Manti Te'o and Geno Smith provided the sizzle previously missing from the NFL Draft.

The world champion Baltimore Ravens travel to Denver for the now-traditional Thursday night NFL opener on Sept. 5.

The optimism and confidence oozing out of Evan Lysacek are worthy of an Olympic champion. He hopes to make that a two-time gold medalist next year at the Sochi Games.

PHOENIX — The NFL won't be adding playoff teams for 2013, and the champions of last season, the Baltimore Ravens, could open on the road because of a conflict with the Orioles.

NFL officials were sure they'd get the Super Bowl finished on Sunday night. And if they couldn't, the game would not have ended where it temporarily stopped.

Joe Flacco's expiring contract doesn't seem to concern anyone with the Ravens, including the quarterback himself.

The Super Bowl has a pair of fresh faces at quarterback, bona fide nobodies as far as the NFL title game goes. One will leave New Orleans as football's newest star.

The family of Junior Seau sued the NFL, claiming the former linebacker's suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football.

New England's Tom Brady and Baltimore's Ray Lewis will be in the spotlight in Sunday's AFC title game.

When they face off Sunday for the second consecutive year in the AFC championship, Bill Belichick's Patriots and John Harbaugh's Ravens will offer further proof of the value of stability.

San Francisco is favored by 3 1-2 points at Atlanta by the oddsmakers. That says a lot.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady became the winningest quarterback in postseason play, throwing for three touchdowns Sunday to beat Houston 41-28 and lift the New England Patriots into the AFC ...

When he ended his life last year by shooting himself in the chest, Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease often linked with repeated blows to the head.

BALTIMORE - Anquan Boldin set a franchise record with 145 yards receiving, including the clinching touchdown in the Ravens' 24-9 victory over Indianapolis in an AFC wild-card game.

Sensa­tional comebacks have Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson headed for the Pro Bowl.

The rule that negated using video replay to confirm a Houston Texans touchdown "may be too harsh" and will be re-examined immediately, NFL director of football operations Ray Anderson said Friday.

Across the NFL, coaches and general managers of struggling teams are in danger of losing their jobs.

The Giants couldn't stop Isaac Redman, who rushed for 147 yards and the winning TD with 4:02 to go.

The players' union and the four players suspended in the Saints' bounties case filed motions Wednesday to have former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue removed from hearing their appeals.

New Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam III said Tuesday that Mike Holmgren was out as team president, although the Super Bowl-winning coach will remain with the franchise to help in the transition.