
Player safety rules passed by NFL owners
The NFL believes it made pro football safer, particularly for defensive players, with rule changes passed at the owners meetings. Team owners on ...

NFL passes helmet rule, ends tuck rule
If it was good enough for football's greatest running back, NFL owners figure, it should work in the 21st century. Team owners passed a player safety ...
NFL could eliminate tuck rule
The tuck rule could disappear from NFL games if owners approve a proposal from the competition committee to dump it. The owners, who meet next week ...

Reggie Bush to Lions, Welker to Broncos
Wes Welker sure knows how to pick his quarterbacks. The star receiver, Tom Brady's favorite target, is leaving New England and heading to Denver, ...

Top NFL draft prospect from Utah has heart ailment
Top draft prospect Star Lotulelei will undergo more extensive heart tests when he returns to Utah. Doctors at the NFL's annual scouting combine in ...

Harbaugh brothers could envision working together
Working separately, John and Jim Harbaugh each guided their team to the Super Bowl. They will be on opposite sidelines Sunday, John as head coach of ...

Bears miss playoffs despite 26-24 win over Lions
Jay Cutler led the Chicago Bears to victory, then uttered three words that must have felt awkward coming out of his mouth. "Go Pack Go," he said.

Lions WR Johnson close to 2,000 yards receiving
The smile has rarely left Calvin Johnson's face since he broke Jerry Rice's NFL record for receiving yards in a single season against Atlanta on Dec.
Lions WR Johnson living up to $132 million deal
The Detroit Lions have gotten quite a return on the $132 million, eight-year investment they made in Calvin Johnson nine months ago. "He's not trying ...

Falcons top Lions 31-18 for home-field advantage
Matt Ryan got what he wanted. Calvin Johnson was forced to settle for what he could get. Ryan matched a career high with four touchdown passes, two ...
Lions WR Johnson has chance to break a Rice record
The slumping Detroit Lions are rallying around Calvin Johnson, hoping he breaks Jerry Rice's NFL record for yards receiving in a season.

Cowboys player death raises question of safety net
San Francisco 49ers defensive end Demarcus Dobbs walked away from a one-vehicle accident on his 25th birthday last month and was arrested on suspicion ...
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 ...

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 ...

Goodell says Suh's intent very difficult to judge
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and league officials looked at Ndamukong Suh's latest infamous act on the field from several angles, trying to ...
Lions' Suh gets traffic ticket in Detroit suburb
Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was issued a traffic citation by a police officer who said Suh was driving fast and passing cars from the ...

Column: Time for NFL to pare down the rule book
The NFL is America's pastime, hands down. Imagine how much fun it would be if they got rid of about half the rule book. The replay challenge penalty? ...

Texans score disputed TD against Lions
Houston's Justin Forsett scored on an 81-yard run in the third quarter Thursday against the Detroit Lions, even though replays clearly showed his knee ...

Texans playing Lions for a spot in the playoffs
The Houston Texans have put themselves in a position to be the NFL's first team to seal a spot in the playoffs and to move a step closer toward ...

Rodgers lifts Packers to 24-20 win over Lions
The Green Bay Packers are winning again, and they aren't too concerned about how they look doing it. Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes, ...