ESPN Analyst and Former Bears and Saints Coach Mike Ditka Suffers Minor Stroke
Mike Ditka, the 73-year-old former coach of the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints is resting in a Chicago hospital after suffering a minor stroke on Friday.
Mike Ditka, the 73-year-old former coach of the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints is resting in a Chicago hospital after suffering a minor stroke on Friday.
The Bills had the Patriots beat Sunday. I know it sounds like sour grapes but the Refs made many terrible calls, all against Buffalo. Pass Interference where there was none, holding when it was a perfect block, and the illegal block when it was within five yards. Awful officiating and the Patriots were the beneficiary on the whole. Now they must play against the Dolphins and the officials tonight on the NFL Network.
A nine-year-old Utah girl is making headlines (see above) for her amazing skill at football.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stevie Johnson suffered a bruised thigh in the 21-9 loss to the Houston Texans Sunday and now it's official, he will not play this weekend against the New England Patriots. Stevie caught three of the seven passes thrown to him in the game for 29 yards. He is the team’s leading receiver with 35 catches for 416 yards and four touchdowns this season.
UPDATE 11:20: The networks have announced that Barack Obama will be reelected to a second term, after wrapping up the state of Ohio.
The 2012 presidential election between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will finally conclude tonight, as voters head to their local polls to choose who gets to sleep in the White House on January 20, 2013. We'll be following all the results very closely, adding the latest news as states close their polls and announce their winners.
Watch this post for updated information—election results, Senate races, ballot measures, battleground-state news—throughout the night:
There has been plenty of talk lately about the team's future. The NFL wants two teams in Los Angeles and at least one team in Europe within the next decade. Fans speculate a move to Hamilton Ontario for the Bills or they'll stay home with a new stadium in downtown Buffalo. Meanwhile, the Bills are owned and somehow run by a 94-year-old man (Ralph Wilson) in one of the NFL's smallest markets and in perhaps in one of the oldest and rustic stadiums with an expiring lease. .
Two days after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the East Coast, many residents remain without basic supplies like food, clean water and shelter. Fortunately for the victims of this storm, there are many organizations out there determined to provide assistance to those affected by the hurricane.
Last week, a Minnesota high school soccer match between Totino-Grace and Prairie Seeds Academy was supposed to decide who would move on in the State Class A tournament, but instead, the game was marred by an epic brawl.
Do you know what the term "Tebowing" means? Even if you're not a football fan, you probably have heard of Tim Tebow, who currently plays for the NY Jets. He's now trademarked what's he grown famous for.
As heard on your information update with Kristine Bellino this morning, according to Runners World, a man in Baltimore, Keith Levasseur is trying to get his name in the Guinness Book of World Records for running the Baltimore Marathon in 2 hours and 46 minutes, which is a good time, but it's because he ran it in flip flops. That sounds exhausting to me but still, what a feat! Get it...feat?,
It can be the beginning of a winning streak if quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick improves, dramatically. Buffalo is now 3-3 along with the Patriots, Jets & Dolphins in the AFC East through the first weeks of the 2012 season. Fitzpatrick’s quarterbacking helped with two of those three wins, but his miscues are largely responsible for the three loses.
A parent volunteering as a coach for his son’s football team in Payson, Utah, is being charged with child abuse after allegedly attacking a player from the opposing team, giving him a concussion and ending his season.