Jason Snelling

The Bears defense took one look at the new and improved Falcons’ offense, and then destroyed it. The Bears sized up quarterback Matt Ryan and his new rookie receiver and his established star on the other side, and blew them up. Blew up all the...

The Ravens filled their big-back void with one of the biggest enigmas in NFL history. Ricky Williams, who is as powerful as he is offbeat, agreed to a two-year contract with the Ravens on Monday that has a maximum value of $4 million. The 34-year-old...

In the end, Matty Ice proved a little hotter than Joe Cool. In the first battle of first-round quarterbacks from the 2008 draft, Matt Ryan outdueled Joe Flacco last night at the Georgia Dome, leading the Falcons to a wild last-minute, 26-21 win over...

Among the holes left to fill for the Ravens, who have endured a mass roster exodus in free agency, is at running back, where the team has gone from having a three-headed monster to one proven back in Ray Rice. It’s a lower priority behind adding...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, Eastern Conference Championship, First Leg, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football--Arkansas at South Carolina, 11 a.m. (CBS); Iowa State at Texas, 11 a.m. (ABC); Northwestern...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--ATP World Tour Finals, 8 a.m., 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Football--Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers, Noon (CBS); Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (FOX); Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles, 3:25 p.m. (FOX); Houston...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Tennis--U.S. Open, Men’s Semifinal Match, 11 a.m. (ESPN2); Women’s Championship Match, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) NFL Football--Jacksonville Jaguars at Minnesota Vikings, Noon (CBS); Washington Redskins at New Orleans Saints, Noon...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Men's College Basketball-Florida at Tennessee, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Duke at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Nebraska at Illinois, Noon (Big 10 Network); Washington at Utah, 1 p.m. (FXSP); Kansas at Oklahoma, 1 p.m. (ESPNU); Ohio State at...

TV SPORTS Men's College Basketball--Big 10 Conference Tournament quarterfinals, 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (ESPN), 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament quarterfinals, 11 a.m., 1, 6 and 8 p.m. (ESPN2); Southeastern Conference...

TV SPORTS Soccer-Premier League, Wigan at Manchester United, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2) College Football-Independence Bowl, Missouri vs. North Carolina, 4 p.m. (ESPN2) NHL Hockey-Dallas Stars at St. Louis Blues, 6:30 p.m. (VERSUS) NBA Basketball-Oklahoma...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY NFL Football-Denver Broncos at Buffalo Bills, Noon (CBS); Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins, Noon (FOX); Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys, 3:15 p.m. (FOX) College Football-Hawaii Bowl, Nevada vs. Southern Mississippi,...

TV SPORTS Little League Baseball-Southwest Regional semifinals, 2 and 5 p.m. (ESPN2) WNBA Basketball-Seattle at New York, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Major League Baseball-Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) TODAY AMATEUR BASEBALL Class B...