Giants Rout Falcons, 24-2

Next Sunday's games will determine who advances to Super Bowl

(AP) - For Eli Manning and the New York Giants, Lambeau Field has become a familiar launching pad. After beating the Green Bay Packers at home for the second time in four years, they only hope this trip ends the same way—at the Super Bowl. Manning threw three touchdown passes and the Giants shocked the Packers 37-20 in an NFC divisional playoff game today. Manning threw for 330 yards, sending the Giants to San Francisco for the NFC championship game next Sunday night. More»

Giants' Chad Jones plans to return despite severe leg injury

(NEWSER) - Chad Jones, the New York Giants rookie so severely injured in a car crash that doctors feared he might lose his left foot, is vowing to play football again, his father tells the New York Post . "It's already a miracle, so we're just going to take that miracle and make a bunch of miracles after that," says Al Jones, a high school principal in New Orleans, where his 21-year-old son crashed his SUV into a pole early Friday morning. He faces a lengthy period of rehab. More»

(AP) - Peyton Manning threw two second-half touchdown passes and rallied the Colts from an 11-point first-half deficit for a 30-17 victory over the New York Jets in the AFC championship game today in Indianapolis. The Colts (15-2) are now headed to the Super Bowl for the second time in 4 years and the fourth time in franchise history. More»

'Purple and Gold' a tribute to hometown team ahead of game vs. Saints

(NEWSER) - Prince has channeled his enthusiasm for his hometown Vikings into a new song ahead of Sunday's NFC championship game against the New Orleans Saints. The Purple One penned “Purple and Gold” after he attended last week's victory over the Cowboys and “saw the future," he tells MyFox Twin Cities . The team plans to post the tune on its website. More»

(AP) - Donovan McNabb and his Philadelphia Eagles get another week to keep chasing that elusive Super Bowl crown, and Eli Manning and the New York Giants get a whole off-season to wonder what went wrong, the AP reports. McNabb made all the big plays that Manning did not, and the Eagles eliminated the Super Bowl champions 23-11 today to reach the NFC title game for the fifth time in eight seasons. More»