Football

Chiefs' Crennel sticks with Cassel at quarterback
Romeo Crennel stepped to the podium in the auditorium beneath Arrowhead Stadium after another embarrassing loss and announced that Matt Cassel will ...
Holgorsen, West Virginia, right at home in Big 12
After a Saturday in which three quarterbacks passed for at least 550 yards and five touchdowns, let's scan the stats for a pick six of airborne feats.
Falcons go to 4-0 with 30-28 win over Panthers
The Atlanta Falcons never trailed in their first three games. Now they know they can play from behind, too. Rallying in the final minute from their ...
Brady, Patriots rebound with 52-28 rout of Bills
Patriots owner Robert Kraft waited in the Ralph Wilson Stadium tunnel to welcome back the regular NFL officials, who returned from a lockout after ...
49ers head back home with impressive win over Jets
The San Francisco 49ers were coming off a stunning road loss, angry and missing home. They headed back with an impressive win and looked again as ...
Rodgers throws late TD, Packers beat Saints 28-27
Aaron Rodgers doesn't want to come out of a game under any circumstances, but his coaches figured not being able to focus with his right eye was ...
Manning leads Broncos to 37-6 rout of Raiders
Peyton Manning did the piling on this time. After getting sacked silly in his first three games in Denver, Manning was upright all afternoon in ...
Eagles beat Giants 19-17 after Tynes misses FG
When Lawrence Tynes got a do-over, LeSean McCoy couldn't watch. "I was so nervous, praying please let him miss it," McCoy said. The sellout crowd that ...
Bryant field goal leads Falcons past Panther 30-28
Matt Ryan took an awful beating. Another win for the Atlanta Falcons will make the pain a lot easier to take. Shaking off a career-high seven sacks, ...
RG3 leads last-minute drive to beat Bucs 24-22
Down a point and needing a field goal to win, Robert Griffin III held his poise and kept making plays. Even when the headset in his helmet failed.
Late turnovers help Arizona beat Miami 24-21 in OT
The Arizona Cardinals didn't get a great game from their defense, just two great plays. The result was another wild win at home. Jay Feely kicked a ...
Manning leads Denver to 37-6 win over Oakland
After throwing yet another touchdown on a play that worked exactly as it was drawn up, Peyton Manning ran to the end zone and head-butted the lucky ...
Brady leads Pats to 52-28 rout of Bills
There's nothing wrong with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots that a game against their familiar AFC East patsies — the Buffalo Bills — can't fix.
Texans beat Titans 38-14, improve to 4-0
The Texans have always been known for their prolific offense under Gary Kubiak. Now, Houston has a defense capable of making just as many plays, and ...
49ers run all over Jets in 34-0 romp
The New York Jets were a delicious treat for the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco used a solid running game, a smothering defense, a little bit of ...
Chargers use 6 turnovers to beat Chiefs 37-20
Norv Turner was asked Sunday whether he could remember facing a more generous opponent, and the Chargers coach sifted through more than three decades ...
Alabama unanimous No. 1 in AP Top 25
Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 and LSU slipped another spot in The Associated Press college football poll. The Crimson Tide received all 60 first-place ...
Oregon State outlasts Arizona 38-35
A momentum-swinging game hanging in the balance, Oregon State coach Mike Riley pulled out a play he had been saving all game. So what if he would have ...
No. 1 Alabama eases past Ole Miss, 33-14
No. 1 Alabama actually trailed for a change, a predicament that lasted a grand total of 15 seconds. Amari Cooper caught two touchdown passes from AJ ...
No. 3 LSU overcomes sloppiness, beats Towson 38-22
Zach Mettenberger's perfectly placed 53-yard scoring strike to Odell Beckham Jr. exemplified the type of play Les Miles wanted to see from LSU's ...
Bergeron's late TD lifts No. 12 Texas 41-36
The reasons to doubt David Ash continue to vanish as he keeps finding ways to lead No. 12 Texas to victory. Ash threw three touchdown passes to Jaxon ...
No. 14 Ohio St holds off No. 20 Michigan St 17-16
Urban Meyer's first Big Ten game as Ohio State coach turned out to be a classic welcome to the conference. His quarterback got shaken up twice, but ...
Smith, Morris, Florence have huge QB days
West Virginia's Geno Smith, Baylor's Nick Florence and Miami's Stephen Morris were quarterbacks-gone-wild Saturday. And each of them did something no ...
No. 5 Georgia holds off Tennessee, 51-44
Todd Gurley ran for three touchdowns and Keith Marshall added two as No. 5 Georgia recovered after blowing a 17-point lead to beat Tennessee 51-44 on ...