
NFL's big guys strut draft in stripes
"It's called a three-piece, right?" Yes, Luke Joeckel, and by the way, nice blue checks with that vested suit at the NFL draft. The Texas A&M ...

Watch for the underclassmen in draft
Of the record 73 underclassmen in this year's NFL draft, nearly two dozen have been projected by at least one analyst as having a chance to go in the ...

Te'o doing tough balancing act at NFL combine
Manti Te'o walked into a crowded room of reporters Saturday, took a breath and settled in for 15 minutes of NFL scouting combine history. Again, the ...

Golden era for QBs, with great stories around NFL
The two kids from Northern California burst from NFL afterthought to championship contender in eerily similar fashion a decade apart. Tom Brady and ...

Chudzinski thrilled to get Browns' job
Rob Chudzinski's roots run 44 years deep with the Browns. As a kid, he buckled on his orange helmet and ran around his backyard in Toledo, Ohio, ...

Browns hire Rob Chudzinski as new coach
Rob Chudzinski's first head coaching job will be with the team he loved as a kid. Chudzinski, who spent the past two seasons as Carolina's offensive ...

Manziel, Texas A&M beat Oklahoma 41-13 in Cotton
Johnny Manziel stretched out both of his arms and ran off the field as if he was flying. With the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback known as Johnny ...

Column: Why did NCAA really pile on Penn State?
Piling on is one of those things you're supposed to know when you see it. Some of us argued that's what the NCAA did back in July, when it knee-capped ...

A&M's Johnny Football is AP's Player of the Year
Johnny Manziel ran for almost 1,700 yards and 30 touchdowns as a dual-threat quarterback his senior year of high school at Kerrville Tivy. Who would ...

A pick 6 of football flippin', floppin', flyin'
There's been a whole lot of flipping, flopping and flying in football recently, from the Carolinas to the frozen tundra and, appropriately, just off ...

Luck's comeback leads Colts past Titans 27-23
Indianapolis took a small step toward a far bigger goal Sunday — making the playoffs. All they need now is one more win. With Chuck Pagano watching ...

Newton, Panthers starting to hit their stride
After struggling to score points and move the chains for much of the season, the Carolina Panthers' offense has suddenly hit its stride. Too bad it's ...

Giants, Cowboys, Redskins win in tight NFC East
Winning was required to keep pace in the NFC East playoff race. Losing was all that was needed in the AFC North. The defending Super Bowl champion New ...

Luck leads another Colts rally, beat Titans 27-23
Adam Vinatieri is still winning games with his foot. Andrew Luck is still winning games he's not supposed to. On Sunday, the clutch kicker and hotshot ...

Auburn hires ex-assistant Malzahn as head coach
Gus Malzahn stepped off the plane in Auburn and rushed over to a waiting throng of fans, exchanging high-fives and smiles. He trumpeted "a new day" ...

Read option is back in NFL and better than ever
Tim Tebow has been out with two broken ribs and maybe a bruised ego. The read-option lives, however, in Washington, Carolina and San Francisco, where ...

NFC East wide open after Redskins top Giants 17-16
There was the fumble by Robert Griffin III that turned into a Washington Redskins touchdown. There was the fumble by teammate Alfred Morris that led ...

RG3, Redskins closing in on Giants with 17-16 win
Robert Griffin III went down, the ball popped out, and the Washington Redskins scored a touchdown. Look out, New York Giants and the rest of the NFC ...

Chiefs beat Panthers at somber Arrowhead Stadium
Brady Quinn tried to avoid looking at the empty locker when he arrived at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback couldn't ...
Falcons get even with archrival Saints
The Atlanta Falcons have had a few close calls, but only one blemish on their record. It came at New Orleans. On Thursday night, the archrival Saints ...

Newton leads Panthers past Eagles 30-22
They were two words on a sponsor's banner draped behind the Philadelphia Eagles' postgame podium: Imagine. Change. For disgusted Eagles fans, that's ...

Column: Johnny Football should be Johnny Heisman
Johnny Football finally got a chance to speak Monday. This was it, our first opportunity to hear from the quarterback himself why he feels he should ...

Chizik, among 5 college football coaches fired
Gene Chizik, Frank Spaziani and Danny Hope got the pink slips many expected were coming after disappointing seasons. North Carolina State getting rid ...