to hate

Charles Aaron “Bubba” Smith, who was a feared defense end for the Baltimore Colts and found a Hollywood career in retirement, was found dead at his home on Wednesday. He was 66. The cause of death has not yet been announced. Perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Moses Hightower in the ‘Police Academy’ film series, the 6-foot-7 Smith was the number one overall pick in the 1967 National Football L

Now that NFL Football is done with the strike and we are back to football, the next question is what crazy touchdown dance will we see this year ? Here are a few videos that gives you the history of "End Zone" celebrations.

Upon the conclusion of the NFL lockout Monday, Indianapolis center Jeff Saturday took to the podium to praise New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Kraft’s late wife, Myra. Myra, who had cancer, passed away during the lockout.  Yet, despite his wife of 48 years’ grave condition, Robert kept a seat at the negotiating table, and was instrumental in saving the 2011 NFL season.

You may not know Judson Laipply’s name, but you’ve almost surely seen him in action. The comedian’s ‘Evolution of Dance‘ video went viral in 2006 and has since been viewed 177 million times. So several weeks ago when ESPN began mulling ways to laud the inevitable end of the NFL lockout, he was a natural choice. “The idea started by thinking about how we should celebrate a return to football,” sai

In an unexpected turn of events, the fairy tale wedding between actress Kristin Cavallari and Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler is off. The couple, engaged since October, planned to wed sometime in the fall, but have now called it off.

Michael Vick is lending his support to a congressional bill that will penalize those who attend animal fights. The Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act would make attending an animal fight a misdemeanor punishable up to a year in prison. Under the act, bringing a child to an animal fight could cost an offender up to three years in jail.