
Indianapolis ready to face Texans' big test
Things are getting pretty simple in Indianapolis. Win one more game and the Colts are in the playoffs. Win the next two and Bruce Arians sets the NFL ...

Texans need win over Colts to clinch AFC South
Houston's blowout loss at New England exposed a variety of flaws, leaving the Texans with plenty to work on before they host Indianapolis on Sunday ...

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 ...
Schwartz decisions dissected in disappointing year
Over their last three home games, the Detroit Lions have been good enough to be ahead of some of the NFL's better teams — Green Bay, Houston and ...

Peyton will pick apart Raiders
Leave it to the Oakland Raiders to ruin the renewal of a great rivalry. The Raiders have done so this year by being, well, awful. They've dropped five ...

Andrew Luck-led Colts rally to beat Lions 35-33
Andrew Luck scrambled a bit to his right, saw nobody open in the end zone and decided to take his chances. He flipped the ball to Donnie Avery and ...

Broncos, Patriots and Falcons win divisions
If NFL executives really adore parity, they must be wincing at the early division clinchings by the Broncos, Patriots and Falcons. Not to mention the ...

Oregon, K-State to meet in Fiesta Bowl
Oregon and Kansas State were atop the BCS standings just two weeks ago, each needing two wins for a likely trip to the BCS championship. Those plans ...

Division races taking shape
As the NFL heads into December, nearly every division race has an outright favorite. Some — Denver, Atlanta, New England, Houston and Baltimore — are ...
Vikings looking to put the squeeze on Bears QBs
The lasting image from the Bears' trip to San Francisco was 49ers defensive end Aldon Smith running amok. And now Chicago's battered offensive line ...

California fires coach Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford made a downtrodden program relevant as coach at California, putting out competitive teams for a decade, developing dozens of NFL players ...

Pats rout Colts 59-24 but Gronkowski injures arm
The New England Patriots defense came alive just in time. It may have to make an even bigger contribution with Rob Gronkowski likely out for a while ...

Extra work in wins for Houston, Dallas, Tampa Bay
Working overtime. Houston, Dallas and Tampa Bay made it pay off by earning victories Sunday. Jacksonville, Cleveland and Carolina all blew leads to ...

Brady outplays Luck, Patriots rout Colts 59-24
Alfonzo Dennard watched himself on the video board as he raced 87 yards with an interception for a touchdown. He wanted to see if the star rookie who ...

No. 14 Stanford upsets No. 1 Oregon 17-14 in OT
As Stanford's game-winning field goal tumbled through the goal posts, Oregon running back Kenjon Barner fell to his knees in dejection. With a clear ...

Jim Harbaugh has procedure for irregular heartbeat
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh was sent to the hospital Thursday for a "minor procedure" after doctors discovered he had an irregular ...

Texans back on top of AP Pro32 NFL power rankings
Houston and Atlanta traded places in the AP Pro32 NFL power rankings. The Texans moved to the top on Tuesday following their 13-6 win over the Chicago ...

NFL games keep coming down to final seconds
If it seems as though nearly every NFL game this season has come down to the final seconds, that's not your imagination. Through nine weeks, there ...

Colts strong start makes playoffs real possibility
The Indianapolis Colts are concerned about the hits rookie quarterback Andrew Luck has been taken, calling some of them cheap shots. One day after the ...

Halfway through season, NFC is dominant
Halfway through the season, something's missing — mostly — on a list of the league's elite teams. The AFC. It's difficult to make a case for including ...

Manning, Luck succeed from 2 sides of spectrum
The numbers and the standings will change, but heading into this week's games, they were lined up too perfectly to ignore. Broncos quarterback Peyton ...

Luck runs for 2 TDS, Colts beat Jaguars 27-10
Another week, another win, another reason for the Indianapolis Colts to love Andrew Luck. Four days after setting a rookie record, Luck ran for two ...

This season's NFL rookies 'as good as any group'
Good as Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III have been, look beyond the first-year quarterbacks making a strong first impression and check out the other ...