Football
Peyton Manning: 'I Won This Game As A Team'
INDIANAPOLIS—Responding to critics who claim that recent games demonstrate that Indianapolis is a one-dimensional pass-first team with a...
Michael Vick Credits Increased Passing Accuracy To Using His Right Hand
ATLANTA—Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, whose passing improved dramatically over the past two weeks as he completed 66 percent of his...
Ben Roethlisberger Relieved To Suffer Football-Related Injury
ATLANTA—Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who survived life-threatening injuries as a result of a motorcycle accident...
Tiki Barber To Retire During Third-Down Run Off Right Tackle During Third Quarter Of Sunday's Tampa Bay Game
NEW YORK—Giants running back Tiki Barber, who had earlier announced his retirement pending the end of the 2006-07 NFL season, advanced his...
Terrell Owens Blames Poor Game On Drew Bledsoe, Offensive Line, Hamid Karzai, NASA, Samsung
DALLAS—Troubled, underperforming Dallas wide receiver Terrell Owens lashed out in a press conference at the Cowboys practice facility...
Reggie Bush On First NFL Touchdown: 'That Was It?'
NEW ORLEANS—After Reggie Bush's first touchdown as a professional football player—a 65-yard punt return that ultimately allowed the...
Suspended Tackle Albert Haynesworth: 'I Just Wanted To Make Sure The Guy Was Dead'
NASHVILLE, TN—Defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth, suspended five games by the NFL for stomping on the head and kicking the face of Cowboys...
Hungry Bears Defense Feeds On Soldier Field Crowd
CHICAGO—The league-leading Chicago Bears defense, which overpowered and dominated the Seattle Seahawks last Sunday en route to a 37-6 victory, took time after the ...
Overjoyed Saints Fans Tear Roof Off Reopened Superdome
NEW ORLEANS—Over 70,000 elated New Orleans Saints fans celebrated the first professional football game to take place in the newly renovated Superdome since ...
Maurice Clarett Shows Up Late For Prison Camp
COLUMBUS, OH—Former Ohio State running back Maurice Clarett began his new career as an inmate with the Ohio state prison system by showing...
Koren Robinson Promises His Next Drunk-Driving Incident Will Outdo Steve Foley's
GREEN BAY, WI—Troubled Packers wide receiver/kick returner Koren Robinson reacted to news of San Diego Chargers' linebacker Steve Foley's...
Reggie Bush Claims He Made $100,000 Through USC Work-Study Program
NEW ORLEANS—Saints running back and former Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush refuted charges Monday that he accepted gifts, money, and other benefits exceeding $100 ...
Freshman Running Back Wondering If Other Four Freshmen Running Backs Were Told They'd Start This Year
LOS ANGELES—University of Southern California freshman running back C.J. Gable wondered at practice yesterday if head coach Pete Carroll had...
T.O. In Dallas: The Next Michael Irvin Or The Next Michael Irvin?
DALLAS—While Cowboys fans are hailing talented, physically dominant wide receiver Terrell Owens' debut in Dallas as the coming of a new...
NFL Training-Camp Survivors Too Traumatized To Talk About Experience
NEW YORK—Although the ever-mounting accumulation of eyewitness testimony from battered, exhausted football players in all 32 NFL cities is vague, imprecise, and inconclusive, investigators ...
