Chargers Look To Tame Bengals In AFC Playoffs
With the post-season in front of them now, the San Diego Chargers are hoping to stick around for a while as the AFC playoffs kick off this coming weekend.
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With the post-season in front of them now, the San Diego Chargers are hoping to stick around for a while as the AFC playoffs kick off this coming weekend.
Last year, the 49ers made an improbable run to the Super Bowl, before falling one play short of reaching the ultimate team goal. They lost to the Baltimore Ravens, a more experienced team that rode momentum all the way to a Championship. This year it's San Francisco who fits this description and unlike last year, the Niners have everything in place to get past the rest of the NFC.
Peyton Manning set a multitude of NFL records this season, but one may be taken away by the NFL. The league and their official statisticians are currently reviewing a play that could mean a loss of one record.
The Green Bay Packers pulled off a huge win to make the playoffs, but now they have to face off with the San Francisco 49ers. They will have to work to prevent a repeat of what happened when these two met last season.
The New Orleans Saints have a revamped defense and an offense that appears to have even more weapons than that of their Super Bowl winning team. For some reason though, the Saints just can't get things going on the road, but they will have to change that for a wild card visit to Philadelphia.
Just two weeks ago, the Kansas City Chiefs lost at home to the Indianapolis Colts in a game that sealed the AFC West team's postseason fate. Can they flip that outcome on the road in the playoffs?
The Cincinnati Bengals had a great season and are looking forward to welcoming the San Diego Chargers into Paul Brown Stadium for the Wild Card round of the playoffs. Even with that game on the immediate horizon, the 2014 opponents for the Bengals have now been set.
The 2013 season might be the best performance of Bill Belichick's coaching career.
The Miami Dolphins need some serious help in the running game and one of the NFL's most consistent threats in and out of the backfield may be available in February.
The Miami Dolphins season and playoff hopes were ended Sunday by the New York Jets meaning fans will now look to free agency, and more so to the NFL Draft, to find hope for the future of the team.
While much of the NFL received bad news, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brian Hartline received some welcome news after injuring his knee against the New York Jets.
After an NFL campaign defined by peaks and valleys and enough controversy to fulfill the basic parameters of an award-winning drama, the best ways to qualify the 2013 Miami Dolphins would be "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
Some of the best American sporting events worth traveling for are the Daytona 500, the Masters Tournament, the Super Bowl the U.S. Open and the World Series.
When Seattle traded for Percy Harvin during the offseason, they weren't expecting to only have him for one game this season. Now that the Playoffs are set, it looks like Harvin may be able to return for Seattle's next game.
The Carolina Panthers started off the season with a 1-3 start, and were tied with the Atlanta Falcons for second place. It wasn't a second place that was even close to the NFC South-leading New Orleans Saints, but the rest of the season proved to turn out completely different.
What seemed only like a pipe dream a few weeks ago became reality this past Sunday for the San Diego Chargers and their fans.
Two of the NFL's most decorated franchises will meet this Sunday when the Packers and 49ers meet in a NFC Wild Card matchup. The winner will move on in the playoffs, while the loser will face a disappointing end to a season that started with much higher aspirations.
Drew Brees will be much more successful against the Eagles defense than back-up Kyle Orton was in the final game of the regular season. But, if the Eagles can knock Brees off his game, then the Saints could quickly run out of options to try and keep up wit the Eagles offense.
ESPN has developed a reputation for falling all over itself for anything dealing with former Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow. Now the network finally has him under contract.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired their head coach Monday morning and by Monday afternoon a favorite had emerged to take over the franchise.
The Miami Dolphins defense struggled through much of 2013, but the team did have one shining star on the defense: cornerback Brent Grimes. And in news that is music to Dolphins fans ears, he said he wants to stay with Miami.
If the Miami Dolphins decide to make a change with the team's offensive coordinator, a potential home-run hire just became available with ties to South Florida.
The Miami Dolphins players are cleaning out their lockers and the staff is beginning to dissect just where the season went so wrong after a season-ending thumping at the hands of the hated New York Jets.
What looked like a promising season for second-year Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill ended with a two-game nightmare. But the team's problems and fifth straight season without a playoff berth is not all his fault.
If the 2013 Miami Dolphins could be summed up in just a few words it would likely be, consistently inconsistent.
Attorney General James Uthmeier says 20 people have been arrested and prosecuted, with 12 already in custody as of Thursday.
Commissioners approved city budget funds to launch the CRA now, with legal action against the county planned.
With 73.3% of properties homesteaded, Palmetto Bay stands to lose more than any other Miami-Dade city, the mayor says.
St. Thomas Aquinas wide receiver and Notre Dame commit Julius Jones Jr. hopes to cap his senior season by winning the 2026 Nat Moore Trophy.
No one is in custody; detectives say they believe the shooting was an isolated incident.
Attorney General James Uthmeier says 20 people have been arrested and prosecuted, with 12 already in custody as of Thursday.
Commissioners approved city budget funds to launch the CRA now, with legal action against the county planned.
With 73.3% of properties homesteaded, Palmetto Bay stands to lose more than any other Miami-Dade city, the mayor says.
St. Thomas Aquinas wide receiver and Notre Dame commit Julius Jones Jr. hopes to cap his senior season by winning the 2026 Nat Moore Trophy.
No one is in custody; detectives say they believe the shooting was an isolated incident.
One Cuba resident said there is "no way to know" when power will be restored to the island nation.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado tried 3 times to enter her country "by air and sea but has been turned away each time," her team says.
Many Venezuelan immigrants are shunning Florida and turning instead to communities in places like Utah.
Alex Saab, 54, was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez to the U.S.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
Families say months without court-ordered treatment can worsen psychiatric crises behind bars.
The Democrat says rapidly advancing technology requires Congress to act before safeguards fall behind.
A former Republican Congressman turned Democrat, Jolly is running as a moderate voice, arguing that it is time for change after decades of Republican rule in Tallahassee.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
Affordable Care Act recipients in 30 states are set to receive the $500 checks starting in October. Here's why.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
The price hikes for new subscribers are effective immediately. Existing subscribers' plans will go up next month.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
Presley Gerber, the son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, has died at 27, a family spokesperson has confirmed.