FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Brutal! That was the word of the day in the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection meeting room. Brutal! That was how those of us who voted Saturday kept describing the task at hand: Determining the five modern-day finalists for the Class...

Feb 6, 2010 | Vic Carucci

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- With Emmitt Smith and Jerry Rice all but shoo-ins for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, get ready for a little Canton Two-Step. Smith ran for more yards than any NFL player. Rice caught more passes and scored more touchdowns than...

Feb 5, 2010

The NFL's annual Pro Bowl is a celebration of the season's best. The 2010 version also was a chance to honor some of the decade's biggest stars. Twelve players selected to the 2000s NFL All-Decade Team competed in the Pro Bowl before a sellout crowd Sunday at Sun...

Feb 1, 2010

NEW YORK -- Super Bowl XLIV brings much more than football to South Florida. Throughout the weeks preceding the game, more than 50 charitable activities and community outreach programs will enliven and enrich the community and provide lasting legacies. Super Bowl Week activities...

Jan 21, 2010 | National Football League

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers have hired Tyke Tolbert as receivers coach. The move on Thursday comes three days after longtime assistant Richard Williamson announced his retirement from that position. Tolbert had been in the same job with the Buffalo Bills for...

Jan 21, 2010

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- After sticking around from the birth of the franchise and through three head coaches, longtime Carolina Panthers receivers coach Richard Williamson is giving up the long hours. For more on the Carolina Panthers, check out the latest from...

Jan 18, 2010

With both of his coordinators in place, Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan is assembling the rest of his staff. Richard Mann will interview for the position of receivers coach later this week, according to The Associated Press. Mann has been the Tampa Bay...

Jan 14, 2010

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Junior Seau is retiring again and looking ahead to more time on his surfboard. Seau, a 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who came out of retirement to rejoin the New England Patriots in their sixth game this season, said in remarks taped for broadcast Wednesday night...

Jan 13, 2010

The National Football League announced that it will host Super Bowl Saturday Night, a free outdoor concert and fireworks spectacular, on Ft. Lauderdale Beach on Saturday, Feb. 6, the night before Super Bowl XLIV. Free and open to the public, Super Bowl Saturday Night is...

Jan 12, 2010 | National Football League

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots' season began with Tom Brady back from torn knee ligaments. It ended with Wes Welker sidelined with the same serious injury. Not much else was consistent for a team that hoped to prolong its dynasty of the past decade with...

Jan 11, 2010

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- This had the feeling of something more pronounced than the loss of a single playoff game. After a while, your senses told you that you weren't watching football so much as attending a funeral. You knew, sooner or later, that this day...

Jan 10, 2010 | Vic Carucci

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Coach Tom Cable held a team meeting, met briefly with owner Al Davis and began roster evaluations with his assistants in a typical start to an offseason. The question that will likely be hanging over the Raiders for the next week is whether Cable will...

Jan 5, 2010

DeAngelo Williams is doubtful and fellow running back Jonathan Stewart questionable for the Carolina Panthers' Sunday season finale against the New??Orleans??Saints. Williams missed Friday's workout and hasn't played or practiced since he sprained his left ankle during...

Jan 2, 2010

The receiving-thin Denver Broncos promoted wide receiver Matt Willis from their practice squad, an indication that Eddie Royal is unlikely to play Sunday. The Denver Post reported the Broncos have ruled Royal out due to the neck injury that has sidelined him the last...

Jan 2, 2010

Mistakes were prevalent as the Baltimore Ravens let one opportunity to clinch a wild-card spot slip away, but there's a second chance awaiting them Sunday when they visit an opponent whose playoff hopes were dashed long ago. The Oakland Raiders, however, have acquitted...

Dec 31, 2009

?? Loss of cap would restrict 212 players in free agency Here is the list obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday of 212 players who would be considered restricted free agents -- instead of unrestricted -- if there is no salary cap in 2010. There is at least one player from...

Dec 31, 2009

?? Complete list of potential free agents WASHINGTON -- Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin, Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall and six other Pro Bowl picks are among more than 200 NFL players who would lose their status as unrestricted free agents...

Dec 31, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts coach Jim Caldwell will not second-guess the decision to rest his starters Sunday. He'll let everybody else do it for him. One day after Indianapolis pulled the plug on its perfect season by sitting Peyton Manning and others with 5:36 left in the...

Dec 28, 2009

CLEVELAND -- Walking through the wide doors of Cleveland's locker room, Browns coach Eric Mangini was greeted by smiling faces. "Congratulations, coach," a team employee hollered at Mangini. "Thank you," he replied. For more on...

Dec 27, 2009

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Justin Tuck has been to the mountain with New York Giants, winning an NFL title. The defensive end and the rest of the Giants tumbled into a deep valley in their final game at Giants Stadium. It was a complete embarrassment, and it went a long way in...

Dec 27, 2009