http://www.mail.com/subjects/57738-nfl-playoffs.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/57738-nfl-playoffs.html http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2090192-bills-promote-whaley-to-take-gm.html ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Doug Whaley was promoted to take over as Buffalo Bills general manager, making the team's near top-to-bottom offseason overhaul complete. The much-anticipated decision to elevate Whaley from his position as assistant GM was announced Thursday, three days after Buddy Nix stepped down as GM. The 40-year-old Whaley has spent the pas... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:58:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2090192-bills-promote-whaley-to-take-gm.html 2013-05-16T20:58:17Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2038222-sites-to-settled-college-football-playoff.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — With the how and when of college football playoffs determined, it's time to lock in the where. The conference commissioners in charge of putting together the four-team playoff system that will start after the 2014 regular season will meet starting Tuesday in Pasadena, Calif. At the top of their agenda: Pick three more bowls to be u... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:26:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2038222-sites-to-settled-college-football-playoff.html 2013-04-23T03:26:52Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2026358-justin-smith-aldon-smith-pace-surgeries.html SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith and linebacker Aldon Smith are working back from offseason surgeries, and general manager Trent Baalke expects each to be at full strength and ready for the start of training camp this summer. Running back Kendall Hunter, who underwent surgery late in the season for a torn left A... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:03:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/2026358-justin-smith-aldon-smith-pace-surgeries.html 2013-04-17T21:03:31Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1955486-nfl-eliminate-tuck-rule.html 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 in Phoenix, also will consider a change to instant replay rules allowing for a video review even when a coach makes an illegal challenge. Under the tuck rule, if a passer is in the act of bringing the ball dow... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:25:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1955486-nfl-eliminate-tuck-rule.html 2013-03-14T21:25:03Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1949618-gonzalez-to-falcons-fitzpatrick-cut-bills.html The Baltimore Ravens are paying the price for winning a Super Bowl. The NFL champions lost two key components of their defense, linebackers Paul Kruger and Dannell Ellerbe, as free agency began Tuesday. On Monday, they traded star receiver Anquan Boldin, a key to their title run, to San Francisco — the team the Ravens beat 34-31 to win the championship. ... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:16:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1949618-gonzalez-to-falcons-fitzpatrick-cut-bills.html 2013-03-13T05:16:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1936860-49ers-release-6-time-pro-bowl-kicker-david-akers.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On top of the NFL one season, out the door the next. The San Francisco 49ers released six-time Pro Bowl kicker David Akers on Wednesday, ending a two-year run of record-breaking highs and frustrating lows. General Manager Trent Baalke thanked Akers in a statement, calling the kicker a "true professional who represented himself and thi... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:00:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1936860-49ers-release-6-time-pro-bowl-kicker-david-akers.html 2013-03-07T04:00:46Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1930994-ravens-qb-flacco-signs-nfls-richest-contract.html OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Joe Flacco knows his stature as the highest-paid player in NFL history may not last for long, and he's OK with it. What matters most to the Super Bowl MVP is that the Baltimore Ravens were willing to pay him that kind of money in the first place. Flacco signed his new contract Monday worth $120.6 million over six years. He will re... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:24:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1930994-ravens-qb-flacco-signs-nfls-richest-contract.html 2013-03-04T21:24:20Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1926118-ap-sources-flacco-agrees-to-ravens-deal.html Joe Flacco will have a huge contract to go along with his Super Bowl ring. The Baltimore Ravens reached a tentative agreement Friday on a new deal that would make the Super Bowl MVP the highest-paid player in NFL history. If the deal is finalized, the veteran quarterback would receive in excess of $120 million over six years, according to a person close t... Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:54:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1926118-ap-sources-flacco-agrees-to-ravens-deal.html 2013-03-02T08:54:06Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1906000-tebow-cancels-talk-controversial-dallas-church.html DALLAS (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow has backed out of an appearance at a Baptist mega church in Dallas run by a pastor who has created controversy with his remarks about gays and other faiths. Tebow tweeted Thursday that he canceled a scheduled April 28 appearance at First Baptist Church due to "new information that has been brought to my at... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:27:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1906000-tebow-cancels-talk-controversial-dallas-church.html 2013-02-21T17:27:58Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1875956-adrian-peterson-sports-hernia-surgery.html EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Adrian Peterson put up one of the best seasons by a running back in NFL history to run away with the MVP award. Now imagine what he could do if he was actually fully healthy. Peterson had surgery on Thursday to repair a sports hernia in his abdomen, an injury that bothered him for much of the last month of the season while he ca... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1875956-adrian-peterson-sports-hernia-surgery.html 2013-02-07T21:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1873354-news-corp-cuts-outlook-shares-fall.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Media conglomerate News Corp. cut its forecast for annual earnings Wednesday, saying underperformance at several businesses including its Fox broadcast network would offset a gain in earnings in the most recent quarter. The company said operating income for the current fiscal year, which runs through June, would now grow by "mid- to hig... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 22:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1873354-news-corp-cuts-outlook-shares-fall.html 2013-02-06T22:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1867784-flacco-collecting-awards-super-bowl-mvp.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Working on 90 minutes of sleep, Joe Flacco wore a day-old beard and a weary smile that wouldn't go away. Super Bowl tradition deems that the game's MVP appear at a ceremony the following morning to shake hands with the commissioner of the NFL, accept the shiny trophy, pose for pictures and receive the keys to a new car. And so, after ce... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1867784-flacco-collecting-awards-super-bowl-mvp.html 2013-02-04T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1865980-ravens-edge-49ers-34-31-electric-super-bowl.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For a Super Bowl with so many story lines, this game came up with quite a twist. Try a blackout that turned a blowout into a shootout — capped by a brilliant defensive stand. The Baltimore Ravens survived a frenzied comeback by the San Francisco 49ers following a 34-minute delay in the third quarter for a power outage Sunday night, winn... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1865980-ravens-edge-49ers-34-31-electric-super-bowl.html 2013-02-04T08:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1866728-kaepernick-leads-49ers-comeback.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Under pressure and off balance, Colin Kaepernick released a fourth-down throw into the end zone with the outcome of the Super Bowl hanging in the balance. Everyone in the Superdome could see that the ball wasn't caught as it sailed over Michael Crabtree. Enraged San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh argued for why: He thought Crabtree got he... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1866728-kaepernick-leads-49ers-comeback.html 2013-02-04T07:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1866688-lewis-ends-nfl-career-championship-fashion.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — So, Ray Lewis, now that you've won a Super Bowl, what's next? No, he's not going to that amusement park. The Baltimore Ravens linebacker is heading into retirement — and he can't wait. "Now I get to see a different side of life," Lewis said Sunday night after helping the Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31. "My family, and my sons... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1866688-lewis-ends-nfl-career-championship-fashion.html 2013-02-04T07:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1866414-baltimore-qb-joe-flacco-wins-super-bowl-mvp-award.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Until this Super Bowl, Joe Flacco always believed in himself more than many other folks did. Maybe that's because the Baltimore Ravens quarterback never put up the most scintillating statistics. Or because he kept falling short of a championship. This much was clear: Flacco didn't get the top-of-the-line contract he wanted last offseaso... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1866414-baltimore-qb-joe-flacco-wins-super-bowl-mvp-award.html 2013-02-04T07:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1865518-super-bowl-watch-super-indeed-baltimores-joy.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: WHAT A GAME! SUPER BOWL SUPER INDEED This year's Super Bowl sure lived up to its name. With a power outage, a record kickoff ret... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1865518-super-bowl-watch-super-indeed-baltimores-joy.html 2013-02-04T07:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1866334-ray-lewis-ends-brilliant-career-with-championship.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Before he could bask in a shower of confetti, before he could put his fingerprints on the Lombardi Trophy and before he could head into retirement as a champion, Ray Lewis had one final task: stop the San Francisco 49ers on three plays 5 yards from the end zone. After two passes went awry, Lewis charged up the middle on a blitz. The Rav... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1866334-ray-lewis-ends-brilliant-career-with-championship.html 2013-02-04T04:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1865504-what-nfl-tumultuous-season.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Super Bowl closes a tumultuous year for the NFL. Suicides by former NFL players. Thousands of others filing concussion lawsuits. New studies linking football to brain disease. Still no testing for human growth hormone. The specter of other purported performance-enhancing products — deer-antler spray, anyone? — being peddled to players. Sun, 03 Feb 2013 17:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1865504-what-nfl-tumultuous-season.html 2013-02-03T17:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1864980-super-bowl-firsts-lasts-bests.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The journey to this Super Bowl wound through bounties and replacement refs, eventually bringing the big game back to the Big Easy — with a replacement quarterback, a sibling rivalry and a grand exit for one of the NFL's greatest players, clouded by the obscure healing powers of deer-antler spray. It is a Super Bowl of comebacks, of firs... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 04:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1864980-super-bowl-firsts-lasts-bests.html 2013-02-03T04:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1864320-culliver-to-sensitivity-training-help-youth.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver will begin sensitivity training and education immediately after the Super Bowl following his anti-gay remarks this week, then likely start volunteer work with at-risk homosexual youth nationwide. Culliver is scheduled to begin working with "The Trevor Project," an organization that provides ... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1864320-culliver-to-sensitivity-training-help-youth.html 2013-02-02T21:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1863338-balanced-49ers-offense-aims-to-lead-super-bowl-win.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Colin Kaepernick is a mystery man under center, a strong-armed passer one moment and a 25-year-old kid who can run right out of the pocket for a huge gain the next. Baltimore must brace for the unexpected on every snap in Sunday's Super Bowl. There's flashy Michael Crabtree on the edges and Vernon Davis down the middle, Frank Gore and L... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1863338-balanced-49ers-offense-aims-to-lead-super-bowl-win.html 2013-02-02T00:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1862170-super-bowl-watch-katrina-coin-flip-bets-modell.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: MODELL HOF DEBATE One of the liveliest debates this weekend in New Orleans could be not about the Super Bowl itself, but on whether late Baltimore R... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1862170-super-bowl-watch-katrina-coin-flip-bets-modell.html 2013-02-01T21:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859494-super-bowl-watch-beyonce-avocados-practice.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Around Super Bowl XLVII and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: GRIDIRON TO LEMONADE STAND Donald Driver didn't waste much time finding a new job. The Green Bay Packers all-time leading rece... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859494-super-bowl-watch-beyonce-avocados-practice.html 2013-02-01T01:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859180-49ers-culliver-apologizes-anti-gay-remarks.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver apologized Thursday for anti-gay comments he made to a comedian during Super Bowl media day, saying "that's not what I feel in my heart." "I'm sorry if I offended anyone. They were very ugly comments," Culliver said during an hour-long media session. "Hopefully I learn and grow from this exp... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1859180-49ers-culliver-apologizes-anti-gay-remarks.html 2013-01-31T20:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1858860-packers-all-time-leading-receiver-driver-to-retire.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No other uniform would fit Donald Driver. The Green Bay Packers all-time leading receiver announced his retirement Thursday morning, with a public ceremony planned for Feb. 6 at the Lambeau Field Atrium. "I've always said I never want to wear another uniform. I've always said that I owe it to the fans to retire as a Packer," Driver said... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1858860-packers-all-time-leading-receiver-driver-to-retire.html 2013-01-31T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1857240-ravens-49ers-which-brother-wins.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers never have tasted defeat in a Super Bowl, going 5-0. It's the most impressive mark for any franchise in the big game. Baltimore also is undefeated, with the Ravens winning their only appearance, in 2001. Someone will have the Super Bowl blahs for the first time after Sunday's title game in the Superdome. The Rave... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1857240-ravens-49ers-which-brother-wins.html 2013-01-30T19:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1853034-ravens-reputation-gab-yet-displayed-sb.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens' reputation for trash-talking arrived at the Super Bowl before they did. While the Ravens were en route from Baltimore to the Big Easy, the San Francisco 49ers were already preparing for war of words with the chattiest team in the NFL. "Most teams don't really talk that much, but I've heard stories about them talkin... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1853034-ravens-reputation-gab-yet-displayed-sb.html 2013-01-29T08:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1852604-loud-suggs-takes-quiet-approach-day-1.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As Terrell Suggs made his way to his seat for his first media appearance of Super Bowl week, a member of the Baltimore Ravens' PR staff pointed at the linebacker and whispered to a colleague: "I think somebody should be here." Yes, generally, better safe than sorry with Suggs. Never know what he's liable to say. Except this time, the 20... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1852604-loud-suggs-takes-quiet-approach-day-1.html 2013-01-29T02:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1851754-who-these-guys-qb-super-bowl.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No Tom Brady. No Aaron Rodgers. No Ben Roethlisberger. Not a Manning in sight. Super Bowl has a pair of fresh faces at quarterback, bona fide nobodies as far as the NFL title game goes. One will leave New Orleans as football's newest star. For Colin Kaepernick and Joe Flacco, this is new territory. And, of course, exactly where they wan... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1851754-who-these-guys-qb-super-bowl.html 2013-01-29T01:15:00Z