The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Football Hall of Fame hosted an inaugural Black History panel recently at the Hall in Atlanta with Hall of Fame inductees Thom Gatewood (Notre Dame); Gene Washington (Michigan State); and John Wooten (Colorado) taking center stage. Don McPherson, a College Football Hall of Fame inductee from Syracuse, emceed […]
The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Selection Committee met today in Houston to hold its annual selection meeting. Seven Heroes of the Game were elected to the Hall of Fame. The Class of 2017 consists of kicker Morten Andersen; running back Terrell Davis; safety Kenny Easley; owner, president and general manager Jerry Jones; defensive end Jason Taylor; running back LaDainian Tomlinson; and quarterback Kurt Warner.
Conflicting messages from the academic community, sports community and even government will continue to produce Lane Johnson scenarios and even worse if real change does not happen
No. 5 Penn State running back Saquon Barkley totaled a career-high 306 all-purpose yards and scored three touchdowns and wide receiver Chris Godwin caught nine passes for a career-high 187 yards and two touchdowns, but No. 9 USC rallied in the fourth quarter to win the 103rd annual Rose Bowl Game on a 46-yard field goal as time expired, 52-49.
Anyone who thought the Giants had nothing to play for doesn’t know the Giants.
Locked into the fifth seed in the NFC playoffs, the Giants traveled here to face a Washington Redskins team that would have virtually secured a postseason berth with a victory. But it was the Giants who played as if they had a lot at stake, and they walked out of FedEx Field with a 19-10 victory.
The Giants finished 11-5 and will visit the Green Bay Packers in an NFC Wild Card Game late Sunday afternoon.
The Eagles (7-9) managed to end their season on a positive note, defeating the Dallas Cowboys 27-13 at Lincoln Financial Field on a picture perfect afternoon.
The Cowboys (13-3) had nothing to play for having locked up the No. 1 seed in the NFC last week.
Head coach Jason Garrett said he had a plan for his team and except for the score, he got everything done he wanted to.
The Eagles will be trying to win their seventh game of the year when they take on No. 1 NFC seed Dallas Cowboys (13-2) at Lincoln Financial Field (1 p.m. FOX) in the regular season finale for both teams.
The Cowboys have nothing to gain Sunday and everything to lose if they play their starters. Rookie quarterback sensation Dak Prescott has been quoted that his is starting and that was backed up by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones earlier in the week.
But Friday several reports indicated Tony Romo, who has missed the entire season after suffering a back injury in the preseason and then being demoted because of the play of Prescott, is expected to play Sunday against the Birds, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports.
Giants fans have been spending the week debating which team they prefer to face – or avoid – in the opening round of the playoffs, but the team’s players and coaches have been preparing for the regular-season finale Sunday in Washington.
For defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, that means devising a plan for what could be the NFL’s most explosive offense.
Head coach Doug Pederson answers questions about Ryan Mathews injury, strategy with Carson Wentz, his penchant for going for it on fourth down and Thursday’s win over the Giants
The Eagles gave their fans the best Christmas gift they could and that was a white-knuckle 24-19 win over their arch rival.
The victory gave them and their young quarterback their sixth win of the season – ended a five-game losing streak – and also kept the Giants from clinching a Wild Card playoff spot.
