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New England Patriots Pro Bowl tight end Rob Gronkowski is one step closer to his wish to be on the cover to "Madden NFL 13." Gronkowski advanced to the Elite Eight with a landslide victory over Minnesota Vikings defensive end Jared Allen. "Gronk" ...

Can Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis pull off another stunning upset? The Final Four of the "Madden NFL 12" cover tournament is heating up, and the AFC North blog checked in with the folks at SportsNation to get the latest update. Altho...

The string of upsets continue for Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis. On Monday, ESPN.com announced that Hillis has advanced to the Final Four of the "Madden NFL 12" cover tournament. Hillis, a No. 10 seed, defeated Kansas City Chiefs run...

Here are seven notes and observations from Week 15 in the AFC North: Baltimore Ravens tailback Ray Rice entered Week 15 with fewer than 20 carries in each of his previous five games. But it appears that helped Rice, as he showed he had fresh legs...

BALTIMORE -- Here are early thoughts on the Baltimore Ravens' 31-17 victory over the Denver Broncos. What it means: The Ravens are 4-1 and remain in first place in the AFC North. What is scary is there's still a few areas Baltimore can tighten up,...

This AFC North blogger has officially retired from the popular "Madden" video game series. Free time during football season is just too scarce. But this weekend I rented a copy of "Madden 11" for (cough, cough) research purposes. Our community wan...

Here are the most interesting stories Wednesday in the AFC North: After meeting with the Cleveland Browns for two days about their vacant front-office position, Mike Holmgren left their training facility Tuesday with no deal in place. Morning ta...

Falling 1. Pittsburgh Steelers: There are very few people, including the Steelers themselves, who are not shocked by the team's dramatic fall from 6-2 to 6-7. Pittsburgh hit its lowest point of the season with a 13-6 loss to the Cleveland Browns, ...

Here are seven thoughts and observations from Week 14 in the AFC North: It took a three-interception game from quarterback Joe Flacco in Week 13 to get the Baltimore Ravens (7-6) to go back to their successful blueprint of 2008. Although it was ag...

» NFC: D. Jackson (PHI) | S. Jackson (STL) | P. Harvin (MIN) | D. Williams (CAR) » AFC: R. Brown (MIA) | D. Sproles (SD) | J. Cribbs (CLE) | C. Johnson (TEN) Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker A look at the players opposing teams hate to see with...

» NFC Final Word: East | West | North | South » AFC: East | West | North | South Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 8: Mark J. Rebilas/US Presswire The Ravens need Willis McG...

» NFC Final Word: East | West | North | South » AFC: East | West | North | South Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 7: Joe Robbins/Getty Images Hines Ward leads the NFL with 599 rec...

» NFC Final Word: East | West | North | South » AFC: East | West | North | South Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 6: Scott Boehm/Getty Images Pittsburgh expects to have a heal...

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Baltimore Ravens tailback Ray Rice didn't want to say it Monday, but his performance is stating the obvious. James Lang/US Presswire Baltimore Ravens running back Ray...

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Jeff Gross/Getty Images Willis McGahee gave the Ravens' offense a jolt against the Chargers. Here are seven observations from Week 2 in the AFC North: In a 31-26 win over the...

Posted by ESPN.com's James Walker Half of the preseason is officially in the books, and now it's time to check in again with your favorite teams. In another installment of the Seven-Step Drop, here are seven things that caught my eye during Week 2 of...