As if losing in the NFC Championship game weren't bad enough, an unlucky Atlanta Falcons fan was stabbed by a San Francisco 49ers fan outside the Georgia Dome after the 49ers 28-24 victory on Sunday night.
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o denied any role in the hoax involving a relationship with a person whom he claimed was his girlfriend last year.
Just when you thought the week was going to be all about Lance Armstrong's big interview with Oprah, Manti Te'o had to go and steal the spotlight with the whole fake-girlfriend thing.
This weekend we'll find out who's playing in the Super Bowl, and hockey fans get their game back. Here's what to watch:
By now, you’ve probably heard the bizarre tale about how Manti Te’o’s late girlfriend was made up. A sham. Completely unreal. Kind of like Notre Dame’s chances in the national championship game against Alabama.
Many people felt for Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o when he lost both his grandmother, and his girlfriend in a span of just a few hours. As it turns out, the whole girlfriend thing was totally made up.
In early September, Notre Dame linebacker and Heisman Trophy candidate Manti Te’o—just days after learning of the death of his girlfriend—led the Fighting Irish to an emotional upset of then-#10 Michigan State. However, in one of the most bizarre twists we’ve seen in college football, it now appears that the whole story about a dying girlfriend was a hoax.
Chip Kelly, who went 46-7 in four years at the University of Oregon, is making the jump to the NFL as the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Kelly, known as an offensive innovator, had also interviewed with the Bills and the Browns.
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Fox NFL studio analyst — and former two-time Super Bowl-winning coach — Jimmy Johnson is always in postseason form, especially his hair.
Sunday's AFC and NFC Championship games will determine which teams will meet at Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on Feb. 3. Here's a preview of each conference title game:
Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona has penned a new book that discusses his team's infamous late-season crash in the fall of 2011, one of the biggest collapses in baseball history. But the big news apparently is that Francona is willing to reveal a bit of the inner workings of the franchise's ownership, and it doesn't sound pretty.
