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Giants look terrible in a blowout loss at Cincinnati
If this is just the Giants' annual trick of looking really bad in midseason, only to turn it on for the playoffs, they're really taking the midseason slump part of it to a new extreme. A week after the...
View ArticleWatch Cung Le knock Rich Franklin out and more from UFC Macau
The UFC headed to Macau on Saturday, and Cung Le celebrated by knocking Rich Franklin out. Really out. Faceplant into the canvas out. Possibly out before he hit the ground out. Awkwardly falling to the...
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Owen Daniels headlines Texans, Bears inactive lists
The Houston Texans offense will be without No. 2 running back Ben Tate and tight end Owen Daniels when they take on the Chicago Bears and the league's most opportunistic defense on Sunday night. Tate...
View ArticleGordon, Bowyer wreck out; crews brawl in garage
In one of the more surreal scenes in recent NASCAR memory, Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer set off a sequence of events during the Sunday Phoenix race that could have repercussions not just for next...
View ArticleCowboys score two return touchdowns in just over a minute, and three TDs in...
Giving up two back-breaking, head-scratching, fourth-quarter touchdowns to find a way to lose is what Dallas usually does.Fortunately for the Cowboys, the Eagles have plenty of experience in that...
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49ers and Rams play to a bizarre, mistake-filled tie — the NFL’s first tie in...
First, the Rams gave away what looked like a sure win in overtime with a stupid penalty. Then the 49ers gave it right back with a missed field goal. And then the Rams gave it away yet again with...
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Chase Watch: Brad Keselowski is now in, uh, the driver’s seat
And then there was ... one? Not quite, but the championship picture cleared up considerably on Sunday at Phoenix. All day long, Brad Keselowski had a better car than Jimmie Johnson, and better...
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Sunday Fantasy Chat: 9 pm ET
The Bears and Texans have an intriguing game for Sunday Night Football. You can watch the game with us, and chat with us, if you like. If you have other plans, I fully understand. Trust me, I...
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Oh yeah, Kevin Harvick was our winner at the Phoenix race
Look, no disrespect meant to Kevin Harvick; he's a fine fellow and a top-flight driver. But his win at Phoenix, his first victory in more than a year, was at best the third-best story coming out of...
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BCS Standings Week 5: SEC on the outside looking in
For the first time since Oct. 17, 2010, an SEC team in not in the top two of the BCS standings. After Alabama's stunning loss to Texas A&M, the Crimson Tide, which had held the No. 1 spot since...
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On a blustery afternoon aboard the USS Midway, Syracuse blows away San Diego...
SAN DIEGO — Moments after a gust of wind sent his first-half 3-pointer well wide of the rim, San Diego State guard Jamaal Franklin walked back on defense with a bemused smile on his face. "Dude," he...
View ArticleRiley Cooper provides rare Eagles highlight with great one-handed touchdown...
The Eagles are now 3-6 and haven't given their fans too much to get excited about, but receiver Riley Cooper had a great highlight against Dallas. Michael Vick's short fade route pass on...
View ArticleVideo: Catch every touchdown from Sunday’s action
If you missed any of the touchdowns scored in Sunday's action (the Sunday night Bears-Texans game excluded), our good friends at NFL.com and the RedZone channel have you covered with every single...
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DeMarcus Cousins got a confusing suspension for confronting Spurs commentator...
On Sunday afternoon, the NBA suspended extremely promising and divisive Sacramento Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins two games for confronting San Antonio Spurs TV commentator Sean Elliott following the...
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Giants dismiss ‘tired arm’ talk about Manning, but passing game tells a...
For the third straight game, Eli Manning of the New York Giants has played in a way that leaves no other description but to say that he has been consistently and confusingly bad. He's been outright...
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Weather issues demonstrate aircraft carrier games must either be ended or mended
SAN DIEGO — One year after he served as a ball boy for the game between Michigan State and North Carolina aboard the USS Carl Vinson last November, Kyle Kriebel still chuckles at the memory of his...
View ArticleSampdoria ultras protest losing streak by sitting in front of team bus
Relegated from Serie A after the 2010/11 season and making a quick return this year, Sampdoria have found the top flight to be just as painful as they left it. Seven straight losses and (and nine...
View ArticleConcussions for Michael Vick, Jay Cutler and Alex Smith headline Week 10...
Below is a run-down of the injury situations that Shutdown Corner will be monitoring before Week 11: Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick exited Sunday's 38-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in...
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Pete Carroll gets triple vindication in Seahawks’ dominant win over Jets
SEATTLE -- If Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll liked to say, "I told you so," he would have had a full slate of opportunuties to do so after his team beat up on the New York Jets, 28-7, on...
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Texans ride defense, Arian Foster to 13-6 win over the Bears
With two of the Top 10 defenses in the NFL, Sunday night's Houston Texans-Chicago Bears game at a rainy, windy and sloppy Soldier Field was expected to be a low-scoring affair. The game would not...
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