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Bill Simmons called the NFL Network's Mike Lombardi to break down Week 15, discuss the playoff picture, and address rumors about Mr. Lombardi's professional future. To listen to this podcast, you can download it on iTunes here or go to the ESPN....

Erwin Schrödinger's in town, so we meet at Ye Rustic on Thursday night. The Bengals are playing the Eagles, and for some reason this historic contest of champions is being broadcast in prime time. Schrödinger and I are, respectively, the th...

Cousin Sal and Bill Simmons talk about the NFL action of Week 15, guess the lines for Week 16, and review the Homeland and Survivor finales. To listen to this podcast, you can download it on iTunes here or go to the ESPN.com PodCenter here. P...

Why San Francisco is now the undisputed champion of football, plus the rest of the Week 15 news.

Each week, the Fantasy Island contestants will submit a preview for each of that weekend's games. The best preview from each game will be selected and combined with the others into one comprehensive guide, and points are awarded based on how many ind...

And so ends this dismal installment of Thursday Night Football 2012. Remember when Thursdays used to be must-see TV? At best — this season — NFL Network presented us with "Must C-minus TV." I fondly recall the legendary names associated ...

The Sports Guy ranks the men under center with a little help from the movies, plus Week 15 picks.

This is when one feels like the quiet teenagers in the cafeteria with an earnest passion for Magic: The Gathering. No more than four people on the planet care about your fantasy team, and they are all bloodthirsty adversaries. The waiver wire is an a...

Cousin Sal and Bill Simmons break down the Pacquiao vs. Marquez fight, the Week 14 action in the NFL, and guess the Week 15 betting lines. To listen to this podcast, you can download it on iTunes here or go to the ESPN.com PodCenter here. Pre...

Ben Sheets proves once again that the comeback is always the best story in baseball.

Part 1 of our team-by-team breakdown of this weekend's NFL playoff action.

Don't buy into the hype. Week 15 wasn't shocking. It wasn't crazy. It wasn't weird. It was normal. It is completely modus operandi in the NFL for good teams to lose (Green Bay Packers), bad teams to win (Indianapolis Colts), and the greatest quarterb...

As always, we detail the sordid and the successful every Tuesday in our weekly look back at the previous weekend's games; this is "The Fabulous and the Flops" for Week 15. This week, we'll identify the player who might qualify as the worst backup ...

The rest of the league should be thanking the Chiefs for discovering a formula for how to beat Green Bay.

The Quick Picks for Week 15 ... Jaguars (+11.5) over Falcons Yup, my Thursday night record is becoming Orlovskyian. Cowboys (-7) over BUCCANEERS I'm predicting a big pad-the-stats night for a suddenly frightened Tony Romo after Bill Barnwe...

Hey you, yeah you with all the disposable income. You know what stimulates the economy? Casual sports gambling! But we're not throwing you in the deep end without some floaties, here. The Triangle has contracted two of Vegas' most astute handicappers...