The NFL enters week five of its 2011 season — its first bye week — with just two unbeaten teams: the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers and the upstart Detroit Lions. Both teams will play in the primetime games on Sunday and Monday, respectively. Meanwhile, Ba
Week six is here in the college football season, and we’ve got another slate of great games this week, highlighted by the Red River Rivalry in Dallas, a pair of ranked-team matchups in the SEC and some very important conference games. Here are the highlights for this week’s top 25 teams.
If you're planning a Halloween party, don't get lazy with the treats and snacks. Just setting out big bowls of candy is not going to cut it.
Instead, how about Mummy Cookie Pops? Or Frankenstein Marshmallows? Or even Mis-Fortune Cookies?
It may not do anything to save his long-running gig as the musical kickoff for ‘Monday Night Football,’ but Hank Williams, Jr. has issued a personal statement in response to the brouhaha that erupted after his recent appearance on ‘Fox and Friends.’
Williams, who compared a golf match between President Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner to “Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu,” attempted to clarify his remarks through a post on his website.
Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Bob Geldof
Age: 61
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter, and Activist
Known For: Being the lead singer of the 1970s band The Boomtown Rats, co-founding the supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, co-writing the best-selling single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?,’ and organizing the charity super-concert Live Aid
After scoring a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers Sunday, Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber tried to perform a celebratory backflip.
Bad idea, as he was only able to complete three quarters of the acrobatic move, and fell flat on his face.
NFL players will be tested for human growth hormone this season, if NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gets his way.
The NFL players’ union and the league agreed to the testing as part of the new collective bargaining agreement made this off-season. The rand
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger may be sidelined after suffering a foot injury in a 17-10 Pittsburgh loss to the Houston Texans.
Three suspended Ohio State football players, expecting to be reinstated in time for this week’s game at Nebraska, will instead miss the key Big Ten contest after the university extended their suspensions on Monday for additional NCAA infractions.
ESPN pulled country star Hank Williams Jr.’s ‘All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Monday Night’ opener from the telecast of ‘Monday Night Football’ after Williams appeared on television comparing President Barack Obama to murderous dictator Adolf Hitler.
The song, a modified version of Williams’ 1984 hit, ‘All My Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight,’ has won four Emmys and has ushered in the Monday night games for some 20 years.
Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:
Susan Sarandon
Age: 66
Occupation: Actress and Activist
Known For: Roles in films like ‘Thelma and Louise’ and ‘Bull Durham,’ winning an Oscar for 1995′s ‘Dead Man Walking,’ her former longtime relationship with actor Tim Robbins, and being an activist for numerous social and political causes
