• Week 12 injury report: Browns’ Rogers injures leg

    Updated: 2009-11-30 05:44:50
    Browns NT Shaun Rogers, Eagles WR DeSean Jackson and Falcons QB Matt Ryan were among the players who sustained injuries in Week 12.

  • League not commenting on new concussion guidelines

    Updated: 2009-11-30 01:58:27
    The NFL is not commenting on the specifics of a Fox Sports report stating that all teams will be made aware of new in-game rules regarding players returning from a concussion.

  • No surprises: Roethlisberger inactive

    Updated: 2009-11-30 01:07:40
    The inactive players for Sunday night's game between the Steelers and Ravens have been announced, and as expected, the Steelers listed Ben Roethlisberger as the emergency No. 3 quarterback for the game.

  • Cardinals’ Dansby forced out by injury

    Updated: 2009-11-29 23:52:08
    Arizona Cardinals LB Karlos Dansby has left Sunday's game against the Tennessee Titans with an undisclosed injury.

  • Cardinals, owners miss QB Warner this week

    Updated: 2009-11-29 23:32:23
    The presence of QB Matt Leinart makes Arizona's offense far less effective.

  • Bears DE Brown out with leg injury

    Updated: 2009-11-29 22:27:05
    Bears starting DE Alex Brown left Sunday's game against the Vikings with a leg injury and was announced as questionable to return.

  • Chargers’ Merriman, Weddle out with injuries

    Updated: 2009-11-29 22:12:05
    Chargers OLB Shawne Merriman and FS Eric Weddle have left Sunday's game against the Chiefs with injuries and were announced as questionable to return.

  • Eagles’ Jackson suffered concussion

    Updated: 2009-11-29 22:02:30
    Eagles coach Andy Reid confirmed that WR DeSean Jackson sustained a concussion during Sunday's 27-24 victory over the Redskins.

  • Owners lose Falcons QB Ryan, Eagles WR Jackson

    Updated: 2009-11-29 21:36:08
    The early games in Week 12 included some key injuries which will impact the world of fantasy football.

  • Browns lose Pro Bowl DT Rogers to ankle injury

    Updated: 2009-11-29 21:02:07
    Browns DT Shaun Rogers was carted off the field after injuring an ankle when a teammate fell on it, and the three-time Pro Bowl pick will not return to Sunday's game against the Bengals.

  • Eagles’ Jackson questionable to return vs. Redskins

    Updated: 2009-11-29 20:26:35
    Eagles WR/KR DeSean Jackson sustained injuries to his head and neck, and his return to Sunday's game against the Redskins is questionable.

  • Turner re-injures ankle, out for Falcons

    Updated: 2009-11-29 20:19:42
    Falcons RB Michael Turner re-injured the ankle that kept him out last week, and he will not return to Sunday's game against the Buccaneers.

  • Bills RB Jackson seeing more work

    Updated: 2009-11-29 20:16:35
    Bills RB Fred Jackson is seeing most of the backfield work vs. the Dolphins.

  • Start Vikings RB Peterson vs. Bears

    Updated: 2009-11-29 20:04:26
    Vikings RB Adrian Peterson should be active in all fantasy leagues for Week 12.

  • Vikings RB Peterson active; Winfield is out

    Updated: 2009-11-29 19:55:23
    Vikings RB Adrian Peterson (ankle) is active for Sunday's game vs. the Bears, but CB Antoine Winfield (foot) is out.

  • Bengals RB Johnson seeing goal-line work

    Updated: 2009-11-29 19:19:07
    Bengals RB Larry Johnson is seeing goal-line work in Week 12.

  • Falcons OL Dahl exits with ankle/Achilles injury

    Updated: 2009-11-29 18:59:47
    Falcons starting RG Harvey Dahl suffered what the team termed an ankle/Achilles injury, and his return to Sunday's game against the Buccaneers is questionable.

  • Falcons QB Ryan injures toe vs. Bucs

    Updated: 2009-11-29 18:39:29
    Falcons QB Matt Ryan left Sunday's game against the Buccaneers with a toe injury and is questionable to return.

  • Sit Cardinals QB Warner vs. Titans

    Updated: 2009-11-29 18:32:39
    Fantasy owners need to sit Cardinals QB Kurt Warner against the Titans.

  • Cardinals QB Warner could sit out vs. Titans

    Updated: 2009-11-29 18:26:19
    Cardinals QB Kurt Warner is leaning toward not playing Sunday against the Titans as a precaution, according to a source close to the player.

  • Falcons RBs Turner, Norwood active

    Updated: 2009-11-29 16:59:02
    Falcons RBs Michael Turner and Jerious Norwood are active for Sunday's game against the Buccaneers.

  • Hull City Serves Up Goal Celebration of the Year

    Updated: 2009-11-29 16:51:23
    You might recall about a year ago when Hull City visited Eastlands and allowed Manchester City to score four first-half goals. That’s when Phil Brown infamously pulled this stunt: Before this incident, Hull City had collected 27 points in 18 matches and were the surprise club of the Premier League season. In their last 20 matches, [...]

  • Byrd, Stroud active for Bills

    Updated: 2009-11-29 16:50:32
    Bills rookie safety Jairus Byrd and veteran DT Marcus Stroud are active for Sunday's game against the Dolphins.

  • Rams RB Jackson good to go vs. Seahawks

    Updated: 2009-11-29 16:43:15
    Rams RB Steven Jackson (back) is active for Sunday's game against the Seahawks after being listed as questionable on the team's injury report.

  • Benson out for Bengals

    Updated: 2009-11-29 16:38:24
    Bengals RB Cedric Benson is out for Sunday's game against the Browns.

  • Seahawks RB Jones out vs. Rams

    Updated: 2009-11-29 16:32:11
    NFL Network's Jason La Canfora reports that Seahawks RB Julius Jones is out for Sunday's game at St. Louis, according to a league source. The Seahawks later confirmed that Jones will not play.

  • Bills’ Byrd ‘more than likely’ to play vs. Dolphins

    Updated: 2009-11-29 15:42:52
    The Bills are banking on rookie safety Jairus Byrd being able to play Sunday against the Dolphins, a team source told NFL Network's Jason La Canfora.

  • Fantasy Final Countdown chat, noon ET

    Updated: 2009-11-29 15:00:59
    Be sure to stop by and check out my live chat, starting at noon EST here on NFL.com!

  • Bengals’ Benson, Coles expected to play; Rivers out

    Updated: 2009-11-29 14:21:32
    Bengals LB Keith Rivers (calf) will be out for Sunday's game against the Browns, but WR Laveranues Coles (chest) and RB Cedric Benson (hip) are expected to play, Jason La Canfora reports, citing league sources.

  • Redskins DT Haynesworth inactive vs. Eagles

    Updated: 2009-11-29 14:13:20
    The Redskins have DT Albert Haynesworth slated as inactive for Sunday's game against the Eagles. And Eagles RB Brian Westbrook could be out longer than anticipated.

  • From the Bottom Drawer: Luc Longley

    Updated: 2009-11-29 04:25:19
    We've reached into the Sports Desk's bottom drawer to find out what Luc Lonley's been up to lately.

  • Put Up My Dukes: Cutler, McNabb get a room!

    Updated: 2009-11-29 00:59:10
    There were plenty of recent developments that made Jamie Dukes say 'hmm,' including an embrace between Broncos QB Jay Cutler and Eagles QB Donovan McNabb that might have been a bit too cuddly.

  • Expect Ben to play

    Updated: 2009-11-28 15:33:05

  • Big Ben out vs Ravens

    Updated: 2009-11-28 05:27:32

  • Carlos Tevez Is Not So Great at Tennis

    Updated: 2009-11-27 15:18:15
    Maybe our pal Carlito should rethink this whole retirement from football thing. His skills clearly don’t translate to other sports. If he ever tries to show off his jump shot, do yourself a favor and get out of the way. (Spotted on 101 Great Goals.)

  • Hope springs eternal

    Updated: 2009-11-27 03:36:10
    The AFL Draft is a positive time of year full of hope for clubs and their supporters, writes Dan Lonergan.

  • Thanksgiving Fantasy Football Start Em, Sit Em and Sleepers Week 12

    Updated: 2009-11-26 16:46:12
    Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to this weeks picks. You and I are both getting closer and closer to the big payoff at the end of a successful season. So it is important to dot our i’s and cross our t’s. Make sure that we put in the right guys and keep out the wrong ones. Anyway, [...]

  • Normal practice for Big Ben

    Updated: 2009-11-26 14:08:06

  • LINES AND FINALITY

    Updated: 2009-11-26 07:04:43
    LINES AND FINALITY Here we go, the end of the regular season. It all comes down to this. The jockeying of all the bowl slots between three through nine. Rivalry week. ARN BOWL! Can you tell that I AM FIRED UP? Because I am. Georgia @ +7.5 Georgia Tech The Bulldogs have broken badly. You know this. I know [...]

  • Dr. House Makes The Inevitable Quip

    Updated: 2009-11-26 00:31:03
    I would love to find out just how many regular House viewers heard this joke and asked, “Who?” I mean, sure, we all knew, but what about all those muggles who don’t watch football? Were there a few more Google searches for Mike Tomlin this week? I wonder… (Gracias, MJD.)

  • Gary Kubiak and Coaching Scared

    Updated: 2009-11-25 20:29:22
    I'm stunned, absolutely stunned (your sarcasm meter should start going off about now) by the double standard that exists with complaining about coaching decisions. All last week, I heard about how a decision is judged on what happens thereafter. Well, by that standard, I saw plenty of decisions that were bad enough to [...]

  • Big Ben expected to start vs Ravens

    Updated: 2009-11-25 12:27:52

  • 2009 Iron Bowl, Alabama vs Auburn, Prediction Pick

    Updated: 2009-11-25 05:29:32
    2009 Iron Bowl, Alabama vs Auburn, Prediction Pick. This year will mark the 74th meeting of Auburn and Alabama in the Iron Bowl. This season I think most would agree that this is Alabama’s game to lose. The Crimson Tide is coming into this game undefeated and ranked as the No. 2 team in the [...]

  • What Really Kills A Football Fan

    Updated: 2009-11-25 02:46:27
    Last week as Thierry Henry handed Ireland a crushing defeat — ha ha, see what I did there? — the Guardian’s Barry Glendenning told us, “It’s true what they say. Never mind the disappointment, it’s the hope that kills you.” In the case of American football, I would propose a slightly different theory. It’s not the [...]

  • Girls are idiots…and Houston Nutt is apparently a teen idol.

    Updated: 2009-11-24 23:47:37
    Girls are idiots…and Houston Nutt is apparently a teen idol. I spent last night watching college basketball. It’s apparently an exercise in officials making fouls and and make-up calls for those fouls and make-up calls for those fouls. But I got a tip from the erstwhile bossman. And I decided I was going to sleep on [...]

  • Tecmo Super Bowl Game of the Week: Patriots at Saints

    Updated: 2009-11-24 21:51:58
    Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at PFR! And as usual, thanks are in order to Matt Knobbe and the Tecmo Super Bowl Repository, who present your Tecmo Super Bowl Game of the Week for Week 12, featuring the New England Patriots and the undefeated New Orleans Saints. The highlights: (How did we do this? Matt [...]

  • 2009 SEC Championship, Alabama vs Florida, Prediction Pick

    Updated: 2009-11-24 07:41:54
    2009 SEC Championship, Alabama vs Florida, Prediction Pick. I found the perfect video that explains exactly what will happen in the SEC Championship game. In the SEC, the coaches are larger than life. They are movie stars. This game will come down to just 2 people. Meyer vs Saban. Do not pay attention to the [...]

  • Duck opens up

    Updated: 2009-11-23 23:06:54
    For those who missed it on the weekend, Grandstand's Karen Tighe and Glenn Mitchell ran an extensive interview with AFL great Wayne Carey.

  • PI Finds: Ravens Don’t Relish the Red Zone

    Updated: 2009-11-23 21:18:49
    The Baltimore Ravens can't buy a red-zone touchdown these days -- against the Colts on Sunday, they had four chances from inside Indy's 20, and four times they came away with nothing so show for it. This isn't a new development, either; since they scored two red zone TDs against the Patriots on October 4th, [...]

  • NFL teams underrated through ten weeks

    Updated: 2009-11-23 14:08:14
    I don't advocate gambling on football games, and neither does the P-F-R blog. Point-spread data are very useful as historical guides to understanding the perception at any point in time and to measure how the public may improperly value certain teams. The past is never a perfect prediction of the future, and the [...]

  • Steelers lose to lowly Chiefs in OT

    Updated: 2009-11-23 03:04:07

  • Guarding Fev

    Updated: 2009-11-22 03:12:12
    Brisbane coach Michael Voss reportedly had two spies keeping an eye on Brendan Fevola when the fallen Carlton star recently bid farewell at a Melbourne pub.

  • A brief look at the SEC this week in terms of lines and betting…

    Updated: 2009-11-21 15:29:25
    A brief look at the SEC this week in terms of lines and betting… I’m going to let you into the real world. I am a substitute teacher. And I like to teach. But I do find myself unable to connect synapses effectively to write sentences. And as such? We’re going to run a speed picks. The [...]

  • Polamalu out vs KC

    Updated: 2009-11-21 13:35:17

  • Rampaging Roy's Rant

    Updated: 2009-11-21 03:55:15
    Irish legend Roy Keane says his compatriots need to move on from their World Cup heartbreak against France.

  • Announcement: Professional Sports Leagues Steroid Policies

    Updated: 2009-11-20 21:01:15
    Sports-Reference, with the help of researcher Greg Spira, is proud to present our definitive, comprehensive reference page regarding the performance-enhancing drug policies in place for various North American sports leagues/associations. In it, you'll find a list (in FAQ format) of the various PED regulations in pro sports leagues, in addition to lists of every athlete [...]

  • BREAKING: Tampa, Baltimore Bolt USL For “New NASL?”

    Updated: 2009-11-20 19:40:56
    The boys at TheCup.us just alerted us to the news that two more clubs — the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Crystal Palace Baltimore — have broken ranks with USL and officially joined the new Team Owners Association league. For those of you keeping score at home, that gives the TOA a total of nine clubs [...]

  • Bethel College QB Holds On To His Gonads and Strife

    Updated: 2009-11-20 16:00:52
    O MY GOD ONE TIME I TOOK A SNAP TURNED AROUND AND THREW THE BALL OVER MY HEAD AND SAID WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Seriously, it’s more fun if you’re listening to this while watching that video. (Spotted on The Sporting Blog.)

  • OVERDUE Fantasy Football Start’Em Sit ‘Em Sleepers

    Updated: 2009-11-20 14:23:52
    I just wanted to apologize for not having a start sit post on time for you this week. A bunch of things that I needed to deal with kinda all came up at once.  I just wanted to throw a few ideas out there for you for the remaining games. For starts this week I like [...]

  • Big Ben expects to bounce back

    Updated: 2009-11-20 12:27:03

  • Shoaib sucks it up

    Updated: 2009-11-20 02:11:24
    Pakistan's bowling attack may not be as well-padded this summer as it often is.

  • Worst Way Not to Score Ever?

    Updated: 2009-11-20 00:45:00
    You’ve got it all figured out. You’ve broken through the backline. You’ve got an angle on the goalkeeper. All you have to do is slot the ball home and celebrate your goal. Then, this happens… That’s Daniel Nardiello, a Blackpool striker on loan at Bury, watching his certain goal roll to a halt a few inches from [...]

  • Carolina Panthers Could Benefit From NFC Suckitude

    Updated: 2009-11-19 17:30:12
    After watching Jake Delhomme shit the bed against the Eagles in Week 1 this year, I fully expected the Carolina Panthers to have a very long and very ugly season. So I tuned out and focused on my Steelers, who then proceeded to shit the bed twice against the Bengals — which was no fun [...]

  • There Is No Justice In Football

    Updated: 2009-11-19 13:45:19
    This is how France got into the 2010 FIFA World Cup. There was nothing legitimate about this goal. Thierry Henry clearly used his hand to direct the ball and set up William Gallas for the game-winning score. However, none of the officials saw it. The goal stood. France goes to South Africa. Ireland goes home. There is [...]

  • Spot Kicks: The Fine Art of Taking a Knee

    Updated: 2009-11-18 15:44:10
    Three years ago, I wrote about Carolina Panthers v. New Orleans Saints game in which the Saints, down by four points with 1:56 left to go, failed to stop DeShaun Foster from getting a key first down and let him run into the end zone for a touchdown. The Saints then scored a TD of [...]

  • Special teams to pay the piper

    Updated: 2009-11-18 12:31:37

  • Not The Answer

    Updated: 2009-11-17 20:12:12
    The Sports Desk said last week that Allen Iverson might have been mulling retirement with his sabbatical from the Grizzlies - we were wrong, but he's not playing in Memphis anymore.

  • See? (Now there was no controversy in the SEC…) Week #12 Edition

    Updated: 2009-11-17 19:12:32
    See? (Now there was no controversy in the SEC…) Week #12 Edition The hyperbolery for this week? It goes to the Prius three. And the fact that the two dumbasses who were dumb enough to wear Tennessee gear for their robbery attempt? They gone. And they took my dreams of a Steak Bowl loss with them. [...]

  • And Now, A Word From Our Sponsor…

    Updated: 2009-11-17 16:39:57
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  • Polamalu to miss some time

    Updated: 2009-11-17 12:19:07

  • Bud Adams: We’re Number One!

    Updated: 2009-11-16 13:44:27
    What better way to start the week than with an old guy flippin’ the bird? Yes, Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams was clearly enjoying his team’s win over Buffalo yesterday, so much so that he proudly stood up, pointed at the Bills, and gave them the finger — two fingers, from the looks of it. Oh, [...]

  • Polamalu hurt in loss vs Bengals

    Updated: 2009-11-15 21:56:04

  • A Week 11 of Slightly Above Average prognostication

    Updated: 2009-11-14 03:13:28
    A Week 11 of Slightly Above Average prognostication Hi, you know me. You know what I am and what I stand for. And this week? Let’s race through this. Kentucky -3 @ Vanderbilt I would say that this would be a close battle? But Derrick Locke is back. Randall Cobb is back. And Trevard Lindley is back. Big [...]

  • American Club Soccer: An Offseason on the Brink

    Updated: 2009-11-13 16:38:29
    Does anyone really know what American club soccer is going to look like in 2010? Because after the news of the last two weeks, I’m starting to wonder. For starters, we’re on the verge of having two competing 2nd-division leagues in this country next season. The Team Owners Association, a group of former USL clubs disgruntled [...]

  • Everyone Has a Go at Football Helmets

    Updated: 2009-11-12 18:35:26
    We have apparently reached the portion of the NFL season where everyone is bored to death and looking for random crap to talk about. Never mind that there are two rather important games this weekend with AFC playoff implications. (Bengals @ Steelers, Pats @ Colts) No. The world has decided it’s time to talk about [...]

  • For anybody who has played any level of organized football, there is a certain truth

    Updated: 2009-11-12 16:25:38
    For anybody who has played any level of organized football… And it is this. Wednesday is the hardest day of practice. You put the gameplan in, you hit hardest, you do your most running to be prepared for the 4th quarter? And as such, you may feel a need to let off some steam. A few would run [...]

  • VETERANS DAY Fantasy Football Start Em, Sit Em and Sleepers

    Updated: 2009-11-12 03:05:58
    This part-time musician/full-time father has pretty busy weekend to prepare for so I’m gonna make this one short and sweet (3 gigs in 3 nights -what was I thinkin?). I’ll be back next week with my regular amount of picks. Also, here’s a big HU-AH to fellow veterans everywhere. Soooo, lets get to it. Start em if you [...]

  • Ron Jaworski: Not So Inimitable

    Updated: 2009-11-10 01:14:19
    As I sat here getting ready to watch my Pittsburgh Steelers in another big Monday Night Football game, I watched Ron Jaworski give a bit of his usual solid game analysis. As you can see from this video, David Anderson of the Houston Texans has seen some of Jaws’ analysis as well — quite a [...]

  • They Take Their Footy Seriously on Groote Eylandt

    Updated: 2009-11-10 00:25:20
    Until yesterday, I had never heard of Groote Eylandt, a small island off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory that became part of the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve in 1976. Groote Eylandt is home to the world’s largest manganese mine, which produces 3.8 million tons of the mineral each year. It is also home to [...]

  • Meet the Female Rodney Harrison

    Updated: 2009-11-06 15:22:01
    Every football team needs an enforcer. Bolton keeps Kevin Davies around for a reason. University of New Mexico defender Elizabeth Lambert, however, seems quite willing to ignore that fine line between playing hard and playing dirty. Or maybe she just figured that if Troy Polamalu’s hair is fair game, her opponents’ ponytails are, too. Seriously, all [...]

  • How Big Can Soccer Get?

    Updated: 2009-11-05 22:12:57
    The FIFA 10 commercial asks that question. This e-mail exchange might answer it: Yeah. All the Premier League matches on ESPN won’t make the haters go away. Neither will the next World Cup. The rest of us will just have to live with it. (Thanks, @Unsilent. I think.)

  • FLEXIBLE Fantasy Football Start Em, Sit Em and Sleepers Week 9

    Updated: 2009-11-05 00:14:43
    Before I get to this weeks picks I want to share a new rule I’ve made as a result of last weeks picks; never pick the Arizona D as a start. Man what a disaster. They were playing so well and against decent teams. Crazy how Carolina just came in and rolled up on them. [...]

  • Four Reasons To Play Weekly Head To Head Fantasy Football With FanDuel

    Updated: 2009-11-03 13:32:06
    Do you think it would be cool to start cashing in on your fantasy skills now rather than waiting until after the season? Me too! That is why I was excited to try out this new weekly head to head fantasy football site called Fanduel.com. After trying out Fanduel - since week two - I am [...]

  • A Cool New Website For You And Some Horn Tootin Ta Boot

    Updated: 2009-11-02 21:49:46
    Here are a few pieces of good news I think you will want to know about. Turns out there is a site out there that is keeping tabs on all of us fantasy prognosticators. The site is FantasyXpert.com and they watch fantasy websites to keep track of who is good at predicting information so that you - the fantasy [...]

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