NEW YORK (AP) — Hand it to Derrick Henry.Alabama's bulldozer of a tailback with the super-sized workload won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night after carrying

Army and Navy meet on the gridiron Saturday for the 116th time. When they do, Navy will be in some special uniforms. The Midshipmen will wear jerseys honoring

After this weekend’s final regular season college football action, it’s officially bowl season. There are plenty of bowl games to go around, but the big ones —

When Army and Navy meet for their annual football game on December 12 — a matchup that dates back to 1930 — the Midshipmen hit the field in some truly awesome

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning entered Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs two yards shy of Brett Favre’s record of 71,838 passing yards.

The game of football is so colorful — from the jerseys to fans’ costumes to signs — that it’s hard to imagine watching it on a black-and-white TV. But that’s

Last Friday, 17-year-old New Jersey high school quarterback Evan Murray was hit on a routine play in the first half. But something wasn’t right. He walked to

After a summer dominated by talk of deflated footballs and lawsuits and missing cell phones, Tom Brady hit the field for the 2015 season with a something to

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge let the air out of "Deflategate" Thursday, erasing New England quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension for a controversy

This season, the NFL will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl. The game has certainly evolved since Super Bowl I, but the league has been slow to

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The humbled men in gold jackets entering football immortality were unmistakable. So was the endless sea of twirling yellow Terrible Towels

Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman John Urschel is more than just a football player. He’s also a mathematician. And a very good one. While at Penn State,

More than three months ago, quarterback Tom Brady led the New England Patriots to its fourth Super Bowl victory. But the celebration came to an abrupt

When your team name is a color, it’s hard to get too creative with what players wear on the field. Which is why the Cleveland Browns have had, basically, the

As the anchor of the Philadelphia Eagles defense, linebacker Connor Barwin has to present an imposing, intimidating attitude on the field. And he’s really good

Thomas Davis didn’t play in Super Bowl XLIX, but the Carolina Panthers linebacker still made an impact on Super Bowl weekend.On the eve of the big game, Davis

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck grew up with healthy choices all around him. But it wasn’t until he started playing football at Stanford that he

GLENDALE, ARIZ. — When Tom Brady and the Patriots broke the huddle with 12:10 remaining in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLIX, they were in a position that

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tom Brady and the Patriots made this Super Bowl all about football, not footballs.Clutch football, spiced by a sensational fourth-quarter

Every Super Bowl Saturday, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announces the latest group of former players and executives elected to Canton. This year, the Hall

You might have forgotten in all the Deflategate hubbub, but there’s a football game on Sunday! And it’s for all the marbles! Super Bowl XLIX pits Russell Wilson

One of the biggest motivators for Cleveland Browns Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden has always been his little brother Jacob. Jacob was born with a cognitive

When Adidas unveiled it's new Ultra Boost running shoe in New York last week, they had some help in the form of runners, Olympians, and other athletes. One of

This story appears in the February 2 issue of Sports Illustrated.Last season, while I was posing for magazine covers and calling out wide receivers in