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So much for the reports of the Giants' defensive demise. The champs pressured Redskins QB Jason Campbell all night in a 16-7 win, says SI.com's Don Banks.

No Strahan: retired. No Umenyiora: injured. No big deal to the defending champion Giants, who open the season with a 16-7 victory over the Redskins. With D-coordinator Steve Spagnuolo still in the fold, the G-Men might just be the team to beat thanks to its defense, Clark Judge says.

Buenos Aires - Argentina and Brazil are set to play in the South American World Cup qualifiers this weekend and next week, but fans are unlikely to have similar reactions to the two teams. Argentina - with a junior team built around senior stars like...

When Mike London left his position as Virginia defensive coordinator to accept the Richmond head coaching job in January, his wife, Regina, made her first demand: Make sure you get tickets for the second game of the season.

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Those who call themselves experts have said for years that the days of the triple option offense, popularized by the wishbone formation, are long gone at the elite level of college football. Sure, it can still work in lower divisions, and maybe at the service...

Daunte Culpepper's e-mail announcing his retirement arrived Thursday morning. It was a surprising surrender for a quarterback who should have been able to find employment somewhere in the NFL this season. He played only nine NFL seasons, a career that began...

GAME OF THE WEEK Broncos at Raiders, 7:15 p.m. Monday Channel: 5 ESPN National debut for the Oakland tandem of QB JaMarcus Russell and RB Darren McFadden, who must control the clock while the passing game sorts itself out. The Broncos enter without WR Brandon...

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- When Frank Beamer revealed Tuesday that both Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor will play quarterback in Saturday's home opener against Furman, the Virginia Tech coach spun the decision less as an indictment of Glennon than as the result of revelations from the Hokies' 27-22 loss to...

The Gophers coach said his inexperienced club needs to build its confidence before theBig Ten season starts.