ESPN Search

As you might have noticed, NFL Live is running a feature called "5 In, 5 Out." It's built around the fact that for 16 consecutive years, five teams have missed the playoffs after making it the previous year. The project set out to name the five 2011 ...

Much of Tuesday's SportsNation chat surrounded a topic that Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher brought to the table last week. Namely: Have the Bears improved enough this offseason to challenge the Green Bay Packers for division supremacy? And e...

Reviewing the Detroit Lions at their bye: Record: 6-2 Eight-game capsule: The Lions justified our case of "Lions Fever" by winning their first five games, capped by a raucous "Monday Night Football" victory over the Chicago Bears. They have won...

We rarely get into betting lines here on the NFC North blog, mostly because I have no idea how they work and would be even more exposed in a gambling discussion than I am while talking football. But we've had a development this week that serves as a ...

I'm not ducking you. I realize some of you got a sneak peak this morning if you follow my colleague Mike Sando's NFC West blog. But I'm here now to say it loud and with all sincerity. After several Twitter teases, I can offer you confirmatio...