In a quarterback showdown that was debated and hyped all week, one guy walked away a blowout winner and the other was a no-show. The big winner, of course, was Carson Palmer of the red-hot Arizona Cardinals.
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Rough start to the day for the Washington Redskins: The two buses transporting players, coaches and team personnel to the game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday collided on an interstate exit ramp on their way to TCF Bank Stadium.
The action at the Redskins-Vikings game started Sunday morning outside the stadium in Minnesota, as a crowd estimated by organizers around 5,000 rallied against Washington’s divisive nickname.
Bob Davie gave the Lobos an identity. Which begs a question: Does UNLV have one, and if so, what in the world is it besides losing?
The winning streak of the local high scool football team stood at 75 games on a recent Friday night, the longest in the nation. The eight seniors who would be honored before the game were in sixth grade when it started.
Around the NFL, the New York Jets are the butt of jokes, with a coach on the hot seat, a clueless general manager and a quarterback carousel fit for a circus. And Michael Vick is now the lead rider on the carousel.
The last of the unbeatens in college football has fallen.
UNLV walk-on kicker Brian McIntyre barely missed a 55-yard field goal that would have sent Saturday’s game against New Mexico into overtime. That left the Rebels with a 31-28 loss at Sam Boyd Stadium.
The New Mexico Lobos survived a possible game-tying field goal to beat UNLV in Las Vegas 31-28.
Giants quarterback Eli Manning personifies a Halloween party, because you never know what you might see next, a two-time Super Bowl winner or a hapless, shoulder-slumping loser?
In coach Larry Fedora’s first season at North Carolina, his team won seven of its final nine regular-season games. The trend repeated last season, when the Tar Heels won six of their last seven games after a 1-5 start.
Previews and predictions for every game. Know the key matchups before kickoff.
It’s Scott Kellen vs. Kelly Stewart in this week’s Friday Football Showdown.
