Russell Wilson meets Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos will meet Russell Wilson’s Seattle Seahawks in next month’s NFL Super Bowl.
The Broncos made the title game after a 26-16 victory over the Patriots in the American Football Conference final on Sunday.
In the National Football Conference championship, Wilson threw a 35-yard touchdown pass on fourth down as the Seahawks advanced to their second Super Bowl with a 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
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49ers QB Colin Kaepernick stole Cam Newton’s celebratory moves after scoring a TD on Sunday.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick led the defending NFC champions within one win of a Super Bowl return trip by exacting revenge for the worst loss of his young career.
Kaepernick, 26, threw for one touchdown and ran for another in sparking a 23-10 division-round ouster of the Carolina Panthers.
The 49ers will meet the archrival Seahawks in Seattle in
It doesn’t surprise safety Mike Mitchell that the Carolina Panthers are only the third home underdog in the NFL divisional playoffs in the past 20 years.
“We haven’t gotten much respect all year,” he said. “It looks like we still have people to prove wrong.”
The Panthers (12-4) are playing the no-respect card after opening the week as a 1-point underdog against San Francisco (13-4), despite defeating the 49ers 10-9 at Candlestick Park on Nov. 10.
Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith said the 4
Clinton Portis called into his old teammate Fred Smoot's radio show on DC radio station 106.7 The Fan and sometime during his chat about training camps of past, got pulled over for speeding.
The interview was going well until Smoot and co-host Kevin Shafer bid him goodbye and he said: "Hey y'all no problem, you all just got me a speeding ticket."
Apparently the trooper was not impressed with Portis' NFL credentials. While it was never established what team the trooper rooted for, the radio hos
 Tony Romo #9 of the Dallas Cowboys throws a pass in the first quarter against the Washington Redskins at FedExField on December 22, 2013 in Landover, Maryland. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images North America)
Sometime after the Cowboys returned to Dallas following their victory at Washington on Sunday, quarterback Tony Romo received an epidural injection to relieve pain and reduce inflammation related to the herniated disk in his lower back, according to sources.
It is typically two or three days be
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 The 2014 season starts now for the Houston Texans.
Saying "this string of losses is unacceptable," Texans owner Bob McNair fired coach Gary Kubiak on Friday, one day after the underachieving 2-11 Texans lost 27-20 to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips will serve as interim head coach.
"The last straw was losing. We have a lot better talent than Jacksonville,'' McNair said. "We are so disappointed and shocked by what has happened. ... Gary accepted it and understands
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Robert Griffin III bristled Wednesday, telling anyone questioning his father's visit to the Washington Redskins locker room after Monday night's 27-6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers to "back up."