7 Jan 2009 at 10:00am A few quick thoughts as we gear up to crown a national champion in college football and a world champion in professional football: - Reggie Bush had microfracture surgery on his left knee in December, and though the Saints aren't calling it a major ...
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6 Jan 2009 at 4:49pm Former Denver Broncos tight end Shannon Sharpe has been announced as a finalist to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is one of four first-year eligible players. Below are excerpts from the official news release from the Pro Football ...
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6 Jan 2009 at 7:59am Every coaching vacancy at the end of the 2008 regular season was somehow linked to Bill Cowher. Even jobs that aren?t officially open have Cowher's name attached to them. Despite all the speculation, only one thing has become abundantly clear ...
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5 Jan 2009 at 5:54pm Mike Nolan has emerged as the clear front-runner to become the Green Bay Packers? next defensive coordinator. Two NFL sources said Tuesday that coach Mike McCarthy appears likely to bring in Nolan to replace Bob Sanders, whose firing was announced ...
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4 Jan 2009 at 3:08am ? DEADLINE : Wednesday, Jan. 7 The award ceremony and dinner is Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Big League Dreams sports complex. The 2009 special guests include Eric Wright, San Francisco 49ers; Dan Bunz, San Francisco 49ers; Mike Merriweather ...
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3 Jan 2009 at 1:36am TAMPA - Twenty teams are home for the holidays as the NFL's annual churn of playoff rosters continues unabated. The NFC belted a grand slam - producing four new division champions in 2008 - while only Pittsburgh and San Diego repeated in the AFC. And ...
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31 Dec 2008 at 5:53pm Just as we were getting over a string of head-coach firings in the National Football League, the stunning news came out of Denver that the Broncos' president, Pat Bowlen, had fired Mike Shanahan. Bowlen walked into Shanahan's office and, in the ...
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