midwestsportsfans.com: I thought there was a chance that we would have three close, competitive games and one boring blowout last weekend during the divisional round of the NFL Playoffs. I thought the games between the Saints-Cardinals, Cowboys-Vikings, and Colts-Ravens would all come down to the final quarter. The Char...

online.wsj.com: According to a Wall Street Journal study of four recent broadcasts, and similar estimates by researchers, the average amount of time the ball is in play on the field during an NFL game is about 11 minutes. In other words, if you tally up everything that happens between the time the ball is snapp...

articles.moneycentral.msn.com: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to begin hearing a case Wednesday that one law professor describes as "the most important sports law case in U.S. history." That's a pretty dramatic statement. Why is American Needle v. NFL such a big deal? Because the ramifications of this case could affect near...

sportsillustrated.cnn.com: But, barring a pair of AFC upsets this weekend, we'll have to wait a year to witness bone-chilling football again, as a climate-controlled bit of history unfolds Saturday and Sunday: there will be three dome games in the same playoff weekend for the first time ever.

sports.espn.go.com: Tom Brady has gone from record-setting MVP to injured superstar to The Associated Press 2009 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. Brady's strong return from a left knee injury that sidelined him for all but the first quarter of the 2008 opener earned the New England Patriots quarterback the award W...

buffalonews.com: Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch took $20 from a Southtowns woman at a Hamburg restaurant last month, according to information received by The Buffalo News. The woman's husband, Buffalo Police Sgt. William Crawford, filed a complaint with Hamburg police a day after the incident, but th...

cbsnews.com: The NFL is partnering with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league's stance on concussions, The Associated Press learned Sunday. The league now plans to encourage current and former NFL players to agree to donate their brains to the Boston University Center for...

sportsillustrated.cnn.com: The tough-running tailback turned tearful after winning the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night in the closest vote in the award's 75-year history. Next, he'll try to lead the most storied program in the South to a national championship.