Bart Starr was the centerpiece of the NFL's first great dynasty with the Green Bay Packers in the 1960s. Under legendary head coach Vince Lombardi, Starr led the Packers to five NFL championships (pre ...

The Jets have just one championship, Super Bowl III as guaranteed by Joe Namath, but have other close calls finishing their ...

The AFL was always looking for things to differentiate itself from the established league. They instituted the two-point conversion, invented the sideline camera rover, had five TV cameras at games ...

When Major League Baseball made its decision on divisions, it thought the Seattle Pilots would be in the AL West for a long time.

The ’67 Buckeyes finished 6-3 and were unranked all season, the last time that has happened for OSU. Woody Hayes hadn’t won a ...

A sack specialist, he led the American Football League in taking down quarterbacks in the 1968 regular season, which was ...

The football world is in mourning today as one of the best pass rushers of the AFL-NFL rivalry years and a beloved Super Bowl champion has passed away. On Wednesday, numerous outlets reported that ...

How to fix the College Football Playoff: Format, schedule changes necessary with expansion on the horizon Tom Fornelli's complete guide to ensuring the best college football product as changes ...

College Football Playoff controversy: Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould on format options, the path forward and outdated metrics Gould believes future playoff access should be earned “on the field” ...

The Pac-12 doesn’t have a vote in the College Football Playoff's revamped governing structure, but it has a strong preference on the two formats under consideration.

That is the question. On this edition of " SEC Football Unfiltered," a podcast from the USA TODAY Network, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams unpack the leading playoff formats under consideration.

Birmingham starts the playoffs next week in pursuit of its fourth consecutive league championship, and the Stallions warmed up by trouncing the Memphis Showboats 46-9 in their regular-season finale.