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

January 6, 2009

Recent NFL history suggests that while winning your division ensures a first-round home game, road teams often flourish on wild-card weekend. ...more

December 31, 2008

Nobody will remember the Detroit Lions came close to winning their last game. All anyone will know - now and forever - is 0-16. ...more

December 29, 2008

Chad Pennington was in the opposing locker room at the stadium where he spent the first eight years of his career, a big smile peeking out from a gray Miami Dolphins "Division Champions" cap. ...more

December 29, 2008

The New York Giants were already comfortably in the playoffs. The Minnesota Vikings? There was nothing comfortable about their situation, let alone their entire season. ...more

December 29, 2008

The silence in the Detroit Lions' locker room was so deafening it drowned out all but the most mundane of sounds. ...more

December 28, 2008

Bucs general manager Bruce Allen says he knows where Monte Kiffin will be coaching next season. He wasn't willing to share that knowledge on Monday. He really didn't have to. ...more

December 2, 2008

Lane Kiffin still won't say publicly that he's bringing his father to the University of Tennessee. ...more

December 1, 2008

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

Bucs coach Jon Gruden has a saying: "It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish.'' His Bucs proved his point again Sunday. ...more

November 23, 2008