The Run to The NFL Starts Here

Patriots top Bills, Saints crush Panthers, 49ers thump Rams

(NEWSER) - The New England Patriots overcame a 21-point deficit today with 49 unanswered points to rock the Buffalo Bills 49-21, the AP reports. The win earned the Pats home-field advantage and the AFC's top seed. Tom Brady threw for 338 yards and finished with the second-most passing yards in NFL history, 5,235—behind only Drew Brees, who threw for 5,486 this year with the New Orleans Saints. More»

Move to LA looks unlikely

(NEWSER) - The Jacksonville Jaguars have been sold but it doesn't look like the deal will end Los Angeles' 17-year wait for an NFL team to replace the Rams and the Raiders. Wayne Weaver, the longtime owner of the struggling franchise, has long sought an "exit strategy" that would keep the team in Jacksonville—and he appears to have found it with Shahid Khan, a Pakistani-born Illinois businessman who is reportedly paying $760 million for the team, the AP reports. More»

Lawyers hail freedom of speech ruling

(NEWSER) - A former high school student suspended after criticizing a teacher on a Facebook page can sue the school for the disciplinary action, a Florida court has ruled. Katherine Evans can take action to expunge the penalty from her school record as well as sue for a "nominal" fee for violating her First Amendment rights. The honor student, now a university junior, was suspended for "cyberbullying" after she launched a Facebook page saying an english teacher was "the worst I've ever had." More»

Lawsuit names former Cowboys great Michael Irvin in 2007 attack

(NEWSER) - A woman has filed a lawsuit against former Dallas Cowboys player Michael Irvin, alleging rape. The suit claims the attack happened in July 2007 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. A Seminole Tribe spokesman said the alleged attack was reported then, but there was not enough evidence to bring charges, reports the New York Daily News . Irvin's lawyer denied the charge and called attempts to negotiate a settlement "extortion." More»

(NEWSER) - A Tampa teen is skipping school for the rest of the year because of a supposedly revealing yearbook photo, WTSP reports. The girl, a junior, didn’t wear underwear the day of the picture because she was worried about visible panty lines—and when the yearbooks came out this week, the results showed. “I started crying, I was freaking out,” she said. “I was like, 'Oh my God,’” a classmate said. “But I think that she's probably like really horrified.” More»