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Peyton Manning took a different approach to earning a record-tying third Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback...

The Philadelphia Flyers stumbled at the start of the season, losing their first six games. Now they're tied for first place with the New York Rangers in the contentious Atlantic Division, and they don't plan on looking back. Mike Richards scored the only goal in a shootout and assisted on goals by Ossi Vaananen, Braydon Coburn and Mike Knuble, leading the Flyers to a 5-4 victory over the Anaheim...

By JEFF CAPLAN DALLAS — Since their 2-7 start, the Dallas Mavericks have done an exceptional job of racking up wins against teams with losing records.Friday’s 96-86 win over Philadelphia moved the Mavs to 18-5 overall since those first forgettable nine games and an impressive 14-1 against teams below .500.The only loss came on Dec. 19 when Devin Harris lit them up in New Jersey. At the other end of the won-loss spectrum, the Mavs are 4-4 since the first nine games against teams in the top eight of both conferences, plus Utah.'Whomever we’re playing on a particular night is the team we need to beat,' Mavs coach Rick Carlisle said. 'I don’t like talking about sub-.500, over .500. I think it’s disrespectful to the teams that are below.'Still, if the Mavs (20-12) continue to take care of business against teams lower in the standings, they’ll crack the double-digit barrier for games above .500 for the first time this season early next week.Three more sub

AP - Peyton Manning took a different approach to earning a record-tying third Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback got hurt, struggled when he came back, then lost a bunch of games. Hardly vintage Manning. But when he rediscovered the touch that has made him one of football's dominant players for a decade, Manning and the Colts were virtually unstoppable.

Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels , who interviewed with the Cleveland Browns for their head coaching vacancy Friday, is scheduled to interview with the Denver Broncos for their head coaching position today in Providence. Meanwhile, Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli , who interviewed with the Browns Wednesday to run their football operation, is also scheduled to ...

Rocky Mountain News NFL reporter Jeff Legwold surveyed general managers and personnel executives Friday on the strengths and weaknesses of the first wave of candidates to be interviewed for the Broncos' head coaching job.

The way they've played so far this season, the odds favor a first-round sweep even if the Bulls do make the playoffs. But the schedule offers a golden opportunity for this 14-19 team to climb back to .500.

Today's games Time Pick Atlanta at Arizona 1:30 p.m. (Ch. 5) Cardinals, 31-30 Cards only fifth team in NFL history with three 1,000-yard...

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And the last shall be first. That has been the story of the NFL postseason in two of the past three years as the Steelers and the Giants parlayed a wild-card playoff berth into a Super Bowl title.