Football

It's a far, far cry from the drama surrounding Ray Rice, but another NFL running back is having his own issues.

The Arizona Cardinals and Detroit Lions each won on the first Monday night of the 2014 NFL season. Here's a recap of the action:

The 2014 NFL season marked its first full Sunday of games with a 400-yard passing performance, two overtime games and three big upsets. Here are the day's most interesting facts:

In a week that didn’t feature many marquee matchups, we still had our share of excitement with several upsets and exciting finishes. Here is what we learned in Week 2.

My friends and I are hopelessly optimistic about Sunday's game against The Chicago Bears. Coach Doug Marrone thinks that running back C.J. Spiller will do a great job returning kicks. Remember, C.J. spent much of 2013 battling an ankle injury, so, do you think he can handle this new task? Do The Bills have a chance this weekend? Many say C.J. does and The Bills do!

Marshawn Lynch ran for 110 yards and two touchdowns, and the Seahawks bullied the Green Bay Packers, 36-16, in Seattle to win the opening game of the 2014 NFL season.

Suspensions to a few key players could impact the fortunes of several potential Super Bowl contenders when the NFL begins its 2014 season this week. Here's what you need to know heading into Week 1.

Most of the big names have “money games” against overmatched opponents this week, but we do have our first Top 10 matchup that could shake up the playoff hunt.

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Week 1 is (nearly) in the books and the season got off to an exciting start with lots of top teams playing closer-than-expected games. Here are some things we learned this week. The Top Ten Has a Lot of Question Marks While there were no major upsets this weekend, that’s not to say that we didn’t see some red flags surrounding some of the nation’s top teams...

Since when does the back-up quarterback get so much attention? With week one of the NFL season just days away, football fans everywhere are ready for that first snap. Fans in Cleveland have high hopes for their back-up QB, Jonathan Paul Manziel, also known as, Johnny Football. He is so popular already that Mars Candy has put in in a Snickers commercial.

Auburn-Alabama. The Iron Bowl. Tie score, just seven seconds remain on the clock. The Crimson Tide set up for a potential game-winning field goal. And then the miracle occurs...