Some fantasy leaguers saved by NFL scheduling (El Paso Times)
Some fantasy leaguers saved by NFL scheduling (El Paso Times)
Fantasy football players who watched LaDainian Tomlinson turn in a rare scoreless effort in their championship games last week are certainly still bitter, but things are looking up for LT owners whose leagues wrap up Sunday.
VETERANS CREATED TOUGH FOOTBALL SQUAD (Orlando Sentinel)
As college football’s biggest bowl games approach and NFL teams prepare for the playoffs, we recall a post-World War II semi-pro team of military veterans with little more than high school experience.
Layton boy finds pornography on NFL Xbox video game (The Salt Lake Tribune)
LAYTON - Christmas turned X-rated for a 14-year-old Layton boy who found pornography - not football - on a video game he received as a gift. Kolton Mahoney said he saw an explicit image on the television screen after putting the purported Madden NFL 07 game into his new Xbox 360 console. ‘’This is definitely not ‘Madden,’ ‘’ Mahoney said, recalling his first thought.
NFL comes down to wire with three playoff berths up for grabs (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The National Football League regular season concludes with a mad dash for the playoffs this weekend, with 11 teams still chasing three postseason berths.
Barber’s big night keeps NFL playoffs in Giants’ sights (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Tiki Barber has rushed for a career-high 234 yards and scored three touchdowns, leading the New York Giants to a 34-28 victory over Washington and an almost-certain National Football League playoff berth.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Virginia Tech, Georgia ready for Chick-Fil-A clash (Bristol Herald Courier)
ATLANTA For the past 14 years, Virginia Tech s football program has played in a bowl game. They ve played from coast to coast in state fairgrounds, converted baseball parks and in NFL stadiums with stakes ranging from strictly pride to a national title.
Fantasy football (Los Angeles Daily News)
Who to start: St. Louis’ Marc Bulger throws for 300 yards every week, and Minnesota’s NFL-worst pass defense allows 300 every week. (I’m no coach, but shouldn’t the Vikings have made some adjustments after, say, the 12th straight quarterback lit them up?)
NFL: Hawks eager to wrap up regular season with win (The Olympian)
TAMPA, Fla. - They’re ready to turn the page. Rip out December, tear it into pieces, and close the book on 2006. The Seattle Seahawks are practically begging for a new calendar year and, even more important, a new football season.
NFL & NBC ‘flexing’ their muscles (Northwest Indiana Times)
You’re frothing mad, aren’t you? You could drive your fist through a wall, I bet. The National Football League wouldn’t care if you shattered every bone. And NBC is thinking only of its TV ratings in prime time, not your doctor bills.
Football drove Ford to his goal (The Buffalo News)
Gerald Ford was football’s favorite president. Part of the reason was that he played the game so well, earning the salute of his University of Michigan teammates when they named him their most valuable player on the undefeated teams of the early ’30s.