
SUPER BOWL WATCH: NFL awards, real fun to come
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...

Players defend Pro Bowl after 62-35 NFC win
After a week in Hawaii and a blowout game, the NFL's all-stars are defending the Pro Bowl as a worthy reward for top players who don't make the Super ...

Suddenly unwanted, Tebow has uncertain NFL future
From nearly unstoppable to nearly invisible. Tim Tebow was two wins from the Super Bowl a year ago. Now, he's pretty much a player without a team — ...

Title games feature Ravens-Pats, 49ers-Falcons
One game is a rematch. The other might feel like one — at least to one of the teams. For the second straight year in the AFC, the New England Patriots ...

Here come the big boys
Here come the big boys. The NFL's wild-card weekend is over, with nary an upset. Moving on are division winners Green Bay, Houston and Baltimore, ...

Column: Wilson stands tall as only rookie QB left
This was always going to be one of those once in a decade quarterback classes, even before Russell Wilson announced his arrival from what is arguably ...

In pass-happy NFL, still helps to be able to run
As a wideout, Santana Moss wants Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III to throw the ball as much as possible, of course, preferably in ...

Colts' Luck wants to make most of 1st playoff game
Andrew Luck spent his rookie season dealing with the harsh realities of the NFL. The hand-picked successor to Peyton Manning took the hard knocks with ...

Playoff picks: Packers a good bet this time
Six days after Adrian Peterson blistered them for nearly 200 yards and helped lift his team to a stunning playoff berth, the Green Bay Packers get ...

Regular season winners don't always make champions
The Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons, who tied for the league's best record at 13-3, are well aware of one of the NFL's biggest truisms: more often ...

Jaguars fire GM Gene Smith after 4 seasons
After four years of futility, the Jacksonville Jaguars are heading in a different direction. Coach Mike Mularkey might not be around for the move.

Column: Seattle isn't just sleepless, it's loud!
That dull roar still rumbling between your ears a day later is not your imagination. It's the echo from the 49ers-Seahawks game Sunday night, when an ...
NC State fires O'Brien after 6 seasons
North Carolina State coach Tom O'Brien entered the season with hopes of contending for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Instead, his ...