NFC South

The Jets Get Rid of Darrelle Revis in Order to Continue Their 40-Year Rebuilding Process

With the Knicks and Nets winning their first playoff games and the Yankees and Mets both over .500, it would seem that New York is on the verge of a happiness explosion. But I'm bummed out. The best football player in New York, maybe the best defensive player in the league and perhaps the best secon ... More >>

Which NFL Playoff City Has the Best Musical History: Boston, SF, Baltimore or Atlanta?

Giants Fans: Start Planning That Super Bowl Party Now

You may think that the Giants hit a new low yesterday with a 34-0 thrashing at the hands of the Atlanta Falcons. But not so, I think. I think the Giants are testing a new strategy, one they worked to perfection at the end of last season. You'll recall that at the end of the 2011 regular season Bi ... More >>

David Wilson: A Star Is Born For The Giants

I've followed the Giants all season, and I can't recall the name of running back David Wilson being called on an important play even one time. I've been waiting for Wilson to explode ever since his senior year at Virginia Tech, where he was sensational: 1709 yards with an average of just under 6 y ... More >>

Fans To Rex Ryan: Go For It, Dammit!

At 6:51 of the second quarter in last night's 17-12 loss to the Carolina Panthers, the Jets lined up for a field goal and the boo birds erupted. It was 3rd-and-5, and the Jets, who had yet to score a touchdown in the preseason, were going for a field goal (Nick Folk had kicked a 29-yarder in the fi ... More >>

Playing Dirty: Was the Saints' Bounty Scheme Just Football as Usual?

For sheer elegance, you can't beat the Irish when it comes to writing about American sports. Here's Cormac Eklof of IrishCentral.com on the NFL's bounty scandal: "Goodness me, the New Orleans Saints have landed themselves in quite the juicy pickle. The NFL is basically, at this moment, winding up ... More >>

See Alex Run, See Vernon Catch: Giants vs. the '49ers

​Desperate times call for desperate measures. The San Francisco '49ers don't have any flashy wideouts or MVP candidate passers to throw against the New York Giants this Sunday. Instead, in key situations they rely on what some would call trick plays but which are just bread and butter to San F ... More >>

Beyoncé Gives Birth; Wild Card Blowouts; Second New Hampshire GOP Debate

Last night, Beyoncé Knowles gave birth to her and Jay-Z's child, Ivy Blue Carter. The Daily News reports the baby girl was born in Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side in a private wing and that "hospital workers placed tape over security cameras and are forcing employees to turn in cell phon ... More >>

Atlanta Brings 'Fire and Smoke' to the MetLife Sunday

If you're looking for a key to this Sunday's Giants-Falcons Wild Card match, let me suggest the man who will be the best receiver on the field -- with all apologies to Victor Cruz, a terrific player who might just be the Giants' MVP this year. But Atlanta's Julio Jones, named the NFL's rookie of the ... More >>

Giants Fans Are Getting That Sinking Feeling

​If you're a Giants fan and all you care about is going to the Super Bowl -- and what else would you care about? -- yesterday began the most important four-week stretch of the year. And it hasn't started well with Sunday's 27-20 loss to San Francisco. Why was this stretch so important? Very ... More >>

Scientology, "The Money Machine:" Explosive New Series by the St. Pete Times

This is the one we've been waiting for, the next big investigative project by Tom Tobin and Joe Childs, the deans of Scientology reporting, who toil for the (formerly) St. Petersburg Times (which for some reason recently changed its name to the Tampa Bay Times -- Go Bucs, or whatever).

Football's First Sunday: A Guide

​If you are reading this, you are not watching football. You may have it on, but you aren't watching it, letting the pigskinny goodness seep into your every pore. From today until the Super Bowl, your Sundays are reserved for America's favorite bloodsport. No more late brunches, no more flea m ... More >>

Super and Not-So-Super Bowls: Allen Barra Ranks all 44 Previous Big Games from Worst to First

​While we wait for this Sunday's showdown between the Steelers and the Packers, we're feeling nostalgic for the big games of our past. We've been spoiled lately with some pretty exciting Super Bowls. But we remember a time not so long ago when the ultimate championship tended to be something ... More >>

Other Will Smith Arrested For Domestic Abuse, Actor/Musician/American Icon Must Be Pissed

This is Will Smith​New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith was arrested early on Saturday morning and charged with domestic abuse battery after allegedly grabbing his wife by the hair and dragging her away from a nightclub. An estimated 1,000 people, centered mostly in Hollywood but also a ... More >>

Kermit Ruffins Couldn't Be Happier

Why the New Orleans icon is in no hurry to come to a city near you

ELI EXPRESSWAY

Don’t even think about driving to the Giants game

How Treme Can Get It Right

David Simon's new HBO series uses fiction to honor New Orleans' surreal, heart-breaking fact

With Their Own Cupcakes, Cookbooks & Culinary Magazines, Men Become a Target for Tupperware

Tupperware and testosterone, together at last.​Yet another sign that guys are the new pet demographic for marketers peddling food-related goods and services: Tupperware will throw a publicity event tomorrow dubbed Kitchen Aphrodisiac with New Orleans Saints player Reggie Bush and hunky actor P ... More >>

BOWLED OVER

The best bars for the big day

READY FOR TAKEOFF

New York Jets host Carolina Panthers

DRAUGHT PICK

The best bars for a tailgate party

God Returns to First

Notes from the grapefruit league, Yankees edition

A Crashing Bore

What's so fun about 22 guys in spandex slamming into one another? Along for the ride with Jets and Giants fans

Stealing the Show

New Orleans musicians blew into Houston on Katrina's winds and everything was magic for a while

A John Edwards Almanac

Notes from a year with the man who would be veep

The NFL's Color Line

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First-Class? No, Glazer Takes Coach.

Tampa Bay Owner Watches Gruden Deal Pay Off

One Up, One Down

Both the Jets and Giants Turn Out to Be Giant Killers

A Year of Self-Parity

Who's Best? Who's the Underdog? When Anybody Can Win, Who Can Tell?

Mono Afflicts NFL

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NFL Swamp Guess

Neither Team May Be Giants

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The Year of the Replay

One Punch After Another . . . and Another . . . and Another . . .

Offensive Schemes

After the NFC Championship, It Was a Locker Room Lollapalooza

Sights and Sounds

Faceless Wonders

Giants’ Lesser Lights Lead the Way

2000 Village Voice Sportswriters' Poll Results

Avoiding the Rush

Can the Giants’ Kerry Collins Continue to Sidestep the Big Apple Media Blitz?

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Football: Change Your Look, Change Your Luck

Punch Like a Man

Big-Time Sports’ Domestic Violence Problem

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From Combat to Camaraderie

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Risqué Rope Skipping

The Ghost of Toast

Colon Watch

Dousing Sparks