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Cowboys Stadium gets 1st playoff championship game
The grandest stage in sports was too much for the guys who are putting together the College Football Playoff to pass up. The BCS conference ...
Chiefs could make rare choice of OT at No. 1
Playing on the offensive line is about as unglamorous as it gets in professional football. Nobody pays much attention to the guys in the trenches ...
Ballot stuffer tampers with playoff logo contest
The College Football Playoff's online fan voting has been manipulated by a cyber-ballot stuffer. BCS officials say the contractor that runs the logo ...
NFL draft to hold moment of silence for tragedies
The NFL will hold a moment of silence at Thursday's draft for the victims of the Boston Marathon attacks and Texas fertilizer plant explosion.
Goodell meets with Browns owner over investigation
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says he met with Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam on Tuesday about the federal investigation into his family's truck ...
AP Source: Cowboys Stadium to host championship
The first championship game in the College Football Playoff will be held at Cowboys Stadium. A person familiar with the decision tells The Associated ...
NFL group, company teaming up for brain drug test
A potential treatment for traumatic brain injuries may be tested in retired professional football players, who are the focus of concern over blows to ...
Column: A cartel by any other name still a cartel
The cartel formerly known as the Bowl Championship Series has changed its name. Because nothing says college football playoff better than, well, ...
Judge considers motions in Afghan killings case
The U.S. soldier accused of murdering 16 Afghan villagers during a pre-dawn rampage last year appeared in a military courtroom Tuesday for a hearing ...
Jaguars unveil new uniforms, 2-tone helmets
The Jacksonville Jaguars took the latest step in the franchise's makeover Tuesday, unveiling new uniforms and a two-tone helmet that's sure to elicit ...
Some games take points to win, others take fans
It's a Super Bowl matchup for the ages: cats vs. dogs. The Puppy Bowl, a fixture on Animal Planet during the Super Bowl for nearly a decade, will have ...
Chiefs hold No. 1 pick in draft for first time
The running joke around Kansas City at the end of last season went something like this: "The Chiefs are so bad" — pause for effect — "they can't even ...
Bengals sign former Steeler LB James Harrison
The Bengals added a long-time nemesis to their defense on Tuesday, signing former Steelers linebacker James Harrison to a two-year deal. The five-time ...
NFL draft: 10 things to watch for during draft
Since 1936, the NFL has picked the best of college football to join the pro league. From the very first pick — Jay Berwanger, who also was the first ...
Woman injured in marathon blast faces challenges
As this shocked city observed a moment of silence, Heather Abbott was following through on a difficult decision — allowing doctors to amputate her ...
Sites to be settled for college football playoff
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 ...
Predicting the 1st round of NFL draft
Get me out of here. Maneuvering to move down in Thursday night's first round of the draft will be a common behind-the-scenes scramble. There simply ...
Revis happy to begin new chapter with Buccaneers
Darrelle Revis walked into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers weight room and received a round of applause from some of his new teammates. The warm reception ...
Jets trade Darrelle Revis to Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had the patience, persistence and money it took to get Darrelle Revis. Weeks of speculation about the star cornerback's ...
NFL Draft '13: When will Te'o be selected?
When it comes to the NFL draft, getting tricked into an online relationship with a girl that didn't exist ended up being the least of Manti Te'o's ...
NBC's Michaels arrested for alleged DUI in Calif.
NBC Sports announcer Al Michaels was arrested over the weekend in Southern California on suspicion of drunken driving, authorities said Sunday.
Summerall remembered as 'voice of the NFL'
Veteran sportscaster Pat Summerall was remembered Saturday during a memorial service as "the voice of the NFL" and a venerated figure who maintained ...
The Finish Line: What the bombing was like
The woman wearing bib No. 19,255 was a flute instructor from Utah, listening to her son singing through her headphones as if the sound of his voice ...
US philanthropist savors opening of Jewish museum
As his train rolled across Germany in 1939, passing through small towns where swastikas fluttered from flagpoles, Tad Taube cowered in fear each time ...
Informant: Haslam set aggressive Pilot sales tone
Cleveland Browns owner and Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam on Friday again denied any wrongdoing and said he wasn't stepping aside, even as federal ...