The University of Florida football team has three juniors – playmaker Percy Harvin, linebacker Brandon Spikes and quarterback Tim Tebow – who could become incredibly and immediately wealthy after this season simply by proclaiming themselves eligible for the National Football League draft. All three - particularly Harvin and Spikes - are projected as early first-round picks if they are made available. ...more

November 26, 2008

Former Jesuit High kicker Jay Feely kicked a 34-yard field goal in overtime as the New York Jets beat the New England Patriots 34-31 to take over sole possession of first place in the AFC East. ...more

November 14, 2008

The Bay area's battered economy is poised to receive a significant boost in late January with the arrival of Super Bowl week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday. ...more

October 13, 2008

There was no perfect season, and SpyGate has been tossed on the trash heap of history. What Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots did or didn't do is neither here nor there. ...more

August 14, 2008

There was no parade, no motorcade, and no photo opportunity - hardly the way you'd expect Brett Favre to return to the Green Bay Packers after spending most of the past month as the league's longest-running daytime drama. ...more

August 5, 2008

Brett Favre's reinstatement to the NFL was held up again Friday as the three-time MVP mulled getting paid not to play through a marketing deal with the Green Bay Packers that could resolve the standoff over his retirement. ...more

August 2, 2008

Brett Favre's agent says the three-time MVP understands he would be walking into a media frenzy by showing up for the Green Bay Packers' training camp, but he's willing to deal with that rather than have retirement forced on him. ...more

August 1, 2008

Packers president Mark Murphy traveled to Mississippi to meet with quarterback Brett Favre and his agent, James "Bus" Cook, on Wednesday, in an apparent attempt to talk Favre out of reporting to camp later this week. ...more

July 31, 2008

The long-awaited conclusion to the Brett Favre saga may finally be at hand. ...more

July 30, 2008

An $8 billion sports empire struck back decisively Tuesday when NFL owners voted unanimously to sack a labor agreement they overwhelmingly approved in 2006. ...more

May 21, 2008