Topic: National Football League

Flyers to face Rangers in Winter Classic at ballpark

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers will take their rivalry outside as the two teams are set to clash in the 2012 Winter Classic, the National Hockey League (NHL) said on Monday.The teams will face off at Philadelphia's ...
Steve Tisch, the owner of the New York Giants, has joined HRC's New Yorkers for Marriage Equality campaignSteve Tisch, the owner of the New York Giants, has joined the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) New Yorkers for Marriage Equality campaign. “As an owner ...
Giants owner Steve Tisch to join Michael Strahan in recording a video in support of gay marriageExpect another gay marriage endorsement from the world of professional sports later this week when Giants owner Steve Tisch releases a video. NBC Sports' Off The ...

Concussed stars spark moves to curtail head blows

Concussions suffered by such high profile stars as Chris Paul of the NBA New Orleans Hornets and Sidney Crosby of the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins have US sports leagues cracking down on blows to the head.NHL general managers meet next week with protecting ...
North American pro sports teams were juggling travel plans Monday after a blizzard along the US East Coast dumped heavy snow in major cities like New York and Philadelphia.The National Football League, which plays the majority of its games on Sunday's, was ...
Winter snowstorm plays a mean game, causing headaches for NHL, NFL, college teams in NortheastSports teams were scrambling a day after a blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow along portions of the East Coast, stranding two NHL franchises near New ...

A year to savor for the underdogs in sports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Decades of frustration gave way to wild celebrations across the United States this year as three struggling teams won their professional league championships to give new hope to the battlers in an age where money and commercialism rule ...

Top Twenty Cities in America

(minimum criteria--- must be a city of at least 300,000 people). Let me say from the outset that there are very few really large cities in America (a million plus) that are not expensive to live in, if you are counting on ...
The other Canadian clubs had better weeks - Montreal much better - but the Oilers and Leafs get the newsworthy title not from winning but from losing.. The Calgary Flames need to do something about, or with, Jarome Iginla. Vancouver lost 2-0 ...

1980s

The Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, the Edmonton Oilers and New York Islanders of the National Hockey League and the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League were the dominant professional sports teams during the 1980s.The " Showtime" ...
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