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Chiefs safety Eric Berry grew up in Georgia and returned to Atlanta for treatment after he was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2014, but he never played an NFL game in the state until Sunday. It was worth the wait. Berry returned an interception for a touchdown in the first half and then became the first…

[Editor’s note: On Sunday morning, multiple reports surfaced regarding a two-year contract extension for Rams coach Jeff Fisher. Fisher confirmed the extension after Sunday’s loss to the Patriots. The questions and answers from his press conference on this subject, as prepared and circulated by the Patriots, appear below.] Q: Jeff, some news broke today that you…

It's probably best to keep a low profile right now. Alan Pardew? You must be kidding.

Much was made this week of the comment from NFL executive V.P. of football operations Troy Vincent that the league may hire up to 17 full-time officials. The reality is that, for four years, the league has had the power to do it. Per a souce with knowledge of the situation, the labor agreement finalized…

The Giants are losing to the Steelers by 14 points in the third quarter and they’ve lost one of their best defensive players. Defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who was the NFC defensive player of the week for Week 12, will not return after sustaining a groin injury late in the first half. Pierre-Paul needed to…

The Steelers got their first two points of Sunday’s game when the Giants committed a penalty in their own end zone and they got their first touchdown shortly after Eli Manning made another mistake near the Steelers’ end zone. Manning tried to fit a pass to tight end Larry Donnell for a touchdown, but Steelers…

The Cardinals haven’t been able to match their opening drive, but they haven’t needed to either. Arizona is hanging onto a 10-6 lead over Washington, allowing its defense to do most of the work. The league-leading Cardinals defense has held Washington to a pair of field goals, playing tight when they needed to to hang…

Chargers running back Melvin Gordon keeps scoring touchdowns. Gordon’s 10th rushing touchdown of the season early in the second quarter Sunday gave the Chargers a 14-7 lead on the Buccaneers. That remains the score at halftime after rookie kicker Roberto Aguayo missed a 31-yard field goal late in the first half. Gordon became the first…

Toews will miss his fifth straight game.

49ers coach Chip Kelly missed some time with the team ahead of Sunday’s game against the Bears and he’ll be away from the team in the near future as well. Kelly traveled from Chicago to New Hampshire late on Friday after learning that his father Paul died and the players were informed of the news…

The NASCAR Hall of Famer finished third in his class in the last race at Daytona International Speedway.

Green kicked Chriss just a day after criticizing the league on his extracurricular activities and two days after kicking James Harden.

We’d been hearing for weeks that Rams coach Jeff Fisher already had a contract extension in place. On Sunday, we all heard it — directly from Fisher. So why was it kept secret for so long? The easy explanation is that the Rams were waiting to announce it at a time when the fan base…

The Chargers scored a touchdown on the first drive of the game to take a 7-0 lead over the Buccaneers. Philip Rivers didn’t miss on the first drive and hit Dontrelle Inman on a 35-yard touchdown pass to cap a 75-yard touchdown drive. Buccaneers wide receiver Cecil Shorts was carted off after taking a low…

The Steelers offense has punted twice, but the team still leads late in the first quarter. Giants left tackle Ereck Flowers was flagged for holding linebacker James Harrison on a third down passing play and the foul took place in the Giants’ end zone, which means it was ruled a safety and the Steelers lead…

While the title race seems a foregone conclusion yet again, Italy's race for second is hotting up.

Josh Gorges, Dmitry Kulikov and Zach Bogosian are all out.

The Cardinals have been a frustrating lot this year, but on their opening drive against Washington, looked like the team people were expecting this year. Cardinals running back David Johnson scored from a yard out for a 7-0 lead over Washington. That capped a 15-play, 75-yard drive to open the game, which occupied nearly half…

It feels like we’ve been talking about Rams coach Jeff Fisher getting a contract extension since the offseason before news broke on Sunday morning of agreement on a two-year extension, but it was actually old news. Reports that Fisher signed the extension weeks ago were off by a bit as well. It was actually months…

Before Sunday’s game against the Lions, Saints coach Sean Payton expressed his displeasure with the report regarding a possible offseason trade of receiver Brandin Cooks indirectly. After the game, Payton made his views known. “That’s garbage,” Payton told reporters, via Nick Underhill of the New Orleans Advocate. “It’s a false report. It’s an agent picking…

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton had a big game, and the Eagles could neither keep up nor keep the Bengals from marching up and down the field. The Bengals won, 32-14, and scored the game’s first 29 points. Dalton threw a touchdown pass to Tyler Eifert late in the first half to make it 19-0 and…

The Chiefs offense wasn’t on the field for several of the biggest plays of Sunday’s game against the Falcons and that worked out just fine for Kansas City. Eric Berry returned an interception for a touchdown in the first half to put the Chiefs in the lead and he returned an interception on a two-point…

The Broncos were bailed out Sunday by their defense. Again. An interception return touchdown by Bradley Roby in the third quarter provided the Broncos’ only touchdown of the second half as they held off the Jaguars, 20-10. The Broncos couldn’t generate any offense in the second half, keeping the door open for the Jaguars, but…

For the first 11 games of the season, the Lions won more than they lost, but always struggled. Not today in New Orleans. Today the Lions controlled the game throughout, jumping out to an early 10-0 lead and never looking back as they beat the Saints. This was the first game all season that the…

The Titans and Browns have a post-Thanksgiving break, the last two byes of the season. That scheduling quirk also kept the players on both teams from joining in the wearing of cleats that deviate from the NFL’s normal uniform requirements. According to the league, Titans and Browns players won’t be permitted to wear the clears…