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The NFL has suspended New Orleans Saints’ head coach Sean Payton for one year as punishment for the team’s admitted use of a bounty system from 2009 to 2011. Payton was aware of the system, which compensated players for hits inflicted on opponents. Payton’s suspension is slated to begin April 1.

The Denver Broncos traded quarterback Tim Tebow to the New York Jets for a fourth-round draft pick in Wednesday’s draft, an ESPN source says.

Peyton Manning and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay held a press conference Wednesday in which Irsay announced that the Colts were cutting Manning, the greatest sports figure Indianapolis has ever seen, rather than pay him a $28 million roster bonus.

Jonathan Daniel/Andy Lyons/Rick Stewart, Getty Images The Super Bowl is the largest spectacle in American sports. Football players who succeed on its grand stage are forever remembered. Here are the 20 most memorable plays in the history of the Super Bowl:   Joe Montana to John Taylor: Super Bowl XXIII     Trailing the Cincinnati Bengals 16-13 in the fourth quarter, Joe Montana led the San Franc

It is so 2011 to be the person at the Super Bowl party who knows all the little statistical factoids about the teams and the game. So how about this year you’re not that guy? How about, this year, you’re the genius who knows all the useless trivia about everything but football on Super Bowl Sunday?

It has come down to this– after a month of voting, arguing and staring much too long at pictures of women we’ve come to the final two teams in the ‘Hottest NFL Cheerleading Squad’ contest.

The Super Bowl participants have been decided and it will be a rematch between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. We just hope it’s as entertaining as our quest to crown the hottest NFL cheerleading squad. It probably won’t be...

It’s the first week of January and your favorite NFL team has already hit the golf course. Another year, another high draft pick. This coming weekend of NFL playoff action got us thinking about something much more important than the game on the gridiron — the ladies on the sideline...

Winter is a magical time of year. People are nicer because of the holidays. The first brisk and invigorating hints of winter grace your city. And, of course, your fantasy football team poops themselves during fantasy playoffs, like a child that can’t find a toilet so he silently craps his shorts in the middle of the ‘Frosty The Snowman’ school play.

NFL football on Christmas eve was a welcomed addition to the gift wrapping, nog chugging and clock watching that usually comes with the day before the big holiday.

Houston Texans at Indianapolis Colts – 6:20 PM

It was a great weekend for road teams in the NFL, as many came out victorious. Green Bay lost its perfect season, and Indianapolis finally recorded a victory in 2011.