Devin Hester ran back a punt 62 yards for his NFL-record 20th career touchdown return, and the Falcons routed Tampa Bay, 56-14, in Atlanta on Thursday night.
Amidst growing public pressure, the Minnesota Vikings have changed course and deactivated Adrian Peterson, placing him on the exempt/commissioner's permission list and making him unavailable for the foreseeable future.
If you like college football, LSU was the place to be this past weekend. And it had nothing to do with what happened on the field.
Sure, the Tigers trounced Louisiana-Monroe, 31-0, but the real action took place before the game while the fans tailgated...
After a week filled with off-the-field controversies, the NFL focused on football on Sunday. Upsets, injuries and amazing comebacks became the biggest storylines of Week 2. Here's a recap of this week's action:
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell continues to stand by his claim no one from the league saw the video of Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer (now his wife, Janay Rice).
After a few chaotic weeks, teenagers in Ferguson, MO were able to focus on high school football. There was some doubt as to whether the school's football team would be able to play it's season opener. But life almost seemed normal for student athletes at McCluer South-Berkeley on Saturday, August 23rd...
The 2014 NFL season marked its first full Sunday of games with a 400-yard passing performance, two overtime games and three big upsets. Here are the day's most interesting facts: