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The Rocori football team defeated Hill Murray 37-35 in the Class 4A State Semifinals at the Metrodome Saturday afternoon.

Tim Tebow weaved through the defense on a 20-yard touchdown run with 58 seconds left  to give the Denver Broncos a 17-13 victory over New York Jets on Thursday night. Down 13-10, Tebow led Denver (5-5) on a 95-yard drive, capping it by rushing past safety Eric Smith and blasting through defenders for the score...

The best teams in the league are already eyeing first-round playoff byes as the NFL schedule moves into its stretch run. Here’s a preview of the games scheduled for Week 11: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers – 1:00 PM Averaging 35...

DENVER (AP) – Wide receiver Eric Decker has particular interest in the halftime show at the Denver Broncos’ game against the New York Jets on Thursday night. His girlfriend, country singer Jessie James, will perform at Sports Authority Field during the break...

With the season winding down, things are really starting to get tight for a lot of teams. LSU and Oklahoma State control their own destinies in the national title hunt, but there is still a lot of movement that could occur if one of those two loses.

The NFL Thursday night game schedule continues in week 11 with a battle of AFC teams fighting to stay in post-season contention. New York Jets at Denver Broncos Denver (4-5) rides into this contest winners of three of the four games that quarterback Tim Tebow has started, including last week’s triumph over Kansas City that saw the former Heisman Trophy winner complete just two passes...

The Vikings lost 45-7 at Green Bay against the Packers Monday night.  Minnesota trailed 17-0 at halftime and the game got away from the Vikings in the 2nd half.  Aaron Rodgers threw for 250 yards and 4 touchdowns for Green Bay.  Christian Ponder was 16-34 passing for 190 yards with no touchdowns and 1 interception for the Vikings...

San Francisco 27 – N.Y. Giants 20 Defensive end Justin Smith swatted down an Eli Manning pass to end a potential game-tying drive, as the San Francisco 49ers beat the New York Giants 27-20. Kicker David Akers had four field goals for San Francisco (8-1), which found enough offense to win despite playing most of the game without leading rusher Frank Gore, who suffered a knee injury...

After all the disgusting headlines out of Penn State dominating the sports world this past week, it was good to return to the field with some actual football. And the Top 25 gave us plenty of excitement to discuss. Seven ranked teams, including two in the Top Five, went down to defeat. Boise State saw its BCS hopes die on a missed field goal as time expired (again). Oregon downed Stanford in a wil

I don't know if Lauren Alaina is a football fan in her everyday life, but I'm willing to bet she will be this Thanksgiving.

Key intra-divisional games scheduled for this week will provide teams a measure of exactly how close, or far away, they are from contending this year. Here’s a look at the Week 10 slate: NFL Schedule for Sunday, Nov. 13: Arizona Cardinals at Philadelphia Eagles – 1:00 PM Arizona (2-6) looks to keep momentum after winning its second game of the season last week when rookie Patrick Peterson returne

It was a wild week in college football with a defensive showdown between #1 LSU and #2 Alabama, #3 Oklahoma State surviving an offensive shootout, and eight Top 25 teams going down. Here are all the highlights from this week in the AP Top 25.