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Buffalo Bills’ linebacker Kirk Morrison traded a 20-year-old Canadian business student with the same name as his to an NFL game experience in exchange for the Twitter handle @kirkmorrison.

The NFL’s slate of Thursday night games kicks off this week with an AFC West tilt. Here’s a preview: Oakland Raiders at San Diego Chargers – 8:20 PM Both teams enter the primetime contest on losing streaks. Oakland (4-4) has lost two games in a row, both to division rivals, after losing starting quarterback Jason Campbell to injury and subsequently acquiring Carson Palmer from Cincinnati... Read M

Players with legal troubles and quarterbacks head a list of the NFL’s most disliked players. The list, based on the findings of a public survey of NFL player perception conducted by Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research, indicates that players with legal issues, contract disputes or suspect character are viewed unfavorably by NFL fans...

Every game in the NFL offers different things to root for such as: players, coaches and teams. Also it offers those same things to root against. It's the battle of good versus evil every single weekend. Some teams and players are loved, while others are truly hated.

Ryan Succop’s 30-yard field goal in overtime lifted the Kansas City Chiefs over the San Diego Chargers 23-20 on ‘Monday Night Football.’ The kick, Succop’s third field goal of the game, gave Kansas City (4-3) the win in a mistake-filled contest that saw the teams combine for eight turnovers – four each – and commit 21 penalties for 158 total yards...

A stunning upset and several blowouts punctuated the action in week eight of the NFL season, meanwhile several games came down to the waning moments. Here’s a recap of all the action: St. Louis 31 – New Orleans 21 Steven Jackson had 25 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns, as the St...

A matchup of AFC leaders Pittsburgh and New England highlights the schedule for week eight of the NFL schedule. Soon, all teams will be through one half of the season, and playoff races will start to come into focus. Here’s the NFL schedule for Sunday, Oct...

For the fifth year in row, the Dallas Cowboys really are America’s team. Dallas was the top answer to a Harris poll of 2,462 American adults asking who their favorite football team is.

On Sunday, basketball star LeBron James took to his Twitter feed to congratulate Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow on his team’s come-from-behind victory against the Miami Dolphins, calling Tebow a “winner.” It seemed innocent enough — until some very bitter NBA fans saw it.

A week after Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz chased after his San Francisco 49ers counterpart, Jim Harbaugh, Oakland Raiders head coach Hue Jackson had a tense moment with Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley on Sunday.

After being traded to the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this week, running back Jerome Harrison was undergoing a routine physical when doctors discovered a brain tumor. The discovery both nullified the trade from the Detroit Lions and may have saved Harrison’s life. He reportedly underwent surgery on Friday to remove the tumor.

The Green Bay Packers survived a mild scare to stay unbeaten, while the Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams remained winless thanks to two potential new stars in Denver and Dallas. Here is the recap of the week seven action in the NFL: Denver 18 – Miami 15 (OT) After Tim Tebow led the Broncos to 15 points in the final 2:44 of regulation to tie the game, Denver beat the Miami Dolphins 18-15 on Matt