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As the Dallas Cowboys celebrate another Thanksgiving in the national spotlight, they are proud to claim the title "America's Team." But in an era defined by social media and a 24-hour sports conversation, are they "America's Digital Team?" Do Ton...

The Chicago Bears defense lived up to its hype in the Monday Night spotlight against the Dallas Cowboys, intercepting Tony Romo five times in the 34-18 win. The Bears now lead the NFL with 11 interceptions and 14 total takeaways this season. Two ...

The unfortunate nationally televised deconstruction of Travis Goethel put the long-snapper position in the spotlight -- and has caused some NFL coaches to rethink their teams' situation at that position. Goethel, a reserve linebacker, made three b...

Throughout this offseason, we'll spotlight Class of 2013 quarterbacks who have a shot at making the Elite 11 finals in July. This week we profile Wayne Hills (Wayne, N.J.) signal-caller Kevin Olsen. Elite 11 Watch Archive For someone like Kevin...

Ben Margot/AP Photo David Akers has made his first season with the 49ers the most memorable one of his career. In a season that has been statistically dominated by quarterbacks, San Francisco 49ers kicker David Akers has shone a spotlight on those w...

As a guy who knows what it's like to play on a big stage, Duff McKagan explains his admiration of the confidence and leadership shown by Tim Tebow and Eli Manning.

Five nuggets of knowledge on Week 6: Stopping Gore: The San Francisco 49ers are 18-7 when running back Frank Gore surpasses 100 yards. That will put the Detroit Lions' rush defense in the spotlight Sunday at Ford Field after a year spent discussin...

NFC North playcallers have been in the spotlight during the first two weeks of the season, moreso than I think any of us would have imagined. The Minnesota Vikings' Bill Musgrave has gone out of his way to listen to the suggestions of his players....

We're Black and Blue All Over: Rookie receiver/kick returner Randall Cobb has been the talk of Green Bay Packers training camp. But will he disappear from the public spotlight during the walk-up to the regular season? An unusual injury has called ...

The series highlighting one assistant coach from each program whose position group will be in the spotlight this year continues with North Carolina. Coach: John Shoop Position: Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks Experience: Shoop is entering...

Negotiations between the NFL and NFL players resume Tuesday in New York but the first two days are designated for work done by both sides' lawyers, primarily on the language of a potential agreement.

In a way, Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith has been fortunate this week to have the national peanut gallery distracted by the Jay Cutler fiasco. It's taken the spotlight off what was, at the very least, questionable roster management at the position i...

Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose knows something about living under the spotlight placed on athletes in Chicago, but Rose admits the scrutiny he endures pales in comparison to what Jay Cutler experiences as the quarterback of the Chicago Bears.

The Chicago Bears will move into the national spotlight again for their Dec. 12 game against the New England Patriots after CBS pushed the start time from noon CT to 3:15 p.m. for its game of the week. The Bears-Eagles game was just shifted from n...

Welcome to the Pregame Flyover for the Bears-Dolphins game, a matchup featuring players still sore from Sunday's contests. If you're tailgating in Miami and see hunched men shuffling through the parking lot, please be mindful: Those are not senior ci...

The Nov. 28 game between the Baltimore Ravens and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be flex-scheduled and moved back to 4:15 p.m. ET, the NFL announced Tuesday. The FOX television network picked these teams, which are both 6-3, as a spotlight game for Wee...