On a typical football Sunday at the Breastons' home in North Braddock, Pa., father Michael Breaston cooks the hot wings and the family gathers around the TV set to root for the Steelers. ...more

January 25, 2009

TAMPA – If you scroll through the annals of NFL history you'll see there were two periods in which the Miami Dolphins dominated the league defensively. ...more

January 22, 2009

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers today announced that they have dismissed head coach Jon Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen, according a two-paragraph release on the Bucs' Web site. ...more

January 16, 2009

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin routinely starts his weekly news conference by running down his injury list. The last couple of weeks, that's taken only a few seconds. ...more

January 15, 2009

The friendship between Tony Dungy and Monte Kiffin began long before they coached together with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ...more

January 13, 2009

BACKSTORY: The Eagles are in the NFC Championship Game for the sixth time and fifth since the 2001 season. They made four straight appearances (2001-04 seasons), losing three in a row, before beating Atlanta on Jan. 23, 2005, to reach Super Bowl XXXIX. This is their fifth conference title game under Coach Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb has been the starting quarterback for all but a Jan. 11, 1981, appearance, when Ron Jaworski guided the Eagles into Super Bowl XV. ...more

January 12, 2009

The San Diego Chargers' travels to Pittsburgh are filled with curiosities, a remarkable run of odd games, unexpected results and strange scores, comebacks that succeeded and game plans that failed. ...more

January 11, 2009

The Tennessee Titans got Pro Bowl DT Albert Haynesworth and DE Kyle Vanden Bosch back on the practice field Tuesday. The availability of Pro Bowl C Kevin Mawae against Baltimore depends on who is talking. ...more

January 7, 2009

There was the strained groin in 2004, the lingering rib injury in 2005, a jaw injury in 2006, the knee injury in last year's playoffs and then his jammed right big toe earlier this season. ...more

January 6, 2009

The Titans, Panthers, Giants and Steelers hope that coveted first-round playoff bye lives up to its reputation this weekend. ...more

January 6, 2009