The Pittsburgh Steelers were celebrating after beating the New York Jets 24-19 to take the AFC Championship and set up a Super Bowl showdown with the Green Bay Packers... more
Peyton gave brother Eli a quarterback master class by tossing three touchdowns to lead the Indianapolis Colts to a 38-14 victory over the New York Giants... more
Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, died last week alone in a rat-infested Los Angeles mansion. Hers is a cautionary tale of a pointless hunt for fame... more
Karlos Dansby scored on a fumble return in overtime to give the Arizona Cardinals a 51-45 victory over the Green Bay Packers in the highest ever scoring NFL play-off game... more
Brett Favre topped 300 yards' passing and threw four touchdown passes as the Minnesota Vikings staked their claim to a number two play-off seeding... more
Brett Favre savoured a triumphant but frosty homecoming, throwing four touchdowns as the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers 38-26 in the NFL... more
After Sol Campbell hastily pulled the plug on his Notts County career, we take a look at other figures in sport who have famously changed their minds... more
The Minnesota Vikings, tipped as potential Super Bowl winners, have taken a chance on veteran quarterback Brett Favre as the man to help them lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy in 2010... more
Eric Mangini of the New York Jets was one of three NFL head coaches sacked less than 24 hours after the end of the regular American Football season... more
New York Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis has been fined £6,500 by the NFL for throwing a snowball into the crowd during a 13-3 defeat at Seattle... more
Quarterback Tony Romo put a row with team-mate Terrell Owens behind him to throw two touchdown passes as the Dallas Cowboys beat the New York Giants 20-8... more
Jay Feely kicked a 34-yard field goal in overtime to give the New York Jets a 34-31 win against the New England Patriots and put them top of the AFC East division... more