Jake Delhomme

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - By running over, around and through one of the league's top defenses, the Carolina Panthers staked their claim as one of the NFL's top teams. DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart proved a dominating tandem, and the Panthers seized...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - The New England Patriots' 21-game regular season winning streak is over -- emphatically. The Miami Dolphins, of all teams, handed the Patriots their first regular-season loss in 21 months, 38-13. Ironically, the last team to...

INDIANAPOLIS - The Chicago Bears ruined the opener of the new Lucas Oil Stadium for Indianapolis Colts fans. The Bears used their old formula of ball-control offense and helmet-popping defense to stun the Colts 29-13 on opening night. Rookie running...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Julius Peppers' return to form in Carolina's preseason opener didn't allow Jake Delhomme much of a chance to test his surgically repaired right elbow in the Panthers' 23-to-20 overtime win over Indianapolis last night. Peyton...

Throughout this surprising 2005 season, the Bears did their talking on the field, playing the us-against-the-world theme to perfection. That's what made this last week so surprising. That's what made Sunday's 29-21 NFC divisional playoff loss to Carolina...

With Bill Belichick in charge and with Tom Brady continuing as the NFL's most competent quarterback, the New England Patriots are again the best team in football as another five-month race to the Super Bowl begins this week. There are, altogether, only...

If this eventually will be viewed as a statement game, then the man who had to speak through a fractured jaw made a loud one whose impact was surpassed only by the Bears' performance. "We responded," right tackle Fred Miller said. Good teams make...

The Pittsburgh Steelers, as led by second-year quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, have seemed to be the NFL's obviously best active team since the night when, earlier in the playoffs, New England's luck disappeared in Denver. En route to almost certain...

It was another quotable pregame Sunday for Fox rookie Michael Strahan. On whether Tom Brady???s season-ending injury opened up the AFC East: ???The AFC East was opened up six months ago in the Super Bowl. The Patriots were exposed. If......

The Pick ???em Express hit a wall last week as we went 0-2-1 which dropped the season record to 9-7-1. We were losers on Buffalo (that???s what happens when your starting QB gets knocked out of the game) and on......

Treasure Sunday was all about keeping up with the Joneses, or rather the NFL's inability to do just that. Thomas Jones had a huge hand in the Jets' rout of the Rams, rushing for 149 yards and three scores. And while Maurice Jones-Drew carried only 11...

As the pieces in the AFC playoff puzzle fell into place yesterday, the Ravens fell apart. In a game decided by their fumbles and dropped passes, the Ravens let a prime opportunity to make a move in the AFC postseason race slip through their fingers,...