Underdog by eight points in most sportsbooks, the New Orleans Saints need all the confidence they can get when they face the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Divisional Playoffs in the second week of the NFL postseason.
The Indianapolis Colts are on a high after their 45-to-44 upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs in the wildcard round. They rallied from 28 points down but still pulled off the win, the second biggest comeback in playoff history.
On Monday evening, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow made his debut as a college football analyst for ESPN’s College GameDay for the 2014 BCS National Championship Game.
Wildcard weekend was all about the underdogs in the opening round of the 2014 NFL Playoffs going 4-0 against the spread (ATS) and 3-1 straight-up versus the favourites.
The dogs barked loudly in NFL’s wildcard weekend. Four out of four games, the underdogs won against the spread versus the favoured teams and three out of those four matches, those same dogs took the game straight-up setting up an another unpredictable series in the next round of the 2014 NFL Playoffs.
Among the teams in the playoff picture, the San Diego Chargers are the most unlikely team to join the postseason wars and will get a wildcard date with the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. The Green Bay Packers, also not part of the picture weeks ago, play their wildcard game the same day when they host the surging San Francisco 49ers.
The NFL’s top teams, Seattle Seahawks, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots, earned their first round bye after topping their respective conferences. Eight teams play over the weekend, Jan 4 (Saturday) and Jan 5 (Sunday), and all want to prove their worth that they belong with the elite.
The National Football League announced the referees made a mistake after failing to give a penalty on the San Diego Chargers for an illegal formation on an unconverted field goal by Ryan Succop during an all-important game against the Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday.
The National Football League will review Peyton Manning's record-breaking feat during the Denver Broncos' 34-14 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
The Minnesota Viking fired Leslie Frazier from his head coaching duty after a 5-10-1 season, the team announced on Monday.
Incoming free-agent quarterback Jay Cutler is enthusiastic about the possibility of staying put with the Chicago Bears, the signal-caller said on the Jay Cutler show on ESPN 1000.
The Black Monday continued in the NFL as the Detroit Lions announced its decision to relieve Jim Schwartz from his head coaching duties after failing to make it into the postseason despite winning their six of their first nine games.
After missing the last seven games, star quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be returning under center for the Green Bay Packers when they face rival Chicago Bears in a game that will decide which team will win the NFC North and move on to the NFL Playoffs.
In the biggest game of the season, the Dallas Cowboys may be missing a key piece when they host bitter rivals Philadelphia Eagles in the final week of the regular season. It’s a winner-takes-all match-up too as the victor will move on to win the NFC East and the loser will be eliminated from contention.
The year 2013 has some of the biggest stories in sports.
The week 16 match-up between the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers pegged as pre-season was one of the crucial battles in the tail end of the regular season. Unfortunately, this Monday Night Football game was only important to one team as the Falcons were mired in a very disappointing year.
Star quarterbacks led their respective teams to NFL postseason slots or division titles in the penultimate week of the NFL regular season.
Tim Tebow once owned a 1995 green Ford Thunderbird that he used to drive during his college days at the University of Florida.
Twitter, the popular microblogging Web site, has just released its top Twitter hashtag trends of the year. Check out the most popular tweets of 2013 including the Boston Marathon bombings (#BostonMarathon), 5-year-old leukemia survivor Miles Scott's wish of becoming Batkid, with San Francisco used as Gotham City (#SFBatkid) and the birth of the Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's son Prince George (#RoyalBaby).
Are there really no good options for Tim Tebow in terms of his professional football career right now?
The San Diego Chargers are still in playoff contention but needs a big upset win over the Denver Broncos, who are aiming for perfection at home this season.
The world came crashing down on Alabama kicker Cade Foster after he failed on a crucial field goal attempt that caused Auburn to steal the 34-28 victory and caused the Tide to lose out on making the national championship game.
Houston Texans’ Andre Johnson is known for his receiving prowess in the NFL. He’s also known for gift giving around this time of year by celebrating with underprivileged children in his annual toy giveaway during the holidays.
With their division rivals winning Sunday night the Dallas Cowboys have no choice but to respond with a Monday Night Football victory against the Chicago Bears if they want to stay in the hunt for the division title.
No team is hotter in the NFL than the Carolina Panthers which has won eight games in a row. The Cam Newton-led squad visits the New Orleans Saints which have yet to lose at home in the 2013 NFL regular season.
It's getting tougher for Tim Tebow to decide what the best thing to do for his career. Should he wait for the National Football League to sign him back or should he go for a television career as a college football analyst with one of the biggest TV networks?
Tim Tebow may be unlucky to land himself another shot at the National Football League, but he still has other things to look forward to.
It’s not the Super Bowl, but it sure is still football. Two teams with the ugliest record in the 2013 NFL regular season meet on Thursday Night Football when the Houston Texans visit the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick created some buzz as of late, though off the field, following reports he suffered broken legs after being involved in a major car accident. The report might be shocking at first glance, but delving deeper into the details of story would tell everybody that it's nothing but a plain made-up story - a complete hoax.
With four weeks to go in the NFL regular season, it appears we have already separated the Super Bowl contenders from the pretenders. Nevertheless, don’t tell that to a slew of teams who are still hoping for a playoff spot and are still mathematically probable to join the cast of postseason teams: