Tag: NFL

Ray Lewis and Tom Brady will seek to add to their respective legacies in a rematch of last season’s thrilling AFC championship game.  BY BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — You again! Ray versus Tom. Tom versus

NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons, Jan. 20, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. EST on FOX Last week, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was Mr. Spectacular, making all sorts of plays that a young quarterback starting in

Following a 6-10 season in 2010 and the dismissal of Mike Singletary, the San Francisco 49ers turned to the Jim Harbaugh, who had just rebuilt the Stanford football program, to lead the 49ers through a rebuilding process back toward the

Todd McShay, ESPN’s young alternative to their draft statesman Mel Kiper, stated when the Manti Te’o story broke that he did not see a scenario where Te’o would fall out of the first round. He has since gone on to

Of the 10 latest sports scams, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend is by far the most interesting based on the old journalism question, “Did you hear that …?” However, when it comes to the actual impact on society,

In an interview with Sports Illustrated‘s Pete Thamel on September 23, 10 days after his grandmother died and his girlfriend supposedly passed away due to leukemia, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o had trouble recalling when he met his girlfriend and

The Vatican has invited NFL quarterback Tim Tebow and NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin, two top-tier Christian athletes, to an international conference on “re-instilling values in sports” that will be held this spring. The conference intends to “help bring ethical

On Wednesday, Auburn University head coach Gus Malzahn sent at least three coaches on two separate occasions to Milton High School (GA) to talk to Carl Lawson, Breitbart Sports’ top-rated high school recruit. It is clear that other schools see

Before the January 7th BCS National Championship Game, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o looked like a top-5 NFL draft pick. He was resilient, skilled, and a potential cornerstone for any NFL franchise. His on-field performance was stellar, his character and

This season, Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o was lionized for playing football after the death of his grandmother, who died of natural causes after a long illness, and his girlfriend, Lennay Marie Kekua, who died of leukemia. Kekua, whom Te’o

Former Auburn University quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton is enrolled at the university and will take classes during the spring semester.  According to Auburn University spokesman Kirk Sampson, Newton, the Carolina Panthers quarterback, wants to be a “normal

Tim Tebow’s brother, Peter, apologized on Twitter on Monday for gloating after the Denver Broncos, Tebow’s former team, lost to the Baltimore Ravens in two overtimes last Saturday in an AFC divisional playoff game. Peter tweeted:  My comment after the

Jovan Belcher, the Kansas City Chiefs player who murdered his girlfriend before killing himself in front of Chiefs executives in the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot in December, was intoxicated at the time of his death, with a blood-alcohol level (0.17)

What do the National Football League (NFL), the Professional Golf Association (PGA), and the National Hockey League (NHL) have in common with charitable groups?  According to a report released by Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn (R), “Seeing the advantage in operating largely

The Atlanta Falcons and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority want replace the Georgia Dome, the stadium that will host this Sunday’s NFC championship game between the Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers, with a new stadium with a retractable

The Houston Texans and the New England Patriots will battle for a spot in the AFC championship game on Sunday as the two teams meet again in Foxborough, Massachusetts.  By: The Associated Press  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Vince Wilfork was a

Matt Bryant kicked a 49-yard field goal with 8 seconds left, less than 30 seconds after Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks came back from a 20-point deficit to take a 28-27 lead, to give the Atlanta Falcons a 30-28

After Seattle Seahawks rookie quarterback Russell Wilson led the Seahawks to a playoff victory over the Washington Redskins last week in his first playoff game, he had more playoff wins (1) than Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (0), whose Falcons

Thursday’s report that the National Institutes of Health found evidence that retired San Diego Chargers All-Pro linebacker Junior Seau, who committed suicide on May 2 by shooting himself in the heart, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) highlights the NFL’s

For the first time in the history of the NFL or AFL, a football game was played today that was tied after five consecutive quarters. The Ravens and Broncos were tied 14-14 after one quarter, 21-21 after the second, 28-28

By Breitbart Sports and ARNIE STAPLETON, AP Pro Football Writer, in Denver.  In an exhilarating AFC divisional playoff game that went into two overtimes, the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Denver Broncos 38-35 on Justin Tucker’s 47-yard field goal on Saturday.

To win and keep their jobs, GMs and NFL Coaches need two things; a Defense that can stop opponents and a Quarterback with a high Total QBR. As great a person and Christian witness as Tim Tebow is, the fact

The two-time defending champion Alabama Crimson Tide lost 3 impact players from the squad to the NFL Draft on Friday (juniors Eddie Lacy, Dee Milliner, and D.J. Fluker).  This is on top of the losses of 4 key starters on

NFC Divisional Playoff Game Preview: Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers, Jan. 12, 2013 at 8:00pm EST on Fox. Why Watch Colin Kaepernick, of the San Francisco 49ers, and Aaron Rodgers, of the Green Bay Packers, are two quarterbacks