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 New York Giants won the Super Bowl with defense and they kicked off defense of that title with more of the same. ...more

September 5, 2008

The Bucs always had an interest in trading for quarterback Brett Favre. What they seemingly never had was a realistic chance to pull off a deal. ...more

August 8, 2008

If Jon Gruden's playbook was faxed to Brett Favre's Mississippi home Tuesday night for light reading, Favre probably ran out of copy paper. ...more

August 6, 2008

Sooner or later, they all end up in the same place - even if just for a little while. It's the nature of the business. ...more

October 28, 2007

Jon Gruden calls it 'the look.' ...more

September 29, 2007