The Vikings have been one of the biggest stories in the NFL all season, and now, Vegas is warming to them too. The latest odds (courtesy of Bodog.com) place the Purple at 7/2 to win the NFC, and 8/1 to claim their first Lombardi Trophy. At 3/1, the Saints are right now considered the best bet [...]
As we count down the days and hours until the Pittsburgh Steelers return to action on Monday night against the Denver Broncos , here are some fun updated odds out of Las Vegas. Odds To Win 2009 Super Bowl Team Odds New Orleans Saints 3/1 Indianapolis Colts 5/1 New England Patriots 11/2 Minnesota Vikings 8/1 Pittsburgh Steelers 10/1 Baltimore Ravens 13/1 Philadelphia Eagles 14/1 Dallas Cowboys 18/1...
There apparently is no way to overstate the importance of this week’s game. With the Giants riding a three-game losing streak and facing a schedule that just doesn’t get any easier, Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce has declared this “the Super Bowl for the New York Giants”.. That’s how much the Giants need a win this Sunday when the San Diego Chargers come to town. “If...
• Quarterback key to Patriots victory over Buccaneers • 'It was a privilege to come over to London' The New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has compared playing an NFL match at Wembley to competing in the Super Bowl. Brady led the Patriots to a 35-7 rout of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the NFL hosted a regular-season game at a sell-out national stadium for the third time in as many...
QUARTERBACK Tom Brady compared playing at Wembley last night with appearing in a Super Bowl after leading the New England Patriots to a 35-7 rout of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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DOLPHINS UPSET SAINTS. BANK IT!: Yeah you heard right. Dolphins stop Drew Brees, whup best team in football. Click on Week 7 Gems for all of this week's prognosticatory marvels. Also look out for my "National Foreign League" Friday-page column...
Eli Manning and Kurt Warner - prolific quarterbacks, Super Bowl MVPs, and teammates in 2004 -- meet when the New York Giants (5-1) host the defending NFC champion Arizona Cardinals (3-2) on "NBC Sunday Night Football."
Drew Brees and Peyton Manning are the most dominating high-profile players so far this season. With apologies to any number of other superstars having career years, any glance at the MVP race contains only permutations of Brees and Manning at first and second place. With the Colts and Saints as two of the four remaining unbeaten teams, it's easy to envision this matchup coming to pass come February....
TAKE YOUR PICK IF THE NFL PLAYOFFS BEGAN NEXT WEEK, WHO WOULD WIN THE SUPER BOWL? Indianapolis -- Peyton Manning and the Colts are off to a perfect start, and Indianapolis ranks seventh in the NFL in total defense. Denver -- The Broncos feature the league's top-ranked defense and an exciting young offense driven by quarterback Kyle Orton and rookie running back Knowshon Moreno. New England -- Did you...
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner is sacked by Seattle Seahawks' Patrick Kerney Seattle Seahawks' John Carlson, right, has the ball in his hands but can't hold on on a pass play as Arizona Cardinals' Matt Ware, left, and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie pressure him in the second quarter Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner (13) and Seattle Seahawks Matt Hasselbeck chat after an NFL football...
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Finally, the Arizona Cardinals are looking like the team that rolled through the playoffs to the Super Bowl -- just in time for a Sunday night matchup with the perturbed New York Giants.
Annoying question the media is going to shove down your throats non-stop for the remainder of the week: Are the unbeaten New Orleans Saints Super Bowl-bound? (Pause for giddy moment prior to knee-jerk declarations.) Hand Coach of the Year to Sean Payton! He’s a genius again! Drew Brees just swiped the MVP lead back from idle Peyton [...]
Patriots RB Laurence Maroney contributed a 45-yard touchdown run during a 59-0 win against the Titans in Week 6. It was Maroney's first touchdown run since the Super Bowl two seasons ago against the Giants. Maroney finished with a team-high 16 carries for 123 yards against Tennessee. He also had three catches for 10 yards.
In honor of the 40th anniversary season of the Chiefs winning Super Bowl IV, The Star each Sunday will revisit every game of the 1969 season and 1970 playoffs, capped by the Super Bowl victory over Minnesota. •••
Cullen Bryant, who played for 11 seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and was a running back on its 1980 Super Bowl team, has died. He was 58. His sister-in-law, Wanda Bryant, says he died Tuesday at his home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Bryant was a second-round draft pick for the Rams in 1973. He played with the team until 1982, spent the 1983-84 season with the Seattle Seahawks and returned to the Rams...
Miami Dolphins fans who are jazzed about the prospect of the Super Bowl being played in their city in February were sort of harboring some hope that their team just might be able to contend for a spot in the big game...but they are now less inclined to think so as the season thus far has dashed many hopes. The Dolphins were coming off an impressive season last year, and figured to be one of the teams...
Early Super Bowl Betting: It’s a mere three weeks until the real NFL season kicks off and teams begin the march to the Super Bowl. While rosters are being slowly filled in during preseason football and sports bettors are warming up their handicapping skills, there continues to be a decent amount of action at the online sportsbooks on the NFL future odds option of “Which team will win this year’s Super...
Looking over the 2009 NFL Future Odd s the first week of July, and more specifically, focusing on the Super Bowl odds, it’s pretty much a story of déjà vu. The usual suspects can be found at the top with the exception of some slight adjustments over the last few years. The New England Patriots are the odds-on favourite, sitting with Super Bowl odds of 6-1 at most online sportsbooks, with the defending...