While certainly a tough game for Patriot fans, the AFC Championship was a great overall football game. The Patriots dominated in the first half, giving Pats fans all too much hope for victory. The Colts dominated even more in the second half, though, overcoming a big deficit to...
Jan. 13--Cingular Wireless, the joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp., will launch its first nationwide advertising campaign Sunday during the AFC Championship football game, company officials said Friday. Jan. 13--Cingular Wireless, the joint venture between SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth...
Live Speedway (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm) Coventry Bees v Swindon Robins. Nigel Pearson and Kelvin Tatumpresent coverage of the Elite League meeting at the Brandon Stadium, as the hosts face their final home league fixture of the campaign. NFL Live (Sky Sports 1, 1.30am) ...
Live Speedway (Sky Sports 1, 7.30pm) Coventry Bees v Swindon Robins. Nigel Pearson and Kelvin Tatum present coverage of the Elite League meeting at the Brandon Stadium, as the hosts face their final home league fixture of the campaign. NFL Live (Sky Sports 1, 1.30am) ...
Byline: By MEL BOOTH Sports Editor ATTACKING midfielder Michael Flynn is Town's fifth signing of the summer. The 27-year-old, who was released by Championship Blackpool at the end of last season, will put pen to paper on a two-year Galpharm deal today providing he passes a...
FORMER Sunderland boss Peter Reid has agreed a four-year contract to take over as manager of the Thailand national team. Reid, who spent nine years in charge on Wearside before leaving in 2002, will sign the paperwork next month and start work on September 1. President...
THE Datastor Killingworth Mini Soccer season came to an exciting climax at the weekend with titles still to be decided. In the under-nines Subsidiary Group A, there was a three-way playoff for the title between KYPC Pumas, Wallsend and Forest Hall Blues. After a nail-biting round...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. AP -- New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he is slow and can't jump because of lingering effects of an ankle injury late last season. Brady, speaking on the second day of the team's three-day minicamp, said Saturday that...
Former New England Patriots employee Matt Walsh has turned over tapes made of other teams' signals in violation of NFL rules. The NFL yesterday confirmed a New York Times report that Walsh sent eight tapes to the league showing the Patriots recording the play-calling signals of five opponents between 2000...
KAPOLEI, Hawaii -- Commissioner Roger Goodell said during yesterday's AFC Pro Bowl practice at Kapolei High School he would be willing to grant legal protection to former New England Patriots videotape assistant Matt Walsh in exchange for new information proving possible further illegal videotaping practices by the team. ...
ALAMEDA _ Hall of Famer James Lofton officially joined the Oakland Raiders coaching staff on Wednesday, taking over as the team's new receivers coach. Lofton interviewed last week with coach Lane Kiffin and offensive coordinator Greg Knapp before negotiating a contract with owner Al Davis. ...
Tom Brady and Randy Moss pulled out of the Pro Bowl on Monday, a day after the New England Patriots were beaten in the Super Bowl. After throwing a league-record 50 touchdown passes during the season, Brady was battered by the New York Giants during their 17-...
LIVONIA, Mich. -- Fathead([R]), the number one brand in sports and entertainment wall graphics and the brand best-known for its official life-size images of NFL Players, Team Logos and Helmets, releases a limited edition commemorative logo of the 2007 NFL Champions, The New York Giants. This special edition logo pays...
THE GREAT DEBATE; Results of voting at sports.usatoday.com; THE BACKS; Who has a better running game? Giants 57% Patriots 43% Total votes: 6,613 PHOENIX -- On the New England Patriots' final, nine-plus-minute drive to run out the clock of the AFC Championship...
When the New England Patriots defeated the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship game, they clinched immortality. On Super Bowl Sunday, they'll find out if they earned the good kind or the bad kind. The victory over the Chargers guaranteed that by reaching...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The New England Patriots arrived Sunday with twin but intertwined tasks ahead. A victory in Super Bowl XLII against the New York Giants would achieve the primary goal of winning a championship. It would also allow the Patriots to finish 19-0, unprecedented in NFL annals....
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Relax, Patriots fans. A smiling Tom Brady says not to worry about his much publicized and photographed ankle. It won't keep him out of Sunday's Super Bowl. New England's star quarterback walked up the three short steps to the podium with ease Sunday...
Program/Average Viewers 1. Fox NFC Championship Game (Giants-Packers), Jan. 20: 53.9 million 2. CBS AFC Championship Game (Chargers-Patriots), Jan. 20: 44.8 million 3. Fox NFC Divisional Playoff (Giants-Cowboys), Jan. 13: 40.1 million ...
FOOTBALL National Football League NFL--Fined New England NT Vince Wilfork $5,000 for unnecessary roughness during the AFC championship game. ATLANTA FALCONS--Named Terry Robiskie receivers coach, Ray Hamilton defensive line coach, Gerald Brown running backs coach and Glenn Thomas offensive...