Kevin Mawae

This much Kris Jenkins knew: Had he not been traded from the Panthers to the Jets in the offseason, he would have called it a career after this year. At age 29. "I literally told myself if I had to play there again [in Carolina] that this would be my...

Statistics make it impossible to dispel the notion that Brian Urlacher, coming off neck surgery last January, has declined in 2008. But beyond the numbers, opposing blockers describe a middle linebacker who remains the focal point of offensive...

It is the midway point of the NFL season. That means the real season begins now. But it is worthwhile looking back at what got us here. If there is one theme that ran through the first half of the NFL season, it is that much of what has happened was...

Even perfection can have scratches, dents and smudges. The 8-0 Tennessee Titans looked less than perfect for most of four quarters Sunday on a fall afternoon that could be described only as perfect. But when they had to get serious to win the game, they...

What separates Jeff Fisher is lasting power. It is appropriate that he once ran a marathon, because his coaching career is the ultimate long run. It also is appropriate that on the wall behind his desk is a portrait of former teammate Walter Payton,...

A new order of power might be emerging in the NFL after only four weeks. Who would have thought it would include the Tennessee Titans, the Buffalo Bills and perhaps even the Ravens? Well, Jeff Fisher, Dick Jauron and John Harbaugh, that's who. "I...

SPORT: Football. Hagan was a 6-foot-3, 275-pound force for St. Anthony's on the offensive line, starting for three seasons. He played lacrosse as a freshman, but decided to concentrate on football for the rest of high school, which paid off with a CHSFL...

When you are 3-11 and pursuing little more than respectability, this is what passes for drama: getting the 42-year-old quarterback into the game for a curtain call in front of the home fans and on national TV. So what if Vinny Testaverde produced 12...

NFL COMMISSIONER Paul Tagliabue finally will make a decision today about whether to cancel this weekend's games. But after the horrors of the most colossal act of terrorism this country has known, is there really any decision to make? If Tagliabue does...

Shaken and somber, New York sports figures yesterday weren't sure when they would play again. All they knew for certain was that it doesn't really matter. "I don't even understand why we're here today,” quarterback Vinny Testaverde said at the Jets'...

SOMEWHERE between eastern Pennsylvania, when the New York radio stations at last began to come in, and Newark Airport, where the planes were still and the monorails empty, we finally understood. This was Wednesday night, after 28 hours of not-quite-...