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Mike Smith of the Falcons is named the NFL's coach of the year by the Associated Press, beating out the Dolphins' Tony Sparano by a single vote.

The Philadelphia Eagles are heading to New York after upsetting the Minnesota Vikings 26-14 at the Metrodome.

Raiders owner Al Davis has not technically interviewed anyone for the head-coaching job yet, and he most certainly is not selling off his Pride and Poise. That's the company line, and team officials couldn't put it any more forcefully on a Sunday full of...

Wild-card weekend in the NFL shook up the bookies' predictions - of the four favored road teams, the Eagles and Ravens won. The Chargers and Colts revived one of the league's greatest nondivisional rivalries with yet another overtime thriller. And the playoff...

A month ago, the Philadelphia Eagles came up the New Jersey Turnpike and dominated the New York Giants. The Eagles get another chance to do it next Sunday, this time in a much more important contest -- at least to New York. The Eagles-Giants game, which will be the first of two on Sunday, is part of an all-rematch second round of the NFL playoffs.

The California Supreme Court could set new ground rules for the clash between privacy and security in a case from an unusual setting - Candlestick Park, where 49ers fans are subjected to pat-down searches before entering the stadium. The court hears arguments...

Mike Smith won't let his Atlanta Falcons forget all the great things they achieved this season. Even after their first-round playoff loss to Arizona, Smith urged the Falcons to concentrate on the positive -- which, of course, included his earning The Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award. "This is all part of the process," Smith said of the 30-24 defeat against the Cardinals.

The Vikings finally have regained contending status after a largely bleak decade, and that means the priority for this offseason is more clearly than ever to find a starting quarterback.

"We left a lot on the field today," Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe said. "We left a lot on the field this season."

With the next round of the NFL playoffs in place, the winners from wild-card weekend — San Diego,...