By Naheeda Sayeeduddin, HOUSTON CHRONICLE Houston Texans fan Chris Lyne checks his cellphone for a playoff update on Saturday during the Bridal Extravaganza Show at the convention center. Texans fan Jerome Moon talks to Tere Watkins while visiting her The Houston Texans are preparing to host the Cincinnati Bengals in the opening round of...
Teams need their best players to come up big when the playoffs begin and that is just what happened with Calvin Johnson when the Detroit Lions faced off with the Saints. Calvin Johnson had never played in a playoff game before but he proved that the 1, 2012, file photo, Detroit Lions' Calvin Johnson...
By STEVE CLARK/The Brownsville Herald A bunch of Winter Texans think it would be a good idea for WestJet, a low-cost air carrier based in Calgary, Alberta, to begin offering nonstop flights between Winnipeg and the Rio Grande Valley, at least during Your best source for quality Cincinnati Bengals news, rumors, analysis, stats and...
By Kari Dequine, Times Picayune The streets of New Orleans were a multicolored football-fan festival Saturday. Besides the New Orleans Saints' black and gold, and the LSU Tigers' purple and gold, it wasn't hard to find Alabama crimson. The Indianapolis Colts have contacted the Saints seeking permission to speak with Rick Reiprish, the Saints...
(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees (9) dives over the line for a first down during the second half of an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Detroit Lions Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in New Orleans. When these two teams met in the regular season, the New Orleans Saints blew...
As a result, the Texans advance to play the Ravens next weekend in Baltimore while the Patriots must wait on the winner of Sunday's Steelers-Broncos game in Denver. The Bengals jumped out to a 7-0 lead when Cedric Benson ran it from one yard out on The Bengals have their first road playoff game...
Over the previous 2 seasons Reggie Bush caught 81 passes from Drew Brees. In his first year in New Orleans, Sproles had 86 receptions. The former Charger averaged about two more yards per catch than Bush did in '09-10, The Saints' prolific Drew Brees is The Miami Herald's 2011 Passer Success System (PASS) champion...
The city of Houston didn't even have an NFL team from 1997-2001 after the Oilers moved to Tennessee. Texans founder, chairman and CEO Bob McNair brought professional football back to the Bayou City with the expansion Texans in 2002, Our first wildcard game of the weekend is the one that seems most like a...
Everyone else on Saints' report is listed as probable. The Lions and Saints face off for the second time this season, but this time, it's win or go home. Statistically speaking, these teams are headed for a classic duel. So far, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has passed for 180 yards and two touchdowns and...
Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga, right, and defensive tackle Domata Peko, left, helped organize player workouts during the lockout. / Al Behrman/AP Few teams will have had as crazy a 53-week period as the Cincinnati Bengals. From the Jan. by olide178 Shakopee, Minn.-based Southwest Newspapers publishes a number of convenient and interesting e-mail newsletters, and...